called the Shrewshury Conference winich fist met bost September, attended by over 600 trade wiion delegates, to plan the extension of the campuien against the Shrewsbury tricis and the jalling of three working class malians The Conference will meet on Saturday, 2 Febru ary in St. George) Had, Liserpool Credentials and further information can be oblained from. Simon Firmer, LTC Secretary, 33 Motton Gardens, LierPOD FeE V0a3053r0)
The following if a statement from the intemational Marcis Group on thi crucial conforence:
On 2 February delegates from all over Britain will meet in Liverpool to discuss Shrowsbury 3 and defend the other militants on trial. Every trade union branch, and every Shrewsbury defence committee must make an allout effort to win support for this conference. Site and factory meetings must be hek, and delegates elected from workpinces, docks, trade union branches. and defence com mittees. But we must learn from the experience of the Shrewsbory campaign so far.
We must ensure that the decisions of this conference hav a real meaning in the labour moveinent. There have been enough petitions and resolutions to torin a paper chain trom clydesde to baren ing Street. From now on there must be no more protests which waste energy and achieve nothing. No restricting the campaign to "pressure on the trade anion leadershipa: they are a millstone around the workers' necks, and we must La leading member of the Fourth International speaks on 'CAPITALIST CRISIS OR WORKERS' POWER' Rooms, Camden Town Hail (opposite St Pancras station! must be an all-out, 100%, commitment to industrial action.
We must kill stone dead any attempts split Shreesbury away from other attacks on the working class. The Shrewsbury campaign must become the fulcrum which will turn the full weight of the labour movement aguinst the Tory government-the source of all these atfacks.
lie must, cut across the confusion crated by thow who, like the Comm unist Purty, want to parcel up separately the response to cach attack. This creates a sifuation in which no section of the class is clear on the action required or NOW win support from other sections if they do act. This strengthens the hand of those in the trade union leaderships who are preparing to throw over all the victories won so far by workers in the fight against the Torie The Birmingham UCATT shop stewarde have given the lead. They passed a res olutice calling for an Indefinite strike in the building trade until the 3 were freed and the charges dropped, Every trade unionist and every delegate the Liverpool conference must be wor to support for a resolution along the following lines. 1. This conference calle for industria action by all workers, during the appeals, to free the Shrewsbury 3, reverse the convictions, and stop the trials 2. It supports all moves towards indef inite srike action in the building trade, 3. In the event of an indefinite national building strike the conference calls for 7.30 pm — Wednesday 23 January - St Pancras Assembly