[MAYBE it always rairs in Liverpool, or maybe…]
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MAYBE it always rairs in Liverpool, or maybe it just always rains on LPYS demos, but the four thousand youth who had gathered to march against the Tories weren't to be stopped by howling gales and torrential downpours. From Sefton Park, through Toxteth, to Pier Head: nobody in Liverpool town centre could fail to realise the LPYS were marching.
Militant supporters were out in force, but in the tiddle of the march was the huge Class Fighter banner, followed by supporters of the National Left Wing Youth Movement, chanting slogans like 'Jobs Not Bombs!' - echoing the recent YCND march, and trying to be more constructive than the 'If you hate the Tories clap your hands, etc." heard elsewhere in the march.
For some of us, it was our first sighting of the Liverpool 'community' police. Most amazing, for those of us who had only been on demos in London before, were the huge trunchèons they carried. 'Only sergeants get those' ', explained one local Class Fighter supporter, 'and every car with two aerials is CID'.
The Class Fighter conference, November 20-21, will be discussing how to fight youth unemployment. Also: the Labour Party, women, black youth, YOPs, and much more. It is open to anyone interested: for details ring 01-607-5268 or write to NLWYM, 214, Sickert Court, London N1 2SY.
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Socialist Organiser no.105 October 21 1982 Page 14 .