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The court actions are just the tip of the iceberg or ine allack on lne peace women. Recently paratroopers base tacked women with electric cattle prods and broke tingers bury council has employed ex-bailiffs on huge the solduc Scale camp, to whom the police turn a blind eve. Ihey are increasingly making life at Lilt camp virtually impossible. The troops and police guarding the base point of shining search lights and making a clamour all night to make sleep impossible.
The same pattern of atand harassment 1s being repeated around the CoulL v. HAVING lost the propaganda war over the last year, the Tories are stepping up the police and court attacks on the Greenham peace women. Last Monday four more women from the camp were sent to jail. Twelve other women were fined up to f50 for criminal damage, resulting from the invasion of the camp at last December's "Sound around Greenham'.
At a 500-strong demo at the Holy Loch on 21 January, 27 of the women demonstrators were arrested, many viciously treated and three refused bail for five days.
In Leeds, two women arrested at peace demonstration seem likely to be sent to jail for eighteen Months. down the country women peace demonstrations are being refused jury trials so that the law can deal with them harshly.
There is now an urgent need to launch an all-out defence of Greenham and the peace women nationally. It seems certain that the decision has been taken to close down the Greenham camp. If this happens then the whole peace movement and the labour movement must immediately respond with demonstrations to reestablish the camps.
Task In the last few months, while the CND leadership has been putting the em phasis on a negotiated despite vote against it - the Greenham women have got on with job of fighting for to remove the missiles.
The setting up of 102 peace camps in support of the women's move in tak ing Reagan to court in the US, and the huge turnout of women Greenham on December, shows the immense support for the peace women that now exSound around Greenham demonstration This support must now be mobilised to prevent the legal assault and physical harassment of the women being successful.
• If you want to send donations for fines women arrested make chepayable *Greenham Women (Fines)' and send to 79, Petherton Road, London NS. Greenham Women Against Cruise plan to take action around the emergency service routes or rebruary Ring 01-251 8046 for further details.
A national conference of Greenham Women in Newcastle last weekend decided to call for a week of regional women's actions around 24 May, ternational Women's Day for Disarmament. Northern women are already planning to meet to discuss on 3 March. Ring Doreen Ward on Leeds 868489 for further details.
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