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N E W S P A P E R O F I M P E R I A L C O L L E G E U N I O N
N o v e m b e r 13th, 1973 F R E E ! I S S U E N o . 346
1
U G M
Thursday 12,45 p.m.
in the Great Hall
M A S S I V E R E S P O N S E T O
G R A N T S D E M O O V E R 10,000
O N M A R C H
Over 10,000 students, mainly from Lon
don but some from further afield, turned
up for the grants demonstration organised
by the London Students Organisation last
Wednesday.
A rally w a s he ld at
i h e F r i e n d s , M e e t i n g
H o u s e , E u s t o n S q u a r e
a n d s p e a k e r s i n c l u d e d
r e p r e s e n t a t i ves of
T r a d e U n i o n s , t e a c h e r s
a n d o l d age p e n s i o n e r s .
T h e m a r c h s ta r t ed at
Ma l e t S t ree t at 3 p .m.
a n d m o v e d off c h a n t i n g
s l o g a n s d o w n a c r o s s
the W a t e r l o o B r i d g e to
the D e p a r t m e n t of E d u
c a t i o n a n d S c i e n c e
h e a d q u a r t e r s on the
S o u t h bank .
R i n g e d on al l s i d e s
b y peace fu l l y p l o d d i n g
p o l i c e m e n , the m a r c h
w a s unevent fu l a n d
we l l - o rde r ed .
P a r t i c u l a r l y voc i fer
o u s w a s the c o n t i n g e n t
f r om the N a t i o n a l U n i o n
of S c h o o l S t u d e n t s
( N U S S ) w h o we r e we l l -
e q u i p p e d w i th l o u d -
ha i l e r s a n d l ed the
c h a n t i n g of s l o g a n s in
many par ts of the
d e m o .
A t t imes the l i l t ing
s o p r a n o s of P h i l l i p a
Fawce t t C o l l e g e w h e n
not s h o u t i n g r a u c o u s
d e m a n d s , b r o k e out in
s o n g p ro t e s t i ng at the
level of the g ran t s .
T h e IC c o n t i n g e n t
w a s s m a l l a n d c o n
s i s t ed ma in l y of " t h e
r e g u l a r s " . M o s t of the
n u m b e r s for the m a r c h
c a m e not f rom the C o l
l e ges of the Un i v e r s i t y
of L o n d o n , but f r om the
P o l y t e c h n i c s , T e a c h e r
T r a i n i n g C o l l e g e s a n d
C o l l e g e s of F u r t h e r
E d u c a t i o n , in a n d
a r o u n d L o n d o n .
A s o m e w h a t be
m u s e d , if s y m p a t h e t i c
r e s p o n s e w a s r e c e i v e d
f rom m e m b e r s of the
p u b l i c w h o t h r o n g e d
the p a v e m e n t s to w a t c h
a n d w e r e p r omp t l y
h a n d e d e x p l a n a t o r y
b u m p h by en thus ias t i c
g i r l s tuden t s .
A p o l i c e m a n h a d to
be s p e c i a l l y d e t a i l e d to
g u a r d a R o l l s - R o y c e
( p a r k e d o n a y e l l o w
l ine , m i d - a f t e rnoon ! )
w h i c h w a s i n u n d a t e d
w i th leaf le ts f rom the
d e m o n s t r a t i o n .
K i n g ' s C o l l e g e in the
S t r a n d w a s g r e e t e d
w i th a c h o r u s of b o o s
a n d h i s s e s d u e to the
l a r g e n u m b e r of s c a b
s t u d e n t s w h o w e r e
w a t c h i n g out of the
w i n d o w s but w h o re
f u s e d to p a r t i c i p a t e in
the m a r c h .
T w o d e l e g a t e s f r om
e a c h C o l l e g e a t t e n d e d
a m e e t i n g o n the g r a n t s
c a m p a i g n h e l d d u r i n g
the a f t e rnoon . It is not
k n o w n w h e t h e r repre
s en ta t i v e s f r om IC we r e
there .
T h e next s tep in the
fight for the four b a s i c
N U S d e m a n d s w i l l b e a
" w o r k - i n " , o r g a n i s e d o n
a c o l l e g i a t e b a s i s , to
t ake p l a c e o n N o v e m
ber 14th.
NUS Secretary acquitted Steve Parry, Secre
tary of the NUS, w a s
a r r e s t ed , a l o n g w i th
s eve ra l o the r s i n c l u d i n g
T a r i q A l i , o n a d e m o n
s t ra t i on in J u l y a ga ins t
C a e t a n o the P o r t u g u e s e
P r em i e r .
H e w a s c h a r g e d w i th
a s sau l t but a c q u i t t e d
due to i n c o n s i s t e n c i e s
in the p o l i c e e v i d e n c e
on T h u r s d a y 1st Nov
embe r .
T a r i q A l i h o w e v e r
w a s f ined £50 d e s p i t e
p h o t o g r a p h i c e v i d e n c e
" d i s p r o v i n g " the p o l i c e
c a s e that A l i m a n a g e d
to a s s a u l t two c o n
s t a b l e s w h i l e h o l d i n g a
b r i e f c a s e in h i s h a n d .
New Chair
for
Biochem
A s e c o n d c h a i r h a s
b e e n ins t i tu ted in the
D e p a r t m e n t of B i o
c h e m i s t r y he re at IC to
be k n o w n a s the R a n k
C h a i r of P h y s i o l o g i c a l
B i o c h e m i s t r y . T h e
C h a i r w i l l be f i n a n c e d
by the J . A r t h u r R a n k
G r o u p Cha r i t y .
It i s not k n o w n at
p r e s en t w h o wi l l t ake
up the C h a i r .
U C Give in T h e b o a r d s i n s c r i b e d
w i th the n a m e s of past
P r e s i d e n t s , D e p u t y
P r e s i d e n t s a n d H o n o r
ary S e c r e t a r i e s of Im
per i a l C o l l e g e U n i o n
have b e e n r e tu rned .
T h e y we r e w r e n c h e d
off the w a l l s of the S C R
in the U n i o n b u i l d i n g a
few w e e k s a g o by per
sons not un l ike cer
ta in of the r abb l e that
c l a i m to inhab i t Un iver
sity C o l l e g e E n g i n e e r
ing D e p a r t m e n t .
E n q u i r i e s l ed by
Depu t y P r e s i d e n t Dave
S i n c l a i r s o o n r e vea l ed
that the a b o v e a s s u m p
t ion w a s not a m i l l i on
m i l e s f rom the t ruth .
A t e l e p h o n e c a l l w a s
du l y m a d e by D a v e S i n
c l a i r , in w h i c h the pos
s ib i l i t y of l e ga l a c t i o n to
retr ieve the b o a r d s w a s
not left u n s a i d , to the
a b o v e - m e n t i o n e d h o a r d
of butter- f ingered mean -
d e r t h a l s w h o k n o w not
the m e a n i n g of inv io
late.
T h e b o a r d s we r e in
stant ly r e tu rned last
W e d n e s d a y a n d after
s t e r i l i s a t i on w i l l b e s o o n
o n s h o w a g a i n in a l l
the i r g i l d e d s p e n d o u r .
PURPLE PITCH
T h i s w e e k I have d e c i d e d to wr i te
a to ta l ly u n p o l i t i c a l P a t c h , a s I th ink
that the r e is a g rea t d e a l w i th in the
U n i o n w h i c h w e mus t b e g i n to sort
out. T h e m a i n i tem at the m o m e n t is
the b e h a v i o u r of a great n u m b e r of
our s t u d e n t s at pa r t i e s a n d the l ike .
I have a l w a y s g i v en s t u d e n t s the
benef i t of the d o u b t w h e n it c o m e s
to the i r b e h a v i o u r a n d at t i tude to
the i r n e i g h b o u r s , a n d a l s o t h o s e
w h o a r e w o r k i n g for the benef i t of
the s tuden t s , but un for tunate l y ,
o n c e o n e h a s s e e n the a f t e rmath of
" S t u d e n t f u n " then one b e g i n s to
w o n d e r h o w thought fu l s t u d e n t s
rea l ly are .
A f ter a wh i l e o n e e x p e c t s to see
b r o k e n g l a s s e s , b r o k e n bo t t l es ,
s o m e l itter a n d o c c a s i o n a l l y a l itt le
d a m a g e , but th i s t e rm w e have b e e n
ge t t ing into the state of w a l k i n g up
the s t a i r c a s e s a m i d the s t e n c h of
p ints of vomi t , ur ine , a n d w h e n one
en t e r s the to i l e ts f i nd ing that s o m e
c o n s i d e r a t e s tuden t h a s d e p o s i t e d
h u m a n e x c r e t a u p o n bo th the f loor
a n d a l s o the w a l l s . I c a n , if I try very
h a r d s e e that o n c e a p e r s o n is
p i s s e d a n d is d e s p e r a t e l y t r y ing to
i m p r e s s h i s f r i ends , that th i s t ype of
d i s p l a y c o u l d be very funny (Ha .
Ha. ) but I th ink that if th i s s a m e
p e r s o n we r e to f ind h imse l f w i th the
u n e n v i a b l e t ask the f o l l o w i n g morn
ing of h a v i n g to c l e a r up the m e s s
w h i c h he h a s m a d e , then the s i tua
t i on w o u l d b e s o m e w h a t di f ferent.
