paign. The campaign established by Bold NUM at the end of the strike has for two months raised money for imprisoned and sacked miners in Lancashire.
sacked, Lancashire miner who received nine miners these member of Yorkshire families week distributed througt VICtimised other 1l prison The speakers were Mark Jones (father of David Jones killed durJohnson stoke ancashine Lorraine CONSORT Women Against Pit Closures. Dennis Skinnet Dennis Pennwho had been released from prison week earlier.
THE NATIONAL Women's Solidarity Conference held in Birmingham on Saturday 4 May served as a useful gathering for women who have been active in the miners' strike over the last 12 months. Two hundred women were in attendance.
Discussions at the conTerence helped tocus atten tion on the need for a national Amnesty campaign Tol sacked imprisoned miners prepared women fo upcoming Labour Party Maureen rom Kent, miner's wife from said that Women Against Pit Closures their daW most urgent and important and fifty people attended a Lorraine explained the activities of the WAPC to campaign for the release of tunes. she spoke about the radicalisation of women in the mining community during the strike. «Women have learnt organise they have stood up voiced their opinions. I used to vote Labour but I didn't know why.
'But not going ty. woman has ing we tinued, the LICH SILS women the governabortion. she ised ain't nothing yet." Arthur Scargill after arrest at Orgreave ed the rally to remember struggle. 50,000 young miners and women in the mining community it's not what they said. It's what they • did, came out with flying col ours.' 'The job of some of us labour movement and PLP is not to go climbing after votes for leadership but to defend and encourage these people. Everyone on this platform has been tested in practice it will be these people who shuncillors and for trade should stand MPs, unions positions not our striped 'suited or wooly jumper sten sau then vicious attack on Marxism Today Eric Hobsbawm and Neil Kinnock, their failure to back Scargill and actively support the He concluded, *the real issue is that it is appalling that the miners and their Camer and yet all the claims wehs out months through and every union talled to open up the se cond front even on wages.
'What did your leaders do? Willis stabbed the strike in the back. But if I'd been the dockers leader we snowle Have pul li pay claim and that woul have been the end of it.
After this rally the militants in Lancashire NUM and the North West Miners Defence Campaign will continue the campaign for funds and an amnesty, by. supporting ticipating in the National Organisation of Miners National Women's Prisoners and Supporters. and by for the Amnesty Rally in Birmingham June with Peter Heathfield and Jack Northern College of Music) Brunswick St Called by: Manchester campaign Against Next meeting: Wed 8 powell and Gillicl May, 7.30pm, Health Education Office, Hardman Street
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Miners Amnesty rally in Manchester on 3 May to of- ficially launch a North West Miners Defence Cam-
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