IMGpapers 1980–83

Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1980–83

South Wales miners back Benn and Scargill

· Socialist Challenge No. 202, 18 June 1981 · p. 14 of the scan · 433 words

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'THE South Wales miners will support Tony Benn for deputy of the Labour Party and Arthur Scargill for NUM president,' Emlyn Williams, president of the South Wales miners to an audience of several thousand at last weekend's miners' gala.

A march to the ralv banners Tower, Penrhiwceiber and Maerdy, representing a century of historical struggles.

Will Paynter, VCLC dE NUM leader, spoke to the vouth in the audience. 'You must learn to understand this capitalist system and how to replace it with a socialist allcauve olc It is not enough to take part in marches, the 1930s hunger marchers didn't change capitalism.

Emlyn Williams echoed sentiment: mentinit mass unemploy.

think only marches - will defeat the declared Tories they are in for shock.' Referring to South Wales pits which had any capital since Is was by the and the Des vice Vales iners have that this Led by f the While miners at the gala trom there were few Part)

Neil MP to speak for the Labour Party to the heckling of the miners calling for support for Tony Benn.

Kinnock claimed that the only way to shatter this rich scroungers and petty scabs' government was to UnCI PoncIes was unable to answer the heckling miners who demanded to know which policies and which leader could do the job of finishing off the Tories.

Mancheste committee, ICL West Gortor recent announcemer 5,200 redundancies at ICI scen oy une workes as a rul iner step towards une acaln ol the British computer manuThe joint reject the and al C picagca to ligat It is clearly seen as a fight on two levels. First against the management whose overall rid of Dial. manuracturing Dase In britaln and transfer production to South Africa Secondly against the actions of this Torv government which have been a major factor in ICL. It sold Enterprise Board then sulal c ansconnuca BENE Doctemen Dolcy an agreement that any government give preference to ICL machines) the contract for the PAYE The comourer nave contouted t the loss of confidence in ICI and its products The joint recent £200m loan guarantee to the company was concluonal ol these redundancies being made. Thev are determined to tolow une lead given by the Gardner's workers fought their management over redundancies and won.

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