j— # on the first Saturday of every month every of Saturday first the on reo Pes t 2s., at by Press Freedom Published is ANARCHY B & R NRH 51DISCUSSES ANARCHY Pop Jazz Jazz Pop Committee of Nine set up by the Organi­ the by up set Nine of Committee which is linked with the semi-official semi-official the with Corporation. linked Rand US is which Donald a senior reseach associate of the Institute, Institute, the of associate reseach senior a Portuguese preparations for stopping it, it, stopping for preparations Portuguese fte nttt taei Studies. Strategic f o Institute the of are disclosed in a paper sent to members members to sent paper a in disclosed are and Mozambique, Portuguese of invasion reports: ‘Details of African plans for an an for plans African of ‘Details reports: zanian /M ozambique dispute. Andrew Andrew the in dispute. writing Wilson ozambique /M zanian in o nw eeomns n h Tan­ the in developments new of tions abqe n al Otbr Te Portu­ The October. early in zambique across the border. The The border. the the gave of across oppression Region organized This Northern the country. in peoples terrorism, pillage, of campaign ruthless a future.’ Portuguese eighteen inflicted, been had gees had left Mozambique. left had gees Mo­ from Tanganyika to fled refugees rise to a wave o f helpless refugees fleeing fleeing refugees helpless f o wave a to rise You can expect much more action in the the in action more much then: expect said can e H You killed. been had soldiers Mozambique. free to movement liberation f o chairman ^Kam-hona, iu’ n dne ta u t 700 refu­ 7,000 to up that that Mozam­ denied declared in and peace and bique’ Ministry order total is ‘there Foreign guese 2,000 than more that estimated (8.10.64) torture, and expropriation of African African of expropriation and torture, ‘This is just the start of our campaign. campaign. our of start the just is ‘This been attacked and considerable damage damage considerable and attacked been Portuguese military emplacements had had emplacements military Portuguese offensive had begun by the Mozambique Mozambique the by begun had offensive of Tanzania, stated last October that an an that October last stated Minister Foreign Tanzania, and of Committee, eration no love for Mozambique. Mr. Oscar Oscar Mr. Mozambique. for love no ees, 22.2.65). release, relation to international conflicts which which conflicts international to relation do not concern us’ (Tanzania Govt. Press Press Govt. (Tanzania us’ concern not do to adopt a policy of non-alignment in in non-alignment of gets policy determined a which therefore grass adopt have the We to is it crushed. fight phants ae syn i at rc: hn ele­ When frica: A ‘We East in recently policy: saying of the a of China have in openly liberation spoke Whilst possible Nyerere the for Mozambique. arms ing fia ntoait oiy f non-align­ of policy nationalist African et n h atWs cnlc o obtain­ to conflict East-West the in ment well-established the extended has Nyerere Africa and Portugal, the Congo feared feared Congo the Portugal, and Africa aind that, along with Rhodesia, South South Tanzania. in place taking Rhodesia, activities with Communism to along lost that, was aind Tanzania that lese Charge d’Affaires in London to reply reply to London in d’Affaires Charge lese ‘Col. Humphries says the so-called so-called the says Humphries ‘Col. solution of the Portuguese oppression oppression Portuguese the of solution in Mozambique, is worthy of note. of worthy is Mozambique, in with guns and ammunition for a military military a for ammunition and guns with ‘The paper was prepared by Col. Col. by prepared was paper ‘The Mozambique fnm to friendly capitals to provide them them provide to to bound capitals were friendly states to fnm African that zania A t that time the Portuguese reacted with with reacted Portuguese the time that t A r rcnl tee ae en indica­ been have there recently ore M azna and Tanzania Also, it is not news that Tanzania has has Tanzania that news not is it Also, However4, all that has happened is that that is happened has that all However4, hs noneet asd h Congo­ the caused announcement This London in MADE STATEMENT O T last week by President Nyerere of Tan­ of Nyerere President by week last Humphries Humphries Anarchist A 8 95 o. 6 o 14 No. 26 Vol. 1965 8 MAY f o the US Air Force, Force, Air US the Observer h fia:Li -__ ib African:,L the iaca Times Financial (11.4.65) (11.4.65) h UA r snee hn hy say they when sincere are USA of leaders the the that is Vietnam, about view position. well-being of this country, have made no no made have and protests country, integrity this of independence, well-being the of pions etee, h cam o e h cham­ the be to claim who gentlemen, perfectly obvious to the gentlemen who who gentlemen the to obvious perfectly American economic blackmail must be be must blackmail economic American control the Fleet Street Press, these these Press, Street Fleet the control ita u t te it te tee will economy. there British the then unless for hilt, the trouble that be to up Wilson Vietnam told has Johnson Labour supports American policy in in policy American supports Labour financial crisis and the pound sterling Ameri­ sterling by largely up pound the propped be to and had crisis financial have no option. Shortly after. Labour Labour after. Shortly option. no have can-controlled finance. So obviously obviously So finance. can-controlled a was there autumn last power to came point out that Wilson and Co. are are Co. and Wilson that out point power’. they necessarily want to, but because they they because but because to, not to want necessarily puppets, like they American should as acting I politicians, other any aor edr tk te ie hy o be­ do they line the take leaders on views Labour Pentagon and House White of cause they have been ‘corrupted by by ‘corrupted been have they cause echoing servile their for Co. and Wilson Vietnam takes it for granted that the the that granted for it takes Vietnam at hurling currently are sec­ left many the which of tions criticisms the instance, P E W THINGS IN political or intema- intema- or political IN THINGS W E P Hwjpcl-hs s LLoe.h fi « fail oLJLbose^.who is -this H^w^jypical - VROKD AT AOT VIETNAM ABOUT FACTS OVERLOOKED Africa. This may be be may This Africa. nlvmn o te epe f Mozam­ of people the African of the with ordinary him enslavement challenged the have f who o people highly militancy this into speaks forced been has he that to ' understand such things as solidarity solidarity as things such understand ' to the liberator of the enslaved in Southern Southern in enslaved the of liberator the tunity to build an image of himself as as himself of image oppor­ for an an build struggle as to the Mozambique tunity take in to liberation trying simply little chance of success.’ of chance little to b te selfish. under­ the Doomsday. never by are till stood could wait liberation and struggles would Solidarity we before won, or be friends one’s If we were to wait for the baste writers writers baste the for wait the to in were we If The second widely held, but incorrect incorrect but held, widely second The and the desire to liberate one’s brothers'! brothers'! one’s liberate to desire the and which for the next five years at least have have least at years five next the for which volved in various freedom movements movements freedom various in volved rseiy n uiy eoe eoig in­ country’s becoming the before up unity build and to prosperity view of point fice in national well-being. It would would It Tanzania’s from wiser well-being. been have national surely in fice xlsv Situations.* explosive lo eadd rte ecsie Sacri­ excessive has rather Mozambique a of demanded Algeria also minor the lems which could rapidly build into into build rapidly prob­ could to solution which a to find afford lems to can efforts concerned relax that nobody concludes Africa, paper ‘the but off far to play the part of Tunisia in relation to to relation in Tunisia of part the play to It is worth noting that although this this although that noting worth is It Republic/ danger of serious insurgency in southern southern in insurgency immediate an serious be of not danger may there although ‘Idealistic though it is, Tanzania’s attempt attempt Tanzania’s is, it though ‘Idealistic Mozambique in the the in Mozambique of incursions (into Mozambique) is not not is Mozambique) (into incursions of (22.4.65) David Adamson states that: that: states Adamson David (22.4.65) sion of Mozambique as a step to' the the to' step a as the direct inva­ Mozambique the of to envisages sion States movement African liberation of sation ‘some observers believe that a new series' series' new a that believe observers ‘some eventual invasion of the South African African South the of invasion eventual While I hold no brief for Labour or or Labour for brief no hold I While bique. Of course, it Will be said that Nyerefe is Nyerefe that said Willbe it course, Of Writing of Tanzania’s involvement with with involvement Tanzania’s of Writing Later in his report Wilson reveals that that reveals Wilson report his in Later tional affairs are as they seem. For For seem. they as are affairs tional and have only hinted at the true true the at hinted only have and al Telegraph Daily So uh o ter ‘patriotism’. their for much so al Telegraph Daily before helping helping before —but the fact fact the —but j.W.