W e have got to the s ta te at the
m o m e n t w h e r e the c l e a n e r s a re
a b o u t to r e fuse to c l e a n any of the
" S t u d e n t a r e a s " at a l l u n l e s s s o m e
t h i n g is d o n e a b o u t the o b n o x i o u s
c o n d i t i o n s in w h i c h the r o o m s a r e
left. I a m not e x a g g e r a t i n g w h e n I
say that s o m e of the c l e a n e r s have
b e e n k n o w n to m a k e t h e m s e l v e s i l l
by t r y ing to c l e a n the shit a n d vomi t
off the f l oors after s tuden t pa r t i e s
the p r e v i o u s n ight . Y o u may say that
the way of p r e v en t i ng th i s k i n d of
t r o u b l e r e - o c c u r r i n g is to get h o l d
of the c h i l d i s h prat w h o is c a u s i n g
the m e s s a n d m a k e h i m c l e a r it up
o n c e h e is s obe r , bu t un for tunate l y ,
un less one c o u l d do a vas t amount of
a n a l y s i s t h r o u g h o u t the c o l l e g e ,
then it w o u l d b e very di f f icult to
t r a c e the o w n e r of the a f o r e s a i d ex
c r e t a .
I a m afra id that if th i s i s b e c o m i n g
the ' n o r m a l ' way for a s tuden t to be
have , then I w o u l d l ike to r e c o m
m e n d to o u r A c a d e m i c A f fa i rs
Of f i cer that he a p p r o a c h the B o a r d
of s t u d i e s w i th a v i e w to inse r t i ng in
every s t u d e n t ' s s y l l a b u s a c o u r s e in
' C o m m o n d e c e n c y , a n d h o w to a c t
l i k e a n adu l t ' .
T h e p r o b l e m is not mere l y o n e of
fi lth a n d s q u a l o r . T h e r e is a l s o the
p r o b l e m of n o i s e at par t i e s , a n d
e s p e c i a l l y e x c e s s i v e n o i s e after
11.00 at night . I w o u l d not d o u b t
that a party w i thou t m u s i c w o u l d , for
many , b e very b o r i n g , a s they a re
not g rea t c o n v e r s a t i o n a l i s t s at the
bes t of t imes , but d o e s th is n o i s e
rea l l y have to beg in at a r o u n d 1 0 0
d e c i b e l s a n d i n c r e a s e in d i r e c t p ro
po r t i on to the a m o u n t of a l c o h o l
c o n s u m e d ?
W h y s h o u l d it be that I a m ge t t ing
o n a v e r a g e the threat of o n e ind ic t
ment e a c h w e e k e i ther f rom the
area a r ound the co l l e g e or f r om the
area a r o u n d the H a m l e t ga rdens
f l a t s?? I fai l to s e e w h y I s h o u l d be
c a l l e d f r om my b e d at 12.00 mid
night to qu ie ten a " P a r t y " in H a m l e t
g a r d e n s , a n d w h e n I p h o n e the flat
the re is no one o n the o ther e n d of
the p h o n e w h o is c a p a b l e of answe r
i ng the q u e s t i o n " C a n I s p e a k to
s o m e o n e in c h a r g e of the p a r t y " . In
fact o n e e v e n i n g last w e e k I spen t
a l m o s t 20 m i n u t e s t ry ing to get
t h r o u g h to the o r g a n i s e r s of a par ty
in H a m l e t g a r d e n s , a n d I got n o
o ther rep ly than f r om two d r u n k e n
bu f f oons on the o ther e n d of the l ine
t r y ing to cha t e a c h o ther up . T h i s
w a s , I might a d d after 12.00 m i d
n ight .
It m ight s e e m o b v i o u s to most
s e n s i b l e s t u d e n t s that my a c c u s a
t i ons a r e on ly a i m e d at that a b s o l u t e
m inor i t y w h o s e e m i n c a p a b l e of c o n
d u c t i n g the i r l i v es in a n adu l t m a n
ner .
A s a f ina l no te to a l l , by a l l m e a n s
have a g o o d t ime a n d get the bes t
f r om y o u r t ime in Un ive rs i t y , but for
g o o d n e s s s ake , P L E A S E c o n s i d e r
t h o s e a r o u n d y o u , bo th y o u r f e l l ow
s tuden t s , y o u r n e i g h b o u r s , a n d a l s o
t h o s e w h o are w o r k i n g for the g o o d
of the s t u d e n t s w i th in the c o l l e g e
(ie. C l e a n e r s e t c . ) . ,
U n l e s s s o m e d r a s t i c r e - th ink ing
o n beha l f of the o r g a n i s e r s of par
t i es e tc . is d o n e , the on ly s o l u t i o n
w i l l be for the U n i o n to t ake d i s c i p
l inary a c t i o n a g a i n s t those p e o p l e
w h o a r e s p o i l i n g the lot of the rest
of the s tuden t body . It is unjust for
a m inor i t y to i n f l u ence d e c i s i o n s
a g a i n s t the major i ty .
A s a p l e a to a l l the s t u d e n t s of the
c o l l e g e , it i s in y o u r o w n interest to
preven t o ther s t u d e n t s f rom c a u s i n g
a d i s t u r b a n c e in a n y way. T h e on l y
real way of m a i n t a i n i n g d i s c i p l i n e is
for eve ry s tuden t to ac t a s a d i s c i p
l ine of f icer, a n d k e e p t h i n g s u n d e r
c o n t r o l . P L E A S E H E L P U S T O H E L P
Y O U .
N O R M .
p.. F E L I X November 13th, 1973
NUS to fold ? T h e net resul t of the
Sta l in is t d o m i n a t e d N U S
exec ' s w h e e l i n g s and
dea l ings 'is n o w courting
out : Ba th U n i v e r s i t y and
N e w c a s t l e P o l y t e c h n i c
have a l r eady d i s c u s s e d
mo t i ons to disaf f i l iate
f r om N U S a n d murmwr
ings about d isa f f i l ia t ion
are g r o w i n g l ouder 'in
many co l l e ges th rough
out the count ry .
So far none of these
have been pass ed , a l
though they have neces
s i ta ted the despa t ch of,
N U S pres ident J o h n
Randa l l to co l l e ges
where the m u r m u r i n g s
have g rown into an o m
inous rumble f r om the
right w i n g to do BO.
Randa l l tu rned up at
K i n g ' s on T h u r s d a y
where the first s tages of
disa f f i l ia t ion moves are
oc cu r r i ng to try a n d
quash them. He d i d no t
appear u n d u l y w o r r i e d
by the s u d d e n emerg
ence of these r ight w i n g
tac t i cs as those mo t i ons
w h i c h had been tab l ed
had b e e n k i c k e d out.
W h a t does the N U S
exec th ink about t h i s ?
The story beg ins b a c k in
the last s tages of D i gby
J a c k ' s re ign a t the N U S
Nat i ona l Con f e r ence i n
Exeter , Easter t h i s year
. . . . A m o t i o n w a s
tab l ed b y N U S exec to
sp l i t off N U S se rv i c es
( t ravel , i nsurance , etc. )
f r om N U S so that they
we re f inanc ia l l y ' inde
pendent . The r easons for
do ing so were 'stated as
" t h e ex i s t ing p r o v i s i on
of N U S se rv i ces a n d the
ar rangements for the i r
con t ro l are i n a d e q u a t e " .
H o w e v e r it s e e m e d
strange a t the t i m e that
the exec had a l l o c a t e d
one of its t w o pr io r i t i es
for the con fe rence order
paper to tha t apparent l y
u n c o n t e n t i o u s m o t i o n .
It is clear to all now
that in view of recent
events the N U S exec
was preparing even at
that stage to conscious
ly liquidate NUS.
A l t h o u g h it w a s a rg
ued by the exec that to
sp l i t the se rv i c es off
f r om N U S w o u l d have
saved N U S f r o m a n y
f inanc ia l 'malad ies that
the s e r v i c es might have
c o l l e c t e d , in fact qu i te
the reverse w a s t rue : the
sp l i t t ing ensured that
wha teve r happens to
N U S as a po l i t i c a l b ody ,
lucra t i ve prof i table N U S
Serv ices c a n cont inue
m a k i n g the i r money off
s tudents .
T h e demons t ra t i on
that o c c u r r e d o n W e d
nesday w a s spon tan
eous l y o r g a n i s e d by the
: London S tuden t s Organ
isat ion ( L S O ) , the Lon
don area o r g a n i s a t i o n Of
N U S .
Ear l i e r th i s year the
exec had t h r o w n out a
mo t i on ' ca l l ing for a
nat iona l m a r c h , op t ing
for l oca l demonstra t ion 's
and exp r ess i ons o f sup
port for the grants c a m
pa ign to be o rgan i s ed on
an u n c e n t r a l i s e d l oca l
bas i s .
T o c a p it a l l the N U S
even presented to the
emergency con fe rence ,
he ld at Imper ia l last
t e rm, a mot i on c a l l i n g
for a " w o r k - i n " to be
he ld th i s t e r m .
W h e n ques t i oned on
the nature o f the " w o r k -
i n " they r e p l i e d that it
was up to each i n d i v i
dua l co l l ege to o rgan ise
a " d o - y o u r - o w n - t h i n g "
a l ternat ive s y l l abus to
eve ryday co l l ege l i fe.
Desp i t e t h i s vacu i t y
of l eadersh ip , s tudents
are prepared to fight,
even though the d e m o o n
W e d n e s d a y w a s not or
gan i s ed na t i ona l l y by the
N U S , over 1 0 , 0 0 0 s t u d
ents ( L 6 C es t ima t ed
15 ,000 ) tu rned up, near-
9
ly a l l f r o m L o n d o n , to
vo i c e the i r anger at the
rap id l y v a n i s h i n g va lue
of the grant .
