Socialist Organiser

The weekly of the fused Workers Socialist League, July 1981 to April 1984

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Socialist Organiser no. 81, 22 April 1982 · scan p. 16 · about 355 words

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THE TOTAL of the special fund drive now stands at £1142 (represented by. the red This week's contributions include £32 raised at a booksale run by Socialist OrganisIn every local group there must be Socialist Organiser readers or supporters with dozens of books on their shelves which they could spare. A small effort could pull in Meanwhile, Lambeth/Southwark supporters are planning a jumble sale for the fund. They reckon this one is sure to beat the £80 they collected in their previous sale.

£10 from Bob Sutcliffe and £10 from Ann Evans also came from Lambeth this Send contributions to Socialist Organiser, 28 Middle Lane, London N8 8PL. Cheques Dalich SOLIDARNOSC is not dead. On Friday 16th, 500 demonstrators, bearing • candles to the memory of the workers killed by the Jaruzelski regime after the imposition of martial law on December 13, gathered in Warsaw.

They mounted a brave and brief protest before being dispersed by the police.

Protests continue in the factories, too, despite penalties under martial law of three years' jail for any strike action and ten years for other protests.

The Paris daily Le Monde reports that in many factories there is a symbolic oneminute strike on the 13th of each month.

Workers in Britain, where we are still a great deal more free to act, owe it to our class brothers and sisters in Poland to start putting some real teeth into our solidarity with them.

TO WAY! ›ay claim continues, with the each other in their efforts to responsibility and leave the last Wednesday confirmed that they are ready to fight against the Tory 4% limit.

NUPE admits that members are ready to take action, "But they want to be consulted about it first, and they want it to be united".

Yet with bitter memories of the 1978-79 pay campaign, with its patchy, RCN.

This year COHSE officials have made noises saying that the unions will "go it alone', •, regardless of the RCN. But this must mean taking steps to boycott further talks with management on nurses pay to prevent the offer once again being imposed, and simply

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