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01-359 8371 Cricket's racist crisis 'KEEP politics out of sport' is the cry of all those who have opposed the decision of the Guyanese government to kick out English cricketer because of his sporting links with South Africa.
Many of the people who support Jackman were the very ones urging a boycott of the Olympics in Moscow.
The truth is that it is South Africa which has brought politics into sport -not just by enforcing apartheid in South African sport, but English cricketer Basil D'Oliveira and by excluding Maori rugby players from the touring New Zeland side in 1971.
According to the Gleneagles agreement drawn up by the Commonwealth heads of agreed to 'discourage' with South Africa.
The problem is that Britain hasn't done any such thing. The upper and middle class men (yes, they're all men) who run the cricket and rugby authorities in this country have players going to play for South African teams. Last year the British rugby Lions went on an official tour of South Africa.
Sporting authorities moves are being South African cricket; but when black youngsters can't even afford the basic equipment of the game, and the leading clubs are for whites only, integration is a myth, as the article on page 11 shows.
The tension between England and the West Indies is undoubteldly heightened by the fact aren't just beaten by the West Indies, they are ruthlessly ground — to the evident delight of Caribbean cricket lovers both in Britain and in the West Indies.
This is primarily because of the extremely fast, Robin Jackman, by banning black member countries sporting links winked at claim that made to 'integrate' that English teams today smashed into the short-pitched bowling By Tessa van Gelderen CUTS in education, teachers made redundant, a 15 per cent pay demand these are the issues that should be the concern ot the ex ecutive of the National Union of Teachers.
Photo: GM COOKSON (Socialist Challenge Yet it is preoccupied suspending members and them face disciplinary Clial ses Crime Their 'crime' was to support the strike against the cuts by council workers in Lambeth last month. I nree or lnose suspended were candidates in the recent Inner London Teachers and the others are officers Lambeth At the disciplinary Saturday, Stuart Holland, MP for Vauxhall, gave evidence on behalf of the teachers •Unless education fought ls own corner. he told the hearing, 'it would be hit bv the Tories' need to wring Concess uls following the successes of the miners and water WUIKCIS. contillues. The ILTA 8. Back Row: (Lambeth NUT membership Esterson (General secretary Lambeth NUT), Dick one neone ecouve ILTA candidate). Front row: Jackie North (assisHow not to run a union election By kind permission of the Inner London Teachers Association • Don't count the total votes cast.
• Do allow retired members to vote and to Vanessa Wiseman secretary), John , Lambeth treasurer and The NUT executive should be asked by the whole labour movement: Who are you fighting the Tories who are trying to hold back living standards those union members who are strug gling to maintain them As ka Kay, organs ing secretary the all all Teachers, put it: It simply extraordinary for the executive to suspend members following: union policy.
The EIGHT president Lambeth (secretary East London NUT & ILTA candidate), Gary Jones (Lambeth NUT president), Dave Pic ton (Lambeth NUT treasurer and ILTA candidate). Stewart Maclennan, CPSA militant Also under threat...
against union militant, Stewart Maclennan.
school in St. Andrews last year.
The two right have reasons for wanting to victimise Maclennan Broad Left when Maclennar was its secretary.
servants in Brixton non will be laken against me.
policy.
OF DOM tant secretary Lambeth NUT), Hilary Tarr (Vice NUT), Bernard Regan AS the civil servants start their campaign of action for higher wages the Civil and Public Servants Association (CPSA) is busily engaged in... disciplinary proceedings He was charged with conduct 'detrimental to the association' following an alleged incident at a union wing union officials bringing the charges, Charlie Elliott and Barry Reamsbottom, both Flliott was shown to have links with Truemid. the bosses' front organisation in the unions, by the CPSA And both officials were ejected from a Scottish region social by Maclennan after gatecrashing at 3 o'clock in the morning, and refusing to pay on the grounds that the money was going to victimised civil Maclennan told Socialist Challenge: '1 am confident that if an honest report is drawn up no further ac• hen we can get down to fighting the real enemy - the Tories and their pay
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