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SELF DEFENCE IS NO OFFENCE! BEFENCE 30N3330 Nich "Fooled you that time!" THE anger and resentment at the way the Women's Organisation within the Labour Party is treated with indifference, hustility or cynical knowingness by the Party tops, finally expinded this week-end at the Lindon Region Women's Conference.

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Atter the Election we were casually informed, without a shred of consultation, that the three-day conference had been cut down to a one-day, nonvoting rally on the theme of detence of public services against privatisation - a worthy issue and one that concerns every woman in many aspects of her life. But hardly a substitute for the national policy-forming conference.

STEVART Over 200 resolutions had been submitted for the conference -reflecting the importance given to it by women's sections in a situation when election fever made it difficult even to meet to formulate resolutions.

No proposal has come forward i di: what will happen to these resolutions, nor any idea of her the priorities of the national Women' s Com nittee will be decided in the absence of a conference.

The general response from women has been a furious frustration. We are angry, but what channels are there to express this when we've lost our national conference?

The other response has been a bitter resignation: what can we do? We'll just have to make the best of it. But this is just what is expected (and exploited) of women. We don't like it but further camps.

movement. we'll put up with it.

But at the London Region Labour Party Women's Conference, we finally had a chance to express our anger and determination not to put up with it.

Several resolutions had been submitted deploring ihe can‹ "ation of the Women's Conference. Many saw it as the Party bureaucracy selins the handy excuse of an eleetion to shut up a troublesome siction of the Party.

A resolution was passed calling for a boycott of the one-day "conference" on December 3 and a picket has been called and an alternative event is being organised to inform and involve those from outside London who will turn up to the "conference" Voice of Solidarnosc is publisł fortnightly by NSZZ Solid nosc. Subscription rates are for six months [UK] and £10 six months (overseas]. Cheqi and postal orders payable NSZZ Solidarnosc should sent to the NSZZ Solidarn Information Office, 314-1 Gray's Inn Road, London WO 8DP. Tel: 01-837 9464.

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