T h e N U S are t ry ing
the d i s g u s t i n g se l l -out
t ac t i c s of eng inee r s '
l eader H u g h S c a n I on
Who, d e sp i t e a p i l e of
t e l eg rams a m i l e h i g h o n
His p l u s h d e s k d e m a n d
ing a nat i ona l s t r ike of
the A U E ' W unt i l the
£75,000 fine is Wi th
d r a w n , offers no leader
s h i p and left it up to
each i n d i v i d u a l a rea or
gan i sa t i on to arrange
s t r ikes / s toppages / go
s l o w s / o v e r t i m e b a n s or
whatever they l i k e .
T h i s c o m e s a s no sur
pr i se of course a s the
C o m m u n i s t 'Party w h o
cont ro l N U S exec have
been con t inua l l y exa l t ing
Soan l on (an e x - C P m e m
ber) i n the c o l u m n s o f
the i r paper a n d cove r ing
up f o r each be t raya l he
has 'done.
Never be fore has the
ques t i on of l eadersh ip
been of s u c h paramount
impor tance i n the T rade
U n i o n s a n d the N U S .
There is not a squeak of
ob jec t ion to the p l u m
met ing va lue of ou r
grants v i s i b l e In the
ac t i ons o f the N U S exec .
They a re p repar ing qui te
c o n s c i o u s l y to h o l d back
any s t rugg le of s tuden t s
that turns into a po l i t i ca l
fight aga ins t the Tory
government . T h i s s i tua
t ion of p o l i t i c a l l y bank
rupt l e a d e r s h i p is a
s t a m p i n g g r ound for the
r ight W ing w h o w i l l use
it to disaf f i l iate f r om the
N U S .
A s N U S co l l apses
r ound the ears o f the
Sta l in is t N U S exec they
Wi l l p lace the b l a m e on
the s tudents just a s i n
C h i l e the r ise to p o w e r
of the J u n t a w a s the
fault of the w o r k i n g and
m i d d l e c l a s ses there .
A r e w e t o let t h e m get
away w i t h th i s f o r one
m o m e n t l onge r ? O n l y
the po l i c y o f i m m e d i a t e
c a s h supp l ementa ry
grants t i ed 'to the s tudent
cos t of l i v ing index can
ma in ta in our deprec ia t
ing s t anda rd o f l i v i n g
and yet they re fuse to
put f o rward such a d e m
and to the T r i enn i a l
R e v i ew o r to ra l l y sup
port for i t among the
s tudents .
The Y S S S w i l l ca i r i -
pa ign mos t ru th l ess l y to
expose and rep lace these
t reacherous leaders and
appea l s to a l l s tudents
Who are n o longer pre
pared to s i t back and
w a t c h the N U S des
t royed by these enemies
of the s tudent movemen t
to jo in t h e m in a fight to
de f end o u r grants a n d
our d e m o c r a t i c r i ghts .
Parking Stickers
I a m s t i l l in p o s s e s s i o n
of over 2 0 p a r k i n g per
m i t s . It s e ems rather
s trange that , c ons ide r
ing the l a c k of off icial
pa rk ing s p a c e , there are
st i l l peop le w a n t i n g to
c o m e to co l l e ge by ca r
and yet not use the c o l
lege park ing that they ' v e
been a l l o ca t ed . For the
sake of others w h o w e r e
u n s u c c e s s f u l in the i r ap
p l i c a t i ons , I th ink it
on ly fa i r that , if these
s t i cke rs are not co l l e c t
ed , they Wi l l be re
a l l o ca t ed .
Electricity Supply
Y o u may be aware
f rom the nat iona l press
and rad io that interrup
t ions t o supp l y may take
p lace due to the power
eng inee r s ' w age s d i s
pute. The London E lec
t r i c i t y B o a r d has i n
f o rmed the co l l ege that,
a l though power cuts a r e
not expec t ed , vo l tage re
d u c t i o n may be Intro
d u c e d at any t i m e .
The norma l opera t ing
var ia t i on of ± 5 % o n the
norma l vo l tage of 4 1 5
vol ts w o u l d , under s u c h
c i r c u m s t a n c e s , not be
ma in ta ined . Reduc t i ons
of up to — 1 0 % (41 .5
volts) can b e expec ted
w i thout w a rn i ng . Conse r
vat ion of e l e c t r i c i t y dur
ing any vo l tage r educ
t ions w i l l be essen t i a l .
The L E B have a l so
w a r n e d us that if the s i t
uat ion deter iorates a
sys t em of p l anned d i s
connec t i ons w i l l be i n
t r o d u c e d .
If you have ever f ound
yourse l f in the m i d d l e of
one of ou r large labora
tor ies late at n ight a n d a
power fa i lure o c curs y ou
may we l l f ind yourse l f i n
a very t i c k l i s h s i t u a t i o n .
T h i s happened to
s o m e unfor tunate peop le
w h o f o u n d themse l v es 'in
their depar tment , in dif
ferent parts o f the b u i l d
ing , at abou t 8 . 3 0 p .m .
one n ight When the
power cab le runn ing
a l ongs ide the b u i l d i n g
s i te f a i l ed . W i t h o u t
to rch or matches they
g roped their w a y past ex
per imenta l r igs a n d other
sources o f dange r and
eventua l l y f ound them
se lves i n a p i t ch dark
co r r ido r . T r y ing to re
member where the sta ir
case w a s (there be ing
no th ing to g i ve them the
fa intest c lue ) p rov i ded
qu i te a task a n d it w a s
10 m inu tes o r so unt i l
they f ound it a n d eventu
a l l y got out.
It is , o f course , a l
ways better if there
are two of you a n d the
secur i ty g u a r d s k n o w
exac t l y whe r e you are .
Even if you have not
taken the precaut i on of
hav ing your o w n to rch
ava i l ab l e , s ecur i t y w i l l
eventua l l y c o m e round
to get peop l e out. Y o u
w o u l d th ink , of course
that the bat tery operat
ing emergency l i gh t i ng
w o u l d 'be p r o v i d e d , but
no s u c h luck , me r c i l e s s
t reasury h a s s e en t o that
and the p r o v i s i o n of s u c h
matters n o w is a very
cos t l y b u s i n e s s . No , the
so lu t i on i s s i m p l e , never
wo rk a l one after no rma l
hours . A l w a y s make
sure that y o u s i gn in and
out at the secur i t y pos t
and i f poss ib l e carry a
torch or have one at a
k n o w n p lace i n your
desk or 'hanging up be
h i n d the door or where -
ever it i s mos t conven
ient.
O f course , i f you
happen to be in the lift at
the t ime , b a d luck . The
co l l e g e ma in t enance en
g ineers have a rout ine
emergency d r i l l w h i c h
requires t h e m to c h e c k
every l i f t eventua l l y .
Lady Flowers' Do
The first of Lady
F l o w e r s ' get toge thers is
be ing h e l d a t 1 7 0
Queens Gate o n Thurs
day , 2 2 n d Novembe r
Beer , soft d r i nks , s n a c k s
and m u s i c w i l l be pro
v i d e d . U n l i k e prev ious
ones, howeve r , ma les
are be ing i n v i t e d . If you
w o u l d l i k e to go p lease
contac t J e n , the U n i o n
C l e rk and your name w i l l
be a d d e d to the l is t . If
you are female , p lease
contac t M a r y Short .
P . A . W .
AGAPE D i g b y J a m e s , R C S
Broadshee t ed i to r , J e s u s
freak and B i b l e m a i n -
l iner , is g r o w i n g ever
more agape at the un-l
para l l e l ed 'po l i t ica l tour-j
m o i l o f t oday ' s s o c i e t y . j
Perhaps if he shut b is|
mouth for a momen t an
thought about the conse
quences of h i s r amb l ings
he w o u l d rea l ise the hor
r ib le impl icat ion 's b eh ind
" S p a r k " , the Na t i ona l
Front S tuden t s A s s o c i a
t ion term'ly newspaper
appear ing on c a m p u s e s .
A g l a n c e at any h i s
tory of the H i t l e r Y o u t h
M o v e m e n t w o u l d w a r n
of the danger's o f a f r iv
o l ous approach to " f a s c -
s o c " .
S u c h N a t i o n a l
ist soc i e t i e s have a l r eady
been e s t ab l i shed at
G o l d s m i t h s Co l l e g e here
in London and i n Exeter
Un i ve r s i t y .
I see that your " c h r i s t
i a n " mouth ings are on ly
s k i n deep for you are
prepared to offer d i s t r i
but ion to a newspaper
w h o s e at t i tude t owards
the quarter or so fore ign
s t u d e n t s in th i s c o l l e g e
is a n y t h i n g but the
c o u r t e s y a n d f r i end l i
ness to w h i c h they are
at p r e s en t a c c u s t o m e d
at I.C.
Seven ' •
attacks
in less
than a
month i
i
Li fe at Leeds U n i v e r s
ity a n d P o l y t e c h n i c is a n
ex t reme ly d a n g e r o u s
affair. A l r e a d y t h i s terrtt
there have been a n u m
ber of a s s a u l t s W h i c h
p rompted U n i v e r s i t y
U n i o n P r e s i d e n t Anldy
J a r o s z to w a r n a l l f emale
s tudents not to venture
out a lone af ter d a r k . H e
s a i d : "I f ind the Whoi&-
s i tuat ion ex t r eme l y d a n
g e r o u s " .
A month - l ong c i t y bus
cur f ew has been i m
posed due to the fre
quency of a t tacks oo
c o nd uc t o r s . A l l buses "m
the ' c i ty s top runn ing at
9 p .m.
Det . -Supt . H o b s o n for
Leeds C i t y Po l i c e , saild
that M r . J a r o s z ' a d v i c e
w a s good but " I t is not
some th ing w e n e e d <tio
get a l a r m e d a b o u t " .
