whose plight has been highlighted by Trotter's case. 4 Racism/Rule 14/Equity_ It was demonstrations like this (in the Caribbean island of Martinique) which finally won a reprieve from the death sentence for Dominican militant Desmond Trotter. The spotlight brought to bear on the case by international solidarity led to a contession by the chief prosecution witness at his trial that her evidence had been concocted by the police. It is now essential to get the case re-opened altogether after this proof of a frame-up, as well as going on to take up the case of other Caribbean political prisoners ER .TROT оміго ne Defense _Red Weekly 8 April 1976 BLACK The campaign against the TUC's new Rule 14 is hotting up. Hackney Trades Council is the latest to vote, by 24 to . which would ban any trades council attempting to cooperate with or subscribe to the funds of any organisation whose policies or activities are contrary to those of A particularly positive feature of the Hackney vote was that Communist Party members voted against the rule. Elsewhere in London - in Hammersmith nues conneu. for Instance - na been une communist Party what nas pu oted through the new rule. Worse still is the situation in Camden, where the CP-led leadership of the Trades Council is "reorganising' the Trades Council off its own bat to exclude delegates from union branches that oppose the new rule - Our Do me amu tenera Meeting and a subsequent meeting of the Trades Council rerused to accept The left is fighting back against these manoeuvres and the vice-chairman, treas urer and five executive committee members are calling for the April meeting of the Council to go ahead as planned, despite the attempt to cancel it by the chair man and secretary. As opponents of the new Rule 14 have pointed out, Camden Trades Council removed the CP from me ust or proscribed orcamsat ons twe years ago while maintaining the part Dannang rascist partes. ror us en tirely correct action they should have been disartiated by the luc With the annual conference of trad es councils approaching on 22 and 23 May, the opponents of the new Rule 14 must maintain a united front against acceptance. Any reueat now ul areas where the struggle has developed much faster and deeper would demobilise the growing movement agalst It To prevent this happening it is essental tnat unose trades councus opposing the new Rule 14 immediately send out a call or a national meeting or an tnose trades council delegates opposed to the cule prior to the annual conference in order to work a common strategy. In London, where many trades councils have voted on the rule, a similar meeting of all trades councils and individual delegates opposed to it is urgent.
Red WeeklyRed Weekly No. 145, 8 April 1976
RULE 14 FIGHTING THE NEW CIRCULAR
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