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workers in the struggle for new leadership.

To do so we need consistent support and money. Socialist Organiser Alliance groups Why not join with • us? Supporters are asked to. undertake to sell a minimum of 6 papers per week and contribute at least £1.50 JULY 9 is now the date fixed for a major demonstration in York organised jointly by the Anti-Apartheid Movement and York Trades Council.

The march is designed to show active solidarity of British trade unionists with the 14-month strike by 500 workers employed by the Wilson-Rowntree confectionery multi-national in South Africa.

York is Rowntrees headquarters in Britain. And the demonstration will follow on a week of action organised by AAM on the Rowntree strike to take place between June 19-26.

An AAM Broadsheet -"The Rowntrees Dispute -the Facts" has been produced - price Sp. Leaflets too have been produced for AAM groups around the country to distribute at a cost of £5 per 1,000.

And AAM is working to get other union leaders to echo the general statement of solidarity with the Rowntree strike made recently by Len Murray.

Of. course such statements would have much more impaci on the employers and on the British workers' movement if they were related to calls for concrete solidarity action -such as a week of blacking action of trade with South Africa by transport and other unions:

Unfortunately there is no sign of British union leaders being prepared to lake such a stand - and the punitive restrictions introduced against uny international solidarity action under the Tobbit Bill make such action less likely in the future.

We urge SO supporters 1o light in their union branches for such action, and lo link the campaign around Rowntrees with the fight against the. show-trial of three leaders of the Rowntree union SAAWU, currently facing massive jail sentences under South Africa's notorious Terrorism Act.

Thozamile Gqweta, Fisa Njikelana and Sam Kikine have been remanded until June 14 after a court appearance last month. They need the full support of the international labour movement.

Move the following motion in your union branch or Labour Party:

"This branch/ward:

1) condemns the arrest of the SAAWU leaders and their trial with three other militants under the Terrorism Act.

2) Expresses its total support for the workers' movement in South Africa and calls for the unconditional release of all workers and militants jailed for opposing the South African government and employers.

3) Agrees to mobilise the largest possible contingent for the July 9 demonstration in York (assemble 1.30 pm, Heworth Green, Monkgate Roundabout).

4) C'alls on the Executive 1o organise a full national mobilisation for this demonstration.

5) Calls on the Executive to call on the TUC to support solidarity action by organising total blacking of goods lo and from South Africa during the action period June 16-26.

6) Calls on sponsored MPs and the Parliamentary Labour Party as a whole to campaign on these issues in the constituencies and in Parliament."

AAM can be contacted al 89 Charlotte Street, foldon Wl. Orga have been established in most big towns.

per month (20p for unwaged).

If there is no group in your help us to build one?

To 'Get Organised' , Write at 28 Middle Lane, London N8.

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