By Tessa van Gelderen Glasgow demonstration.
The closure of Talbot Linwood, near Glasgow, the lips everyone the 75,000-stong march.
Delegations had
cule roll very corner of the country and every LICI The of the miners against the Tory Inspired both the marchers and the platform speakers. East The miners shown the way. said Tony Benn in a telegram. And Michael Foot called on the labour movement 'rise up like lions against the Tories.
The demonstration was led by 1,500 Linwood workers together 1,000 Talbot was workers Ullici plants in the country.
Engineers, miners, workers, steel and rail WULKCIS. Labour Party constituencies were all there. And youth came in thousands, marching tor lobs that most of them have never had.
some workers threat. ened with redundancies were despondent about to the placards on the their ability to fight for their jobs. 'The miners arem workees pos toe workers the hool lade OBe car worker told Socialist Challenge. 'We depend on the miners to help us.' But they had no faith leaders of their unions to fight against redundancies. Women workers from Sunbeam Electric, Kilbride, had nothing but contempt for Terry Duffy.
North London railway worker summed up many militants' feelings when he said: 'NUR magic: Sidney Weighell is tragic.
The demonstration about jobs, but ==: was more that that was about getting rid of his vicious Tory government once and for all.
Socialist Challenge posters which lined the route of the march thanks to the teams of supporters who had been out every day that week summed up the mood •Jobs not Bombs, Kick Out the Tories.' was the BOT Talbot Linwood led the Glasgow demonstration STEWARDS
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'AT the front, one banner sums it all up... "Save Linwood, Tories Out", said the Scottish Sunday Mail referring Socialist Challenge