Backing Port Talbot

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4 unanimous vote of the 100-strong Oxford meeting DISK leader Turkier both argued an alternative linethat the shooting was planned by the CIA and fascist provocateurs, and Maoist groups' participated in it.

Yet an eye witness said that firing began from nearby rooftops and from the second floor of the ensure the right wing comes to power"

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There is obviously truth in this statement-the fascist right does not have confidence Ecevit will take a sufficiently tough line with the working class.

But at the same time of course it would be criminal folly to accept the line of the Turkish Communist Party that bourgeois politician Ecevit represents some kind of The crucial importance of the six-week strike by electricians which has closed the giant Port Talbot steel works was stressed at a meeting in Oxford Town Hall on April 26.

The meeting was sponsored by four local union branches, the strike committees from the two Oxford hotel disputes and organised by the Campaign for Democracy in the Labour Movement.

The 500 striking electricians were represented by four shop stewards including the chairman of the stewards committee, Viv Gear.

Opening the meeting, Alan Thornett, as chairman of one of the sponsoring branches, emphasised the importance of the Port Talbot strike in the fight against Stage 2 of the Social Contract and the importance of supporting this strike through the blacking of imported steel.

John Dinworth, the main speaker from Port Talbot stewards stressed the strength of the strike. "The mamhers are enlid and we intend to win" he told the meeting.

To enthusiastic applause he emphasised that "if winning our claim means breaking the Social Contract, then we will break the Social Contract"

The meeting was also addressed at the Linton Lodge Hotel who had then been on strike for over five months against victimisation and LEAGUE Public Meeting "Labour after the elections John Barnes Library Camden Rd. LONDON N7 Thursday 19 May at 7.30pm for union recognition (see The meeting voted for the following resolution.

"That this meeting fully • Supports the strikes at Port Talbot and Heathrow against the Social Contract and: 1. campaigns for the national blacking of imported steel in the ports eating motions in branches to be sent to the National Port Shop Stewards committee and the unions concerned; 2. organises maximum financial support on an ongoing basis; 3. where possible will press tor industrial action in support of these sectors; 4. will campaign in EETPU branches for demands to be placed on the EETPU executive to make the strike official.

At the end of the meeting £186 was raised for the Port Talbot strike fund but the Port Talbot stewards insisted that this be split equally with the Oxford Hotel Strike Committees.

We call on all readers and supporters to campaign throughout the labour movement for support for the above resolution.

LEAGUE

Education Class "Dual power and the revolutionary situation Speaker: Alan Thornett. Sunday May 15 at 8pm.

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