O h , no? W e l l th i s i s
the inventory of a t tacks
that hav e o c c u r r e d
With in the first month 'O f
th is t e rm to Leeds s t u d
ents : '•»•.
M u r d e r s : 2.
A s s a u l t s : 3 .
A t t e m p t e d murde r : 1.
Rape : 1.
If that ' s no th ing to g e t
a l a r m e d a b o u t then per
haps the b l a n d c o m p l a c
ency of Supt . HObson i s ,
Norm Sayles, ICU President
(The unusual cumulo-nimbus formation!
above his head is of unknown origin, butj
always appears when we print his photos)'.
November 13th, 1973 F E L I X .age 3
1 0 , 0 0 0 C O M E O U T
B U T O N L Y 5 0 0 S T A Y T O L I S " W h a t do w e w a n t ? "
— " H i g h e r g r a n t s . "
" W h e n do w e w a n t
t h e m ? " — " n o w ! " These
c r i e s of despera t i on rang
out a l o n g the na t i ona l
grants demons t ra t i on
last W e d n e s d a y after
noon .
A b o u t 1 0 , 0 0 0 s tud
ents f r om a l l over the
count ry turned up for
the m a r c h f r o m M a l e t
Stree t to the Depart
ment of E d u c a t i o n and
S c i e n c e b u i l d i n g near
Wa t e r l o o S ta t i on .
P r om inen t on the
m a r c h w a s a large ban
ner f r om the London
Fede ra t i on of T r ades
C o u n c i l s a m o n g the
m a n y thousands of p lac
a rds , c o l l e g e banners
and a m i s e rab l e f aded
green banner f r om the
Y o u n g L ibera ls .
T h e y por t rayed a
large range of po l i t i c a l
c o n s c i o u s n e s s : for ex
a m p l e the c y n i c a l r ad i
ca ls f r om L S E we r e
shou t ing " L o g i c a l pos i
t i v i s m in , i n , i n ! " , a p l ac
ard f r om P h i l l i p a Faw-
cett co l l ege read " S t u
dents eat b o o k s " and
those f ew s tudents f r om
K i n g ' s (more than f r om
IC I m igh t add ) that
managed to w r es t t h e m
se l ves away f r om their
heavy tomes on theo logy
were shou t ing " G e n e r a l
S t r ike , To r i e s O u t ! "
But they re fused to
budge and the on ly c o n
c e s s i o n they made to
the power o f the 1 0 , 0 0 0
s tudents w a s to a d d 12
moun t ed p o l i c e m e n (on
horses ) to the a l r eady
3-deep layers of men in
b lue ou t s ide the D . E . S .
headquarters .
A t the ra l l y M a x M o r
ris (of the Na t i ona l
U n i o n of Teachers )
made the s o m e w h a t
c ryp t i c s ta tement that
Marga re t Tha tcher is
" m a r c h i n g reso lute ly
b a c k w a r d s into the fu
t u r e " after exp ress ing
h is " s i n c e r e a d m i r a t i o n "
for her only a f ew weeks
ago.
Speakers a lso c ame
f r om tenants ' move
ments , trade un i on i s t s
and o l d age pens i one rs ,
but were on ly l i s t ened to
by about 5 0 0 s tudents
w h o engaged at t imes in
fur ious h e c k l i n g aga inst
the S ta l i n i s t s and Lab
our lefts.
M a n y s tudents d i d
not bother about the
ra l ly r ea l i s ing the fut i l i t y
of the r e h a s h of hack
neyed d r i v e l that has
been f lung at them every
t ime so far, and yet
w h i c h has w o n t h e m a
muni f i cent 5 % grant cut .
Howeve r on the bas i c
ques t i on of h igher
grants , desp i t e the
efforts of N U S to ensure
that not many peop le
turn up by 'ate pub l i c i t y
and bad o rgan i sa t i on
( there w a s o n l y ve te ran
S ta l i n i s t a n d T V star let
J u d y Cot ter to o rgan ise
the M a l e t St . d e m o ) ,
1 0 , 0 0 0 s tudents t u r n e d
up m a i n l y f r om teacher
t ra in ing a n d the s m a l l e r
co l l e ges to s h o w the i r
de t e rmina t i on to f ight f o r
h igher grants .
N . B . a c c o r d i n g to the
" E v e n i n g N e w s " the
number on the d e m o w a s
7 , 5 0 0 , the source of
th i s d i s c r e p a n c y might
have s ome th ing to do
w i t h the f o l l o w i n g . . .
F rances the N U S Press
Officer a sked a po l i ce
m a n h o w many peop le
he e s t ima t ed were on
the d e m o , his reply was
" a b o u t 1 0 , 0 0 0 . " H o w
ever w h e n he s a w her
go into a t e l ephone box
to m a k e a ca l l he d i v ed
in after her a n d p r e s u m
ing her to be a j ourna l
ist s a i d that if she w a s
c a l l i n g her newspaper
then s h e ' d better say
7 , 0 0 0 !
T h e G u a r d i a n ' s repor
ter w a s not w a y l a i d in
t h i s w a y a n d s a i d that
about 1 0 , 0 0 0 s tudents
we re there .
IC was s i n g u l a r l y
w e l l r epresented there
w i t h a m a s s i v e turn-out
of 15 , we l l d one , tha t ' s
one in the eye for S t .
J o h n S t e vas !
A f t e r a l l the exhor ta
t i ons f r o m P r e s . N o r m
Say l e s in last w e e k ' s
Purp l e P a t c h , to m a k e
sure the d e m o is w e l l
suppo r t ed , N O N E of the
U n i o n Exec , j o i n e d the
d emo .
S tuden t s mus t rea l i ze
that the N U S l eadersh ip
in the c o m i n g pe r i od
w i l l f ight t oo th a n d n a i l
to h e a d off a n y s t rugg le
w h i c h mus t of n e c e s s i t y
b ecome a f ight aga ins t
th is Gove rnment . T h i s
w i l l be further borne out
by their m o t i o n s a n d
a m e n d m e n t s in the N U S
Marga t e Con f e r ence .
HIGHER GRANTS FOR
POSTGRADUATES
Sign the Petition!
W e , as m e m b e r s of
imper i a l Co l l e g e , fee l
that w e mus t a d d our
vo i ce to those w h o have
s p o k e n up about the
present a n o m a l y of the
Pos t Gradua t e grant.
F o r Pos t Gradua tes in
L o n d o n , the p r ob l em is
pa r t i cu l a r l y acu te . Ever
s i n c e the London
w e i g h t i n g was a b o l i s h e d
in 1 9 6 2 by the upg rad
ing of the a w a r d for a l l
other P G s tuden ts in
the count ry , the real
va lue of the a w a r d has
been a I l o w e d to fa 11 to
the po int where London
P G s tudents are unab le
to l ive w i t h i n the i r
means .
T h e A s h b y report of
1 9 6 2 stated that the P G
grant s h o u l d be suff icient
to a l l o w a P G s tudent to
enjoy a s t anda rd of l iv
ing higher than that of
a t y p i c a l underg raduate .
A l l w e ask is that the
P G grant be t i ed to the
U G grant by the rat ios
p roposed by N U S , so
that a c c o u n t is taken for
the fact that P G s tudents
have to pay for f o od ,
c l o th ing and a c c o m m o
da t i on for a l l 5 2 w e e k s
of the year . T h i s s h o u l d
a l l o w a P G to enjoy the
same s t andard of l i v ing
as a U G as w e l l as auto
m a t i c a l l y p r o v i d i n g a
London we i gh t i ng , a
benefit en joyed by a l l
other members of the
Un i v e r s i t y .
T h o s e w h o state that
the present l ow leve l of
grants is fair because
the P G grant is not
means tes ted s h o u l d re
m e m b e r that parents
have a l r eady f inanced
their ch i l d r en for 3 years
as U G ' s . Su r e l y th is
suppor t s h o u l d not be
inc r eased to 6 yea rs?
P G s tudents car ry out
a major propor t i on of
the r esearch ca r r i ed out
in B r i t i s h Un i v e r s i t i e s .
Th i s con t r i bu t i on s h o u l d
be a c k n o w l e d g e d by a
major r ev i s i on of the lev
el of the grant for the
next t r i enn i um.
PETITION WORDING
The u n d e r s i g n e d c a l l
upon the DES to m a k e it
part of the i r p o l i c y to
i n c l u d e a L o n d o n a l l o w
ance in the a w a r d s to a l l
persons s t u d y i n g for
h igher degrees w h o are
reg is tered as s tudents of
the co l l e ges a n d s c h o o l s
of L o n d o n U n i v e r s i t y
and a l l c o l l e ges in the
Greater London area .
This is a copy of a
pe t i t i on for h igher post
g raduate grants . It is to
be s i g n e d by a l l ICPGS
a n d hope fu l l y by Sir
B r i an as w e l l .
T e n
For the at tent ion of
M e s s r s . C o r b y n , East
a n d V e a l l : —
W h a t does C E F E con
s ide r are a pe rson ' s bas
ic r i gh ts? Does the
" f r e e d o m " of s o c i a l i s m
a l l o w a m a n f r e edom to
h o l d b is o w n i d e a l i s m ,
e.g. have a re l i g ion
(wh i ch a s o c i a l i s t s h o u l d
c ons i d e r reac t ionary and
i l lusory . )
If the answer is " y e s "
then exp l a in the a c t i on
of a l l k n o w n c o m m u n i s t
reg imes aga ins t idea l
i s m .
