attacks and against police harrassment.
weapons and actual policeman.
The 'Newham 8' were arrested after being attacked by plain clothes police after a series of racist attacks in Newham schools in which Asian youths defended themselves.
Since the arrest of the Newham police and authority harrassment of Asian people has increas ed. wo of the & and a friend have been held illegally in rorest Gate ON FRIDAY 5 November hundreds of school and college students went on strike to protest against the lack of action over growing racist Over 300 of them, mostly Asians, picketted West Ham Magistrates Court where 8 Asian bodily harm to a police station on suspicion of minor theft. was in the for nearly days before alvolic knew where he response to school strike . been equally vicious. Asian kids school were threatened with expulsion of the strike school gates WCIC locked after the The great strength of the CIS Report is its inforHall us adul of what Jefferson and the rest of management are up to in telecoms. In that sense it does a real service to both members and the rest of the public.
The Report is however be done. tables can done. It tables the misleadership POEU executive over the last few years and is quite rightly very critical of thei role. However, it does no point out that the workforce are in a strong DON UNTO SILDACK and are also willing and ready to do this.
The fight against in telecoms means a fight to replace youth had gone into school and there was a police presence at the schools that had been attacked by the racists.
Newham
got local trades union and Labour rarly suDoor with trade unionists, councillors, MPs and prospective MPs attending the recent public meeting which attracted people However the local NUT Executive overwhelmingly voted not to support the Newham . 8, and in particular the school strike.
campaign to be successful national support is vital.
Messages and donations Newham Defence Campaign, Romford Road, London E7. the leadership of the POEU means replacing that leadership with one that is prepared to campaign for industrial action in the POEU and also makes DUTC solidarity with other trade The whole labour movement and the Labour Party has tition the the vil which lead to bigger profits for Por the orders, ses workers, and a decline and growing pense of services for the USCIS The CIS Report can be widely used in the labour movement to build such a resistance and in that sense we owe it a big debt.
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youth were appearing on a series of serious charges including the possession of offensive