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N8, and printed by East En: Uffset (TU). Signed articles do not necess This was a lie to strengthen the police's case. One lad was certainly dealt with'; he was given three months at a detention centre for threatening behaviour and others got two weeks' remand rather than the one week they would have got if they had pleaded not guilty.

When the CID interviewed us they wanted to know what our politics were.

Puts Su NOT JAL CAMPS Paper of the NLWYM fighting for a revolutionary policy in the LPYS.

Riot Special, 5p plas post froma PO Box 135, London N1 ODF.

The Labour left-wingers at least blamed the government and its policies for the riots. But even they wouldn't stand by the youth. wouldnt tolerate police Benn said he being injured in the course of their duties. But what are the duties of the police?

Thatcher has created this present situation, and the police's duty is to make sure that we endure their attacks without fighting back.

If Benn is against this supporters who attack workers.

A lot of workers will accept much of the garbage that's printed in the press "and see us as hooligans.

When they have attacks made un them by the govemment, they can fight back through strike action.

Unemployed youth don't have that weapon. So some have turned to more violent methods through frustration and lack of leadership.

If the labour movement gave some support to youth, by taking up a fight for jobs, and defending youth against police brutality, then youth would look more towards the labour movement for direction and more effective ways of fighting back.

The labour movement can play an important role in bringing out the truth about the police action and the real causes of the riots by setting up its own inquiries, independent of the police and their supporters such as Lord xarilal.

A lot us the magistrates are actually trade union officials. These stooges for the Tory state machinery should be thrown out of the unions, and a fight arily represent the views of the SOA. should be taken up for the dropping of the charges. We should put the real looters on trial - the Tories.

In the aftermath of the riots, police are raiding homes and smashing them up - as they have in Brixton.

The Tories and the police will take advantage of this to arm themselves to the teeth, and even bring troops out on the streets.

How long will it be before heavily-armed riot police are out on picket lines smashing strikes?

These communities should be rid of the police. It is the responsibility of the labour movement as a whole to take up the fight to make these areas nogo areas for the police.

Workers' defence squads need to be organised now to do that job. AFTER beating our target of £500 in June, we've fallen behind again in July, with only £426 by the 28th.

With the weekly, we need to raise our sights a great deal. Nothing less than £2, 000 a month will enable us to keep going.

But on the basis of guarantees we've already got froms wany supporters, we're confident we can make Send contribestions to: Sactaliat Organtsex, 28 Middle Lane, London No. Organiser supporterO Name Address.

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