If the answer is " n o "
then p lease exp l a in
whether (a) s o c i a l i s m is
an idea ! a r o u n d w h i c h
men mus t be m o u l d e d ,
i.e. c l a i m i n g to be abso
lute t ruth there fore idea l
i s m ) ; (b) s o c i a l i s m is an
idea l to be m o u l d e d by
m a n , the mater ia l w o r l d
etc.
MAURICE M O L O N E Y
Editor's reply to the open
letter to CEFE C E F E ' s ideas of a
pe r son ' s bas i c r ights are
s o m e w h a t c o n f u s e d as
they have no concep t of
" d e m o c r a t i c r i g h t s " , i.e.
those r ights w h i c h have
been w o n by the work
ing c l a s s in the course of
s t rugg le l ike the r ight to
s t r ike , the r ight to a free
na t i ona l i s ed hea l th ser
v i c e , the r ight to a de
cent s t anda rd of l i v ing ,
etc. There are no s u c h
th ings as r ights as
th ings in themse l v e s ,
on ly r ights that are w o n
in c on t inua l s t rugg le
aga ins t the e xp l o i t i n g
c l a s s , a n d that are o n l y
de f ended in further
s t rugg le , w h i c h in cer
ta in pe r i ods , mus t as
s u m e a revo lut ionary
charac te r and resul t in
the ove r throw of the ex
p l o i t i ng c l a s s and the
se t t ing up of the d i c t a
to rsh ip of the exp l o i t ed
c l a s s .
F r e e d o m — ? W h a t is
f r e edom? Is f r e edom the
ab i l i t y to j ump out of a
tenth s torey w i n d o w ?
No, " f r e e d o m is the
apprec i a t i on of neces
s i t y " as Enge l s put it,
a n d by that he meant
that subject as w e are to
l aws of nature, e.g. grav
ity, d i s ease , etc., free
d o m is the r e cogn i t i on
of the necess i t y of those
laws , i.e. of the i r objec
t ive charac te r . It is by
r e cogn i s ing the neces
s i ty of the law of grav
ity, i.e. its a c t i on inde
pendent of our w i l l , that
enab les us to " o v e r
c o m e " it by the use of
ae rop lanes , etc. , i.e. by
the r e cogn i t i on of fur th
er necess i t i e s ( laws) of
nature.
Enge ls w r i t i n g the
in t r oduc t i on to the
" C i v i l W a r in F r a n c e " by
K a r l M a r x po in t s out that
the C o m m u n a r d s (of the
Par i s C o m m u n e of 1871 )
co r r ec t l y a b o l i s h e d a l l
f i nks be tween the c h u r c h
a n d the s tate : they rea l
i s e d " t h a t in relation to
the state, r e l i g i on is a
pure l y pr ivate m a t t e r " .
T h a t is o f c ou r s e c o m
p le te ly necessary — the
i dea l i s t ph i l o s oph i e s
s p r i n g h i s t o r i c a l l y out of
s ca r c i t y and play an
ex t reme ly react ionary
ro le in any po l i t i c a l s i t
uat ion and cannot there
fore be suppor t ed by a
w o r k e r s ' state. A s s o c i a l
i s m a lone c an re lease
a n d co -o rd ina te the pre
s en t l y a va i l ab l e p roduc
t i ve power a n d a b o l i s h
s c a r c i t y — i d e a l i s m w i l l
d i sappear in a s im i l a r
w a y to the ear ly Char t i s t
movemen t w h i c h sp rang
out of poverty a n d ended
th rough prosper i ty .
In the s c h o o l s , of
c ourse , a d i a l e c t i c a l
mate r i a l i s t app roach w i l l
be used t o w a r d s every
sub jec t a n d the on ly re
l i g i on tha t w i l l be taught
w i l l be compara t i v e re
l i g i on taught in a d i a l e c
t i ca l m a t e r i a I ist ap
p r o a c h as part of m a n ' s
s o c i a l pre-h is tory .
The c o m m u n i s t reg
ime ' s ac t i on aga inst re
l i g i on as " e x p o s e d " in
the current issue of
" V o i c e ' a r i s es out of
the need to comba t any
return to i d e a l i s m in
t imes of Hardsh ip d u r i n g
the p e r i od of the d ic tat
o r sh ip of the pro le tar iat
— f o r that w i l l not so l ve
the p r ob l ems .
T h e present " c o m
munis : . " r eg imes are not
even s o c i a l i s t in the
marx s : s ense of the
w o r d e n d have to be
d e s c r i b e d sc i en t i f i ca l l y
as degenera ted w o r k e r s '
s tates , where the Sta l in
ist bureaucrac i e s are in a
s i m i l a r po s i t i on be tween
the Wes t a n d the East
e rn w o r k i n g c l a s s a s the
Trade U n i o n bureauc
racy in th is count ry is
be tween the To r i e s a n d
the B r i t i s h w o r k i n g
c l a ss .
A r i s i n g out of that
e c o n o m i c pos i t i on (the
Sta l in is t bureaucracy )
on ly cer ta in e c o n o m i c
ga ins are poss i b l e a n d
these are on l y l im i t ed
ones . Th i s p r oduce s a
l e s s en ing o f t h e ga ins o f
the w o r k i n g c l a s s (than
are a c tua l l y poss ib l e )
and a l so because th i s
na tura l l y i nvo l v e s not
f ight ing for a n unde r
s t and ing of d i a l e c t i c a l
ma t e r i a l i sm w i t h i n t h e
work ing c l a s s — i d e a l
i s m ga ins a ho ld a n d h a s
to be v i c i o u s l y sup
p ressed .
A l t h o u g h the answer
is in a l im i t ed sense
" y e s " your concep t i on
of s o c i a l i s m is (of
course ) incorrec t . S o c
i a l i s m is not an i dea l in
the sense of a Utopia. It
is a stage of soc ia l
o rgan i sa t i on of m a n
k ind w h i c h is necessary
to run the present p ro
duc t i v e f o r css and deve l
op them further. It is no
more pe rmanent than
was f e u d a l i s m or s l ave
soc i e t i es or the cap i t a l
ist mode of c o m m o d i t y
p r oduc t i on .
The urgency of the
fight for s o c i a l i s m today
ar i ses out of the e con
o m i c c r i s i s , c aused by
the con t rad i c t i ons inher
ent w i t h i n c a p i t a l i s m ,
w h i c h must roso lve it
sel f in f a s c i s m or s o c i a l
i s m .
H a v i n g ^ rasped t'~at
and d e c i d e d upon fig. t-
ing for s o c i a l i s m , then
the means , t a c t i c s , strat
egy, etc. , for that fight
can on ly be a r r i ved at
out of a d i a l e c t i c a l mat
er ia l i s t app roach to the
c l a s s s t rugg le a n d its
h is tory .
A l l other means resu l t
in f a s c i s m .
Page 4 F E L I X November 13th, 1973
MUSIC Neil Young Stagnant
It w a s a very d i s
a p p o i n t e d a u d i e n c e that
left t h e , R a i n b o w last
M o n d a y e v e n i n g after a
d i s j o i n t ed a n d b o r i n g
p e r f o r m a n c e by Ne i l
Y o u n g . T o o m u c h ta lk
a n d not e n o u g h m u s i c ,
was , I th ink , the g e n e r a l
o p i n i o n a n d wha t w a s
p l a y e d , i n c l u d e d n o n e
of h i s bes t ma t e r i a l .
A t l east th ree quar
t e rs of h i s p e r f o r m a n c e
w a s b a c k e d by C r a z y
H o r s e ( n o w r e n a m e d
the S a n t a M o n i c a
F l i e r s ) a n d he on l y
p l a y e d a c o u s t i c gu i t a r
a n d ha rp after l e a v ing
the s t age a n d r e tu rn ing
for a n e n c o r e . T h i s
s t r ange ac t of p e t u l a n c e
o r s a r c a s m c a m e after
on l y 40 m i n u t e s in w h i c h
he h a d c o m m e n t e d o n
the s i l e n c e of the a u d i
e n c e (what d i d he ex
pec t ? ) a n d h a d g i ven up
one of h is lengthy , i n
vo l v ed i n t r o d u c t i o n s due
to shou t of ' R o c k a n d
R o l l ' , ' S o u t h e r n M a n '
a n d ' O h i o ' f r om the a u
d i e n c e . T h e on l y rea l ly
pos i t i v e l y m e m o r a b l e
n u m b e r w a s ' P l e a s e
t ake my a d v i c e ' w h i c h
w a s b a c k e d by a c c o r
d i o n a n d h a r m o n i e s
f r om N i l s L o f g r e n
S o m e o the r n u m b e r s
p l a y e d w e r e T o n i g h t ' s
the n i gh t ' w h i c h o p e n e d
the set a n d w a s inex
p l i c a b l y p l a y e d a g a i n
later o n , ' A l b u q u e r q u e '
a n d C o w g i r l in the S a n d
— ( the f ina l n u m b e r ) —
w h i c h c o n t a i n e d a l o n g
a n d c h a o t i c d o u b l e l e ad
gu i ta r j a m from Y o u n g
a n d Lo f g r en .
At t imes h a w a s arro
gant a n d c y n . c a l a n d it
w a s di f f icult to ie l l w h e n
he w a s b e i n g s e r i o u s .
H e e s t a b l i s h e d no rap
port wi th the a u d i e n c e
w h o r e m a i n e d hope fu l
a n d f rus t ra t ed , i n d e e d
s e v e ra l p e o p l e e ven
w a l k e d out in d i s g u s t
a n d protes t . I r ea l i s e
that he must be b o r e d
w i th p l a y i n g ma t e r i a l
f rom 'Af ter the G o l d -
r u s h ' a n d 'Ha r v e s t '
w h i c h a r e in h i s past ,
but I th ink that the re is
a l a c k of n e w s o n g s in
h i s p r esen t . D o the two
a l b u m s of l ive ma te r i a l ,
o l d t a p e s p l u s a few
n e w s o n g s i n d i c a t e
s t a g n a t i o n ?
