widening dangers. astauon races minous or popie Many more people recognise the barbaric nature of capital. ism. In a situation where the inability of the social democratic and communist parties to provide socialist solutions is becom. ing clearer, the task of creating new leaderships remains ahead.
Socialist Outlook is written and sold by socialists committed to this struggle. We are the British supporters of the worldwide marxist organisation, the Fourth International. We stand for the revolutionary transformation of society and a pluralist, socialist democracy world wide.
The overall goal which we pursue is the empancipation of all human beings from every form of exploitation, oppression, alienation and violence. Socialism must be under the control of ordinary people, democratic, pluralist, multi-party, feminist, ecologist, anti-militarist and internationalist. It must abolish wage slavery and national oppression.
The working class is the backbone of unity among all the exploited and oppressed. The working class and its allies must uncompromisingly fight against capitalism and for a clear proThis reflects the fact that humanity laces Ecological, military, social and economic devAS VERONICA Fagan notes in her article on the release of the Bridgewater Three, "we should not believe the press when they tell us that this is the last great miscarriage of justice case". Your list of other innocent victims of British courts is far from exhaustive - and the list is still growing.
Samar Alami and Jawad Bor. mch are among the latest casualties of a miscarriage of justice. postgraduate students living in Britain, were convicted last December, after a highly political trial, of 'conspiracy to cause explosions' at the Israeli embassy and the Zionist headquarters in London, and sentenced to twenty years' imprisonment, to be fol one octoraton In highly prejudicial and emowvc terais, toe micora nave por trayed them as Islamic fundamentalists motivated by an. tisemitic bloodlust. To those who know them, this characterisation would be laughable if it were not so damaging.
Samar and Jawad are secular activists, critics from the left of Yasser Arafat's leadership of the PLO and of the Oslo agreement. Jewish friends. In a bizarre exam. in Jewish matters was used by the The conduct of the trial, the contradictory nature of the evisumming-up, the crude attempt by Israel to intimidate jurors, and the total absence of any evidence making samar and jawad to any explosions or conspiracy in this county all proviac grounas sor the appeal which their lawyers Being Palestinian, like being Irish, is not a crime; but to the British police and courts, it might as well be.
We will continue to campaign for their release and vindication.
Roland Rance and Sue Spilling Friends of Samar & Jawad BM FOSA London WC1N 3XX