Tory attacks on the taattacks on the naindustries, the miners have shown. Scared The POEU has the power to cripple the City London, the banks, finance houses, big companies and government departments. But the right-wing majority on the union executive refuses to take up the challenge.
They are so scared of ONE of Britain's most eminent prisoners lost his appeal against sentence last week. But for Lord Kagan there are at least 325,000 consola tions for his tribulations Kagan collected jail and a fine of £375,000 for stealing money and fiddling the accounts of one of his companies. He had skimmed a known £700,000 from this bit of free enterprise, which like a good patriot he deposited in a Swiss Bank.
So as the days tick by at Rudgate prison Kagan can while away the time by working out the compound interest on £325,000. But for the Wilsonenough Wilsonappointed lord. He is cha fing at the bi to get back harness. His "briet' Gilbert Grey QC, knows MaKe good capitalist In an impassioned plea for a reduction of sentence SEVERAL hundred peo ple marched to the US consulate in Edinburgh last Saturday to protest against Reagan's aid to the military junta in E Salvador. he told the court: 'Whatever may be said in buccaneering sonality and his capricious and cavalier behaviour , it 1s the ver stuff of which merchan: adventuring is made.
Grey and astute man. He knows that buccaneering, defined b! the dictionary as piracy, is an indispensable quality necata by every capilals All Kagan's friends and competitors are engaged in buccaneering Most of them don't get caugnt out because the employ smart lawyers and «cullalls know the right people. buccaneering was an offence under capitalism the jails would be full Even when those like Kagan are caught, they generally seem some understanding judge who is prepared not to t too harsh A net profit o: £325,000 for 10 months is not bad odds It is a pity Tom O'Ca:roll of PIE could not find a judge like that.
march has to be taker into the labour movemen unaware of what was go the Centra paign, oreaniser the march, is to hold : series public meetings in major Scottish towns Further informatior.
Edinburgh Trades Cours Picardy Place, Edinburgi Socialist Challenge 19 March 1981 Page 15
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Scots protest US role in El Salvador
Amarian Solidarity ., Edinburgh