Workers Enduiry Launched

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into police brutality and the case of the Islington 18 on Saturday 23 July.

After a day's hearings with direct questioning of those who had submitted statements and reports, recommendations for action were made by the 12-strong committee of labour movement delegates.

The 18 youths were not there. They had been ordered into custody for the judge's summing up of the 3-month trial.

Since then the jury has retired for five days.

NOT GUILTY It has still only returned verdicts -mainly 'not guilty' so far, on one third of the 89 charges and not on any of the 'conspiracy' charges.

The enquiry placed responsibility on the local labour movement to take up a fight on the problems confronting black youth and also to recruit youth, employed and unemployed, into its ranks.

The demands of petition that the local CID be suspended and investigated were endorsed and extended to include two stipendiary magistrates, Springer and Maclean, of the notorious Highbury Court.

HOME SECRETARY

Ernie Roberts, Parliamentary candidate for Hackney North, suggested that the local MPs who have agreed to meet the Defence Committee to receive the petition, should not only set a date for that meeting but accompany the delegation to the Home Secretary.

Also that these MPs should ask questions in Parliament about the cost of the trial-estimated at £400,000-at a time of economic crisis and cutbacks.

Workers in social services, housing, education, social security, employment and youth services were called on to form a joint union committee to cam! raign for improved services for yout And the local Trades was called on to gain TUC supr for an enquiry into the case a=2 campaign for jobs for the une ployed, jobs at union rates a providing apprenticeship trzi-At the enquiry itseif i== =*: committee accepted the ist =: recommendations and urged tha report be published. So far o delegate has refused to sign : a leading local teachers"

The fight must now be taker to ensure that the recommer: tions are carried out.