on wien we book was written) of workers to spend a large part of their active lives trapped in an alien and isolated situation. They live away from their families and culture, working in dirty and dangerous jobs, and accommodated in hostile, uncomfortable barracks. This is the modern militarisation of labour with a vengeance Berger homes in on this two-sided contradiction of imperialism. At one end it has created economies which can't find enough labour to do the worst-paid and least desirable jobs. At the other end it has created the 'underdeveloped, stunted economies on the fringes of Europe and beyond, which are locked in a deadly cvcle The book takes us through the various stages of the migrants journey, starting with the recruitment centres where applicants are vetted like cattle for their suitability for jobs in Germany or elsewhere. Then we see the desperate measures taken by rejected workers to gain access illegally to the metropolitan countries, and the added misery and insecurity they face if they succeed.
The conditions they sleep in (often in beds used by three workers on different 8-hour shifts), the alienation, hostility and strangeness of life in the cold, grey cities of Northern Europe, the bitterness of the jobs they have to take-all this is detailed and woven into the deepening analysis. We are given a particularly lengthy picture of the workine.lives ofa hundred etrong Gwyneth Dunwoody MP, Terry Mai See of Tobacco Warkers Union) Or Be paign. For further details contact ingrid or Ar auree u personar canacm!
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VC1. Nearest tubes: Euston Warren St. Admission 75p (50p for students/ CRISIS IN THE HEALTH SERVICE': Speaker Mon Fearson wore Convenot, in personal Capa city Bominic Costa wme chai terry bun as Bivisiona Otticer in personal capaci Henstead Road, Southampton. Organised by IMG ISLINGTON ABORTION CAMPAIGN: public Finsbury Library, St Johns Street Speakers include Jo Richardson MP. Anna Coote IMG SOCIALIST FORUM. Ireland-After the convention wha Newis gesdaw 1u June st 7.30 p.m. in the Friends International Centre, DEMONS (RA: atainst James whites ant abortion Bill. Saturday 7 June 12.30 p.m., Royal Vietoria Infirmary, Newcastle-on-Tyne Both ANNIVERSARY of the Omani Revolutior public meeting, Friday 13 June at 7.00 p.m. l Halborn Library Hall, 32 Theobalds Road. Spea Arab worker and an iranian student, Also a film INFLATION AND THE WORKING CLASS day school organised by Manchester Centre fo une at west incis Centre Sarmoor Road Winchester: 4. Soeskers Dave Purd OR Ceot Hodgson (LP), Harold Best (EEPTU Exec, in pe sonal capacityl. Social and creche. Details frai tor Workers control in the Media Public meetin with speakers Carl Gardner (IMG), Alan Hayling (TOM), Steve Harper (Ford's T&G), Friday 6 June at 1.30pm in the Roebuck put Tottenham. Cour mode water:or tube: groanse ov we Breat
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