IMGpapers 1980–83

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

Smuggled

Socialist Challenge No. 144, 24 April 1980 · pp. 11-12 of the scan · 392 words

The scan: sc-n144-apr-24-1980.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

Uncorrected machine reading. This text was read by machine (Apple Vision OCR) from a scan of a newspaper page, and the page was cut into articles by machine, at the headlines found by their type size. Nothing has been corrected: expect misread words, text from a neighbouring article, and titles that are the machine reading of the headline, some of them only fragments. Quote from the scan, not from this page.
How this article was cut and titled: headline found by type size in the OCR geometry (split_tabloid.py); 1-1 of 7; machine-segmented newspaper page; uncorrected Vision OCR.

page 11 of the scan

Villa HOle . smuggled out on Tuesday 8 April, which was reprinted Republican describe what it is like to be denied washing and sanitary facilities.

'We have been here in 'A' wing for six weeks now. Our cells covered in excreta and urine. The dust and dirt are building up to a marked degree. When one walks across the cell floor the dust rises catching at our chests and throats.

ourselves are filthy. We have not washed nor have we had any change of clothes since 7 February, so we are in a filthy state.

'Many of the girls already have infections which, through time, only get worse. Since it is six weeks since were denied washing facilities all of us have now gone through our menstrual cycle in these filthy conditions. dangerous time, the risk of infection high. Sanitary towels thrown into us without wrappings.

Although we have combs it is pointless to use them because our hair is thick dust and dirt. impossible to get a comb through it. Our skin has turned a dusty grey, not only because we are locked in our cells twenty three per windows of our cells are boarded up large pieces of allowing little air or daylight through. Food 'As regards the food situation it is a major problem. Breakfast consists of porridge. lumpy it is inedible. Bread is rarely seen and if by chance we get some, it is stale. Supper consists of one pancake or one sandwich.

"The quantity and quality of food is totally inadequate. Many girls have lost weight - weight they afford to lose. We are unlocked one at a time to collect our meals and ther court Alternative Cabaret Bloomers Cunning Stunts Demolition Decorators F.I.G Sadista Sisters Times)

of exSocialist as well as their children.

noW BREAKING OUT & others from Women In Entertainment Sunday 27 April from 2.15-5.00pm Venue: The Rio, 107 Kingsland High Street, London E8 Women only: £1.50 waged, £1 unwaged Creche available - phone Rio for details (01-254 6677) Tickets on sale at door and from the following:

Rio Cinema, Centreprise, Action Space, Sisterwrite, Women's Arts Alliance. The money raised will go towards the campaign to help the women in Armag Socialist Cl

page 12 of the scan

Southall and Brick Lane which inspired the tional Marxist Group. "May which will establish us as organisationally

← 'Our skin has turned dusty grey ESCAPED GERMANS Bir no THE IRISHStudents back Armagh protest →

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