a hls h ncer rig f China. of arming is, nuclear that the unless, halts future, near Mao fairly the for mantled field pieces carried by columns columns by carried pieces field mantled nuclear attack on China is on the. agenda agenda the. on is China on attack nuclear fhg, ubrn elephants. lumbering huge, of og eety ruh it teSuh dis­ open, South Viet­ the the so into that Yet brought bprder, recently cong this wire. is barbed apparently, and fields weeks and make it impossible with mine mine with re­ impossible it technical three make been about and the in weeks frontier has South this seal to and America sources North sealed. between long) has not the border (only about 75 miles miles 75 about (only border the not has taining communism,/ why, for instance, instance, for why, communism,/ taining justified. The nuclear attack will then then will attack nuclear place. take The justified. late the war till a climate is created created is climate seems a China on attack till nuclear a war whereby the late create a war mood in America and escar escar and America in mood war a create deliberately use the Vietnam war to to (b) war or Vietnam be, the can use just America Mao deliberately show tough (a) either how to is of Vietnam explosion the after shortly come to vious then that America’s true role in in role true America’s that ob­ seems then It vious device. happened nuclear first just China’s activity up stepping military the their and of attitudes Americaii odd coincidence that the hardening of of hardening the that coincidence odd Vietcong are defeated or not, there is the the is there not, or defeated are Vietcong and still will not be free whether the the whether free be not will still and Quite free. Vietnam keep and munism (like North Vietnam) has never been free free been Vietnam never has South Vietnam) ,that fact North (like the from apart ^ ^ m id s that- the MagSrates couldn’t couldn’t MagSrates the that- s id m ^ ^ ht hy r fgtn t cnan com­ contain to fighting are they that gnifrtemte .2 This .12! matter the Jgpnsicfor hetndt ars sfrlieig (fasts loitering for us arrest to threatened It would seem possible then that a a that then possible seem would It osal i tw arvd n tl us told and a arrived a and tow, when sergeant in a front, with constable m inspector, boards police display large to move on. When we refused, he he refused, we When on. move to epe ee ecal stig n sleep­ two leaflets,- out with on handing sitting or bags ing peaceably were people h rgt f re assembly. free of right circumscribe to them the that using appear are would police it our the up, As broken was fast towri;—wtere introduced. the of Hiroshima Day and Xiiias Eve of this this of Eve Xiiias and in year. Day for Hiroshima p'ermission-Lapplied if vincing lating to City Square—the only place place only Square—the City to lating January—had not been earliter refused for for earliter refused been not January—had con­ more wouIT^SlvS^been explanation where a' meeting can be held in the centre centre the in held be can a' meeting where the on mused were ,but collect, to We had in fact appliedifor permission permission appliedifor fact politicaffidemonstration. in a! had for We not but nam and to' publicize ‘WaFon Want’. ‘WaFon to' publicize and nam right-wing woo to middle-foaders. ready good a always give are scouts talent to their upon performance, can latter counted The be them. support will Liberals, the pirates, happy-go-lucky Square, Dundee, against the war in Viet­ in war City the in against fast hour Dundee, 36 a Square, started 100 of tee mem- several a m. 8 at DAY MAY |N |~ for good being plus business. number, old fair a is company repertory minster fAeia s ely icr aot con­ about sincere really is America If - bers of Dundee YCND and Commit­ and YCND Dundee of bers - the nail, and tooth Bill the fight to pro­ I twist. or stick to whether hs te wl sik te West­ the sti*k, will they sure phesy not are these moment machiavellians the For two turns. star two-bit become to ambitious are of who couple actors a about worried eetees te hv pne it. panned have they nevertheless, biul fr ifrn raos but, reasons different for obviously House the in regularly plays which promises 6 MAY URSDAY, TH o ae hv pne te preview, the panned critics, the have All date, to house. packed a of Government paralyza- The Steel the on Paper White Commons. of company repertory parliamentary the producer and author are assured are author and producer the charadip particular this One about thing night. opening its has Bill tion t b ‘ieok ih’ o the for night’ ‘firework be to A About an hour after the start, eight eight start, the after hour an About eety mr srnet y-as re­ bye-laws stringent more Recently, Permission is needed Jo r a collection, collection, a r Jo needed is Permission The Tories are pledged (in theory) (in pledged are Tories The h Lbu Pry s j e bit wee gj is Party, Labour The liceBieok up Fast up liceBieok

it dy mn od hm ht e first he that them told man a day ninth France and the Soviet Union. On the the On Union. Soviet the and France ■ N ORDER TO show their concern over over concern their show TO ORDER ( N ■ Service. They also made broadcasts to to Africa, broadcasts Canada, Germany, made East also and West They Service. Vietnam itself by the BBC F ar Eastern Eastern ar F BBC the by itself Vietnam house in St. Martin’s Lane, where they they kindness. where considerable Lane, shown Martin’s were St. in house move and stayed at a Quaker meeting meeting Quaker a at stayed and move cold. At night they were required to to required were they night At cold. tresses and several days were bitterly bitterly were mat­ days and several blankets and their tresses drenched rain had a ‘black-out’ and fainted on the the on fainted and ‘black-out’ a had

seventh day. Apart from the hunger, the the hunger, the from Apart day. seventh treine am n al r ‘u’ in"*? ‘put’ ere allw and arms iinked “three lost over a stone in weight. One of them them of One weight. in stone a over lost distributed 3,000 leaflets. Most of them them of Most and leaflets. 3,000 literature ‘committee* distributed as and large as anarchist crowds addressing meeting 300 people at a time. They also sold sold also They time. a at people public 300 continuous a held they time same Corner, existing on water alone. At the the At Speaker’s alone. at water days on ten existing for Corner, fasted people * ted, neither the American, nor the the nor earth. the on of American, face administration the other the any nor Chinese, neither ted, ihig o ‘reo’ o ta i some­ is that not for is US ‘freedom’ the for that certain fighting be can we or F The three of us sitting there, and two two and there, sitting us of three The one gave us anything. After this they they this no After ensure to aWay. anything. day went us all gave there one been stay would never have before there held I the war in Vietnam a group of young young of group a Vietnam in war the I interes­ is government no which in thing we were not collecting, but would not not would that but out collecting, pointed not we were When we molested). stration and collecting money. We intend intend demon­ We a money. collecting bolding and with stration charged 3, May was He man'. while CID a arrested of been photo a a had before taking ours not but of out, friend let were we hours, grapher was there and the picture came came paper. evening picture photo­ local the press the and a in The out there was Fortunately grapher arrest. van. under police were we told then refuse