Amza Ruddock (centre) one of the bereaved parents massacre. As part number of events one year after the Deptford fire 1000 people attended a memorial meeting on Sunday LABOUR MOVEMENT CONFERENCE ON IRELAND SATURDAY 27th FEBRUARY 1982.
THE THEATRE, 309 REGENT ST LONDON W1.
and to set up an international inquiry.
in the battle. Get delegated now.
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Rose and Darcus Howe of the New Cross Massacre Action Committee review the campaign and plan the next stage. It was agreed to fight for a new inquiry The NCMAC can be contacted at 74, Shakespeare Road, London 'HAVE YOU ever been on the game? How many men have you had sex with? How many times have you had sex? Have you had Rally history of mental ilIness!
These were the questions policemen fire at a womar wit call revolt ina she had been raped The woman's gruelling in terview was featured in a BBC television documentary series The three policemen conducting the interview took sadistic delight in asking woman she unsulls which OuCH was wnole come uo entire procedure concluded with one sad or Thicks "This biggest load 'and another, 'I'd say you ve been a wiling partNot surprisingly, the end, the woman decided not to lodge an official complaint of rape It's only when such extreme cases come to light that public outcry 1s made even ine luc nas been mov Murray has written to Lord Hailshan welcotfing the Crown's commcus on me chaos mode ment, and Joan Lestor MF led a group of base or MP's a House ing Judge Richards oresent laws are so obviously weighted victims that chang needed Beth don kape Crisis Centre, told vocaust unauence ter of the law is quite strong on rape tion can be up to life him risonment.
But while on the one hand rape is recognised in law as a serious crime other hand lapc. al c conDaralvery con by the police andoceede comoralis oroceeded viction rate low, sentences about two and a half years 'consent' which forms the basis = 2are beaten over the head never Centre has made submissions London Crisis Criminal Procedure calling Bonus of proof to be The defendant should be re tered to mired that ea against the women's will.
Womer une RaDi casis centre aso wish to ser rape within marriage made il As far as police interviews are concerned they want to see women allowed to have a friend when makes he statement Beth told us: unc ponce are mere to estabusa racis. unis can ne done dathon yet what was interviev television is not at all uncom I ne law and order brigade have been quick to seize the the public outcry gain 1 al They dience for lucas see the problem being one o now to strenginen une Dowel to punish individual as stre Clearly, real fight about Pc Brian Kirk was one of 'hard men' woman and Yvonne Taylor popular attitudes and misconceptions about Plans with are rectica in lie leed process. Allues walco women secretly enjoying which see rapists as normal' men Rape is an inevitable pri duct of the sort of societ which we live which degrades and teaches palucipal oppres Labour movement leace:: have shown signs that they are prepared treat this issue Hopefully we winou schousnes see them following women's lead and alongside them to bring about change in the law Motions to • ace no Amount meetings and emergency motions at the LaDoll Women's conferences all help women to win the sup port they need to move ahead on this issue. Kine was inter demoted for lazing saped
PHIL HEARSE (letters 14 January) that the bosses are get rid of her.
He claims that 'manufacturing' has been Thatcher's suggests opposed to Thatcher's monetarist policies. If this is true, it is a rather odd that there appears to be no early move to whelmingly benefited Thatcher's productivity increases, has When the (whether headed by That-
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