'The best defence we've got is what happens outside the court'

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anvuing eise about our marca was te use of flying pickets. We went into the Tactories and onto te sites station, tor exampie, we went onto me platform and into the canteen to win support tor me castern necion arivers who were on strike against the cuts at the time. ne police were unable to stop us because of the sympathetic reaction we got.

be used elsewhere, instead of lust protesting about overtime, what if unemployed workers went into the factories and demanded an end to it?

courts are worried about. So come Staples Corner, the police wanted to teach us a lesson and intimidate orners the unemployed had done the things we were doing.

cil?

gave every co-operation we could. I'm nopetul it will establisn the true tacts of what happened. It's collected a mass of statements from independent witnesses as well as the marchers.

orting the march at the stage when it What worried the authorities more than At Birmingham New Street railway And obviously the flying picket can May and again on 16 June to lobby the recall and we De doing the sain at the September TUC, because the best defence we've got is what will be happen ing outside the court, not inside.

* * WHAT YOU CAN DO Des Warren was rut on parole for a few days recently. One of the first things ne cia was to support me aoseal TOr E 43. Most of our readers are in a far better position to neid ov *RAISING collections in your work place.

*MOVING resolutions in your shop stewards • committees trade union and Labour Party branches condemning the police attack and calling on your executive to campaign for the dropping of all charges;

JOINING the lobby of the TUC on Send donations to Right to Work March Defence Fund, 265a Seven Sisters hoad. London V4 CONTOUR

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