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4 Pages·1998·6.5 MB·English

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OVER 13 years & Counter
Infohasstaggeredtoissue50.
Yet, for an initiativedesigned
to implode with the end of the
minersstrikethatisn’tbadgoing.
Butthenastheminerswerebeing
bludgeonedbythestate&itslaw,
firsthandriotreports flooded in
fromHandsworth&Brixton,the
Wapping dispute gave a new
meaningtothe term,newsinter-
national. A momentum had
\ Io 50 Springlsummar 1998 Freeldonatioii
grown, and a ‘long march’
through the minefield of strug-
gles and autonomous actionhad
BUD DEA commenced, peaking during the
anti-polltaxmovement.
CI, despiteits welcomereceipt
ofreportsfromallovertheworld,
from claimants to tree-dwellers,
LABOURarerestructuringthewelfaresystemtobenefit runningtheNewDealinHackney, has remained centred in central
thebosses toan extentthattheTories couldonlydream London. Scotland. The myth is thatit has
attractedafabulousanddedicated
about. The New Deal attacks the entire working class. RESISTANCE
teamof‘cub’reporters,skilledin
Resistance is vital. Resistance is needed at all the arts of desktop publishing &
Under25’sunemployedfor numbersonIncapacityBenefit. levels. incisiveprose.Well,wedon’twant
During the Gateway process to dispel the mythology attached
over 6 months are forced to at- WORKFARE
claimants should take someone toCI,toomuch. Let'sjustsay,we
tend the“Gateway” interviews.
TheNewDeal withthemto allinterviews. acquiredtheartofthe ‘prittstick’
Theyaimtofindlpressurise40% -bringstheUKnearertoUSA- Even if forced onto the new justintimethenewMacerawhile
into anLmsubsidisedjob. typeworkfare -compulsorywork Deal, “New Dealers” canstillre- stillmanagingtocramover4,000
Allotherswillbeforcedinto: for a boss for benefits for most sist.WhentheEmploymentTrain- wordsperissue.
l) Alow paid temporary six unemployedandsingleparentsand ingschemeoperatedaround1988- InanagewhenpoliticosinScot-
monthjob. Theemployer(private for many disabled people. New 90 several ET workers groups landandelsewherehavebeenpush-
orpublic) gets£60perweeksub- York City uses 75,000 workfare sprang up and some successful ingnationalself-determination,we
sidy, and after 6 months can re- workers,intendedtogrowtoover strikes were held (seeCI 25 etc). remain sceptical, critical and in-
placetheNewDealers withmore halfitsemployees. Theyhavecut PromIuly-December 1996New ternationalist.Weholdtothe ‘big
subsidisedworkers. over20,000unionisedjobs. Yorkworkfareworkers heldover picture’ ofcapitalism, but this is
oftenillustratedbylocalstruggles.
2) Working for a Voluntary - means more “casualisation” 30demosdemandingproperwages
Asforanother50,maybenot,but
Organisation for 6 months, paid - 6months temporaryjobs under- andworkbenefits.
wearecommittedtoco-operating
benefitsplus£15 perweek. miningeveryone’swagesandcon- CONT BACKPAGECOLUMN1
withlikewiseinitiatives,globally.
3) Worlcing on an Environ- ditions. EmployersG
mental TaskForce for 6 months, can use the tempo-ll , 313:1". --I;-..j;3:i;3f3i
forbenefitsplus£15perweek.. rary subsidisedjobs
ldayperweektrainingin the to “filter out" activ-l
above3 options. ists
4)Fulltimeeducation.Mainly -aimstoimpose
"\-
for those lacking NVQ level 2. work discipline and ’%
Paidexistingbenefits. statecontrol.Instead
5) Selfemployment. ofdefying the bull-l,
5?
