Date: Sat, 22 Mar 1997 17:08:00 +1100
Subject: LL: MARCH FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE, LONDON 12 April 1997


>Date: Thu, 20 Mar 1997 07:52:45 +0000 (GMT)
>From: itusc-AT-gn.apc.org
>Subject: LL: MARCH FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE, LONDON 12 April 1997
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>MARCH FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE!! --ALL OUT ON 12 APRIL
>
> On Saturday, 12 April 1997 London will witness one of the largest
>demonstrations it has seen for many a long year.
>The March for Social Justice has been called by the Liverpool dockers, the
>Women of the Waterfront, the Magnet Strikers and the Hillingdon Hospital
>workers. It is sponsored by many organisations including the ITUSC.
>In their original invitation, the dockers asked all those who oppose this
>government - trade unionists, the unemployed, pensioners, people with
>disabilities, the homeless, environmentalists and the young, refugees and
>asylum seekers - to join in a mass rally and March for Social Justice, to
>celebrate our several and many struggles and send a signal in this pre-
>General Election period in Britain, that we are not relying on parliamentary
>elections to defend our right to social justice.
>Its themes include:-
>
>JOBS!  HOMES!  A FUTURE!
>
>This event marks the start in Britain of Euromarch '97, which the ITUSC also
>sponsors, and a People's Charter has been launched (see below) and everyone
>is invited to consider any additions or changes they would like to see
>incorporated in it.
>
>We in the ITUSC will do everything possible to ensure that this
>demonstration is a major success. We urge all who are associated with our
>work to mobilise their workmates, union branches, friends and relatives to
>join us and the thousands of others who will be celebrating our struggles on
>12 April. Look out for the ITUSC banner.
>March for Social Justice
>on
>Saturday, 12 April 1997
>Assemble 12 noon, Kennington Park, London (Oval Tube Station)
>March, dance and drum
>to 10 Downing St.
>Presentation of the People's Charter
>Carnival in Trafalgar Square with the 'Bateria Mandela'
>
>BE SEEN  BE HEARD  BE THERE!
>
>THE PEOPLE'S CHARTER FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE
>Launched by the sacked Liverpool dockers and Women of the Waterfront
>
>WE, THE PEOPLE, demand social justice:
>
>1)  Immediate reinstatement with full trade union rights of the 500 sacked
>Liverpool dockers; the Hillingdon Hospital workers; the Magnet workers; and
>all other unjustly sacked workers.
>2)  The right to join a trade union, to strike ,to respect picket lines and
>to take solidarity action. Immediate repeal of all anti-union legislation.
>3)  The right to work and to job security. Reversal of the policies of
>casualisation, privatisation and deregulation. Democratic planning to secure
>full employment. No compulsory overtime. Acknowledgement of the value of
>low-waged and unwaged work. Equal pay for work of equal value.
>4)  The right to recreation and assembly. Repeal of the Criminal Justice Act.
>5)   Defence of the Welfare State. Abolition of the Job Seekers Allowance.
>Free education including nursery and university   provision; free health
>care; adequate pensions and benefits for all. Equal rights and social
>provision for people with disabilities, the sick, and for all minority
>groups.
>6)  The right to a home. Emergency measures to house the homeless, including
>occupation of vacant or underused properties. Defence of the rights of
>travellers.
>7)  Repeal of all discriminatory legislation. Defence of the right of
>asylum. Equal rights for all, regardless of ethnic origin, nationality,
>gender, sexuality or creed. The right of community self-defence against
>racist, sexist or other violence.
>8)  The right to citizenship within a democracy. Abolition of the Monarchy
>and the House of Lords. Withdrawal of British troops from Ireland. Repeal of
>the Prevention of Terrorism Act.
>9)  The right to a future for our children. Emergency action to reverse
>national and global pollution and devastation of the planet's resources.
>Action to curb the private car and road lobbies and to reclaim our streets;
>implementation of an integrated public transport system. The right to clean
>air, water and food. Abolition of the nuclear power industry.
>10)  The right of workers to organise internationally to resist injustice
>and oppression, to reclaim the planet and put an end to war. Abolition of
>the nuclear weapons industry. An end to all trade in arms and instruments of
>torture.
>
>   JOBS!                      HOMES!             A FUTURE!
>
>Merseyside Port Shop Stewards Committee, 19, Scorton Street, Liverpool. L6 4AS
>Tel: ++44 (0) 151 207 3388   Fax:  ++44 (0) 151 207 0696
>
>To add your union or organisation to the list of sponsors, contact the Shop
>Stewards as above, or phone the London Support Group on ++44 (0) 181 367 0021
>
>This Charter will be presented at 10, Downing Street, London on 12 April
>from the March for Social Justice.
>Following 12 April, there will be further discussions on the development of
>the Charter and its implementation.
>____________________________________________________________________
>This is from the International Trade Union Solidarity Campaign (ITUSC) at:-
>e-mail:        itusc-AT-gn.apc.org
>website:  http://www.itusc.org.uk
>'snail' mail:  PO Box 18, Epsom, Britain, KT18 7YR
>Tel/Fax    ++44 (0) 1372 817 778
>The ITUSC is an international and internationalist association of organised
>workers and communities, dedicated to rebuilding the workers' movement and
>to overcoming sectarianism and division in working class organisations. It
>was founded in 1991 on the following principles:
>1) trade unions independent of the state and employers;
>2) democracy within trade unions, and;
>3) workers' internationalism.
>Any individuals or organisations that accept these principles and are
>prepared to work for them, are regarded as comrades by the ITUSC.
>
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