The campaign for Tarig Ali gained considerable momentum in the last five days before polling day. Running to a schedule of never less than three meetings a day, Tariq spoke at factory gates, in the local wards, to immigrant workers, on street corners and to At the big engineering factory of Shardlows, after addressing over HO workers outside the gate, he was then collared by the night-shift shop steward, who demanded on behalf of his shift that Tang stay and repeat his speech. Tariq later remarked that it was the first time he had been given an encore outside a factory:
Over 150 Shardlow workers heard the policies of the IMG and a number bought tickets for Wednesday's clection rally. The next morning some thirty copies of Red Weekly were sold to the day shift.
BELOW: Gerard Vergeat of the French ex Ligue Communiste speaking at a London IMG meeting on the alection on Tuesday. Also on the platform (I to r): Tariq All, Linda Smith (chair), and John Ross.
QUEENS PARK Denouncing the progrummes of both Communist Party and the Labour Party, veteran revolutionary Harry MeShane urged Queens Park voters to 'vote revolutionary on 28 February, Addressing Purdie's election rally, he said: 'It is the first time for 25 years that I have spoken at an election meeting.
Amongst those present at this meeting was the Apprentice Convenor of one of the Glasgow ship yards, who not only supported Purdie's election campaign but also expressed interest in the IMG, He is one of the nOw weeks? one class with a future!