Claimantswho won'tpartici- dozers at road pro-
pate. or leave early, face having tests young unem- l
their ISA benefit cut completely ployed people will
for 2 weeks (4 weeks for a End beonthelitterpatrol
‘offence”) in the Environmen-
The details for over 2-4’s un- talTaskforce. They
employed forover 2years (starts want to socialise
inJune), singleparents, anddisa- people into the rat‘
bledarenotyetclear. Compulsion race-slavingfor50 ‘
is probable for the unemployed. yearstopayforyour
Labourdeny compulsion will hit funeral.
singleparents,butincreasinghar- -furtherspriva-
assmentislikely. Ominously,the tisation,withprivate
new Green Paper aims to cutthe companieslikeReed
Why Work?
INTHE1930’sNaziswouldhaveyoubelievework ENERGYisgrowingforthe16MayglobaldayofReclaimtheStreetsparties. AstheG8
worldleadersmeetinBirminghamthatday,peopleworld-widewillbebanishingthecar,
madeyoufree. Religionpraisestheworkethicas
dancingdefiantly,transformingprivatespaceandcreatingaworldwideweboffestivalsof
akin to a cleansing of the soul, and present day resistance. ReclaimtheStreets,POBox9656,LondonN44]Y. 017128]4621
bossesandpoliticianshypeworkasthesalvationof atthesamething. Itshouldinvolvelearning,timetoplay,should
the nation, bringingdignityand prosperitytothemasses. nothavelimitedgoals. Itshouldbeexpansiveandofinterest. Not
Workasweknowitundercapitalismisnothingshortofrepetitive, allworkisgoingtobeenjoyablebutunenjoyableworkshouldnot
routine,disciplinedlonghours,lowpayandisusuallyboring.There lastalifetime!
areclearcuttimesforworkerstowork,toplay,andtorest. Work Theworld’sresourcesbelongtoeveryone. Withasystemofmutual
itappearsisapartfromourlives. Itissomethingwedobecausewe aid and voluntary co-operation, with no bosses and no profit
haveto,notbecausewewantto. motive,workcouldbecomesatisfyingandmaybeevenenjoyable!
Workasweseeitneednotbeseperatefromourlivesbutshouldbe Capitalism has stolen our humanity and individual self-worth,
apartofit. Itshouldnotinvolveworkinglonghours,dayafterday maybeitistime tostealitback.
No Hiding FUKKK OFF
ASHEVILLE, NORTH CARO-
LINA, USA.(Oct9'7) A Ku Klux
place for
Klan rally was successfully at-
tacked by anti-racists. The Klan
Multinationals werepeltedwithstones,bricks,and
eggs. Local black youth “confis-
cated”andburnedtheKlan‘scon-
federate tlags. Despite police and
MIDMAYisM.A.l.dayforthemultinational SWAT team protection the Klan
corporations. With the signing of the hadtoretreat.Theymissedtheop-
Multilateral Agreement on Investment. the pommitytoenjoytheRadicalFair-
global economy will relegate ‘national ies kiss-in and other acts of soli-
sovereignty to the dustbin ofhistory. darityamong the anti-racists.
Over the past 30 months, organised by the SPECIFIC STRIKE
O.E.C.D.mthe29wealthiestcountrieshavedrawn UNIONSANDcommunitygroupsin
upnew rules to penalise restrictions placed in the Ontario, Canadacalled for astrike
wayofthehugemultinationalcorporations.Itwill against public sector cuts in Wind-
effectively "invalidate all international and sor (Oct'97). Teamsters, teachers,
car,construction,casino,postaland
domesticlawregardingenvironmental, socialand
publictransport workers brought
labourrights.Countries will notbe able to optout
thecitytoa virtualstandstili.
once it is signed: for Z0years [Schnews* 31-10- FINNS DEFY POLICE
9?].
