Journalists and other media workers will be picketing the Home Office at midday on 15 October in protest at the intimidation, harassment, and assault of a number of press photographers by the police during the National Front demonstration on 1sentember.
They will demand the automatic demissal of any policeman guilty of assault, and the abolition of Metropolitan Police press cards, with full recognition of National Union of Journalists press cards The anti-repression campaige which was launched by NUJ mem bers last month is already meeting with some success. Three NUJ branches have now unanimously supported a resolution calling on the Union executive to endorse the setting up of a Commission of Inquiry into Interference in the Media by the Police and the State. They are also calling on all media workers to support next Tuesday's picket.
The Action Committee for the Defence of Journalists is now putting forward practical proposals for the elimination of Metropolitan Police press cards, which are selectively issued by the police; have the desired effect unless it was clearly connected with a certain cause or objective.)
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