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Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1980–83

Help the police - beat yourself up!

Socialist Challenge No. 138, 13 March 1980 · p. 3 of the scan · 228 words

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page 3 of the scan

of the rumba. The badge The anger policy resulted the marchers went past.

Left-wing literature rigorously successfully.

'obstruction'.

The had come-to town. was asked if it was true Hyde Park replied, 'Yes, Socialist Challenge WHITE ribbons lined the route of the demonstration all the way from Hyde Park to Trafalgar Square to keep the marchers from straying off their alloted ground. But the police did not rely on ribbons.

A couple of steel strikers who went on to the pavement in Piccadilly with collection buckets were pushed back in to the march Moments later two marchers were dragged on lor casous best known lo luc ponce It came close to a punch-up. The steelworkers took up the picket-line chant of 'Maggie Thatcher's boot boys' , to the tune which many of them were wearing, 'Help the police - beat yourself up', also became a chant.

at the police's containment the portable "islands' supporting the ribbons being kicked over as paper sellers were target for police operations. A ban Hyde Park . was enforced, though not always Just outside the park, two Socialist Challenge sellers were arrested for Tories' 'freedom within the law' When a police officer - as rumoured that an army unit was on stand-by in the underground carpark, be you?' The entrances to the carpark were sealed off.

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