money offered us, he said he he said he us, offered money refuse atr’ Corner Fasters’ Guilty. Not plead to been had police. reel the by the him off after bought released only others giving out leaflets nearby were were nearby leaflets out giving others h sel wes ae always have owners steel The eognsto o te aor force. labour the of worker re-organisation steel file and rank the For anand hy ee overstaffed were they maintained the and freeze wage a mean could bosses. it ex-steel and leaders union aecne o a e trd trade tired few a con-, provide for will valescence board Soap steel Joe new for but subject, the on r-n, rnig pes rm either from spiels printing fro-ing, ts ut nte cn rc. The trick. con another just it’s ae or pick. your take monopolies, of terms in competition Enter­ Private service. lousier and r oh ie, s las od for good always is sides, both or done has trade now, printing the years fact in many for paralyzation rs mas elh cut-throat healthy means prise of terms products in dearer public, bureaucracy, means better the Ownership to benefit Public pundits no have Steelworkers difference? ey el u o te oig and to-ing the of out well very n ihr ae Acrig o the to According industry case. the either of running in the in the say ownership—what’s private any­ mean or thing whole the Does trade. hn? ut faky o State no. frankly Quite thing? Their message has been broadcast to to broadcast been has message Their At about 9.45 they came back in force. force. in back came they 9.45 about At We are due up in Court on Monday, Monday, on Court in up due are We six for held and charged being After riiil et a be generated been has heat Artificial te hs en hetnd with threatened been has Steel A. J. I J. A. T M Committee of Committee YCND and Dundee and YCND Dundee of behalf (ori ony ichael H nglis ughes M -A alet 100) nderson . . R.J.

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own egos.’ egos.’ own peaceful solution than with satisfying our our satisfying with than solution peaceful told an audience in H ull: ‘There are are a getting ‘There in he interested ull: H more Pot-bellied, in us of audience some Wilson. an Mr. told on made achievement. lem with them ahd this was a great great a was this ahd But had them prob­ the fasters with war. discussed The the lem people of stopping fast. of thousands the chance of little aim the Ordinary people showed sympathy with with sympathy showed people Ordinary in solidarity with those in Hyde Park. Park. Hyde in those with office, solidarity vice-consul’s in American the outside to everybody’s delight sang several songs. several sang delight everybody’s to hot soup to mark the end of the' fast. fast. the' and of unexpectedly end along the came Baez mark to Joan soup hot day a large crowd saw them take a little little a take them saw crowd large a day the Hyde Park ‘regulars’. On the last last the On ‘regulars’. Park Hyde the read about the fast in Stuttgart. The The fast home. the at down it publicize Stuttgart. play and to in abroad was fast policy the BBC’s about read o h end. the to and next time you you time next and been through had March (who the saw and police contingent) the f o tion h comer. the police station like a sack of potatoes. of sack a like station police after you again on next year’s March— March— year’s next on again you after atten­ the escape to managed age, same the to brought being was mother her was a boy (confusing isn’t it, duffle- duffle- it, isn’t (confusing boy a was freedom, casually being kicked around a a around kicked being casually freedom, cunningly distracted by the anarchist anarchist the by distracted cunningly station. coats and jeans), deftly kicked her into into her kicked deftly jeans), she and thinking coats policeman, a room, comer the the into of floor. move to the on refused she down face When lay sat promptly girl immediately looked(!), he character in. bundled was so and van, the into ASSAULT down on the only available chair. The The chair. available gentlemanly only the polite on down the being had she cousin, journey the of end other the At to be carried into the police station. H er er H station. police the into go carried be to to refused dragged She March, van. the police a on to made her had she continue. T ENDS FREEDOM formed the nearest police officer, who, who, officer, police nearest the formed te pol t mk dcsos for decisions make to people other despite protests from the girl and friends friends and girl in­ the from ‘dutifully’ protests He despite cousin. her by nized e ufrd ad h ra ‘c’ will ‘Act’ great the and to suffered, have be will consequences the them, allow majority the Whilst pb-Htics. te Croain Te railways The Corporation. Steel n hd ond h Mrh ws recog­ was March, the Tuesday joined previous the had home and from away once more the farce of parliamentary of farce the more once r4-year-old r4-year-old oenet euiis n wl get will and securities government expected everyone because generous o n cmesto a lat they least at compensation no for affair should rate an ‘Oscar’, proving ‘Oscar’, an rate should affair n osqec Je op s i by products. hit dearer is and fares Soap higher Joe and loss consequence a in showing thus com­ by pensation, milked are coalmines a fid in shares the of owners The less. compensation. al Worker Daily City’. Auntie Auntie City’. hand­ is time this out dished being ol b tried. be anything could mood, cutting a in Wilson Harold and Brown George with and IH VIOLENT WITH h cmais il e ad in the of paid profits the of out be interest the will companies appears the only compensation that point the the making by last the to it up—their only scream is is scream only up—their it h C, l hv ter hois The theories. their have all CP, the rs ‘eeos em dlgt the delight terms ‘generous national the press of some quote to some, f ,0 fr hi policy. their for 1,000 of ol b ette t oe ak out mark one to entitled be would Very little impression was, however, however, was, impression little Very In Liverpool there was a one-day fast fast one-day a was there Liverpool In The fasters also won the affection of of affection the won also fasters The PPS. To the two girls: We’ll look look We’ll girls: two the To PPS. PS. H er friend, another girl of the the of girl another friend, er H PS. There she waited for five hours, while while hours, five for waited she There l tig cniee te whole the considered things All HE EASTER M ARCH had just halted halted just had ARCH M EASTER HE h cmesto £660,000,000 compensation The and trots’ ‘tiny the trots’, ‘big The at Gerard’s Cross for tea, when a a when tea, for Cross Gerard’s at So ended this girl’s fifth day of of day fifth girl’s this ended colil wh' a i>u&~ uad ho' w schoolgirl, Telegraph f hy screamed they If dtra 156 laps 1.5.65 editorial B ll il won't C e caught! get stopher e h p o t is r h J ohn is analytical is