SUCCESSFUL DIRECT action
Alltheleftistandnationalliberationlobbyingfor
and self organisation marked the
‘regulation’by"their"Scotsparliamentor‘peoples’ picturefromzlnsumisiontotal,apamphletfromPeopie .
government will be rendered useless likeUsatBMBoxPLUPLondonWC13XXfor£2about ' "Green and Black Days” held in
T:.inip.:1'-e. Finland in January —
Multinationals will gain the right to sue national ambmnitarisminSpainandtheBasquecountry’ -
despiteaheavypoliceclampdown.
governments for even debating issues which could harm their profit
and investments. More favourable ‘worker protection’, public safely SOCIAL INJIISTIGE ANARCHY NOT MONARCHY
and environmental safeguard legislation will be abandoned. The PEOPLEAGAINSTthe Monarchy
alternative is to risk a flight ofinvestment, as the multinationals gang AFTER 28 months of industrial has been formed to organise popu-
up, andrecession. action,theLiverpoolDockershave lar opposition to the Royal Family,
particularlyduringtheQueensoffi-
Thetrade agreement in NorthAmericahas shown whatwillhappen. settled their dispute with Mersey
cial visit to Scotiand at the end of
TheCanadianGovernmentwassuedbytheEthylCorporationfor$367 Docks and Harbour Company June.P.A.f\’I.notonlyopposetherule
million for banning the use of the pollutant gasoline additive, MMT (MDHC)duetotheenormousodds oftheRoyalsbutwantallrulersover-
[Schnews*]. What’s more, president Clinton's recent trip to Africa stackedagainstthembytheBritish thrown Info. PAM PO Box 1021,
underlined that in the new era of economic ‘liberalisation’, what aid Labour Government and the EdinburghEH89PW.
thatisdispensedwillbetiedtoremovingtraderestrictions,withcountries leadersoftheDockers’ownunion BUILDING UP STEAM
thatare ‘selfsufficient’going the wayofNorth Korea. - theTGWU. RAILWAY WORKERS in Italy
MQODY BLUES AlthoughtheBritishGovernment took strike action in Feb. against
Globalresistancecanunderminethis ‘realdominationofcapital’.On is themain shareholderinl\/IDHC plans toprivatise thestaterailway
lstFebruaryinternationalactiontookplaceinColumbia,Mexico,Haiti, they refused to intervene in the system. Grass roots Unions were
Spain, Ireland. Germany andSouth Korea. Schnews [6-2-98] reported disputeandevenlocalLabourMP5 due to strike again in March, in
that the grounds of the home of Moody- Stuart. Group Managing wouldn'tdiscuss the issue. More what could be a major struggle.
Director ofRoyal Dutch Shell in Hassocks, Sussex , was invaded. It damaging butjust as predictable Info L-’nrt'1m'raN01-"a.
illustratedthatthose withrealpowercanbe made ‘visible’ toprotest. was the behaviour ofthe TGWU BALEARIC BEAT
OnFeb. 23rdactivistslinkedtothePeople’sGlobalActionmetto co- whounderminedtheentiredispute
ordinateresistance.Protests areplannedattheHouseofCommons on by their lack of support. This INSPAINdozensofsquattedcentres
continuetodefyastateclamp-down
May 13th andaglobalstreetpartyonSat. 16thMayisplannedaround included their refusal to launch a whichincludesrecentevictionsofa
aPeople’sSummitinBirminghamagainstthe G8worldleadersmeeting nationalcampaignchallengingthe Centrein.\Iallorca,andtheviolent
[info0121-632-6909]. . dismissalsandpayingonly£13per eviction ofasquatted villagein the
Resistance, however, willbe futile ifitisbased arounddemands for weekstrikepayperDocker . The Pyreneesby 100armedpolice.
‘nationalsovereignty’.AsthePresidentofthe10miliionstrongpeasant leaderoftheTGWU. BillMorris,
movement put it “MAI is the final consummation of collective showedhistrue selfwhen he said GAMPSFIELD
colonialism..” - only an international outlook linking ‘protest from thatthedockers’ supporters "with - NINE WEST African asylum
below’ cannowchallengecapitalism. their message offalsehope to the seekers go on trialin Oxfordon 1
dockers and their families. did lune facing riot charges arising
more than anyone to prolong the from the revolt at Campsfield
agonyf detention centre in August 1997
The Dockers have pledged to Maximum sentence is 10 years.
fight on against Social Injustice. Info01565 726804/558145.
