SocialistAction 1983–88

The paper of the Socialist League, formerly the International Marxist Group, 1983–88

Come to Penrhiceiber 16 February

· Socialist Action No. 88, 8 February 1985 · p. 5 of the scan · 470 words

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We're planning an anniversary in Coalville on 23 March • one year since we first had our demonstration.

PS: It's quite amazing really when you think how women have kept up their momentum In us strike. Women who weren't inlerested l ponlics tonight. partly for 1 casulls meeting KS: Yes we've got to work to organise these women in to the labour and the Labour Party.

We've got to get them to understand politics so that after this strike we are still organised.

We need to have more contact WITT omne groups. We want education. political education so that learn call Utile I Photo: JOANA Lesbian March tight-knit mining communities. per cent have been with us all the way.

volved in this strike. They current is developing with nave experienced the birt of the Women Against Pi Closures movement, the massive support from certain parts of their communities and the left-wing • me abour overe Kimella and treachery o People have to become involved in politics and fight toI create a party that will really represent our views.

The meeting Socialist Acuon 1s organising in Penrhiwceiber will take place on , 16 January in the heart of the Cynon Valle where 6,000 their families are on strike The discussion and the atmosphere will be electric if last Socialist Action Miners meeting held at THE SOUTH WALES miners have been solid throughout the strike because we face a life on the The few that have abandoned the strike — one per cent — have been miners who do not live in the necessity taking the commitment shown in this movement and organising who have shown they have nothing in common with workers in struggle.

That includes joining the removing those represen tatives who have themselves to be traitors to the working class. highpoint of. the meeting will be the larg number of guests who will bring home the point that interna tional solidarity has been indispensable to sustaining our strike evening the will be a social giving people the opportunity treat these days) evening out. scene Make sure you are there.

Meeting An opportunity to meet miners from every coalfield and representatives of the worldwide solidarity movement with the Saturday 16 February 12 noon Penrhiwceiber Miners' Institute Penrihiwceiber Cynon Valley Speakers Dai Davies (South Wales NUM exec)

Tower Lodge num Roy Butlin (Coalville NUR)

Loraine Johnson (Bold Womens Support Group)

malcolm Pinnedar Leicester DIrty Inirty Kay Sutcliffe (Ayelsham Women Against Pit Closure) Anne Jones (South Wales Women Against Pit Closures)

Joe Mohammed (Notts striking miner)

Plus speakers invited: ernest Mande and speakers trom Japan, Australla USA, France, Belgium and many other countries Evening:

Social with Bar An, Minibus shutie from Mountain Ash to Penrhiwceibe

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