[THE NEWHAM 8 - black youth recently arrested…]

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THE NEWHAM 8 - black youth recently arrested by uniformed police after being set on by plain-clothes officers - appeared in Newham =agistrates' court on Decem=*::: 100 supporters pickEt the court.

I eight were remanded e sa a Scaresbrook Crown tis sere the case mill = 0* =0 p in late We Miss strater a I Jee it see rider i so IT APPEARS that moves could be made within ACTSS to force a settlement on the ten strikers at Stanfords map shop, London. A senior ACTSS official met with a management representative on Christmas Eve and they discussed a settlement of the dispute which involves management paying off the strikers instead of reinstating them.

The amounts paid roughly equivalent to redundancy pay - would The police respondea by arresting both Ken and Phil on the same day in October 1981.

Phil was charged with two burglaries. In both cases charges were brought against other people found tea: the crimes. and ther =: serously dropped.

F= care agains Phil Sa's bis all • evidence The = 14° = be about £150 each, with some of the workers getting nothing. There would also be no agreement about union recognition in the shop, which was the cause of the strike.

A settlement on these lines would be unacceptable to the strikers and to the ACTSS official handling their case, and they would oppose it being forced on them.

Moves to cut Stanford's trade are continuing. As well as picketing the shop, years.

In April Phil was sentenced to 18 months on each charge, to run concurrently. This.was despite the forensic scientist being a proven liar. and Phil having various alibis.

Perition * Frit Phil Robins Epaiza was organised unds atter his imprison-=: i has collected a • • rate netition. gui "l'- o: lane up his the strikers have approached the Inner London Teachers' Association (NUT) and the Association of University Teachers to get orders to Stanfords from school, college and university libraries stopped. Already the ILTA has agreed to the boycott.

Money. is desperately needed - the strike fund is very low. Send donations to ACTSS, 173 Clapham Rd, London. SW9 OQF, with cheques payable to Stanford Strike Account. case, and organised street meetings, benefits, pickets and leafletting regularly.

Since his imprisonment Phil has faced further harassment. For asking for a proper medical examination he was put in solitary fur 14 days and he has also lost remission.

Phil has not lost his resolve. and is continuing his civil action against the police.

•Free Phil Robins Campaign. PO Box 52, Liverpool L69 8AT.

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, Socialist Oi ganiser January no.115.

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