space of 10 minutes students, mainly third and fourth years and predominantly black.
But the milling around, the bursts of conversation, gave the none of the orderliness of the usual union meeting.
For. Richard, who left school a year ago, it meant continually recapping as fresh arrivals unassembled ranks. might be for school uniform,' pointed out. 'Argue with them. It's not just that uniforms make you feel uncomfortable; they mark you out as inferior.
'You've got to argue with parents. Get your friends to see them to let them know there's support for this so that they don't pick on their own kids.' Strikes Then, trom brought out the weapons of agitation. On his advice, the petition forms were quickly thrust into other bags.
Hands reached out for copies of Blot, the NUSS's on hatcher Cutting our lives'), an article by Erika on free abortion on demand, from Leeds NUSS organised a one-day strike against the education cuts.
More hands took copies Revolution, the Rozanski will be editing now that he has retired from the school students' union, at its annual conference on 5 and 6 July. With its slogan of 'For a united revolutionary youth organisaSar. col. inch. Dea 20p. Special offer of pror orde our More chin Top h Daties in de liasing with branche and Fundie er divise.
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sive, up Would the and a report on how they of uniforms and Richard 'We don't want Everyone in the class signed it. Skinner MP, MP, speakers tiee. Invited: Bill Sirs, general secretary Of ISTC.
Can to me it ring phone coin, ATH: SC i Baths e 20298 for more details BRADFORD: SC available from Fourth Idea : supporters sell every Sat Morning ISTOL: SC tion', the current, 11th issue of the front page and centre-spread to Cruise missiles and •We recognise that imperialism is the source of war and that only its Lullalc. overthrow, necessarily by violent ac will free the world of war,' grey heads. The clusters on the roundabout dispersed their uniforms in varying was. every bit They filed back through the gates of their comprehenteachers were waiting to inspect the literature.
petition forms be discovered? Richard considered that the staff would find out about them soon enough. He had been to talk to a social studies class at the school, at which a student had raised the issue of promptly passed around a sheet on which he'd written school uniform'.
With holidays looming, the campaign may not begin in earnest until Inal the autumn, but by the day following DUNDEE: SC 7.30pm Thuesd JUDDESIRS Oval tabe, 1-1230: Cardict Britis the meeting, which was held on 19 June, a committee had been elected to carry through the struggle.
The NUSS's national cannot always count himself so for A few weeks earlier he had been invited to speak at a lunch-time meeting organised by students at a West London comprehensive.
It was held in a classroom and half way through the head walked in. 'He smooth, youngish, type,' Richard recounts. 'For a while I ignored him.
"Then he asked who had invited me, and the 40 people in the room all put their hand up At first the head tried the "Let's all be grown up" approach, inviting me to his office to hat over a coffee and see if th meeting could be arranged throug official channels.
'I told the meeting about the invitation and said that this is what they mean by democracy in schools. They won't let you invite anyone in. won't let you organise yourselves. I called for a vote. It was unanimous the meeting should continue. Then it gọt heavy.
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