Nearly 100 people marched through Lon don last Friday, 14 March, demanding *free nurseries - IDE WE DONE TO TOE DOU the right to study. The police, however, refiased the demonstrators the right to picker The march was oremised by te. London Student Women's Action Group (SWAG) an organisation made up of all London college women's groups. After Pam Calder from the rochnical teachers шпк, Ar, at me soul bank Fol technic had given a short speech of support to a rally in Lincolns Inn Fields, the demonstrators set off to the Depart ment of Education and Sclence to picket for nurseries in all colleges and to hand in a statement supporting cheir demands.
Marching were a number of London college women's groups ING. the Landon Stident Organisation, Working Nomen's Charter supporters, and Breat Sun ery Campaign The picket, however, was sabotaged by the police who forced the cemensume Into me tour arout 1a making it imposeible to mount an effect: ive picket.
Free nursery facilities are an integral part of the struggle against women's oppr esson, whether the question i taken up education cuts and geneini cuts in social expenditure, the fist thing that many local authorities and colleges are cutting back are nurseries women's hospitals and other context it is vital that the present campagns to detend and excend these lacuties are stepped up, and linked to the general fight against the cuts and against the social contract, Somspiciors ay wet sosence tron the demonstracion were the leadership of the National Union of Student, who had earlier given verbal support for flis important initistine Thi is in line with the present policy of the Communist Party dominated NUS Executive of consistently scabhing on any struggles around the que stion of women's appression, whether it be the NUS Women's Campaign or the Working Women's Charter. In fact crea Students on the march for 'free nurseries — for the right to work and study' quarteis and they have refused do call a nations N'S Women's Conferencu Lege women's groups and activists around Men's Charter on 3 May at Queen Mary Ducation, Malet Street, London WC1 to: ANGELA PHILLIPS IFLI the grants cumpaign TEST CASE i willis their usual left-wing demagogy las ceased lo pour out of their Endsleigh Street head becale or sonal has corked N oennise a nadional conference for all callthe NUS Campaign and the Working Kom of the grants campaign.
ion write to: Jenny Beale, Instirute of Ed Rick Sissons
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