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Arguments for Whard times Be world econon in tairmoil Pluto dA Press From Pluto Press:

an analysis of capitalism in crisis from regular Socialist Organiser contributor Bob Sutcliffe. £2.50 from bookshops, or (with 50p post and packing) from Pluto, The Works, 105a Torriano Avenue, London NWS.

Recording at the end of War Two was still between popular and records. Black, "race" sold almost exclusively t people buying from shoo black ghettoes or black ships. Nevertheless, the the music of the late thir early forties reflected i among blacks wanting away from the South sounds. Like the Wes "City Blues" a little latel a more clipped sound af to black listeners proud new, city ways, their ne and hair straighteners.

The huge emigration from the huge emigration South made possible by wai made possible brasher, louder, more bustling and driving music that Muddy stuck to and made his own. From it there developed slashing styles, more crying styles. A series of newer arrivals from the South, Magic Sam, Otis Rush, Buddy Guy, Jimmy Dawkins -to mention only the guitar giants - blazed, flashed and stung out their sounds.

But Muddy stuck where he was. The black listeners didn't. In the main they stopped listening to blues, going over to soul - the less soulful the better. The majority of blacks who did stick with the blues listened to the newer players at the various clubs and lounges of the South Side.

By the early sixties Muddy's audience was increasingly

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SOUTH London CND/abour movement conference, Saturday May 21, 10am to 5pm, at Battersea Arts Centre, Lavender Hill, Battersea. Registration £2 per delegate, £l unwaged, to Nick Guttman, Battersea CND, 16 Chivalry Road London SW11.

SOCIAL in aid of the TGWU International Hotel and Catering Workers 1/1647 branch. Saturday May 14, 7.30, at The Cock Tavern, Phoenix Rd, NW1. Tickets £1.

SCOTLAND Glasgow. For details of meetings contact paper sellers or Stan Crooke, 114 Dixon Avenue, Glasgow G42. SO is sold at Maryhill dole (Tuesday mornings] and Rutherglen shopping arcade [Friday lunchtime]. Edinburgh. For details of meetings ring Dave, 229 4591. SO is sold at : Muirbouse (Saturday 10.30-12) and the First of May bookshop, Candlemaker Row. no.131 Page Rochdale. Monday of Castle Inn. BROADWATER Four Defence Campaign/Newham 8 North London Support Group/Haringey Immigration and Nationality Action Group: 'Resistance to racism social'. 8pm to. midnight at Haringey Community Centre, Brabant Road, Wood Green, London N22. Tickets £2, unwaged Il.

Labour CND West inaug ural meeting. Sunday June 26, 2.30pm, Taunton CLP meeting rooms, 24 East Reach, Taunton. LP members only.

CONFERENCE of Socialist Economists conference 1983: The World Economy in Crisis. July 9 to 11 in Mr ets second the month, 7.30 Hyndburn. Contact Accrington 395753. Meetings weekly - see SO sellers for details. SO is sold at Broadway, Accrington, Saturdays 11.30 to 1pm. Stoke. Contact Arthur Bough, 23 Russell Road, Sandyford (84170). Sheffield. Details from 25 Horsell Rd, London N5.

'DROP the charges now!' Stoke Newington and Hack ney Defence Campaign meeting, Thursday May 12 7.30, at Stoke Newington Library, Small Hall, Edwardes Lane Entrance, Stoke Newington Church St, N16. 'IRELAND and Labour': public meeting called by Islington South Labour Party. Speakers: Ken Liv. ingstone, Clive Soley. Tuesday June 7, 7.30pm, Islington Central Library, Fieldway Crescent. 'THE Fight Against the Police Bill': national conference Sunday May 15, 10.30am to 4.30pm, Hack ney Town Hall. Credentia free from Room 116, Hack ney Town Hall, Mare St, London E8. 'POPULAR Planning for Social Need': conference 'to develop a democratic Alternative Economic Stra egy' '. Saturday May 21, 1am-5pm, County Hall, London SEI. £2.50, £l unwaged. Organised by CAITS.

Hull. Meets every Wednesday, 8pm: details from SO sellers. Childcare available. SO is sold at the Prospect Centre (Saturday 1l to 12). Halifax. Contact 52156. SO is sold at Halifax Wholefood, Gibbet St, and at Tower Books, Hebden Bridge.

York. Contact 796027. SO is sold at Coney St on Saturday mornings, at the Community Bookshop, outside DEMONSTRATION against the Police Bill. Sunday May 22, assemble 11 am at Brockwell Park, Brixton, and march to Hyde Park. Called by National Campaign against the Police Bill.

NEWHAM 8 Defence Ca paign. Details of activitie speakers and model reso tions from PO Box 273, Forest Gate, London E7.

GREATER Manchester CND trade union conference. Speakers Ron Todd (T&G), Les Huckfield MP, Greenham Common speak er. Afternoon workshops. Saturday May 28, Town Hall, Manchester. Further details: 061 682 9334.

RICHMOND LPYS public meeting. Tuesday May 24, 8pm, at Starr House, 57 Church Road, Richmond, Surrey. 'Socialism and Peace': speakers Tariq Ali, Keith Vaz (Labour PPC), Chris Hickey, and woman from Greenham Common. the dole office most morn ings, and at the Univers ity on Friday mornings. • WALES • Cardiff. Contact • MIDLANDS Birmingham. Meets alternate Fridays, 7.30pm, the Hen and Chickens, Constitution Hill. Next meeting Friday May 20. 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 the month, 7.30 at the 'Queen' , Primrose Hill St, Hillfields. Leicester. Contact Phil, 857908. SO is sold at Blackthorne Books, High St.

Northampton. Meets every other Monday. Next meeting May 16. Details: conFAMIL LONDON North-West London. Readers' meetings first Sunday of month. Phone Mick, 624 1931, for details. SO is sold at Kilburn Books.

Hackney. Contact Andrew Hornung, 28 Carlton Mansions, Holmleigh Rd, N16. ROACH Family Support Committee: march and rally For an Independent Public Inquiry into the death of Colin Roach in Stoke Newington Police Station' . Saturday May 14, 12.30pm, Bethnal Green Gardens, near Bethnal Green tube station, E2. Southwark/Lambeth meets every other Wednesday at Lansbury House, 41 Camberwell Grove, SE5. Business meeting 7.30pm, open forum discussion 8.30pm.

Tower Hamlets. Meets fortnightly on Fridays, 6.30 to 8.30pm. Contact 1328 for details.

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