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RESISTANCE_June/July 1983 15p.Anti-Abortion Amendment; A disillus-ioned Republican; exporting pollution/nuclear IUbblSh dumping; unemployed;K.C. Bakery Strike. News and views.from the Dublin Anarchist Collective,P.0. Box 1305, Dublin 1.

'Seditious Whispers‘, No. 11. Free. APF5dUE€H_By'tHE'D5ficaster AnarchistGroup. Issue 11 includes local news,election analysis, the Falklands votefactor, etc. All well argued stuff. -

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A new anarchist centre has been ml e" uses‘ P5:21:53,78 141 177. 1f1en°Y' e lme. ° P ~'squatted in Sheffield. As we go to r th h __ C S Hammer and . fpress we hear that they have been r e CNT mention‘ , up and theTr_per ormance waT poor’ Only 16%»of all reported crlmes wereserved with an eviction order, but

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Anarchism and anarchists have hada run of luck in the independentsjust lately: Stuart Christie wrote=an article for ‘New Musical Express‘and also for ‘City Limits‘. The latterpublication also printed an articleby Stuart Christie now researchingon Londons freemasons. Altogetherit is about time that anarchist ideasgot a wider airing and it is hopedthat other libertarians with a talentfor journalism and investigativereporting will do the same and extendthe message of non-statist socialismoutside our often self-imposed ghetto.Generally the only time we ever seemto get the chance to do this is whenone of us is accused of a crime orwhen the authorities look for a scape-goat on which to hang the cause ofall discontentment. That is why, per-haps, it is imperative that anarchists -whether through their respective feder-ations or through the smaller special-ist groupings - delegate someone totake on the task of trying to use

the Media to our advantage. Each feder-ation, for example, could have theirown press secretary, issuing regularreports on the kind of news that wouldnormally go unreported. It would gowithout saying that such press releaseswould ne-ver resort to the use of mis-information, as do the bourgoise press;the more reliable and newsworthy ourreports, the greater the chance thatthey will be used. Of course it wouldbe na'i ve to think that such reportswould not be distorted and rewrittento suit the whims of the publicationseditor. But that is always a risk.What is perhaps more important, though,is if and when the resistance reachesa stage where, for a whole varietyof reasons, open communication isnear impossible, then those individualsstill operating within the ‘legal’sphere can perform a useful roleextending and elaborating upon thepropaganda put out by comrades who,because of restricted circumstances,would find this impossible.

especially against women, rose by23%. ABut what really triggered the pressrelease was the statement issued by theColin Roach inquest jury criticisingthe local police in their handlingof the case. Newman couldn't get backat the jury, so instead he attackedthe campaign supporters. He blamedthe trotskyists ‘who deliberatelytrawl for issues which they can elevateto the status of a cause celebre.'He also hoped to use the opportunityto place the anti-police protests

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kage deals of the left etc who1 d ,Pa¢ . 1at the doorsteps of the loca an Newman ought to be concerned about:GLC police accountability committees,where he thought lay the origins of ‘much of the agitation.But on the whole Newman failed tomake his impact. His press statementwould have had more force behind ithad he arranged for it to be releasedcoincidental to a spectacular crimebust. Instead, out of nervousness,he sent out the statement prematurely.

the low paid, the industrially organ-ised, the people whom he purportsto police and who will, without theassistance of trots or anyone else,confront the police with the cnlyissue-class war and the destructionof the apparatus that protects theexploiters and authoritarians of everyhue.

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AIRE VALLEY18 of the 21 sacked workers at AirsValley Yarns have been given theirjobs back after negotiations betweenthe bosses and the TGWU. The manage-ment also claim to have agreed tofull union recognition, the rightto select shop stewards and electhealth and safety representatives,etc.BUT, the snag is, the three ‘ring-leaders‘ have not been given theirjobs back. Their case is still beingheard at a tribunal and we hope to 3

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Four MacDonald's restaurants (biggestfood—chain in the world) in OrangeCounty, Florida will sponsor freefinger-printing sessions for children.The sessions will be in co-operationwith the Orange County sher f'soffice.