callinganationalmarchinLondon
for May 30th and are still
publishingtheirpaper. Thelessons
ofthisdisputecouldnotbeclearer
- governments govern and unions SIDE
actasagobetweentobalance the
status quo ofcaptalism - and the
needs of the working class are INFO
unimportant to either..Dockers
Charter c/o 19 Scorton St.,
LiverpoolL64AS 0151 Z07 3388 importanttoresiststatecensorship
oftheradicalpress. We urge our
STATE STITCH UP were foundguilty of“conspiracy possibly Paul Rogers, starts on readers to support. the growing
GREAT NEWS! The Gandalf to incite persons unknown to 27AprilatPortsmouth. Ademois solidaritymovementbycontacting
Three were freed on bail on 27 commit criminal damage”, scheduledforoutsidethecourton London Gandalf Support
March,pendingtheirappeal. The because of articles in Green the firstday. Campaign, c/o London
3 editors of Green Anarchist Anarchist. CI disagrees with Green Greenpeace, Panther House, 38
magazine had been jailed in Meanwhile,thetrialonthesame Anarchist’s'tendency to dismiss Mount Pleasant, London WCIX
Novemberfor3yearseach. They charges of Robin Webb, and class struggle. But it is vitally OAP Email lgfienvirolinlcorg
A l Magnet Boss turns chicken !
WORLD
BRAZIL IS a country with a
feudaldivisionofwealthandland.
1l%l‘ '“' T0 WIN Today less than 3% of the
populationownsalmosttwothirds
ofBrazilianfarmland.60%ofthat
KNOCK OUT?
lies unused. Despite president
IAN. 1998 in Usedom. Germany Carduso‘selectoralpromiseslittle
saw 15 Nazi Skinheads attack a has changed since the 1980’s. A
groupofblackpeopleinalocalbil- corrupt web of the interlinked
liardhall.littleknowingtheywere interests of big business, big
a visiting group of boxers from landowners, the military and
Cuba. Result- two knock outs for police combat attempts at social
Cuba -withoutreply! reform.
GLAD TO BE GREY In 1985 a small group of
THE PENSIONERS Rights Cam- desperate peasants squatted
paign who campaign against dis- unusedplantationlandandfended
crimination on the grounds of age of armed attacks by police and
andforbetterpensions,recently(‘Dec hired gunmen for two years. The
97) took over a TV studio, got air
governmentthen grantedthe land
time, and also blockaded the Hum-
for use as farm co-op. This year
ber Bridge to highlight their cam-
theco-opisexpectedtomakeS12
paign. A spokesperson said; “We
don‘twanttogoand stand in Hyde millionforits 1.432 workers.
Parkandtalk...becausedirectaction Sincethenamassivemovement.
istheonlywaytogetanywhere." oflandless peasants and workers
ZAPATAH hasswelledintoexistence.In 1997
60.000marchedover 1000krnfor
MEXICO CITY. Mexico. Ian.
two months arriving in Brasilia
1998 saw protesters occupy two
(the capital) to demand land
radio stations and blockade the
18MONTHSINTOtheirdispute,thestrikersfromMagnetKitchensin
stock exchange. They also threw reform and mark the anniversary
redpaintontheoutsidewalls, and Darlingtonhavetakenindustrialactiontonewheights,byopeningupa ofthe massacre ofElDoradodos
chickenfarmnearthet'11.5mCambridgeshiremansionofAlanBowkett,
demandedthataZapatistatapebe Carajas where 19 people
chiefexecutive ofMagnet’s parentcompany Berisford. Aidedby re- occupying ahaciendawerekilled
played.Thiswasfollowedbyplac-
dundantDerbyshire miners, the Magnet strikers are now able to hold
ing symbolic coffins in the street by the military police. In the last
demonstrations nearBowkett’spalatialhomewhile evading threats of ten years over 960 peasants and
tohighlighttherecentdeathsof45
legal action for unlawful secondary picketing. The farmhas beenre- supportershavebeenkilledinland
people murderedby death squads
named ‘Camp Bowkett‘, after the fat cat who last year received a disputes.
