IT was campaign against Corrie's Dil unat reany changi ed things. We thought Was 9019 win and when he didn't we realised what powerful allies the pro-choice movement had.
We said then that we had to use this strength not just to defend the abortion laws from atbut the lack Io change act itself as it doesn't do enough for women.
Jane conference will begin discussion DUSILIVC ToI abortion rights and how involve the labour movement in fighting for It already SUODULL unions like the sheetmetal workers union and Bill counterpart's against immigration.
Morning Star, French Communists' call for a halt to all immigration. He claimed France and abroad had been 'scraping the bottom of the barrel of anti-communism to smear the French Communist Party with The main argument of Samson's 750-word article, headlined rrench media smears Communists' was avoid adding to the 2m French and immigrant already the French Communists are calling for a halt to immigration in the mutual interests France, irrespective of their origin.
This echoes the by George Marchais, the French CP leader, to rally two weeks ago in which he said that it was 'inadmissible to allow immigrant workers into when have 2m rrench ana mumigrant people on the dole.
Tensions Too strong a conlthtinued created he conTansions among the population and creased social charges on leaves.
In other words.
French Communists think that immigrants put the rates up, and a clavald unemploy. ment. And now the Morning Star defends the French CP holding these views.
of all these positions is the racist claim immigrants are the NEWSLINE not racism.
This argument is false and reactionary. will not mince words: it is the same argument used bv the ex. treme right wing of the It is true that there is often social unrest Socialist Challenge sponsor an anti-abortion Bill in the next parliamentary session. This setback for the anti-abortionists follows the success of the campaign against the Bill inside the labour movement.
SteeiworKers.
During the UNTOUS MPse to thee isneered NUPE, ASTMS, APEX which challenges the notion of abortion being a matter tor individual conscience.
The fight for aborracist campaign In a grovelling article in last Thursday's Harry Samson justified the that the press in areas where there are many immigrants •aCk people born in France or Britain. This unrest is stirred up by racists.
The way to stop it is not by campaigning for a halt to further im migration but by confronting the Cine their arguments, and by attacking the SOCCE system that breeds unemployand poverty. 22 January 1981 TIMOTHY Sainsbury has decided not to Corrie anti-abortion As the Labour Party's special conference tion rights is bound up the for democracy in the Labour Party. LARC will be putting case the 14 March conference for the campaign against the MP's free vote on aboron, and tor tne party manifesto be committed to changes in Challenge about the aims of the conference.
the law on abortion.
The free vote is vital.
In 1977 the party took a vote for a woman's right to choose but on a show of hands the motion to so-called free vote was lost. Only on abortion and hanging are MPs allowed the *freeCampaign Against Racist Laws National meets to discuss how to elect the party leader, pro-abortion activists are organising a labour movement conference on abortion on 14 March. Ann Kingsbury of the Labour Abortion Rights Campaign spoke to Socialist dom' consult their consciences It was the trade union delegates that voted to relain lne Tree vole so we have to campaign in the caulall abortion political of individual conscience.
The free vote should be opposed because in effect it means that a small handful of people decide on behalf o the rest of us. LARC will also campaign in the Labour Party lor abortion rights to be an issue for tuency parties in deciding on reselection of their MP. Abortion is a good litmus test for accoun tability.
Now that Sainsbury has cried off because of the 'fanatics' likely disrupt parliament if a restrictive Bill went we nave be aware of his threat that abuses would be chal lenged in the courts. Part of LARC's struggle for Dosiuve legislation will include the demand for Many people still don't realise that under present laws abortion is a criminal act This means that the DHSS has special responsibility for abortion CHICS. giving unem wide power over the charities that carry out about halt the abortions this country.
So changing the law Is very relevant and lmportant to the struggles would urge every trade union and constituency Labour parties to be represented at this conference.
For details of positive legislation on abortion writ to:
NAC/LARC, 374 Grays Inn Road, London WCI. Tel 01-278 0153.
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