Parents are encouraged In bringtheir chitldrcn Lo I_I|r.: I‘r:.'_;I.F1lJI'I1I|I_,.';,for fingcr-prir|I;ing, a fivr;-mir|uI_.cprocess which officials say willsupply valuable identification

report on the results of the tribunal for FUn*sWsY snd missing Children-in the next issue. The case against Oerther Foods, franchiser of five

Liaquat Ali's two defence witnesses MssDs"s1d's Fsstsursnts, Psid shoutis that they are in breach of contract $150 for the Printing sf 2,500(for strikingl). Ali is accused of fingerprinting Cards. Said H Spokes-encouraging other workers to neglect ms“ for the Orlando Company-their work by coming out on strike About 40 children were finger-

in protest at his dismissal 15 weeks Printed at the first Sessions inago. Ali has stood up well in the Jsns this YssT- *tribunal, making it clear that hisfellow workers arranged among Cthemselves to show solidarity whenthey discovered what had happened.But his co—defendants, Sulieman andMalik, found it difficult to notbe brow beaten by the smart—alec ofthe prosecution. By intimating theiruntrustworthyness he is hoping todiscredit the testimony of all three.If the court finds against them, thenthe management can then argue thatthe law is on their side. The TGWUpresumably will have their hands tied.The bosses will be doubly pleasedas the three are the only ones whocan speak English well (and thereforethe only ones who are most capableof formulating demands). If the threeare not reinstated the others,whohave got their jobs back,have alreadymade it clear that they are preparedto come out again to show support.But will the TGWU - the union theworkers wished to belong to - continueto back them? Would it be prepared toreject the tribunals decision and‘ignore the legal system? We doubt it.The TGWU have already come to an Iagreement with the Aire Valley Yarnsmanagement to ensure that future Isupplies to the firm are not blackedby TGWU members and that their wouldbe no further strike action againstthe firm for at least 3 months. Howbinding this agreement is only the TGWUcan say.All the way through the dispute thetwo directors of the firm have attemtedto pose as liberals and to pretendthat they are not anti-union. Byappearing to compromise and to workhand in hand with the union the manage-ment have got the situation tied up -or so they think. Whether the threeare reinstated or not the workersof Aire Valley yarns will have gainedsome first hand experience of justhow devious and ineffective some unionscan be. It will only be when unions‘will reject compromises and reject thelegal system that they may ssrvs 80msuse. In the meantime, the dispute is byno means over: what about pay, h0UFs=etc, - or are they meant to be separateissues? Even reinstatement for Ali,

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As we go to press,members of theAEUW in Bradford are intending ahalf day stoppage throughout thecity in support of fellow workerson strike at the Hindles Group(Hindle Power, Hindle Gears, HindleReconditioners, Hindle Perkins andHindle Trucks). Already the workershave occupied the factory for fourdays after a 13 week picket. Current-ly there is a 24-hour picket of thefirm and others are coming to helpout.

The dispute 1s about low pay andthreatened redundancies. Over thelast three years the management havemade AO% of the workers redundantand the shop floor wages have increa-ed by only 8%. Every time demandsfor wage increases were made, Hindlesclaim that they couldn't afford itand there would have to be redundanc-ies. This time around, the workersdecided they had enough and after aseries of one day strikes they decid-ed to go out on strike indefinitely.

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Sulieman and Malik would only be apartial victory - in fact merely areturn to square one. Legitimately theworkers could argue that as none oftheir original demands hays been met, then they could resume.the strikeuntil they are. If they decided thisthen they would have to do so withoutthe official backing of'the TGWU.The workers of Airs Valley Yarnswould then turn to the same support-ers who came to their assistancewhen they most needed it: workers whodo not wait for union approval todemonstrate solidarity, TGWU membersin other firms who are prepared torisk union expulsion if need be inorder that they can help out byblacking supplies, and the jobless whohave nothing to lose by'lending a hand

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CHILD LABOURIn the small town of Kamyaran theIslamic Republic's so-called ConstructionCrusade (Jahad-e-Sazandegi) has set upa cloth-weaving workshop. The majority

In an icipa ion o f . <ee>Union and the Majority Fedayeen membershave been accused in the Iranian media of

long. Each child receives only 35. . “ tonans er d (l th £2) d th.plotting to seize power from the Mullahs: wages 0? adui%S a§:S7D ignans ST In E

