study about establishing an alternative distribution network for newspapers to exists ones Murdoch has legally separated his companies in order to prepare for court the NGA and SOGAT. It would be illegal under the Tory anti-union laws it, for example, Sun workers took action against scal abour at Wapping The NGA and SOGAT have balloted News International workers for industrial action. The results should be known at the end of this week and the beginning of next.
Aware one on leaderships have been betore Murdoch's offensive. Brenda reaction to Murdoch's demand for a legally binding no-strike deal was to reject uns our say 'What we are saying is that we are prepared to break new ground.
now the NGA and DO U SOGAT have their agalis the wall. Robert Maxwell's Mirror Newspapers have already pushed through redundancies, If Murdoch succeeds in his attack it would be a body blow to the print Winon which it would be difficul to recover.
Total movement given ic suppor the NGA be SOGAT'82 • See 'A threat to every union' p2.
On Afro American History by Malcolm × For The Struggle is My Life by Nelson Mandela Special offer four months issues for ES Umkhonto we escalation of our military struggle'.
This is a stepping up of the South African people's struggle to make the aparmable, and for its replace- ungoverment by a single nation where black people have democratic rights.
As white supremacists used more brutal forms of resisting the just struggle of black Africans against their rule, the ANC had no choice but to meet the violence of the slavemaster with an armed response.
After Sharpeville massacre of 1960, Umkh onto we Sizwe was born.
1986, its traditional guerilla activity against military and government targets will be extended to a people's war, with mass bases in the townships and bantustans.
This ANC offensive -consinfuneral the heels of mass demonstrations and the formation of the unified federation COSATU deepens the problems of the Botha regime, which is in economic and political crisis home becoming more isolated abroad.
This is a signal to step international pressure to break all links with the apartheid regime. The anti apartheid movement in the United States has taken lead with an campaign ducts made by the AngloDutch Shell group.
Shell has been selected supplying crude oil to South Africa it is the only big oil company Sizwe (Spear of the Nation), the people's army? He called for 'a rapid extensive to breach the embargo. Shell has significant vestments in South African pipelines, refin eries, filling stations, chemical plants and coa mines. Shell protests that it is 'unequivocally oppos apartheid', but newspaper been discovered where Shell announce 'We're backing South Africa'. The US › campaign against Shell is backed by the auto mineworkers unions and the AFL-CIO union federation.
The Anti Apartheid Movement in Britain is appealing for more activity against South Africa se gression in the region.
sanctions against Namibia and a campaign to end the South African occupation of the country.
Last week, the apar theid regime continued its undeclared war against Angola with a raid on the hamlet of Mupa, 95 miles inside the country, and the kidnapping two Angolan militiamen.
The tiny country of Lesotho, surrounded on all sides by South Africa, faces famine level shortages because, January, the apartheid Tegime has imposed border checks restrictions.
regime claim be searching for ANC Repression continues regime on Souths of ta regime South Africa and Namibia. In Namibia teachers have been detained, accused of planting bombs.
In South Africa, the banning order has beer reimposed on ANC leader Winnie Mandela. Winnie Mandela is due in court on 22 January charged with ignoring an order banning her Soweto home.
On 7 January 20,000 miners in Western Transvaal dismissed by the Impala company after a five day strike. Thousands of these miners were back to the homelands.
The Anti Apartheid Movement's 1986 agenda for action with demonstrations, lobbies and a national trade union conference of 1 March -offers a solid base to res pond to the ANC's appea for solidarity.
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THE AFRICAN National Congress has declared this the decade of liberation for the black people of South Africa. On 9 January ANC president Oliver Tambo celebrated the seventy-fourth anniversary of the Congress stating: 'We declare 1986 the year of