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Eye-Witness Account FTER THREE FALSE starts, one in A the right direction and two in the wrong, the anarchists, among others on the march, left Hyde Park. It was very cold and windy with frequent rain-storms. B o o t! The march was pretty slow and orderly eom m r on m n and the police just managed to maintain you were small and a g>rl> as I am; therefore we succeeded in that we got NEW BOOKS their dignity as long as we were marching, When I tried to get out> a policeman ■ Succeed1 P some publicity. If people are curious Crime, Punishment and Cure although there were some mutterings of pushed his hand over my face and threw Dear Comrades, about Anarchism, once they know we D. Sington and Giles Playfair 45/- restrained anger (‘If you don’t get in, me back jn again/ The more the people I and I’m sure many other comrades exist, they’ll ask about it, Eastdir ‘fiasco’ Bccausc I Was Flesh I’ll push you in’) when the traffic came inside pushed, the rougher and more de­ would like to ‘disassociate’ themselves or no. People like J.S. and P.T. who Edward Dahlberg 25/- within inches of the marchers. Because termined the police were to keep them in. from Jack Stevenson’s and Pete Turner’s gripe about our ‘image’ must be as ‘bour­ Dcath of William Posters of bad weather, there were not many on-1 In the end, I think one of the policemen back-handed apology for the anarchist geois’ as the bourgeois reformists in Alan Sillitoe 25/- lookers; they either kept their eyes must have had a momentary flashback to movement in this week’s Peace News. Peace News and elsewhere that they averted, stared with uncertain grins, or a recruiting-poster, where a kindly bobby, To send it to Peace News, rather than (apparently) are trying to placate. The RFPRINTS AND CHEAP EDITIONS occasionally, waved and smiled genuinely. arms behind his back, looks down fondly Freedom where such theological disputes SWF decided not to write a letter of Hie Dictatorship of the Proletariat There were the usual shouted slogans on the lost child and tells her how to get are common, and sign it ‘Freedom Press’ protest to Peace News because of this Karl Kautsky 12/6 like ‘Wilson out, Wilson out, Wilson out- home; because he let me wriggle under gives the bad impression to those ignor­ division, nor should J.S. and P.T. without Hie Bodley Head: Jack London, Vol 3 out-out 1’ and ‘Anarchy in, anarchy in, their arms and get out. ant of our ways, that it was intended as consulting a large number of comrades! (ed.) Arthur Calder-Marshall 25/— anarchy in-in-in!’ Although I think I got into Trafalgar Square with a public apology rather than a personal Also we’ve swallowed the CND myth Big Sur Jack Kerouac 3/6 a silent march is more effective to another part of the march. The Square opinion. I thank Hazel and Brian that we should ‘succeed’ at Easter, or Luther John Osborne 5/- watch, there is something marvellous was very full and there seemed to be McGee for showing that we have friends feel futile. This influences such remarks, The Fox and the Camellias about marching through London, hundreds of onlookers. in spite of some comrades’ ineptness. doubts and fears as our Easter showing Ignazio Silone 3/6 shouting out the things you' feel, I do not know how much the people J.S. and P.T. were near the front of has brought out. The run up Whitehall when all the rest of the year you walk on the march really felt for what they the column, and to deny that those com­ was not an attempt to speed up the revo­ PAMPHLETS silently about between buses and tubes. were doing or whether it was more of a posing it were anarchists because of a lution, but the result of the exhilaration Liberty of Printing John Milton 2/- When we reached Parliament Square, yearly ritual. Certainly, most people tactical error is therefore both ridiculous of having broken free of a vicious police The Ballad of Reading Gaol we were stopped by the police, whilst seemed hungry and quite cheerful. There and embarrassing to the movement in cordon, a natural human reaction . . . I Oscar Wilde 2/- reinforcements ran forward from back was definitely some irritation between the general. It shows a complete lack of a do wish anarchists could do things as Concept and Means of International streets. We were surrounded by them on Anarchists and the law-abiding citizens of sense of responsibility-—to be able to human beings, instead of ‘as anarchists’ Continuity in the Human Environment all sides. A few minutes later, another OND and the MPs who spoke. The ‘dissociate oneself’ so easily, and more for once! . . . I enjoyed it! The cynical Max Mange 9d. part of the march appeared on our right- Anarchists were thought of as a section important of solidarity—the thing that individualism of J.S. in that letter, such No Right to a Hearing Bert Benson 6d. hand side and were allowed to go on by themselves and they kept it that way most impressed the other marchers. The as the movement has suffered from too Some Implications of Non-Violence towards Trafalgar Square. Then from by wanting to act on their own initiative, SWF had an informal post-mortem long, shows we needed the Easter March Joffre Stewart 6d. behind came shouts of ‘Forward, for­ and not by quietly marching and stopping of the march. Opinion was divided; as a morale-booster. We also showed The R-S.G.’s 1919-1963 ward, forward! ’ If that was the moment when the police thought fit. But if they some said we should have made our own that we were different from ‘Ban-the- Nicolas Walter 6d. of action for the anarchists, it was even were rowdy, at least they were alive and arrangements with CND groups, by­ Bomb’, a confusion of identities that Free Speech? The Arrowsmith Case 6d. more so for the police. Simultaneously, wanted action, which to me is the most passing the bureaucracy who obviously has long served to keep us in the back­ ground. The March initiated the Federa­ each one seemed to shut himself off from important thing. . prefer us not to be on the march, a PERIODICALS the fact that we were human-beings. They In the Square, there were the usual practical form of ‘workers’ ’ control: tion as a body to be reckoned with—or as the Guardian says ‘extremists who- Solidarity, Vol 3 No. 8 6d. all linked arms and tightened in on us, speeches, though I did not hear them all. some said our actions would not better Cuddon’s Cosmopolitan Review while from behind, a great crush of could organize a march themselves, if I left when they were collecting money. or worsen the public image of Anarchism, CND didn’t’. Comments about ‘hooli­ No. 1 9d. people surged forward against the wall Jehane Markham (16). which was bad enough already, and Resistance, April 6d. of policemen, which was pretty foul if ganism, just like Mods and Rockers’ I’ve Poetmeat No. 8: Anthology Issue 3/- heard merely indicate snobbery. Industrial Youth, April 2d. Unprepared for police interference, we • Views and Comments, Spring 1965 1/- to cost money and behave well, when the acted on impulse, simply because we had Limbo, Vol 2 No. 1 2/- whole idea is to save money and behave not adequately discussed these eventuali­ Yeah No. 9: True Professions 1/9 badly. ties beforehand; Mods and Rockers All that is necessary is reliable material also came up against the Police-State, SECOND-HAND and hard work. The best place for these they have no philosophy of rebellion to Refusing give their escapades coherence—they are 1 Rules is a good Reference Library (provided by A Short History of the World H. G. Wells 8/6 the Council out of the rates!), where you bored, they, act on impulse. That is Selected Writings Herbert Read 17/6 T HAVE ALREADY described how I their travel expenses; you Can get the will find the statutes and statutory instru­ better than conforming, as our actions Generation on Trial Alistair Cooke 6/- -*• refused part of my rates twice during writs from the Supreme Court—the Law ments, Halsbury’s Laws of England and were better than sheep-like marching Are We Civilized? 