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't' ear the frontier withorder to meet a small part of theirliving expenses, which along with soar-

take up posi ions n _ in i flat. h d . d th kAfghanistan. Expulsion of Soviet Diplomats, Ofgthgir Vfigiitas U221‘? Ve i Wag Zrshouse arrest of Soviet citizens, 1,000 pro- I Y’ Y 3 9Moscow ‘ lotters ‘imprisoned and mob lynch- number of hours Overtime‘ In this Work‘p ‘ . . .ing of"communists‘ in provinces'adjo1o1ng ?:2Sath?t::rEfir:0;a;e 3° w0£¥)0nrthe Soviet Unions

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"please God" and as martyrs "enter Paradise" class activity of the factory‘sit seems after forced marches across mine— p Islamic Society. The workers‘ slogansfields and into Iraqi firing lines so that (W88 'DB8th t0 the Islamic Sssisty must‘Revolutionary Guards‘ can advance behind be dissolved!‘ and ‘Death to Sharify‘them. Stories of desertions are widespread. (the Society's head). Sympathy strikesTrain-loads of corpses have used up all thcold stores, refrigerator vans and railcarriages while awaiting burial. To celeb-rate the 4th Anniversary of Iran's Feb. 11'Revol1tion‘ a Literary Prize Competitionwas organised: the first 200 winners weresent to the war Front. Consolation prizesincluded a trip to the Holy City of Mashad Izwxlautographed photos of Ayatollah Khomeini"

RESISTANCEKurdistan shops and schools closed for 4weeks in aageneral strike protest at Khomein-i‘s Guards terrorism. Resistance forces haveattacked numerous Guards bases; killed a topCommander of the Guards Corps; Officialsinvolved in the arrest, torture & executionof Opposition; blew up a Personnel Carrierfor the Pasdaran Corps & its passengers; andseveral informers.

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cordoned off and is now under seigedue to guerilla advances in the ruralareas and on the outskirts of thecity. The guerrilla organisations include the April 6 Movement (indep-endents), the MNLF (Muslim separat-ists, aided by Iran) and the NPA(communist, aided by Moscow). President Mavros is facing increas-

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e broke out in the Rasht batterycompany which were eventually crushedby the regime.

MOTOR AND TEXTILE ACTIONSThe General Motors factory in Tehran hada strike, Guards broke in and arrested250 car workers. 3,000 workers at RenaultTehran struck against unpaid wages (takenfor the War Effort), excessive hours,lack of safety (body paintworkers losttheir hands when they were moved to workin the pressShop without training).Textile workers in Hashan tried to forma free trade union and stop a dismissal,forced overtime (at a normal rate of pay)and pay stoppages also struck recently.

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ed militant opposition all round: r down). The strike was about atrocious;at the last general election only50% of the electorate bothered tovote at all‘ on the industrial front , 1strike actions, despite the threat ofarmed police intervention, have notbeen infrequent. The forced exodusof much of the islands populationand the industrial exploitation ofthe once-rural communities in thefree—trade zones has intensifiedthe general oppression that ischaracteristic of Phillipine life.One strike that took place in June1982 in the Bataan free enterprisezone lasted for 4 days, with over10,000 workers (t of whom were women)walking out of the factories (23were affected and temporarily shut

low pay, long hours and bad workingconditions. Initially only 200 came outand were on their own for the first 15weeks; but as soon as the policebegan to attack the strikers, otherscame out to show support and thosearrested were immediately released.Although those who took part in thestrike on the whole gained from theiraction (better conditions all round),in later months the authorities gottheir revenge when they arrested someof the activists, injuring others-Meanwhile the government sponsoredtrade union, the KMU, and the mainopposition party ('m0dsF8ts8') areattempting to cool things down. fear-ing all out war. P

CONSTRUCTION SIT"IN VICTORYThe bosses in the Majdiyan-e—Noh Coof Tehran - a construction firm witha 3,000 workforce - were forced to .give in when the workers struck againsttheir attempts to force them to doovertime and in protest at the deathof one worker. ‘The workers realisedthat wages for the strike days andalso the wages for days they hadworked were not being paid...The workersthen started their sit-in, the policearrived, entered the workshop, arresteda few of the strikers and took them tothe Evin prison.‘ But the workerscontinued their struggle and formulat-ed their demands.

