IMGpapers 1980–83

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

HM Government may kill these patients

· Socialist Challenge No. 146, 8 May 1980 · p. 7 of the scan · 257 words

The scan: sc-n146-may-08-1980.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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page 7 of the scan

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The four daubed the offices on Tuesday of last week in solidarity with the protests being staged in Amsterdam concerning bad housing and the extravagance of the Cul ulalivll e arre ae rrer dramatic car chase London's West End. chargea in London were squatters champion Piers Corbyn, Bernhart The writing on the wall FOUR people were held in custody in various London Malz. _LouISa Ferguson, Ricard Jiventas.

They were not released Friday morning. arter charged with criminal damage.

Amsterdam itself people took Those demonstrations against the coronauon. over qu lowns in conano saw some sort of protest action.

and until being over part Dalicils. THE Merton, Sutton, and authority has a plan. It wants to move over a hundred elderly patients from St Benedict's Hospital in Tooting, SW London, to the nearby Bolingbroke Hospital.

It has to be said that this is not out of consideration to the the authority decided to cut £6.5m from its spending plans, involving the loss of 730 beds. Wandsworth health From the Tories' point of view, it has done quite well. It nas arcady laia waste to tne Putney Hospital, the Cumberland Hospital, the BelChildren's Unit, and UTO N Queen Elizabeth House.

Four other hospitals in the area, including St Benedict's, are waiting for the axe to fall.

The statt at St Benedict' s are not waiting patiently. On 15 occupalul. collie: accevl ay cu troms

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prisons last week. Their crime? — writing the slogan 'Hous- ing not Crowning' on offices of the Dutch-owned KLM

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