Ve r y s a d . P a l a n t i r i o n .
BOOKS IN A F R E E S T A T E
V. S. Naipaui
Penguin 35p
In a F r e e S ta t e it is
a x i o m a t i c that m e n
s h o u l d b e a b l e to
c h a n g e the i r ro l es , but
rare ly i s it o p e n l y re
c o g n i s e d that the ex
p lo i t e r will p r o b a b l y be
c o m e the e x p l o i t e d .
E x p l o i t a t i o n a n d the
part of the u n d e r d o g
s e r v e to c o n n e c t the five
t i gh t l y -drawn p i e c e s in
th i s w e l c o m e a d d i t i o n
to the P e n g u i n l ib rary .
T h e s tory w a s a w a r d e d
the B o o k e r P r i z e in
1971, a n d d e s e r v e d l y
so , for V. S. N a i p a u l ' s
w r i t i ng is , a s a lways ,
e c o n o m i c a l , a n d h i s
c h a r a c t e r i s a t i o n fault
l e ss . W i thou t effort, w e
c o n s i d e r a p r o u d t r a m p
on a s t e a m e r tr ip, feel
the p r o b l e m s of a n In
d i a n i m m i g r a n t in West
e rn S o c i e t y , a n d dr i v e
t h r o u g h A f r i c a w i th two
E n g l i s h expa t r i o t s .
T h o u g h p r o j e c t e d
t h r o u g h these c h a r a c
ters , o u r p i c t u r e is not
af fected or d i s t o r t ed ;
p e o p l e ac t a s w e w o u l d
e x p e c t t h em to, a n d a l
t h o u g h the i r b e h a v i o u r
( c o n t i n u e d p a g e 5)
X - C O U N T R Y F o l l o w i n g o u r ex
t reme ly n a r r o w de feat
at the h a n d s of the Me t .
P o l i c e (6 to c o u n t , the
p o l i c e h a v i n g the first 7
f in i shers ) the . C r o s s
C o u n t r y C l u b set off to
the m i d d l e of K e n t for
a c h a n g e of air a n d a
r a c e a g a i n s t W y e C o l
lege- Not Only w a s there
a c h a n g e of a i r but a l s o
a d r a m a t i c c h a n g e of
resul t , for b o t h o u r
t e a m s bea t W y e ' s s i n
g l e t e a m t h o u g h on l y
b e c a u s e they w e r e l e s s
fit t han we . For the first
t ime eve r w e put o n a
t eam f in i sh w i th o u r first
four r u n n e r s R o b , i a n ,
P a u l a n d Al f , s o far
a h e a d that they w a i t e d
for e a c h o the r a n d f in
i s h e d toge ther , a n d be
h i n d the nex t W y e run
ne r w e r e S t e v e a n d
Ke i th w i th n o c h a n c e of
b e i n g c a u g h t o r c a t c h
i ng up s o i they t oo ran
in toge ther . A n o t h e r
n e w d e p a r t u r e w a s
P a u l ' s sho r t cu t t h r o u g h
a t ho rn b u s h a n d he
f in i shed w i th a n impres
s i ve a m o u n t of b l o o d
f l ow ing f r o m h i s
w o u n d s . S p e a k i n g of de
par tu res , o u r j o u r n e y to
W y e w a s not w i thout in
c i d en t . H a v i n g to
c h a n g e t r a ins at A s h
fo rd w e h a d b e e n in
f o r m e d that the r e w o u l d
be th r ee m i n u t e s be
t w e e n t ra ins . Ian E l l i s
(not Iris) o p t i m i s t i c
at the p u n c t u a l i t y of B R
though t to a n s w e r a c a l l
of na ture a n d e m e r g e d
to s e e the t ra in gather
i n g s p e e d . Fo r tuna te l y ,
the t ra in s t o p p e d ,
t h o u g h w h e t h e r th i s w a s
in r e s p o n s e to l a n ' s c ry
of " c o m e b a c k " o r be
c a u s e a d o o r of the
t ra in h a d b e e n f lung
o p e n by Ke i th an t i c ipa t
ing h i s l e a p i n g a b o a r d
( though Ian w a s run
n i n g in the o p p o s i t e
d i r e c t i o n to the tra in ) is
not yet e s t a b l i s h e d . (It
is r u m o u r e d that Ian
h a s b e e n r e a d i n g a
book : "101 w a y s to
S t a r " , a n d th is may . . .)
T h e c o u r s e w a s up a n d
d o w n s e ve ra l of the
s t e epe r h i l l s n e a r W y e
C o l l e g e a n d for s u c h a
te r ra in it w a s s u r p r i s i n g
there we r e n o b o d i e s
s t r ewn a b o u t the route
after the race , but e v en
D a v e J o n e s a n d Pe t e
J o h n s o n f i n i s h e d , beat
ing the last two of the
five W y e r u n n e r s . F o r
s o m e r e a s o n the resu l t s
we r e w o r k e d out i n c l u d
ing 6 of o u r r u n n e r s in
a t e a m a n d on ly 5 of
the i r s : th i s w a s swif t ly
c o r r e c t e d .
Af ter the r a c e a n d
s o m e hot ly (if not we l l )
c o n t e s t e d g a m e s of b a r
b i l l i a r d s w e t ook part in
a t o r c h — ( r e a l f l a m e ) —
l ight p r o c e s s i o n up a n
other l ong a n d s t e ep h i l l
to a l a rge bon f i re par ty
whe r e there w e r e fire
wo rks , s ome of w h i c h
went w h e e u ' a l l by
t h e m s e l v e s . T h e n the re
w a s a h u r r i e d re turn to
the bar , on l y to f ind it
o p e n , w h e r e f es t i v i t i es
c o n t i n u e d we l l into the
night , or at l eas t unt i l
10.30 p .m. w h e n we h a d
to s t a gge r b a c k to the
s ta t ion to c a t c h the last
t ra in h o m e .
W e d n e s d a y w e w e n t
to T h a m e s P o l y a n d
c o n t i n u e d o u r unbe l i e v
a b l e s u c c e s s . T e a m s A
a n d B b e a t i n g T h a m e s
P o l y w h o w e r e hot ly
p u r s u e d by l . C . W - n k e r s
( c h o o s e f r om the fol
l o w i n g le t ters a , e, i , o,
u) w i th P a d D o n n e l l y a s
a n c h o r m a n (no, not
W - n c h o r man ) in a c o o l
40 m inu t e s . T h e r e we r e
no " h o p l e s s ine f f i c i en
c i e s " that day but D a v e
H o u l b r o o k e d i d m a n a g e
a ' J a m e s B o n d ' l e ap
o n to a m o v i n g t ra in at
E l t h a m W e l l H a l l into
the w r o n g c a r r i a g e .
S o m e t h i n g s i m i l a r to a
g a m e of f oo tba l l t ook
p l a c e be fore the r a c e
w h i c h h a s n o w b e e n
a d o p t e d a s ou r subs t i
tute for a w a r m up .
Dave P a y n e w o u l d l i ke
to b e m e n t i o n e d . ( D o e s
it hur t? )
Y o u r s h o p l e s s l y ,
G . Imp.
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Colours for 1972 773
Half
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I. Pos t le thwa i te
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Full
M. M c C o n v e y
D. G r e e n
Social
A. Pe te rson
I. Hys lop
A . R a n g e r
R. C a r b y
J . Car ru the rs
R. Bar ley
Croquet Club
Full
D. R o s s e l l (eo)
J . Fjontaft
Fencing
Full
J . F. Tysun
(eo ra) S . T h o m p s o n
Lacrosse
Full
P. S p o o n e r
(eo)
L. C l a r k
R. J .
S t rangeway
A . T r e a s u r e
J . K a t z b e r g
(ra)
T i es may be p u r c h a s e d f rom the
B o o k s h o p .
Half
L. B o y d
G . K o l b e
R. G o m e z
Half
S. Nor r i s
A . J . Hal let t
(ra)
Jazz Club Concert:
Sat., 17th Nov., 8.00 p.m.
MICHAEL G A R R I C K S E X T E T with
Norma Winstone in the Biology
Common Room
Admission 30/40p
Sunday Sessions:
F r e e ! in the Union Lower Lounge,
with bar open.
18th Nov. E M B R Y O
25th Nov. S A Y NO M O R E
2nd Dec. L E F
9th Dec. S A Y NO M O R E
Start about 8.30.
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November 13th, 1973 FELIX
i DO NOT MINCE"
SHOCK REVELATION
Page 5
FROM GAYSOC Deares t D a r l i n g Ed i to r ,
W h a t a gorgeous b u l
le t in you have — a n d
i t 's on l y been out twice!
— love it to death I
W e l l then, I've h a d
the l ove l i es t thought ,
a n d rather than fret keep
ing secre ts I s a i d to my
sel f , " J u i c y , d a r l i n g , you
s i m p l y must wr i t e and
te l l s o m e o n e " . W e l l ,
dears , it a l l s tar ted the
other days i e -ways i e , just
l i ke th i s :
A f t e r i nnocen t l y m i n
c i n g r ound the lab ( look
ing a f ew of the boys up
. . . a n d down ) I s l i d
A REPLY TO "JUICY"
Dear Ed i to r ,
M y first reac t ion upon
r ead ing the above letter
was to d i s m i s s it as the
rather c h i l d i s h p i l e of
d r i v e l it e v iden t l y i s . It
is hard to see exac t l y
Whats its pu rpose i s . It
can ha rd l y be des i gned
to bo ls ter the au tho r ' s
ego s i n c e he s o m e h o w
neg l e c t ed to s i gn his real
name at the bo t t om, and
v i e w e d as humour it is
over w o r k e d , pre tent ious
a n d downr i gh t t i r ed .