in the Chiapas region ofMexico.
rt124,000payrise. TheMagnetdisputebegan inSeptember1996when 200.000 landless families have
MexicanembassiesinCanada,the
350 workers seeking a 3% pay increase after 3 years ofpay freezes, successfullytakenback 7 million
USA, andseveralEuropeancoun-
weresacked,manyafter30and40years’service. ManagementatMag- hectaresofland.Morethan50,000
tries were picketed in solidarity
netrefuseto negotiateasettlement. families are currently camped
actions. In the Chiapas region it-
The Magnet strikers are calling on activists to organise demonstra- around empty land. MST
self6000marchedinprotest.
FOOD AND BOMBS tionsandboycottsofover130companiesownedbyBerisford. Aswell (MovementofLandlessWorkers)
asMagnetKitchen showrooms in a largenumberofBritishcities, the has inspired urban homeless to
VIOLENT RIOTS followed recent companyalsoownsWelbiltHoldingsbasedintheUSAandthroughout begin occupations of unused
priceincreasesinfoodinZimbabwe.
Poor families living in Harare, Europe. Details ofWelbilt in the US, can be found on the company buildings. MST spokespeople
Gweru,andMasingocontinuetoriot webpageshttp://www.welbilt.com. Formoreinformationonthecam- speaking on their national pirate
despitetroopsbeingtold toshootto paign. contact Ian Crammond, 109 ledburgh Drive, Darlington DL3 radioemphasisthat“thepoorcan’t
kill.Governmentgreedandcorrup- hope for government action but
tionisbeingblamedforthepricein- THE DIE WAS CAST havetoorganisethemselves.”
creases.TheGovernmentisblaming
whitefarmersandtheInternational LOCKING ON 1
MonetaryFund. SINCE THE end of the miners Many of the opencast mining
SOLIDARITY. strikein 1985, 140deeppitshave companies have been criticised Faslane peace Camp are com-
OVER 17,000 workers voted to closed and 90% ofthe workforce over health and safety standards mittedtoresisttheevictionfrom
unionise in New York, USA. has been made redundant. on their sites and are hostile to Argyll & Bute Council. Since I
Opencast coal production has tradeunions. Thecircumstances 28th July '97 they have been
(Ian.98) They have been put on
compulsory Work Pare Schemes tripled over this period, now which lead to the death of one classedas squatters. Send sup-
accounting for a third of worker and 16 others being port/donations via 01436 ‘
andtheCityauthoritiesfailtorec-
ognisethem asworkers.Typically production, andcoalimportshave injured at the Scottish 820901. Also get their "nuke-
working20hrsaweekforwelfare growndramatically. DalquhandypitinFebruary 1998 iustdon'tdoit"T.Shirtfor£6 !
benefitsanddonothaveanywork Secure, skilled jobs have been are typicalofothersites. wrecked. Theylateroccupiedthe
replaced with low pay, casual DOE HILL ACTION
placeprotection. offices of mining company H I
NO NUKES-GOOD NEWS employment and the dole queue; In opposition, New Labour Banks whooperate thesite, when
ANTI-NUCLEAR movement pro- sacrificing health and safety for pretended to be critical ofopen therewere47 arrests.
testersandresidentsofAhaus,Ger- cheapcoalandquickprofits. cast,buttheirreviewofopencast Contact No Opencast, 190
DEVASTATED
many mobilise5,000peopleagainst mining policy published in Shepherds BushRd., London W6
atrainladenwithnuclearmaterial.(2 In opencast mining, whole October 1997 was described by 7NL 0181767 3142
Mar 98)The train was held up for landscapesaredugout,sometimes environmentalorganisationsas“
over 13 hrs despite the presence of toadepthofhundredsfeet. Entire weak and insubstantial”. No
30,000 police, riot squads, border
ecosystems are decimated, water surprisestherethen! Publication
guards, and anti-terrorist units.
pollutedandlocalpeoplesubjected ofthereportcoincidedwithaday
Manyclashestookplacewithpolice
to unbearable levels of noise, ofaction by Earth First! and No
cars smashed up and 700 arrested.
