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Latest victim of the reactionary Prevention of Terrorism Act is Jimmy Scanion, a member of the Irish Republican Socialist He was picked up by police investigating the assassination of Tory MP Airey Neave.

His house was raided at 4 o'clock in the morning by an armed police squad on Tuesday 22 May. He was dumped in a cell at Paddington Green Police Station where it is reported he was kept awake for 96 hours (4 days!) by the police who brutally interrogated him every half-hour.

Now the state thugs, obviously frustrated at their inability to catch the killer of Neave have decided to deport Scanion.

Despite daily pickets to get him released, the police requested an extension of their powers from the Home Office, which were granted.

On Tuesday 30 May a picket was organised outside the Home Office where the police limited the picket to six people in a desperate attempt to minimise its effect.

LONDON UTOM

Saturaay 16 June Assemble Speakers Corner, 2.00 p.m. the Tories' economic policies begin to bite in the growing recession, this policy makes good sense for the ruling class. Why spend out to educate youth for the dole, when the money could be saved and cut from the tax bill of big business?

Teachers Carlisle also stressed that part of the Tories' spending cuts will include a reduction in the number of teachers.

"We hope local authorities will try to keep down teacher numbers. We expect them to follow that line", he declared.

One example of "that line" in operation is the swingeing CuTS in education spending planned by the Tory-controlled Cheshire County Council.

Plans for a £5 million cutback include the dismissal of 547 teachers, 256 manual workers and 114 clerical and administrative workers.

Such cuts can be expected in area after area, particularly after the coming Tory budget.

But one area of "education" that seems certain to forge ahead on an increased budget under the Tories iş the intervention of the police into schools.

Police in schools

A report at last week's joint conference of the Association of Chief Police Officers, the Association of County Councils and the Association of Metropolitan Authorities has urged that headmasters should be forced to allow policemen into schools to give children "lessons in citizenship"

Presumably they will show slides of the SPG murder of Blair Peach, the breaking of the Grunwick picket line, the harassment of, black youth under the 'SUS' laws, 'and

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SOCIALST ERESS. n dress: 5 June 19-» We reprint below a letter from a supporter of Militant, together with our reply. The letter has been abridged for lack of space, but all its political points remain. CA3003