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CHRIS DAVIES (Report Police hurassment of revolutionary After last month's raid of the Corentry ING affices, which were systematically wrecked in the process, it is now evident that in at least two areas there is u determined attempt by the police and local authorities to force left newspaper sellers off In Sheffield, three sellers of Red Weekly have recently been arrested in Castle Square on different occasi ons and charged with obstruction The IMG has sold its paper in this square for many years, yet one of the sellers has been fined C3. An appeal has been lodged against this sentence.
Tarig Ali, who contested the Altereliffe clection, has written to the local bodies of the labour movement asking them to take up the vital question of principle which is involved - the right of all working class organisations to discribute their literature, which is "blacked" by the big retan. nowsnrents. The ALlEW dasrict committee is already taking up the issue with Shetted's chiel constable In Brighton, the town council and local police are planning to put an end to a practice which is causing them considcrable irritation. Hoth the ING and the International Socialists have regular Sarurday sakes of their newspapers on two streets near the main shopping centres which are not concred by hyeRepeated harassment and threats have already forood a namber of socialist paper now aims to put paid to the IMG and IS Council for Civil Liberties and othe groups, the IMG has launched a campaig not only lo defend lose areas stil "Free, hat to establish the right to sell any whore in Brighton wahoot testelon Last Satanday, a nass puper alle was carried out bf sellers of Red Weeky Socialist Worker, Moriome Daily, Brighton Foice, and other Belt and communicy papers. Thee sales will be coolingod every seekehd, and backing for tbe campaien has come from Ron Wallis, a member of the local council, who says:
We feel that this proposed change in the bye-laws raises serous problems for community action groups and political organisations wanting the democratic right to sell paper expressing their particular paint of view.
The final docision about the change in the bye-laws rests with the Home Office, and Wallis has promised that he wall protest to the Home Secretaty on behalf of the Labour group an the