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Red Weekly No. 87, 6 February 1975 · p. 7 of the scan · 344 words

The scan: rw-no87-feb-6-1975.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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page 7 of the scan

the Kent, Yorks and Scottish areas of the NUM, who have all added their voices to the call tor strike action, should set a dare for their own concerted action and campaign for this to be taken up by the rest of the movement.

An part of the build-up to effec Live strike action, support should be given to the call by Liverpool Trades Council for a conference in Liverpool on 9 February Such a conference can play an inportant role in the debate which must turn the campaign onto the road for victory. Delegates should press the conference to suppost the march orginised by the Wigan Building Workers Action Committee.

The Wigan march can be a torch to set alight the campaign for the miss of workers. Rallies and delegations of stewards should greet the march, The need is for actionwhich is the only way to get Warren and Tomlinson out of prison.

Red Weekly interviewed Mick Builders Action Committee, on why they were organising the march. Nutbough we were prepared to putlish the interview without making Tany editorial alterations, Brother Abbott rang up at the last minute withdrawing the interview.

on the revolutionary left. This is in direct contradiction to the claim of the Wigan Bulders Action Comitlee that they had written to all the papers of the left secking support letter, If we had we would ceratoly have printed it. Perhaps the WRP and its supporters think the left' is restricted to the Morning Star and Abbott, a leading member of the Wigan stay in jail.

No doubt the WRP had issued ins tructions to its supporters not to have anything to do with the other groups Red Weekiy did not receive such a think that the main task over Shrews- powerful march, a demonstration of bury is simply to expose the reformists and the CP. Such a policy might gain the odd member for the WRP. but if the campoign is simply going to be restricted to 'exposing' the inadequacies of these people then Warren and Tomlinson will

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