1963 and 1964. This week I shall give Courts in the Strand (if you are in Lon­ textbooks on various aspects of law and behind leaders. That is how human Robert H. Lowie 6/6 some hints about refusing rates' in don) or one oftithe District Registries in administration, reports of parliamentary experience develops, not in accordance Post free on orders over £1 general, and then describe our third case. more than a hundred towns all over the debates and law reports, reference books with the ‘superior’ intellectual standards country (if yoti aren’t). of J.S., Peace News, devotees of pure I MAKE SURE OF YOUR PLANS • and newspaper files, and so on. And since -At any time /you can start a case by the rate is a local tax, get as much know- non-violence, and anybody else who sees Decide beforehand what rates you are refusing to paymmuch or as little as yojj, ledgers you can of local problems, per­ fit to set himself up as judge of his Freedom Bookshop going to refuse, why you are going to like, or end a^tese by paying w batevef sonalities, politics and press. In .general,_ comrades; actions wilfully disregarding_ A. igfuse them, and how you are going-to you n5tril'-0W6!IL-A'f££s^fa[Tr*del^y^p^^^^^^ the context or these actions. ' IGpen 2 pan.—5.30 p.m. daily; it is important to know how rates work refuse them. Try to plan every step, and _ until you are Summoned, and then pay and how the courts work. In particular, it London, W2 D avid Stringer . 10 a.m.—1 p.m. Thursdays; if you have to change your plans for any before you get to court at all; you can go 29.4.65 10 a.m.—5 p.m. Saturdays). is important to know about whatever you reason, try to keep the initiative. And to court, and then pay; you can wait for want to make a fuss about. 17a MAXWELL ROAD don’t give too much away—keep them the bailiff to come, and then pay; you can It isn’t as difficult as it seems. I soon waiting for your next move rather than go to court again; and then pay; or. you found that there is no penalty for delay­ We must have known FULHAM SW6 Tel: REN3736 the other way round. The. thing is that can go to prisonHor up to three months, ing payment of rates, that I had a right to there is an elaborate procedure for JOHN RETY, in his article ‘Anarchists and never pay a%lC The costs are pretty explain in court why I hadn’t paid, that I ** on the March’, naturally analysed the collecting rates which gives you a lot of small. In our cgses, the first summons could get away with a lot before magis­ freedom, so you can to some extent do march as an Anarchist, and as such, cost 5s., the distress warrant Is. 3d., the trates that I couldn’t get away with be­ rightly condemned CND leaders and what you like and stop when you like, bailiff’s visit IQskt and the second sum­ fore judges, that I could give my posses­ certainly much more than with income . marshals for their treachery in siding with FREEDOM PRESS mons another 5s* So you can put them sions away to prevent the bailiffs seizing the police. However before we adopt a tax. to a lot of troubje for only a pound or them, and so on. And I was able-to find ' You can put pressure through political sectarian approach to the march, it is PUBLICATIONS so. far more material about Civil Defence necessary to consider the behaviour of groups or the local press, or directly on than I expected or really needed. The SELECTIONS FROM ‘FREEDOM’ Council members or Town Hall staff. MAKE SURE OF YOUR FACTS the Anarchists, firstly with respect to Vol 2 1952: Postscript to Posterity Find out all the details of all the things legal position is given in several statutes the actual policy and objective of the You can write letters and articles. You and statutory instruments, and is dis­ Vol 3 1953: Colonialism on Trial can make trouble in Council meetings or you are going to say and do. Aim to march organisers (and as it was obvious, Vol 4 1954: Living on a Volcano cussed in Halsbury (Third Edition, Vol. the majority of the marchers)^ and in Council elections. You can let them know more than anyone else you come 39, pp. 179-204); the Government has pub­ Vol 5 1955: The Immoral Moralists take you to court, or you can take them up against—try to catch them out rather secondly with respect to the effectiveness Vol 6 1956: Oil and Troubled Waters lished many booklets about the system; and honesty of collective Anarchist Vol 7 1957; Year One—Sputnik Era to court (though this is difficult and ex­ than the other way round. You can use the pacifist and unilateralist movements pensive). You can go to court alone, or a lawyer if you want to, but in this sort protest. Vol | 1958: Socialism in a Wheelchair have published many articles against the Now, although the CND movement Vol 9 1959: Print, Press & Public you can bring some friends, and your of case you are probably your own best system; there are such useful pamphlets contingent also blotted out much of the When the second police bus moved into remain unchanged.’ . . * it consumes is electricity. When its the rear of the anarchist contingent, and overnight. A policq spokesman said it batteries first begin to fail it starts i speeches (obsequious as they were), with wasn’t a cell it was % corridor. A Dane the chant of ‘Anarchist Speaker’. the police spread across the pavement in searching for electricity. It has built in i charged at Brightonlwas fined £20, his O f th e ten demonstrators arrested on The question of the justifiability of the Victoria Street, several anarchists, includ­ sensory devices which warn it when ob­ ing myself, at the back of the anarchist counsel claimed thaahe pleaded ‘guilty’ Easter Monday four were fined £2 and stacles get in the way. It has a single t position we adopted is not of very because he did not understand the £1 costs' for disobeying the Commis­ great importance. By joining the CND column, were cut off from the main eye that turns slowly until it sees what charge of ‘obstructiol’, he had been in a sioner’s orders. Some others pleaded not march we were fighting against Nuclear anarchist section. As the march pro­ looks like a power socket. Then it guilty, these in the main were those Weapons (and foreign aggression in Viet­ ceeded, we noticed that the demonstrators detention centre fojfcseven days. Mr. switches over to its sense of touch and Martin Ennals of t ht| National Council arrested for disobeying the Commis­ nam)—we ended up fighting CND. behind, led by the Sheffield CND banner, literally feels its way towards the socket sioner’s orders when sitting on the steps Now my second point of discussion. were holding further and further back, for Civil Liberties, said that a prisoner by extending an arm from its side which of Cannon Row police station. They The value and honesty of such a collec­ under the instructions of a tall, bespec­ had received only a jjup of tea and two rubs along the wall. Then it jabs its claim that the Commissioner’s orders tive protest. Peter Cadogan wrote in an tacled marshal. A short time later, a slices of bread in 27 lours and there had ‘fingers’ into the socket and absorbs the were not read out to them at that time, article published in Resistance on April small marshal wearing a red woollen hat, only been 15 to 2Cfcandwiches for 60 current. . . . also it was claimed that they were invited 12, with reference to a march on Down­ approached us, and asked us to go back prisoners. One prisoner had been refused ing Street on April 4: and join the rest of the marchers. We a form to apply to adjudge in chambers to take cover from showers under the police-station porch and it was only G overnm ent plant .breeders in New 'The purpose, methods and options of had a heated argument, and some people for bail. . . . : when the Superintendent arrived and South Wales have evolved a pineapple a demonstration have to he properly went back, but most of us, including a T erence m orris in Ifew Society on ‘The arrested them that any protest took place. with square shoulders which will elimin­ worked out.’ ; group of Young Socialists who were Sociology of Crime’Ivrites, Tew people One girl was dragged into the station by ate waste in canning. It is my contention that the Anarchists there, stayed where we were. have observed that me conflict between the police and a young man who went J on Q uixote: abandoned their original purpose during After the anarchist contingent had Mods and Rocker* reveals divisions inside, to give her bag to her was arrested the march, and furthermore were un­ come to a halt, these marshals led the between the socially jhobile white collar true to accepted Anarchist principles. rest of the marchers round the anarchists in the station. Seven demonstrators group, and the traditional manual ended a ten-day fast in protest against Peter Cadogan also says: and police, on the wrong side of the road. workers who have gained nothing in the war in Vietnam. . . . Tn the action itself the values and (Remember their cries of , horror when we status and only slightly higher wages techniques of non-violence are the first spread out across the road?) Immediately from unskilled work& Writing in the conditions of sucess.5 my friend and I ran round to the front Sunday T elegraph^^^Michael Douane, H o pes to get V ietnam discussed behind These Values and techniques’ were of the anarchist contingent, thrust our­ the scenes at a Conference on Cam­ Contact Column forgotten. By pushing out against and selves among the marchers, and appealed bodia were dashed, Major-General John through the police on the occasions when to them to stop. Our little marshal then Lavelle, US Deputy Air Force Chief of New Progressive School. A new co­ — & the Anarchists occupied-the whole road, reappeared^yaying^his bechpcke^ed„ann, Staff, has told a Congressional commit­ educational day school, setting out and by deliberately hindering and annoy­ and urging the marchers to carry on. tee that America has selected targets in to provide a liberal education in a ing motorists, file Anarchists were violent. The communist parties were passing, and China to be destroyed in the event of a permissive atmosphere invites enrol­ * I saw John Rety pleading with a motor­ there were lots of middle-aged women The Good Shoe­ general war. The targets, he said, in­ ments now for children 3J-8 for May cycle cop—but how many others took among them, who were obviously cluded nuclear plant The Americans 186 Kirkdale, S.E.26. this humanitarian approach. Furthermore frightened and cannot be blamed for get­ maker & the Poor could also destroy ‘their Government, and 3J-13 for September. Write there was a strong revolutionary under­ ting out of the way. But we had no more (the Chinese) their command and control current when a hundred or so Anarchists success with the men. When I appealed Fish Peddler ! 9 capability, which in China is pretty highly Copenhagen, Anybody? Companion surrounded the CND caravan in Hyde to one communist for solidarity he centralised*. Dr. Edward Teller, one wanted. Hitch to Copenhagen Park on the third day. Immediately replied, ‘Why? The anarchists did not rPHE INTRODUCTION TO the BBC of the developers of the Hydrogen bomb, approx. May 10. Write Sue Thorpe, after this when the Anarchist contingent show any when they tried to get in front X t v ’s ‘Wednesday Play’ series, with said that a nuclear war would be terrible, 2 Colebrook Path, Loughton, Essex. assembled in the roadway one witnessed of the march.’ its riot marches, bikini clad lasses, etc., but there was no danger that human life Film Show for Children. Organized by the amusing but sad spectacle of Anar­ However, we must remember that these tries to set a pattern for its plays—social would come to an end. On the other ‘Mujeres Libres’ Saturday, May 8, chists subjected from both ends of the marchers were suddenly called upon to dissent in an affluent society. : hand, such a war might bring an end to 6 p.m. at Christchurch School, Cos­ contingent to exhortations (often vio­ make a decision: either listen to our The above play about Sacco and Van- the United States if it did not take steps lent) from a few hectics. As a result of appeals or obey the marshals. Years of zetti—or rather their trial—was hardly to protect the civilian population. Dr. way Street, N.W.L Children free accompanied by adults (charge 2/6). so many conflicting suggestions the con­ authoritarian conditioning resulted in the affected by this pattern. The author set Charles Frankel, Professor of Philosophy latter; and it is noteworthy that it was tingent was splitting, the ends setting off himself a difficult task by dealing solely at Columbia, said the problem was not To American Readers. Anarchist-Pacifist in opposite directions, halting, waiting, the younger people (as John Rety said) with the trial. The play had obviously who stopped. The moral of the story is: i Youth Rally June 11-14. At Mary­ turning back, joining together, changing been mutilated and^dealt with the second land Line, Md. Near US Routes direction, and then going through the let each man be his own marshal! trial and processed from appeal to appeal Yours fraternally, 83 and 30. For details write to: whole act again. The outcome was that and finally their ;execution—all in one Mutual Ai.d Fellowship, Box 3760, Stoke-on-Trent, Bob Blakeman . we were eventually led back into the hour and a quarter! Hence no charac­ Harbour Sta., E. Chicago, Indiana. main body of the march—only to be 26.4.65 ters were established, except for John broken off a few moments later by the Bailey who played Vanzetti extremely Lecture tn Spanish. ‘Spain in a Society police in Whitehall. well. . 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So, Not Quite our “ victory” has been that we got lumbered with only 90 per cent— Q N DECEMBER 30, 1964, the given to the delegates in a verbal instead of 100 per cent—of a ForWorkers’Control ^ joint delegate conference of report by a national officer. The thoroughly bad deal with our London busmen met to consider terms were given to the garage employers.’ MAY 8 1965 VoL 26 No. 14 plans for bus services in 1965. delegates as a written agreement London busmen have now sub­ Delegates rejected the proposals by compiled and distributed by the mitted a claim based on the cost of a vote (97 to one), and decided to LTB, not by the union. The living and the movement of wages ban all overtime and rest day negotiating committee didn’t see in the South feast since the last working as from January 6, 1965. the document until four days later. agreement in June. In 1939 a Within a few hours union officers In the written agreement were two Central London bus driver received clauses which had not even been the same basic wage as a tube train George Brown were in session with LTB, a few more hours passed and in went the mentioned by the national officer driver. Now the difference in basic negotiating committee. On January when' he gave his verbal report to is £2 10s. 6d. Unless there is joint 5, another joint delegate conference the conference. effort between all transport workers, was held, certain terms were pre­ As soon as the negotiating com­ one section will always prop up the sented and accepted by 65 to 34 mittee saw the written agreement