W h i c h ever way y ou look
at it, it doesn ' t say m u c h
for the menta l i t y l u rk ing
a r ound s omewhe r e at its
po in t of o r i g i n .
Howeve r , on re f lec
t i on I r ea l i s ed that it
e f fect ive ly i l lus t ra tes a
rather d i s t r e s s i n g t rend
in s o c i e t y as a w h o l e .
T h i s is the w i d e s p r e a d
a t t i tude that the homo
sexua l is au t oma t i c a l l y
funny . N o w I'm sure w e
a l l know. , a n d love (if
y o u ' l l pa rdon the expres
s ion ) Kenne th W i l l i a m s
a n d h is par t i cu la r b rand
o f humour , (I ' l l d o m y
best to i gnore D i c k
Emery a n d his par t i cu la r
b rand of h u m o u r ) , but
he does perpetuate the
idea of the c a m p " s t e r
e o t y p e " that ex i s ts on l y
a s a s m a l l m ino r i t y of
the gay scene , and he is ,
into a . . . . s t oo l , s l o w l y
(at first) to rest my poor
foo ts ies , w h e n I thought ,
" O o o h ! If on l y I c o u l d
get it out in the o p e n ! "
So I r i pped off my f igure-
hugg ing White jacket (it
rea l ly br ings out m y pos
ture!) and s i m p l y f l ew
back to my r oom for a
c o l d showe r ! A f ter dry
ing myse l f , s l o w l y , (at
f i r s t ) , I wrote d o w n th is
t eeny-weeny note, s ea l
ed it w i t h a b i g k i s s a n d
sent it to that ever so
B U T C H - l o o k i n g Ed i tor of
Fe l i x .
Here it is aga in , dea rs :
" I f any of you boys
when a l l is s a i d a n d
done , ha rmfu l , in that i t ' s
di f f icult to see wha t pro
gress Gay R ights c a n
make w h i l s t th is a t t i tude
pers i s t s (note to M r .
W i t h e r s : It was th is that
I w a s , at the C h e m i s t r y
F r e she r s ' D inne r , rather
inept ly t ry ing to d i s c u s s
w i t h Dr . P h i l l i p s when he
was w h i s k e d off before I
c o u l d make my po int
p roper l y . A l s o I f ound it
necessa ry to re l i eve m y
b l adde r O N C E before
the loya l toast, but I do
apo l og i s e for any f a i l
ings there may be in m y
sense of h u m o u r , and
sense of g ood m a n n e r s ) .
W e l l , enough of th i s
f r i vo l i t y . I'd l ike to take
th is oppor tun i ty to cover
a s e r i ous matter . T o the
charac te r w h o ' s been
w a n d e r i n g r ound the
Co l l e g e tak ing d o w n our
(Gaysoc ) no t i c e s :
I 'm sure that you de
r ive a real sense of p r i d e -
and we l l - b e ing f r om the
know l edge that you ' re
rea l ly d o i n g your bit to
w a r d s ru in ing three m i l
l i on of your compat r i o t s "
l i ves , but I'm a f ra id that
I cannot share your po int
of v i ew , and feel c o m
pe l l ed to do a l l in m y
power to f rustrate your
efforts. It may cos t me a
min t in t ime and dye l ine
paper , but every no t i c e
w i l l be r ep laced as many
t imes as it proves nec -
w o u l d l ike to j o in a
special c l u b , just pop
round to my p lace , after
s ix and w e ' l l f ix you up .
There w i l l be a l l the o l d
favour i tes l ike " S w a p
p ing te l ephone n u m b e r s "
a n d we ' v e even a r ranged
tights pa r t i e s ! . . . Isn't
it jus? wickedl W e ' l l a l l
have a super t ime , and
don ' t fret, I used to be
nervous too (at f irst) " .
W e l l , tha t ' s a l l for
n o w dears . Don ' t forget,
do try and make it. (A l l
the others w i l l ) .
Love and k i sses ,
J u i c y xxx
essary , and I'd hazard a
guess that I've far more
pa t i ence and persever
ance than you can m u s
ter. If you do feel c o m
pe l l ed to make a s tand
aga ins t our " m o r a l d ec
a d e n c e " ( excuse me a
momen t wh i l e I just r inse
the nas ty taste out of m y
mou th ) , then I'd ask you
to s u b m i t an ar t i c l e to
" F e l i x " s ta t ing the case
for Bigotry , but do
p lease s i gn it. I've no
w i s h to s o i l my hands
r ep l y ing to a n o n y m o u s
letters. O the rw i s e keep
your f i l thy f ingers off
other peop l e ' s proper ty
a n d your inter fer ing
nose out o f o t h e r
peop l e ' s pr ivate af fairs.
( Inc identa l l y , y ou m i s s e d
the one in the H a l d a n e
L ib rary ) . I do s e em to
have depar t ed f r om the
tone that a letter to the
Ed i t o r s h o u l d take, but
I 'm ce r ta in l y not go ing
to s top w r i t i n g it n o w !
O n e last po in t (if you
haven ' t a l r eady heard) :
A n y o n e (male or f ema le ,
s t ra ight or gay) Who 's
interested in j o in ing the
I.C. G a y s o c s h o u l d get
in t ouch w i t h me as soon
as poss ib l e .
Love a n d peace ,
D A V E D U C E
(note the spe l l ing )
C h e m i s t r y 1
P .S . — I D O N O T
M I N C E ! I !
I C C A G Soup run Friday
10 p .m . S e l k i r k k i t chen
11 p .m . U n i o n A r c h
O n W e d n e s d a y s the t ime is an hour ear l ier at the same p laces .
Playgroup
2.0 p .m . U n i o n A r c h Sa turday and S u n d a y .
3 . 3 0 p .m . U n i o n A r c h W e d n e s d a y s
(He lp is pa r t i cu la r l y needed on W e d n e s d a y s )
Committee Meeting (open to al l )
T h u r s d a y 15th Nov . 1 p .m. I C C A G office.
LETTER the V i o l i n " in your Nov .
6 i ssue .
Is H.T . Koanan takoo l
t ry ing to be funny w h e n
he refers to Rav i S h a n -
S i r ,
R e f e r e n c e — R e v i e w of
Y e h u d i M e n u h i n ' s W e l l
s o c Leoture " T h e A r t
and S c i e n c e of p l ay ing
kar as " G r a v i s h A n k a " ?
Y o u r s ,
J . P. S i n g h ,
M e c h . E n g .
Nov . 8, 1 9 7 3 .
BOOKS (cont. f r om page 4)
is often i n e x p l i c a b l e , w e
c a n s e e that in the cir
c u m s t a n c e s it is inevit
ab l e .
A s a po r t raya l of re
volt a n d d i f f e rence a s
s e e n n o w by the o r d i n
ary m a n , the b o o k is a
v a l u a b l e p i e c e of d o c u
men ta t i on , yet it of fers
little in the way of a
s o l u t i o n or h o p e for the
future. By its very a m b i -
g u o u s n e s s the p r o b l e m
of di f ferent r a c i a l out
l o o k s de f i es de f in i t i on
. . . a n d hope fu l l y so, for
o n c e it h a s b e e n a c c u r
ate ly d e f i n ed there w i l l
be no r o o m left for
u n d e r s t a n d i n g . C A N D I
M I C E P I E The Co l l e g e is f a c ing
a m ino r invas i on of m i c e ,
beet les a n d other pes ts .
T o dea l w i t h t h e m effect
ive ly a cont rac t has been
p l a c ed w i th a f i rm of
pest cont ro l experts a n d
over the past f ew weeks
you may have seen e v i
dence of their wo rk .
A l t h o u g h these pests
can be e l i m i n a t e d they
w i l l a lways return if
f ood is ava i l ab l e for
them. T o ass i s t the C o l
lege it is essent ia l that
no f ood is left e xposed
— it s h o u l d a lways be
kept in a meta l or p las
t i c s ea l ed conta iner .
Papers w h i c h once c o n
ta ined f ood s h o u l d be
d i s p o s e d of in l i d d e d
dus tb ins and not in
waste paper baskets
(dus tb ins can be f o u n d
in your nearest k i t chen ) .
It is on ly by i n d i v i d u a l
co -opera t ion that pests
can be con t ro l l ed . If you
see any pests , p l ease re
port t h em by r ing ing
INT. 3 9 5 4 — but make
abso lu t e l y sure that y ou
are not a c tua l l y f e ed ing
them !
Q U O T E O F T H E M I N U T E
'Amnesty International: the guys trying to do me out of a job"
— Mid Pete Thomas R.N.
Well, he thought it was funny.
N U S T R A V E L — S A V E ££'s Studen t s c an n o w save
up to 6 8 per cent on o r d
inary fares to 3 2 c o u n
tr ies . The s a v i n g s are
on the s tudent f l i gh ts ,
t ra ins and s h i p p i n g ser
v i ces l i s t ed in the N U S
Trave l W i n t e r pro
g ramme Student Travel
ler w h i c h is ava i l ab l e
f r om s tudent t rave l offi
ces and s tudent un i ons .
S tuden t f l ight barga ins
i n c lude L o n d o n - M i l a n
for £12.50, London-Zur
i ch for £13.00 and E d i n
burgh -Pa r i s for £11.00.
