ON EUROPÉENNE ETUC placards on the march through Brussels, calling for more attention to jobs and less Defend Secretary David immigration treatment of asylum seekers, sold as a liberal turn rights on the basis of scrapping vouchers, are no such thing They involve the increased use of detention, and the "smart" identification card with the as vouchers and possibly the thin end of wedge for the wider introduction of such cards).
dispersal retained, and refugees will have even less right to an independent income than at present, because those kept centres" will only receive food and other tually every national trade essentials if they stay there.
On top of this, the new "anti-terrorist" laws restrict isations campaigning around the right to asylum, and all the rights of asylum seekers the evidence is that the is obriously positive: howHome Office is stepping up ever the movement has often leportations, regardless of been weakened by the lack of circumstances, in order to coordination of the efforts of meet its arbitrary targets. the different campaigns.
The "retreat" on rouchers opposition to Blunkett's propaigning from local and posals and to build foint national campaigns and vir- work between those active around the issues, a conference is being called for Saturday March 23, 11amSpm Cross Street Chapel, Manchester. Initial organisers of the include National Civil Movement, the Socialise Wire Europe (the coordina• of campaigns against the detention centres), the National Coalition of AntiDenortation campaigns, and the Committee to Defend Asylum Seckers.
The conference is onen to all those who want to step up and coordinate activity defend the rights of asylum seekers.
There will be workshops on different aspects of campaigning, such as detention, dispersal, 0C07aUH organising with asylum seck ers and building local campaigns, as well as a final session on building joint work.
I Further detcils of the conference from CDAS, clarify the BCM 4289, London WCIN 3XX, or infor defend-asylum.org Secretary There is a real prospect that left wing fundamental. ists could hold the top four (in the RMT) by the middle of next year.
Such is the spectre haunting the luc, in a briefing prepared in their campaign to help the right ng cancaste standi against Bob Crow in the election for RMT General Secretary.
Voting gets underway in and a campaign is being devel oped to stop Bob at any have been fired, with the Sun weighing in to attack Bob Crow for taling to support Railtrack workers who when their shares became worthless.
That this issue had nothing to do with Bob Crow was of course absolutely Bob Crow's real crimes, for the TUC and the Sun alike are two-fold - the TUC quotes an "uncompromise ing attitude towards the Labour Party, and that he has been associated with the years in office. Rights Union activists might Jewish noint to come faults in the Barbed way Bob has handled some of those disputes: occaSionally he has appeared to from the TUC, and the rest of the RMT leadership.
But overall it is cicar that Bob needs the sunport of all on the left in this election. The future of the to the next few weeks!
The left had a setback last month when the incumbent (left RMT Present was narrowly beaten by a former President in the annual It is an indication of how tight the battle for Goncral effort must be made to ensure that the resut is more positive in the General Secretary electior