IMGpapers 1980–83

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

The Labour Party should support the Bradford 12'

· Socialist Challenge No. 222, 18 November 1981 · p. 15 of the scan · 681 words

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Many people think all your problems now.

That's not true, is it? No. The defence commitlce sun owes ti haven't any hope of raising inat at the My husband Shija is still The jobs' situation is terrible in this area. vou know - all the mills closing.

LOLS people work in the mills and they JUDO any other work. There aren't even labouring jobs.

Shuja welder, welder.

There have only been 6 or 7 of those jobs duverused since he got the sack. He went for all ot them DUll when he got there, they said the jobs had gone.

He gets dole money • We don't claim security or family income supplement anything. Mainly live off pillowcases (The ground floor of Anwar's small terrace house was covered pillowcases, and Shuja and the children all WOrKCO on them as talked.)

Do you still get paid the magnificent sum of 1p. for each pillowcase? £1.20 for 100! I have to do No. about 4,000 to make a living WaLC. The sewingmachine week to hire, and then 1 costs £4.50 Wales Labour women have to pay tax and insul alice Homeworkers are really exploited - of they lave unions. to a lot of and conallu LICI course I'm not working. One week long ago I only earned f2.50.

You 're still going to just a:

nany meetings the well CLO Women's World Congress in Prague at the beginning of October. I spoke about my case and the immigration laws here, about and about the Bradford 12.

I met women from all over the Women talked about the pre third women third woman from the US about how American Indian women are forcibly sterilised the authorities. But the bomb was Ine main issue.

Then today I'm going to see the Bradford 12 people.

One of them was involved in your defence campaign, wasn't he?

Yes, Tarlochan GataAura. He was the chairperson. It's dreadful, those voung people have been in prison 3½ months, the police kept opposing bail applications.

The police have prepared 500-page dossier on them meetings they've been to, demos and evervthing, trving to provi they're dangerous political activists.

Now they're out, they can't attend any meetings and they've got to be home by ten o'clock at night.

What kind of support has me acuon commuce gol! After they were arrested, there was a public meeting and about 800 people turned up mainly Resolutions went through Trades Councils in Bradford and Leeds.

like see Labour Party more involved in it, doing more work around it. The committee , organising a demo Bradford on 12 December - we want it to be really big. How are your children getting on? 1worry about them won't let them answer the phone, because TaCI telephone calls. don't like them going out abuse. And even when they're out with me, DCU What about school?

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IT IS 7 months since Anwar Ditta brought her children in triumph to Rochdale. Here she talks to Jenny Flintoft about her life now the reporters and TV cameras have vanished from it.

Scargill tells South Wales miners Union of Mineworkers. 'We must learn the lesson

LAST Sunday morning at 10.30 it was grey and cold But it didn't deter six hundred

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