minal offenses because of their picketing activities in last year's building strike will go on trial in Shrewsbury.
Over the past few months support for these victims of the state offenent has been growing. A recent conterence organised by the Edinburgh Trades Council drew more than 100 delegates from all sections of the local trade union movement. This comig Saturday 22 September - the Liverpool Trades Council is organising a national confUnder the watchful eye of police marksmen, the trial of the Belfast Ten has begun at Winchester. The judge has urged the jury not to be prejudiced by the security operations surrounding the trial - a rare flash of humour.
The fact that the trial is taking place in Winchester at all, is calculated to be prejudicial to the defendants. It was at Winchester that Noel Jenkinson Was given 30 years following the Aldershot bombing. And no one can seriously imagine that twelve respectable citizens of Winchester are going to be unaffected by the press hysteria around the current bombings. It is precisely at this time that the demand from reactionary Tories for anti-Irish legislation has been given maximum publicity. Robert Carr is giving a good imitation of a man who is unmoved by the clamour for the hanging of "bombers' or restrictions PICKETS GET MORE the defence of the Shrewsbury 24.
Delegations are being elected from all across the country for this conference. A large contingent will be attending from Scotland, and many building sites in London will be sending delegates.
It is important that as many trade on Irish people in Britain. But at the same time he IS preparing more effective means of stepping up repression against the left and the Irish movement in this country. The maximum effort is required for the defence of the Belfast Ten, and other victims of the current witchhunts, in order to fight this repression.
demonstration in solidarity with the Belfast 10 has been called for this Sunday - 16 September - 3 pm Charing Cross Embankment (to rally at Speaker's Corner).
Protests planned against events in Chile and Africa may conflict, however, and postponement of the Belfast 10 demonstration is being considered. At the time of going to press no decision had been reached on this. Readers interested in obtaining final details should phone the defence committee at 01-800-9392. all local Shrewsbury Defence Committees, are represented in Liverpool next Saturday For further information or credentials contact:
Simon Fraser, Secretary, Liverpool Trades Council, 33 Hatton Gardens, Liverpool L3 2A. Tel. 051-236-1778 La delegate from Sheffield can only create confusion about its role and allow the employers to take advantage of the divisions inside the working class movement The responsibility for this situation lies with the bureaucracy and it is they who must be fought - but in a struggle inside the working class movement. If a movement for union democracy in the UPW can be built around such incidents as this, then the working class movement can actually emerge strengthened, instead of weakened (however unintentionally) as threatens to be the case.
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