The21 March saw a rally in Mun- traffic and air pollution. Astudy Opencast who organised the
ster,nearAhaus,protestagainstthe of children in West Glamorgan, occupation of Doe Hill House
nuclear shipment and police vio- Wales, hasconcludedthatthereis opencast mine in Derbyshire,
lence. a link between opencast mining when the earth destroying
andchildhoodasthma. equipment and machinery was
TradeUnion,theCGT.
FORMIDABLE!!!
“We have no reason to stop
thestrnggle....It’suptoastotake
backtheresourcesthatthosewho
A MASSIVE wave ofdirect action by unemployed people holdpolitical,financialandme-
demanding increases inbenefitshassweptFrance. diapowerhavestolenfrom as : STAFF in High Riggs Job
let’stakebackeverything!”-TCP. Centre in Edinburgh were
Since Marseille benefit but has not met the main de-
Since19Januarysuchactiv- astounded when 20 people
offices were occupied in mands,egextendingbenefitsto
istshaveintitiateddailygeneral looking exactly like their
December, over 200 Job 19-25 year olds. Police have
Centres,TownHalls,Electricity evicted many occupations. 4 assemblies in Paris, attracting colleague Marianne
Company offices, police demonstratorsarrestedatBrit- around 100people,to bringto- MacDonald stormed into the
getherallinvolvedinthestrug-
stationsl, Chambers of ish-owned Cash Converters in officeon1lFebruary.Perhaps
gle,andplanweeklyactions.
Commerce, banks, Socialist Parison11Feb.werejailedfor theEmploymentServicewere
InfoTravailleurs/euses,Chomeursl
Party offices, and other 2weekswhileawaitingtrial. euses, Precaires en colere (TCP), emulatingthecloningofDolly
buildingshavebeentakenover Some urge the struggle go 21ter,rueVoltaire,75011Paris.Fax the Sheep?
byunemployeddemonstrators. beyondthereformistlimitsim- 014372 1577&CNT-AIT,33rue
Butwhywerethe20versionsof
Some occupations have posed by the Unemployed As- disVignoles,75020Paris.Tel0143
thenotoriousbullyingRestartin-
lastedseveraldays.On17Janu- sociationslikeAC!and groups 720954http://www.alt.ern.comIcntr’
ll€I'Vl€W€l' waving placards pro-
ary alone there were 20 new linkedtotheCommunistParty [email protected].
claiming 3 STRIKES CONTIN-
occupations, including Town
UES, NO BENEFITCUTS FOR
Halls in Grenoble, Brest,
SINGLE PARENTS, and THE
Guingamp,aSocialistPartyof-
NEWDEALISADIRTYDEAL?
ficeinMulhouse,EDFelectric-
Elementary. It was an Edin-
ityofficesinParisandClermont-
burghClaiinants 3rdstrikedemo
Ferrand, plus occupations in
againstMacDonaldandherman-
NancyandLyon. On10Febru-
ager MrLaird. Despite 2 warn-
aryprotestorsoccupiedthePo-
ings she had continued abusing
lice-HQatavDaurnesnil,Paris.
claimants. Sonowherphotowas
Large groups enter super-
adorning the demonstrators’
markets and collectively take
masks andhundreds ofleaflets.
food and other goods without
Thisactiondefiedalegalclamp-
paying,todistributefree. Anti-
down. That morning in Edin-
baillifactions,blockadingroads
burgh a claimant had been sen-
and railways, mass free use of
tenced to 150 hours community
publictransport,invadingposh
service for delivering a 3 Strikes
restaurantsanddemandingfree
warning letter. “Vile w0n’t be
food, opening tollgateson pay
intimidated” say Edinburgh
motorways are among other
Claimants.RingO13] 5576242
activities.
