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LONDON Workers' Socialist Wakefield, Leicester, Long League educationals on basic Lartin, Durham, Sunday Marxism. New series starting July 11: Wormwood Scrubs soon. Write for details and 3pm, Gartree 1pm.
AIGHTBACK: WE WANT Jobs narcl for jobs IF you ve walked along Drayton Park in Islington and wondered what that building was with the green dome, here is the answer: it is going to be Women's City.
Empty The building has been empty for nine years, but with a lot of dedicated work by women architects, surveyors, engineers, plumbers, electricians and decorators, it's practically purpose-built women's centre.
In the 14,000 aquare feet under its dome, there's a Paid ads Sp per word, £4 per column inch. Send to Socialist Organiser (What's On), 28 Middle Lane, London N8. SUPPORT the health work ers! Islington march and rally, Wednesday July 21. March 12 noon from the Town Hall. rally 2pm at Whittington Park.
TRIBL NE ralty. Stop the Parze: Speaker. Tony Benn. 1: Retardera, Artur Scare i. Fr a sill. Tasio Junn {am den Tosa ike! .L TET \m] Pti.. ready-made auditorium that could seat 1500, a ready-made cafeteria with an adjoining creche area, space for workshops, dances, meetings, film shows, rehear: al rooms and studios, galleries and library, bookshop and offices. There are plans for a top quality computer.
As well as being a culalso provide the first 24hour Attackline giving practical help and support to some of the women who suffer violent attacks every day in London (On average, POLISH SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN Dulletin• MaRINaINAl Laladina. new issue out now.
Individual copies, or saleor-return bundles; can be obtained from Marion Pitman, 29 Hampton Road, Twickenham, Middlesex. (01-898 7165) at 30p per copy.
Subscription (six issues) £2.50.
Contact: Solidarnosc. Trade Union Working Group, 64 Philbeach Gardens, London SWS (01-373 3492), or c/o National Union of Journalists, Acorn House, Grays Inn Road, London WCI (01-837 9464).
Glasgow Polish Solidarity Campaign. lan McCalman, 18 Mossgiel Rd., Glasgow G43. 041-632 1839. -Edinburgh PSC. C/o Edinburgh Trades Council, 12 Picardy Place.
Oxford Labour Committee on Pland, 468 Banbury Rd., Oxford. 0865 58238.
Coventry PSC. John Fisher, c/o ASTMS. 26 Queens Rd., Coventry.
Labour Poland Solidarity Fund. : o Cooperative Bank. It0 Leman SL.. London El. the rate is 144 violent attacks in each 24 hours).
Any woman who has been assaulted will be able to ring a freephone number through to Women's City, which will send out a car with a woman driver to go to her and take her wherever she wants to go, with no charge.
A general women's minicab service will also be based at Women's City.
Attract Women's City will obviously attract visitors from all over the country and around the world. But it will also be for the reaistration to WL. PO Box "AnAnergAT 135, London N1 ODD.
HULL Socialist Organiser meetings:
July 7: Hull Unemployed Workers' Union: organising the unemployed in Hull.
July 14: The Transitional Details of venue etc from SO sellers.
OXFORD YOP Trainees' Union Rights . Campaign conference on organising YOPs and the trade unions. Saturday July 10, 2pm to 4pm, Co-op, Hall, Cowley Road, Oxford.
STOP SIZEWELL B - national rally/conference against the Pressurised Water Reactor. Saturday November 6, Central Hall, Westminster. Called by Anti-Nuclear Campaign.
IRISH PRISONERS in English gaols: national weekend of prison pickets organised by the Troops Out Movement.
Saturday July 10, Ipm: women of Islington: somewhere to leave the kids while they do the shopping, somewhere to come for help and advice and relaxation, not just for the dungaree set.
Cinema A launderette, a Saturday morning kids cinema, perhaps a kids' library, and other features that will make it useful to women in the immediate area, are among the priorities.
How is it all going to come about? The Women's City Co-op are approaching every source of money in sight including Islington Council, but also WORKEKS maren against Racism: FROM Brick Lane through Brixton to TUC conference in Brighton.
September 4 to 8. Sponsors include: Jayaben Desai, Anwar Ditta, Nasira Begum, Tony Benn, Ted Knight, Ken Livingstone, Paul Boateng.
Details 01-274 3951.
CONFERENCE of Socialist Economists annual conference: Bradford University, July 16 to 18. Details:
J.Macdonald, 20 Stanley Rd, Ormskirk, Lancs L39 2DH.
TROOPS OUT delegation to the North of Ireland. August 7 to 9. Details from John Underhay 01-735 1064, or PO Box 353, London NWS.
Scrap the FULL Pay WOR warships the health workers (From Voice) the GLC, Arts Council, women's banks in the USA, and are looking at fundraising ideas like 'buy a brick for Women's City"
We'l 're determined to get the money and none of us has any doubt that we will. Women are standing by ready to start the work of renovation. Others are raising support.
Islington Council Women's Committee will be discussing the project at its next meeting, and looking at the plans that have been drawn up.
RACHEL LEVER the Islington Labour paper Islington ZIONISTS hands off Lebanon! Labour Committee on Palestine picket of El Al office in Regent St, 12 noon, Saturday July 17.
LABOUR Committee on Palestine public meeting: Friday July 23, 7pm, County Hall, London SEI. NO BANS, no expulsions, no register! Glasgow Socialist Organiser meeting. Tuesday July 13, 7.30, AUEW Halls, West Regent St, near Blythswood Square.
HOLOCAUST 82: genocide in the Lebanon. Meeting org anised by Labour Middle East Council in conjunction with Trade Union Friends of Palestine. Wednesday July 21, 7.30, Dulwich Baths Small Hall, Crystal Palace Rd, London SE22.
CHILE/El Salvador festival: Thursday-Saturday September 24-26. Three days of music, poetry, theatre, exhibitions, films, seminars and workshops, at Manning Hall, University of London Union, Malet St, London WCI. Details: El Salvador Solidarity Campaign, 01-359 2270.
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THERE have been massive ban the bomb demonstrations held over the past year in all the capital cities of Western Europe together with a march of a million in New York.
This reflects a deep NO NUKES concern throughout the world about the proliferation of nuclear weapons and the very real threat to the future of the human race.
At the Europe '82 conference held in Brussels over the weekend July 2-4, reports were given of the activities of the peace movement thorughout the world and intense discussion on the political problems facing us.
Some of the most moving accounts came from the Third World, doubly and triply oppressed by imperialism.
A missionary from Belau island in the Pacific spoke of a mass movement amongst islanders for nuclear free zones against American imperialism.
An Eritrean spoke against non-violent action. He said "We have guns in our hands, by Dave Bahro of the Green Party of West Germany Bahro stressed the need for grass roots rank and file action bypassing official organisations. Tony Benn stressed the need for the rank and file to take over labour movement organisations and make their leaders accountable.
The organisation of the conference was mainly on the basis of workshops, sharing similar experiences and creating networks for future activities. This worked very well and what became clear was the tremendous upsurge of support everywhere that war has shaken Organiser no. 92 July 8, 1983 Pr
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