Camden Against the Poll Tax CAMPAIGNERS from all over the country are organising for an amnesty for all those affected by the Poll Tax. They are calling for the writing off of all debts and for freedom for 'Poll Tax political prisoners', jailed for demonstrating against the tax and for not paying it.
The national demonstration ana women's pickeron ectopl 19 are focusing on those still in jai. for demonstrating against the tax in Trafalgar Square last side after defending themselves asainst ponce attack and will released until at least creasing number being jailed whom are there simply for In England and Wales, 5.7 million summonses for non-payment and 4 million liability 68 people had gone to jail by September And Labour is outdoing the Tories in jailings - the councils allowing this include 14 Labour and seven Tory authorities. Meanwhile, around 28,000 people were having Poll Tax support by May. And in Scotjust 15%!
Although the Tories have announced that the tax would be abolished from April 1993, the working class is likely to Councils are pressing ahead to bash the poor for money that they do not have. It is crucial that anti Poll Tax campaigns around the country are maintained and built for the year that lies ahead. conference Finishing off the Poll Tax' has been organised. It aims to discuss and share experiences and iders to take the movement forward. Practical and general discussion will be combined with a series of workshops.
ine conference promises fo be quite unlike the Militantdominated All Britain Anti-Poll Tax Federation, which often rallv-stvle events. Ac ivists hope that the conference will be a refreshing change, that could lead to a campaign free from bureaucracy and sectarianism.
An important issue facing the movement is the question of cuts in local authority spending. Local anti-Poll Tax groups should be linking up with resistance to the cuts Camden, like many around the country, the starved of money from central