Eventually the management backeddown in the face of the united actionof the workers and accepted theirdemands. The workers immediatelyreceived the wages of the 4 days ofthe strike and the strike ended.

N.B.It will soon be illegal in Iran for.women to walk the streets without aveil. The principal judge of Tehran‘scourts has made it clear that if thelaw proves ineffective, then truebelievers should be encouraged to takematters into their own hands. Withindays of this announcement, Tehran wasfilled with gangs roaming the streetsshouting anti-wimmen slogans. In onemain street some women were attackedand one woman knifed for not hidingher hair behind her veil. Ironically,with the shortage of male troops forthe war with Iraq, female conscript-ion to the military is now compul-sory. This volte-face comes about afteronly 4 years since the governmentoutlawed military service for womenbecause it was against Moslem prin-ciples.

In the middle of the demonstrationsin one of Santiago‘s main avenues,three pigs, perfectly dressed up inmilitary uniforms, were let loose.Passers-by stopped and gave militarysalutes to the animals before thepolice could arrest the terrifiedpigs, throw them into a van anddrive them to an unknown fate.

In May three people who killed awoman who had failed to meet her Ndowry requirements, were found guiltyof murder by a high court: in thisrespect a precedent was set. Moreimportantly, in a village near Bhat-inda, a 15 year old woman took actionof her own and shot dead her father Safter he had repeatedly raped her: thewhole village came out to support herduring her trial. I

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A catherine wheel, a packet of bangersand a golden rain were expropriated ina dawn raid when the famed information-gatherers of the Anti-Terrorist Squadraided the home of an infonmation- ' Agatherer of the equally famed BlackFlag group. The raid,_which took placeson June 29, was also characterised asone of the few - if, perhaps, the onlythus documented~where the officer incharge - Burke (sic), Detective Insp-ector - was summoned to the ‘phone,while his colleagues were sniffingaround, only to find that the callerwas none other than the solicitor of .the person whose home it was that wasbeing raided. The solicitor then pro-ceeded to give Burke a lecture on theapplication of the ‘judges rules‘.While this was going on two of Burke'scolleagues'were in another room rummag-ing through the poster files, only to »come across an old"Persons Unknown‘poster with the title, ‘Watch Out, 1There's an ATS about!‘ and depictinga photo of D.C. Deaney entering some-ones home in the ‘usual course of hisduty‘. The two were asked whether theyknew Deaney. But, alas, it seemed not:‘Black Flag‘, it would appear, has beenin the business of counter-terrorism alot longer than our two intruders. .Burke and his colleagues - altogether Iseven officers took part (4 in plain@Pclothes, 3 uniformed) - got on withtheir job of meticulously (and tidily)sifting through the contents of thehouse; A '

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measures will be taken covertly to avoid)aggravating international tension anddisguietening the public.‘ and ‘it isxconfidently predicted that there will beno survivors.‘ Another document producedby the BMAlBritish Medical Association),,gives an indication of what we can expectif our*resistance is not organised andeffective: ‘The responsibility of the Apolice force will be to keep the law....(but) with certain modifications to theBritish penal system.‘ In other wordsthere will be an attempt - and here it isdocumented what we have pr8diCt6d_8llalong — to incarcerate and possibly eliminate all those likely»to resist orpromote resistance if the war news leak-ed out. Undoubtedly there would be dawnsnatch squads of the sort familiar todissidents in Poland or in a south Amer-ican country, etc. As workers in Polandhave demonstrated, 'spontaneous' or‘autonomous' organisation needs to becomplemented or, preferably, supercededby more advance preparation (welltrained), combined with more explicitdefence measures, if local and wider 4resistance is to mean anything. The timeto practice such defence measures is.now (we are neither_devoid of the opp-or excuse) when tactics can be tried andtested - not for some future 'when_thetime is right‘ occasion, when it may be 1too late, but as a means of taking onthe State and its institutions at ourdiscretion and in our time.

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SEXCINEMASEXCINEMASEXCINEMASEXCINEMBail restrictions were eased at LeedsMagistrate Court late June for thewoman charged with involvement in and arson attack on a porn cinema.

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