others. Why the hell can’t the rank they repudiated it immediately and Gels his Voles and the overtime ban was called off. and fife get together? It’s plain The ‘terms of the settlement’ were instructed the national officer not bloody common sense. B.C. j l GORGE BROWN and the Labour said that ‘the State will have to inter­ __(IT Government have achieved a hollow vene if the unions did not face the facts political victory for the Incomes’ policy of life in the 1960s’. What they really by gaining the support of the majority of want is more powerful union leaders, or the union executives. On the face of more precisely, a central body of union Exhibition Employers Hitting Back it, it represents quite a victory for Mr. leaders. To achieve this, some unions Brown and far from a ‘May Day jolt* will disappear to form larger unions, that the Daily Worker called it. either as industrial or what seems to be TjTXHIBITION WORKERS DECIDED stands at the opening of the International very far to see why the Polish stand was Voting on the incomes’ policy went the trend at the moment, general unions this week to call off their unofficial Engineering Exhibition were still un­ finished on time. But the writer did not more or less as expected with the Trans­ like the TGWU. overtime ban, but are meeting again on finished. This of course has brought a know or chose fpforget that the Polish port and General Workers’ Union against Monday to discuss further action in their number of attacks from different Government supplied' its own labour for and the second largest union,’ the MORE POWER FOR THE TUC bid to secure 10/- an hour for craftsmen quarters. The Daily Mirror has started the stand, making1 them work overtime to Amalgamated Engineering Union, coming The membership of the AEU covers and 9/6d. for labourers. what it calls ‘inquiring into the conditions get it finished. out in favour. Of course the major fac­ a large number of industries and they Because of this ban, many of the of the British nation in 1965*. They tor in a vote of this nature is the question are now launching a membership drive began with the exhibition workers des­ A TOUGHER STAND of loyalty to the Labour Party and no in an effort to increase it. Their rival cribing what they were doing as ‘black­ doubt this played a big part in the largest membership stakes, the The employers have their own associa­ mail and sabotage’ and blamed the Let’s face it, not even Mr. Brown TGWU is already increasing its member­ dispute onto ‘unscrupulous shop stewards’ tion and certain! firms are becoming expects incomes or prices to be within ship, as the leaders of this union know who were using the men for their ‘own critical of the wajthey have handled the the norm of 31%. They are more that the more members they have the dispute. They want a tougher stand and disruptive purposes’. The Mirror also likely to be double this, but this policy more power they wield. Many trade drags in the Communist bogey saying already City Display have sacked three union leaders and Government ministers carpenter stewards (see last issue of is aimed at making British industry more that their leaflets were given out outside competitive in world markets. The would like to see the TUC adopt the Ford’ s Freedom ) and thCJohn Delaney Organi­ the exhibition halls and says that because same type of organisation as the Swedish sation has sackejr 85 men. Although Incomes policy is only part of the Govern­ of this dispute, exports are being lost. ment’s plan to achieve this. The Redun­ Trades Union Confederation (LO). This ‘The Mirror is a patriotic newspaper’ these men were tween on again, the firm would give the TUC more power, not got a court uuunction against two dancy Payments Bill is another, through but who has called the tune for this which it is hoped to get mobility of only over the rank and file members, stewards, forbidding them to bring out particular article? Is it in the interests of labour. but also over the individual unions. the community or perhaps is it because men on an overtime ban thereby break­ ing their cp^raCaii Jfoe unions are not If this is the trend, it seems that i certain firms such as Bridges Exhibition TIGHTEN YOUR BELTS workers in this country will have to pay Vendetta and Beck and' Politzer, who are very big touching the case and ft seems that the Mr. Canon really let the cat out of the price for a more competitive position concerns in the industry, also have a employers’ association is not too happy about the Delaney actfcm either. *The the bag at the AEU national committee for British Capitalism. We might get a financial interest in the Daily Mirror. meeting. He called for ‘self-sacrifice’, higher standard of living like the Swedes, ORD MOTOR COMPANY have sent The Daily Telegraph has also been Association wants shows not crusades.’ A I a letter to car dealers urging them Delaney spokesman says, ‘They are all saying, ‘Every interruption of production but is the price too high? The Govern­ F having a go, using the Communist bogey or other forms of activity, to a lesser or ment’s plans to squeeze more out of us, not to take on staff who have been and saying that one does not have to look too scared they are not going to have a employed fnot particularly successfully’ show*. greater degree causes some damage to to make everyone a unit on a productivity the community. Even in those cases by Fords. There is no doubt 'that the employers chart could crystallise opposition. In­ Last night (Tuesday) a meeting was are toughening up. They know that where there may appear to be a victory, stead of this being diverted into harmless the ultimate lbss can easily outweigh planned by members of the White Collar ■LETTER the unions will stand by and do nothing. political channels and/or the changing the gain. Almost any small section of of Union officials, it could lead to a Union at Fords to discuss what action to The sackings, court injunction and the take in view of the letter. A District the community can retard or stop the stronger movement at rank and file level. Magnet fo r withdrawal of the right to hold on-the- life of the nation.* Official of the National Association of job meetings are only a beginning of Here wage freezes could be broken and Mr. Wilson has also expressed the Clerical and’ Supervisory Staffs said: ‘We what the exhibition workers can expect the role of the union leadership, of taking Government’s determination to get rid of the side of the management more fre­ regard the letter seriously. We intend to Sandal-Wearer ? if they then decide to carry on with their ‘restrictive practices’ and ‘over-manning*. quently and only acting as a means of hold a special meeting to deal with it’ ban. ft is even on the cards that the In other Words' we must work harder, disciplining membership, will be exposed. The letter from Ford’s second in com­ Dear Comrades, employers will lock out the workers and mand and director of its Car and Truck I read with interest in Freedom that tighten our belts. It will mean more exploitation until then, with the assistance of the unions, Quite a lot has been made of the those who are now organised begin to Group says: ‘Within the motor' business some people don’t like it any more. This move in other labour. there is always bound to be some traffic doesn’t surprise me. Orwell’s observa­ voluntary aspect of the incomes’ policy. organise themselves. To organise from Exhibition workers should be pre­ The idea* of the Government, manage­ below, instead of taking orders