DEMONSTRATE IN LONDON
LONDON , Maroh 27 ~— Parliament. was gives fair warning of the jedi anger over the unemployment situation among trade unionists and jobless-workers when 7,000 of them from all parts of the country a erL yesterday in a mass lobby at the entrance to the venerable building
Police violence finally broke up the determined demonsssation but only after scenes had been enacted which reminded observers of the bitter days of depression of She, thirties. eae
The: ‘Yooby was sponsored by: rh sitcarlina: paseauedete who ‘gdneeived it as a tame, mild affair. Left wingers and :-wnémplhoyed workers decided to make it a real demonstration. They sang the Red Flag, fixed red banners on the walls of Parliament, and shouted slogans demanding jobs and a Labour. Roversmeny +: # §
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When police felt that they could not succeed in barring the lobbyists from entering the building, they sent for reinforcenents. Nounted cops plunged into the crowd. Nine arrests were made and several injuries were reported.
After the lobby, some 1,300 demonstrators gathered in ea hall where they heard speakers under the auspices of the Lambeth Trades Council. The themes were the solidarity of trade unionists and unemployed, youth and adults, the need for militant action, and the
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Following the general strike in Belgium, the mine strikes in Spain and the current wave of strikes in France, the action in Britain offers fresh evidence of the fact that militant action is reviving among the workers of Westexn Turope.
NASSER SPOKESHAN