Road, North Kensington is, like many hospitals plans, due for the chop. But the staff are fighting back.
They have been campaigning against closure since Despite this, Gerard Vaughan, Merlen minister, has that these cuts be implemented and is planning to close down the Casualty Department betwall November, to allow the beds to be emptied, after which they will be dismantled for ever.
The hospital is a major acute hospital, serving the inner-city areas of Paddington and North Kensington. Defence Committee set up save St Mary's has appealed to 'The staff of the hospital have responded to this immediate threat by declaring an occupation and are determined to workin to maintain services. The ambulance drivers believe that far too many casualty departments have closed already and that life is endangered by these cuts.
'They have declared their intentions to defy the administrators' and will continue to bring tients to the hospital after 19 October for as long as the staff can provide adequate medical nursing cover.' The Hospital Defence Committee and the Occupation Committee have called demonstration of mass support for the action of the staff and ambulance crews main gates of the hospital from Tam on Monday 19 October for the whole day. Get workplace, union branch, trades council, Labour Party, and women's organisation and so on to be there.
Tory from NUPE, TGWU, tinuous hospital. 1978. says in its ordered paion can be fighting the London basis.' For further and committee C/O Mary's Hospital, Harrow Rd, W9. Tel: 286 4884 X372 deprived The therefore instruction for the your Lenants tion which has official backing COHSE and mounting a conpicket outside the As the Defence Committee appeal: 'This camTOCUSTO cuts on an alldetails Defence Office.
London On 30/31 July officers of the West Yorkshire Metropolitan Police Force carried out a series of raids in Bradford's black community.
Twelve youths have now been charged with crimes that could result in sentences of life im. prisonment.
A campaign has been launched throughout Britain to free the Bradford 12. All SC supporters are urged to join in.
South West London supporters of the Bradford 12 are holding public meeting on Friday 16 Oc. tober.
As their press release states: 'There has been little normano about this case down here.
publicised throughout the country since ll orings into rele the lack of determination on the part of the police or Stop Press: The Shirley Graham Defence Campaign will be holding a picket outside the Home office on Thursday 15 Oc. tober from 11am-1pm.
Shirley Graham is under threat of deportation. She has lived in Britain since 1974 and has left and entered the country on several occasions and had been given 'indefinite leave to remain In Augusi lis year, after a snor inp aoroad, onirtey uranam was detained at the airport and held without warning.
Despite being a diabetic, medical treatment. Her condition deteriorated and she underwent major surgery three weeks ago. the prosecuting authorities bring any charges against racists who dIC have organised repeated attacks against black people and left wing organisations in the pas meeting in Wandsworth is at 7.30pm at the Millan Centre, 59 Trinity Road, London SW17. Talonal public meeting is being held on Friday inere was a delay in giving ner Photo:
Speakers from Bradford, London Support Group, Ditta London Immigration Association (Great Britain)
Thanet House, (full details above) and a benefit is being organised on Friday 6 November SOAST Assembly Hall, Malet St, tion, no reasons have been given either to her or her solicitor as to why she cannot stay in Britain. "crime" appears to be that she is back. Shirley, along with hundreds more disguised policy of choose where she lives.
For further details contact: Shirley Graham Defence Campaign, c/o 285 Romford Rd, Forest Gate, London E7. Tel :
public meetin Friday 23 october 7pm London School of Economics Houghton St, WC1 Old Theatre Anwa Group. Indian Worker Change of date!
Picket of the Immigration Appeals Tribunal In the case of Nasareen Akhtar Strand WC2 23 October at 11am London WC1 at 6.30pm.
For further information contact the London Sup • c/o 54 High St, Southall, Tel: 01-571 4290 Although Shirley Graham has now been released from detenAs the Shirley Graham Defence Campaign says, 'Her only black people, is being harassed and subjected to a "forced repatriation. She must be free to