from of employees between dealer and com­ tion ‘ . . . One soihetimes gets the pared for this, for their ban is now really pany levels. This of course is a two-way impression that the mere words “Social­ ments and workers pulling together has above, to belong and take part as hitting the employers' If they decide to responsible individuals, to free men and business and1 provided it is kept within ism” and “Communism” draw towards been pushed very hard. But behind all carry on, the next few weeks will be this is the threat of compulsion. Mr. women from the exploitation* on which reasonable limits and does not result in them with magnetic force every Fruit- vital in their bid for higher wages. the engagement by one party of an juice-drinker, nudist, sandal-wearer, sex- Gunter, the Minister of Labour, men­ the capitalist system is based. P.T. individual who has not been particularly maniac, Quaker, “Nature Cure” quack, .P.T. tioned this a few months ago when he successful while employed by the other, pacifist, and feminist in England . . . * can be mutually advantageous. We are is of equal relevance to the Anarchist aware however that this has not always Movement all over the world. Faced OUR THIRD CASE worked out as well as it might have with real problems, like Workers’ Con­ done. We feel the time has come for trol, Industrial Strikes, etc., they are as After refusing rates twice, I was still us to agree there should be prior con­ useless to the world as Jesus on His Refusing Rates 3 (Cont) the ratepayer. In October 1964, I got a sultation between dealers and the com­ cross. The sociologists, the pacifists, the rate demand for the six months to March pany before one enlists employees origi­ Keichianists and Freudianists, the Back- Continued from page 2 you. It is important to have people you 1965. The Metropolitan Borough of nating from the other. don’t know being told what you are up Hampstead was about to be swallowed to-Nature and the Back-to-the-Loom, the Penguin Book Nuclear Disaster; and ‘You are therefore requested in future, Fruit-juice-believers and the I-Am-More- to. Remember that local papers are up by the new London Borough of Cam­ when any of our staff apply for vacancies there have been all sorts of relevant .epi­ usually better than national papers at den, and I was pretty fed up by then, so Anarchist-Than-You have all had their sodes in the last few years, such as within your business, to consult with us say and their boring arguments. Now reporting news without distorting it, and we paid the lot. But in April 1965 I regarding the suitability for the candidate attacks on civil defence in papers like the there isn’t much point making a fuss am due to get my first rate demand from let’s tell people a bit more of what New Statesman and’ resistance to civil under reference. We in turn will keep about some local problem if local people Camden Council. anarchism is all about: of Socialism, defence by local authorities like St. you advised of any applicants we may don’t hear about it. If you want wider Now Camden is a very different propo­ Liberty and Justice! The sandal-wearers Pancras Council. From the point of receive from your dealer personnel.’ might try their own paper; good luck, publicity, get in touch with the Press sition from Hampstead. If anything, its This letter has gone to Main, Retail view of rates, the thing is that the local Association or else take a better national civil defence position is worse, since it mates! (That in an anarchist paper an authorities have b eS g iv en duties they and direct dealers and overseas com­ anarchist who’s contributed since years paper into your confidence. stretches right down to the centre of panies. can’t possibly carry out—burying the Get all likely sympathisers on your to both anarchist papers, confesses that dead, tending the injured, housing the London. Half o f it is St. Pancras, which A Ford spokesman said last night: side. This was where I failed badly. Of he doesn’t know a bit about Workers* homeless, feeding the hungry, and so on, has a long tradition of resistance to the ‘This is merely a friendly suggestion to Control, leaves me with a feeling of course some possible sympathisers will official civil defence system. Camden’s after the Bomb—and local Councillors probably have to be written off sooner or the dealers that information is available hopelessness for our cause, to say the and officials have a bad conscience about Town Clerk and Civil Defence Controller from us and we would like it from them least!) later. Jack Cooper, who was leading the is my old friend Brian Wilson from the civil defence system before you start campaign against civil defence in the if any of our staff apply for jobs. I am I just read in the German Conservative attacking it. So you can give them a lot Hampstead, who is clearly intended to be surprised that this is causing concern and Hampstead Council, was all for me until newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zei- of worry with a little work. a big shot in what is left of the country the company will certainly be happy to tung that ‘Communists, Anarchists, Trot­ he realised I was going to involve him. after the Bomb—he is presumably the give unions any assurances necessary. skyists and Syndicalists have tried to use MAKE SURE OF YOUR SUPPORT Lyndal Evans, who was leading the cam­ dictator of the Civil Defence Area which There is nothing sinister in this. There the (British) Easter March for their own Get your friends on y °ur 8^ e—8*v*ng paign outside the Council, was all for me includes most of North London. is no attempt at victimisation of anyone ends.’ This is the third time, as long as you ideas and encouragement rather than until she realised that I was going to make trouble for the Labour Party. I The Civil Defence Officer is Mr. Blane, wh'o has been sacked by Fords.* I have read this paper, that Anarchists advice. It is important to have people from St. Pancras; the Chairman of the One of the 17 alleged troublemakers have been mentioned in it: 1963 Easter you know behind ypu- I couldn’t have didn’t have anything to do with Com­ munists or Trotskyists, but if you do want Civil Defence Sub-Committee is Council­ sacked by Ford in October 1962, and with an article about Freedom ; 1964 done much without lb® friend who drove lor Peter Best, from Holborn. I don’t who was out of work for 18 months Stuart Christie; and now. Readers of me all over the place to serve subpoenas to sup with them you will need a long spoon. My real mistake was that I didn’t know anything about either of them. together with many of the others said: this paper must have the impression, that on my witnesses, or the friends who came But among the members of the Civil ‘This is typical of the victimisation which only in England are there still Anar­ to back me up in court, or, above all, take enough trouble to get the support of the local CND and Committee of Defence Sub-Committee is Councillor we suffered. Only now have they come chists! Congratulations. Ruth who has backed me UP ^rom start P Peggy Duff, the Secretary of CND. She Your comrade, finish. 100 or of local pacifists and anarchists. out into the open. Three of those 17 should make an interesting witness. ork.’ Frankfurt J5ro Christian F auser. So this is something I hope to manage are still out of w Get the local’ papers on your side— Where is it you can get subpoena forms?' B.C. 19.4.65 reporting you rather'than agreeing with better in our third case. N icholas Walter .