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On your bike Norman!

Socialist Challenge No. 278, 28 January 1983 · p. 4 of the scan · 949 words

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dependent public enquiry.

Newington force to without full investigation.

The death of Colin Roach comes after a whole series of incidents involvSEne terrorisation of black families early gun-toting, racially abusive police LOELUEG young blacks in police custody interrogated with Outs nee to eir needs Nor is his death the first to Have occurred local police hands.

nigercu by Colin's death, the black community responded by 500 people lackney January demanding an enquiry free from police inenterence and calng Tor famous Stoke Neting ion closure Station.

Outside the station, a two minutes silence was observed memory Colin, and at Stoke Newington Common at the end of the march the neea Lo continue the campaign to achieve the demands was stressed.

On the night before the march a meeting called by Hackney Black Alliance Police Station. Police say his death was suicide but the black community has called for a full and inThey have too much experience of the Stoke believe a police statement Hackney Legal Defence more than 130 people had held Hacknes Town Hall where a demand that Hackney Council withdraw all funding from the local police. This demand was seen as being BaLL of campaign for the withdrawal of local authority funding where the police democratically accounto the local community. The argument bethat nonaccountability mean non-funding by the CONTILLILY.

Cecil Gutsmore member of Brixton Defence Campaign who spoke at Friday night's blamed Colin's gression the ere in as gression police. He said they learned directly IrOm experiences the North of Ireland. It wa not by chance, Cecil emphasised, that Kenneth Newman had been transferred from his job as boss of the RUC to one of overlording the Metropolitan police.

A campaign waged by police leaders and sections of the British SLaLC. continued since the late 1960's with the goal as the complete arming police and the svstematic propulation The Police population Police and Criminal Evidence bill, he said, threatens 11 02M 0 07059718 direction. Cecil urged the need for united resistance by the black community and working people stop towards a police state. His Britain' "progress words certainly caught the mood of the meeting.

The recent events in Hackney, OVEr duld the "accidental' shooting of Steven Waldorf evidence of the escalation of police aggression.

The police becoming a brutal law unthemselves The demands of the Hackney Call Doll must be ported as part of the resistance to the growing strength and unrestrained violence of the police in DrEIsa SocIeLy Coventry last week.

Well he certainly got a rousing reception hundreds of carworkers were all obviously cycling fans. Even Minister was so moved by his reception he described i as a most catraoraman demonstration.' the management told senior stewards that they should suppress any protest action that might come up from the shop floor and contacted the senior stewards to ask them if there was any reaction to the visit.

Once the word had got around that Tebbit coming people started discussing what to do. workers pointed out AT HIS OWN very special request Norman Tebbit came to visit the Jaguar Assembly plant in was visiting Jaguar to try and casa in on its recent SUCCCUSCS Eighteen monthe pant accor the ding to management was in serious danger lapse. Since then howeve there has been a dramatic turnabout in the company's fortunes which has got big publicity.

The visit was intended to cash in on this, and as a number of workers pointed out, it Tebbit got with a trouble-free would think that this was also ap.

So dozens of workers shop stewards "What are we goAs ing to do about Tebbit he Several sections met and Jaguar workers show Tebbit where and how to go! Where can you put it? Oil's not such a days either. You could, of of sweated labour, you can put — the fight for socialism. - send it now while it's still worth Camden 80.00 Dunn 8.00 Huddersfield 25.00 BOUTWEEK 70.00 Pietrasik 3.00 Middlesborough 40.00 Southampton Cardiff 2.00 Oxtord 120.00 982.00 Є1967.00 voted to walk off the job if Tebbit was brought into their shop.

he press wanted to know what was going to told: It Tebbit goes inte and thes Were if That night the Cove ot shop we go out of try Evening Telegraph ran saying: 'Clear Out Jag Men Tell Tebbit' many of workers in the Trim sectons, where a walk ou was threatened are women!

Strike That afternoon stewards on the two main assembly tracks called meetings and told members that there seemca lo be strong reeings against Tebbit's visit and a majority decide what they wanted to do.

Socialist Challenge FUND DRIVE 83 CHEQUE FLIND DRIVE Well, when he arrived about 250 of us showed what we wanted to do. We downed tools and lined up outside the main offices booing him and sticking our fingers up in a V sign.

Another held up a bike a Britain's best known ad of cycling entered the offices.

Management wisel decided not to take Teb bit on a tour round the fac tory floor. He claimed of COHE wasn't the demonstration that stopped him going on the floor but a lack of time. Well, I SUDDOSE 1огy ministers are allowed thei own little fantasies!

But we at Jag know different. As our Transport Union convenor Ron Newcombe said 'Our protest was in effect a strike, and we Strike a vid ore consider it SOCIALIST CHALLENGE 15 DEDICATED TO THE DESTRUCTION OF ALL THAT I HOLD DEAR.

THAT REMINISME MUST SEND OFF A TO THE

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ON 12 JANUARY Colin Roach, a young black man, died of gunshot wounds in Stoke Newington

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