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eretofind us jor market every Saturday, 11 Next Socialist Organiser delegate meeting: Saturday Next Socialist Organiser delegate meeting: Saturday March 5, in York. Further details to be fixed: please make plans for meetings to choose and mandate your delegates THE EETPU Press Branch, the branch which Frank Chapple thinks 'deserves Fleet Street management as much as the management deserves them' ', is under attack again.

Having failed to flog the branch off to one of the print unions for an asking price in the region of £60,000 the EETPU's Executive " Council 18 planning to try and bring it under control by packing it out with their own supporters.

The EC decided in December that. in future. the union's London Area Secretary should keep a register of members who want to work in the Print -rather than leaving the now.

Turner, 636994. SO is sold at the Starry Plough bookshop.

Sheffield. Meets every other Wednesday, 7.30pm at the Brown Cow, The Wicker. Next meeting Wednesday February 2. SO is sold outside Boot's, Foregate (Saturday 12 to 1) and at the Independent Bookshop, Glossop Road.

Hull. Meets every Wednesday, 8pm: details from SO sellers. Childcare available. SO is sold at the Prospect Centre (Saturday 11-12). Halifax. Contact 52156.

• WALES Cardiff. Contact • MIDLANDS • Birmingham. Meets alternate Fridays, 7.30, the Labour Club, Bristol St. Next meeting Friday January 14. SO is sold at the Other Bookshop, Digbeth High Street.

Coventry. Contact Keith White, 75623. SO is sold at the Wedge Co-op, High St. Meets on first and last Thursday of each month, 7.30 at 'The Queen', , Primrose Hil St, Hillfields. Next meețing: Thursday January 27, John O'Mahony on 'What is Socialist Organiser?' Leicester. Contact Phil, 857908. SO is sold outside .Supasave (Friday 4.30 to 6), matter up to the branch.

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isn't just an adminis trative decision. Briz. the London Area Secretar!. is a Chapple supporter who once had ambitions of succeeding him as tbe right's nominee for General Secretary and his brief for the new job makes the intentions pretty clear: ''The questions of service to the union will be items of major consideration, as will experience and quatifcations.' And if you can't read between the lines about what "service to the union" means you don't know how the Chapple machine works.

uS 5pm-7pm). Also at EOA Books, Cowley Rd.

Basingstoke. Next meeting Tuesday February 3, 7.30 at Chute House: ' 'Tebbit' 'democracy' or workers' democracy?": speaker Stephen Corbishley.

• LONDON North-West London. Meets fortnightly: contact Mick, 624 1931. SO is sold at Kilburn Books.

Islington. Meets every other Sunday, 3pm at Thornhill Neighbourhood Project, Orkney House, Copenhagen St. Next meeting February 6: 'Council budget 1983'. For childcare phone Nik 607 5268.

Haringey. Contact 802 0771 or 348 5941. Meets every other Sunday, 6pm, Trade Union centre, Brabant Rd. Next meeting January 30. Tower Hamlets. Contact 790 4937. Meets fortnightly on Fridays, 6.30 to 8.30pm. Next meeting January 28. Newham. Socialist Organiser/Communist Party debate: 'Which way to socialism'. Thursday January 27, 8pm. For venue phone 555 9957. Speakers: John Grahl (CP), Martin Thomas (SO).

Newham SO jumble sale: Cotirdar Fahrary 5. Inm at Harold Road Centre, Harold Rd, E13.

South-East London. Contact 691 1141. Next meeting Thursday February 10, 7.45pm at Lee Centre, Islibie Rd, off Lee High Rd. Pat Longman (Islington councillor) on 'Socialists and local government' Lambeth/Southwark: meets every other Wednesday, Lansbury House, 41 vamberwen rove, 11 Marcon London SE5. Business 7.30 to 8.30, open forum discussion 8.30. Next meeting Hounslow. Meets fortnightly on Sundays, 8pm. For details phone 898 6961. Hackney. Contact c/o Andrew Hornung, 28 Carlton Mansions, Holmleigh Rd, N16.

SO is sold at the following London bookshops: Colletts, Central Books, The Other Bookshop, . Book. marks, Bookplace [Peckham Rd, SE15], and Reading Matters [Wood Green Shopping City].