Socialist Organiser

The weekly of the fused Workers Socialist League, July 1981 to April 1984

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Socialist Organiser no. 152, 27 October 1983 · scan pp. 6–7 · about 221 words

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groupa L * SHE DOES Articles by Tony Benn; Karen Talbot, NUS Executive on 'The year ahead'; Tony Dale, of Socialist Students in NOLS. Available Bennet, DSU, Dunelm House, New Elvet, pies 10p each. Take a bulk order to sell! nomy than the banks in any other capitalist country, including that country of banks, Switzerland.

Two. of them, including the Bank-Hapoalim of the Histadrut trade union', rank in the world's 100 biggest. In the stock exchange they are the sole agents through which ordinary citizens can conduct business.

For years the banks saw to it that their own shares could only go up, giving a heft percentage profit each year, and selline $6 billion of non-voting shares to the public' as against the owners' $2 billion.

Some stockbrokers had been doing the same with other share prices, to entice workers to put their money in. But in January they took their money out, and let all the shares go into free fall.

The public was selling even bank shares to buy dollars. The banks said they would not buy any more, and closed the stock exchange before it crashed.

NOLS NC and lots more. • New paper ¿from Andy _ Durh am: Co 1. SIUDENTS THATGHER!

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