Under four thousand demonstrators gathered shivering on March 16 at Marble Arch, before singing and Sloganing Square.
Giving the proximity of the March 30 demo, the lack of preparation, the end of University terms, and the "deafening silence' of the Press, the small figure is understandable.
The police were taking no chances, though, and marched like school matrons at five-yard intervals on both sides of the procession.
The mood at first was jaunty and gay, with none of the tensions which marked the October demo.
Grosvenor Square can be quickly. The police, in overwhelming numbers steered the march round the side of the square and OLIC got anywhere fortress-embassy. After sit-down by ten people the procession found its way back to Oxford Street.
Oxford Street delaying tactics, leading to speedy if somewhat chaotic 'Ho Ho charges.
The junction in to Tottenham Court Road produced from everybody the almost pavlovian response: "Occupy they felt like that, they should have set about doing it, for no one else would.
For a short time there was a rival attraction their way to Trafalgar whole of last year to open a front in this country itself."
passed OVer police who did at least choose their job.
near a one minute token casualties on well-planned always by ideology.
Vietnamese casualties, inescable that they are killing all.
Point'; though if that way. •WA be realised, he said, that the US forces have After the dropped more tonnage of bombs of every kind march, in the last six months than they did in the Embankment.
He urged: "Our politics must not be reduced merely to demonstrating for others abroad. The best way we can help the Vietnamese people is peacefully 'International"
An ex-student from Berkeley gave a very graphic account of the situation in the States.
"Many soldiers were and are very unhappy about the war. They had no option about being drafted and must be distinguished from the "Always when the casualty figures are given, they say something like, *28 American soldiers died yesterday but before they did, they took with them 2,540 Communists'. Notice that the US side are always by nationality while those of their enemy are If they were to say then it would be Meanwhile Vietnamese in Vietnam and the aggression would be plain to We have done a lot of work in Army Bases by sending in students to talk and girls also. not too You've no idea how easily a discussion can start in California started a paper for the speeches and a collection, the headed for a time by a group of Anarchists moved down Whitehall to the The leaders stopped almost by accident or the steps of the Ministry of Defence, wher they hoped to break up the demonstration after attempt Demonstrators lined the steps and for once the police seemed to be caught on the hop Some small scuffles broke out and thougl many thought the Anarchists were at it again, do not wish to malign them because they were very likely plain-clothes cops.
However it was all the police needed. The began to edge onto the steps and to pusi people from them. This caused some anger.
Soon they were reinforced on the steps, an then suddenly they leapt on to the crow below and started a rare old punch-up.
cop-coaches had moved inti position on either side of the building, blockin off the road. A strong force advanced up th only other escape route.
They began a squeezing operation which wa difficult now because they We out-numbered the marchers. They graduall split them into three separate groups.
As a show of power it was very impressiv
In 1966. Barry Richman, an American expert on industry and management, visited China. A report on his findings and impressions was published from which the Dwarf reprints these excerpts.
The Chinese do not seem nearly as concerned as the Soviets about economic inefficiency at the factory level resulting from state planning and resource allocation problems. For the Chinese enterprise is not viewed as a purely economic unit where economic performance clearly takes priority. In fact, Chinese factories seem to pursue objectives pertaining to politics, education, and welfare as well as economic results. and better furnished flats, and this could be some type of incentive.
All personnel eat together in the same canteen during working hours. Even though the larger factories have cars (some of them old U.S. models), top managers, key experts. and party officials claim that they walk, ride bikes. or take the bus to work. I was told that cars are only for official use or emergencies, and are used by all personnel. One can tell usually very little from dress or personal appearances Chinese enterprises. Most personnel at all levels generally wear the conventional blue suits with caps - even the women. (In fact, it is usually difficult to tell the women from the men!)... manual labor each week working, out technical or managerial problems through the physical process of writing.
Management participation in labour at Chinese factories appears lo have some favourable effects. It seems to create a type of cohesive team spirit, and to enable managers to observe and keep in close touch with concrete operating conditions and problems in their enterprises. But where experts in a country that has a critical shortage of experts are forced to spend as much as two days each week in physical labour, may not the disadvantages outweigh the advantages, especially in terms of economic pertormance?... The Black Dwarf 28th March 1969 Page instructions; also, managers are often seen going directly workers, and personnel from different shops and departments can be seer communicating and interacting directly with and under-taking joint decisions and tasks. Reds play the role of experts, experts play the role of Reds, workers train each other managers train and help each other, and so forth. In numerous cases "leading workers' float around doing all types of jobs, from working on different machines and technical problems to innovating and giving advice and even orders. (In fact, several occasions workers popped uninvited into my discussions with managers and made themselves at home.) In any random group of factory employees, it is indeed often difficult to tell who's who.