and the BBC.
Khabra has been elected president of Indian Workers Association, replacing Vishnu Sharma!
What does this signify? First that the way in which the IWA was run left a great deal to be desired. The IW A is undoubtedly a powerful network in Southall, but its name is somewhat inappropriate. For those who run the IWA are essentially a conglomerate of businessmen, shop-keepers and local notables. The only occasion on which they appeal to their membership is when they are seeking re-election.
on 27 April. in should oppose the SPG.' CONTINGENTS of steel workers from South Yorkshire will be coming to the Blair Peach Commemoration demonstration in London One of the main themes of the march will be the demand that the Special Patrol Group be disbanded. Steve Pilley, Rotherham ISTC, told Socialis Challenge: 'At all the mass pickets I was on, there have been lots of arrests, the police just pulling people about. When I was arrested the police carried me round the back of a truck, covered my head with a coat and put the boot in.
"The Special Patrol Group are what we shouted at them strike: 'Maggie Thatcher's boot boys'. Thatcher brought out the SPG like she did because it was political and they are political police. The Army's got the SAS and the police have got the SPG — it's all the same.
"Steel workers should be on the pickets of the police stations because their brothers and sisters have been beaten by these bastards. Every trade unionist Bernard Connolly, South Yorkshire Crafts convenor said: "The Tories used the police, and particularly the SPG, as they said they would in the Ridles Report — against trade unionists and pickets. The SPG should never have beer formed in the first place. They are just thugs in uniform. Their boots aren't made for walking, they're just for kicking.' during the steel Socialist Challenge 24 April 1980 Page 13