The government has con- _'| Demonstrators wearingmasks
wbthphotosofdolebullyMacDonaldabouttoinvadeanEdinburghbenefitofficeon11 February
ceded some benefit increases,
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runbyandforclaimantsandbased compulsory slave labour 0131-557-6242 [email protected] http://wkweb4.cab1einet.co.uk/bunnyace
on solidarity and direct action, scheme Project Work (PW) ace][Dundee/Dunfermline/Aberdeen@s via ACE] - 5th May group POB
1681LondonN87LE;.-AnarchistBlackCross,c/o121RailtonRd.,London
can spark opposition to the New should inspire opposition to
SE24 (prisoner solidarity)‘ Anarchist Communist Federation, 84b
Deal. TheGroundswellNetwork theNew Deal Whitechapel High St,London El 7QX - Angry People, PO Box lO8,St.
is a good start which needs to Bristol Claimants report that Peters,NSW2044Australia ~CollectiveActionNotes,POBox22962,Balto.,
growmuchbigger. anti PVV action late lastyear in- MD21203,USA ~Contraflow.56aInfoshop,56CramptonSt.,LondonSE17
The New Deal is not just a cluded - Musicians playing in- "Ecdounctraatfl[email protected]"68h1t.tpL:o//nwdwown,.gNn8.a7pLcE.org-/Eg.ridAlnogcklia-
“claimants issue". Workers in sidetheJobCentre. -IobCentre AnarchistNetwork,POBox87.IpswichIP44]Q -FederationAnarchiste,
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postal workers forexample have wall built by PW slave labour Group,Box2474,LondonN8.0181 8029804 ~IndustrialWorkersofthe
foughtfiercebattlesrecentlyover both destroyed - PW provider World,75HumberstoneGate,LeicesterLE1 1\VB ~KateSharpleyLibrary,
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sistthatallNewDealjobspaythe vasion by aWelshchoir - aboss everyFriday8pm,ConwayHall.RedLionSq.Holborn;LondonGreenpeace,
goingrate.andbepermanent(not coveredwithreddye-adeadtoad 5CaledonianRd.,LondonN1 -NorwichSolidarityCentrer‘SolidarityFed;
for6 months). Whilethiswould intheirmail. -Stencilledslogans Solidarity Centre, Room 13, S-luspole Workshops. Norwich NR3 IQD -
besomething,itstillleavesintact on windows ofcharity shops us- SchNEWS, PO Box 2600. Brighton BN2 ZDXL tel/fax: [phone]
the imposition of a compulsory ingPW-THISCHARITYUSES [email protected]:,IB/woux.--i'-w1.6c.bSuhzez.fcfioe.ludkS(IwIeNeYkly-nSeowlsid-sahreiteyt)Fed-
scheme. Enforcing a boycott of SLAVELABOUR. -IWA,POBox493.St.Albans.ALI STW -S.BristoIAnarchists,POBox
all New Deal options should be InBrightonactiveopposition lO76.Bristo1BS99IWPBooks!Pan1phlets:-ActiveDistro,BMActive,Lon
the aim, difficult though from ledto6organisationswith- WCIN3XX-AKDistro.POBox12766.Edinburgh.EH89YE MAYDAY90|
workplaceoppositionwillbe-the drawingfromPW. On6Feb. 30
TradeUnionhierarchycompletely antiPWprotesterspushedpastpo-
back the scheme. The need for lice into DavidLepper MP5 sur-
independentworkersorganisation gery in the Brighthelm Centre, a
isgreaterthanever. 6 PW exploiter. This so worried
Claimantsgroups,andWork- Brighthelmthattheypulledoutof
ers and volunteers in voluntary ProjectWork.
organisations,needtoencouragef Groundswell c/o Claimants Action,,
pressurisevoluntaryorganisations E.OXfordCornrnnnityCentre,Princes
toboycotttheNewDeal,stressing St.,Oxford.01865723750.Groupsin
Bristol, Oxford, Brighton, London,
thatparticipationinacompulsory
Nottingham, Sheffield, Manchester
forcedlabourschemecontradicts
area,Blackburn,Edinburgh,etc..Next
avowed voluntary sector values. conference 13-14June,Oxford.