Thes e are not no rma l
s c h e d u l e d se rv i ces bu t
a i rcra f t s p e c i a l l y char
tered f r om l ead ing a i r
l ines . S tuden t t ra ins run
to mos t European c i t i e s
and there are No r th Sea ,
Ir ish C h a n n e l , a n d M e d
i terranean s h i p p i n g re
d u c t i o n s . A l s o i n c l u d e d
in the 4 0 page brochure
a r e a c c o m m o d a t i o n
a r rangements , t rave l in
surance and s tudent c o n
c e s s i o n s on B r i t i s h Ra i l
c onnec t i ons .
The fu l l range of
cheap fares is on ly open
to fu l l - t ime s c h o o l a n d
co l l e ge s tudents aged
1 6 - 3 0 , but other groups
a l so benefit. T eache r s ,
l ec turers , s tudent nurses
and young peop le under
21 c a n use s tudent t ra ins
and most s h i p p i n g ser
v i c e s , wh i l e under a n ew
Gove rnmen t ru l ing s tud
ent nurses can travel on
s tudent f l ights to Israel .
N U S T rave l is a sub
s id i a ry of the Na t i ona l
U n i o n of S tuden ts , a n d
was used by o v e r
3 0 0 , 0 0 0 s tudents and
y o u n g peop le last year
F o u n d e d in 1 9 2 2 , it is
n o w the largest s tudent
t rave l bureau in the
w o r l d .
Further in f o rmat i on :
J i m Ta lbo t 0 1 - 4 0 4 5 0 4 1 .
IMPERIAL COLLEGE
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
SIBELIUS : Symphony No. 2 in D
E L G A R : Cello Concerto
BRAHMS : Academic Festival Overture
M O Z A R T : Masonic Funeral Music
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14th, 1973
at 8.00 p.m.
in
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Page 6 F E L I X November 1 3 * , 1973
Founding Conference
of the Workers
Revolutionary Party Presen t at the O d e o n ,
H a m m e r s m i t h , last S u n
day we r e 3 , 0 0 0 t rade
un i on i s t s , youth', house
w i v e s a n d s tudents for
the F o u n d i n g Con f e r ence
of the Revo lu t i onary
Pa r t y in B r i t a i n .
There de legates and
m e m b e r s f r o m a l l over
B r i t a in p l e d g e d them
se l v es to f i ght u n c o m
p r o m i s i n g l y to b u i l d the
Revo lu t i ona ry Party a n d
t a k e the w o r k i n g c l a s s to
power .
O n e of the f i rs t s teps
that the W o r k e r s Revo
lut ionary Party , as it w a s
n a m e d , took w a s to af f i
l iate to that Internat ional
C o m m i t t e e o f the Four th
Internat ional as the B r i
t i s h s e c t i o n thereof .
In h is po l i t i c a l report
Na t i ona l Secre tary Gerry
H e a l y s t r e s s ed " n e v e r
ue i o r e in n is to ry nave
w e had a p e r i o d s u c h as
today w h e n the w o r k i n g
c l a s s in te rna t i ona l l y is
c o m i n g f o rwa rd to de-
t e n d its r ights a n d l iv
i n g s t a n d a r d s a n d enter
i n g into c o n f l i c t w i t h its
G o v e r n m e n t s . . . • due
to the rap id ly d e epen ing
e c o n o m i p c r i s i s " .
H e po in t ed out that in
s u c h a s i tua t i on the
ques t i on of l eade rsh ip is
paramount and that
b u i l d i n g of a r evo lu t i on
ary l eade rsh ip to f ight to
;take the w o r k i n g c l a s s to
power is the mos t urgent
task f a c i n g everyone in
Br i t a in today .
A d i s c u s s i o n on the
report t ook p lace w i t h
many de legates e m p h a
s i s i n g the need to re
m o v e the To ry govern
ment w h i c h w a s attack
ing the ir l i v ing s t andards
urged on by the w o r s e n
ing e c o n o m i c c r i s i s , and
the betraya ls of the pre
sent T U and Labour l ead
e rsh ip in every s i tua t i on
con f r on t ing the w o r k i n g
c l a s s today .
In the even ing a play
" M o s c o w T r i a l s " w a s
pe r f o rmed by S o c i a l i s t
Labour League ac tors ,
m u s i c i a n s and s y m p a
th i se rs to set the record
s t ra ight for events after
the s u c c e s s f u l R u s s i a n
Revo lu t i on of 1 9 1 7 .
The t r ia ls w h i c h were
the mos t g i gant i c f rame
up in a l l h is tory execut
ed mos t of the B o l s h e v i k
l eaders as agents of a
" T r o t s k y i t e - Z i nov i e v i t e
Te r ro r i s t C o n s p i r a c y " .
O r g a n i s e d by S ta l i n
they enab l ed h i m to des
troy a l l oppos i t i on to the
f o rmat i on of the S ta l i n i s t
bureaucracy w h i c h
usurped the po l i t i c a l
power of the w o r k i n g
c l a s s and es tab l i shed
themse l v es as a ru l ing
caste in Rus s i a n soc ie ty .
The betraya ls of the
w o r l d w i d e C o m m u n i s t
Par t ies w h i c h necessar
i ly o c c u r r e d f r om the
p o l i t i c s of its K r e m l i n
based l eadersh ip were
a l so s t r e ssed .
A party b u i l d i n g fund
of £100,000 w a s an
n o u n c e d as comp le t e
after an exce l l en t co l l e c
t i on at the con f e rence .
A s w e l l as the da i l y
" W o r k e r s P r e s s " the
w e e k l y youth newspaper
" K e e p L e f t " two new
month l y papers have
been a d d e d to reach out
into spec i f i c s ec t i ons of
the w o r k i n g c l a s s to
f ight for the b u i l d i n g of
a r evo lu t i onary leader
s h i p : " T h e E n t e r t a i n e r "
and " M i n e r s N e w s " for
the enter ta inments in
dust ry and the mine rs .
The e s tab l i shment of
th is Revo lu t i onary Party
is a comp l e t e v i n d i c a
t ion of the co r r ec tness
of T r o t s k y i s m and is o n l y
the f i rs t of many —
they w i l l be bu i l t in a l l
count r i es in the w o r l d to
f ight for the internat ion
al d i c t a t o r sh ip of the
pro letar iat .
A s T ro t sky s a i d : "I
a m sure of the v i c to ry
of the Four th Internat ion
al — go f o r w a r d ! "
S tuden t s and worke rs
eve rywhere in a l l profes
s i ons are urged to take
up the cha l l enge to f ight
to b u i l d th is r evo lu t i on
ary l eadersh ip and jo in
the W o r k e r s Revo lu t i on
ary Party .
OVEMBER 14th 1973 j A day w h i c h w i l l
p l u c k a t the hear ts t r ings
of t h a t s m a l l m inor i t y o f
r e l i c s f r o m f e u d a l i s m —
the m o n a r c h i s t s .
It i s o f c ourse the day
that P r i n c e s s A n n e w i l l
p l edge her t ro th to Cap
ta in M a r k Phi l- l ips. A s
has a l r eady been pub
l i c i s e d w i d e l y i n the gut
ter press a n d Fe l ix has
no q u a l m s a t repea t ing
it; P r incess A n n e w i l l
have " t o p r om ise to
obey e t c . " M a r k P h i l l i p s
d u r i n g the ce r emony , but
he is o n l y a C a p t a i n in
h i s r eg iment w h e r e a s
s h e is a C o l o n e l in hers.
W h a t a p r ecedent for in
s u b o r d i n a t i o n !
B a c k t o real i ty , how
ever . . . N o v e m b e r 14
is a l so t h e day of the
l i tt le p u b l i c i s e d , s t i l l l e s s
u n d e r s t o o d , s t i l l l ess
l i k ed N U S w o r k - i n . N U S
have d e c i d e d n o t t o
c h a n g e t h e date a n d the
W i n d s o r s ce r ta in l y .won ' t
so there w i l l be a c l ash
but as J o h n Randa l l ex
p l a i n s :
" I f it makes any dif
f e rence at a l l , we are
p l eased rather than d i s
p l e a s ed that the m u c h -
p u b l i c i s e d P h i l l i p s
W i n d s o r w e d d i n g is tak
ing p l ace on the same
d a y as s tudents are de
mons t ra t ing a b o u t
grants . It enables us dra
ma t i c a l l y to d r a w atten
t i on to ce r ta in in jus t i ces
in our soc i e t y w h i c h it
w o u l d be appropr ia te to
br ing to the not i ce of as
many peop le as poss ib l e
on November 1 4 t h " .
He was re ferr ing to
the d i s c r e p a n c y be tween
the f i nanc i a l s i tua t i on of
a f emale s tudent before
and after marr iage and
that of an average B r i
t i sh P r i n c e s s .
I n c o m e b e f o r e
m a r r i a g e
I n c o m e a f t e r
m a r r i a g e
Rent
T y p e of a c c o m
m o d a t i o n
M a r r i e d f e m a l e
s t u d e n t
A b s o l u t e m a x i m u m
o f £ 5 2 0 p . a . .
g e n e r a l l y l e s s
I n c o m e a l m o s t
h a l v e d , m a x i m u m
£ 3 2 0 p . a .
£ 8 . 5 0 p . w . ( ave r
a g e q u o t e d by
L o n d o n U n i v .
L o d g i n g s B u r e a u )
B e d s i t ; r o o m in
H a l l o f R e s i d e n c e ;
s h a r e d -flat
M a r r i e d f e m a l e
p r i n c e s s
£ 1 5 , 0 0 0 p . a .
I n c o m e m o r e t h a n
d o u b l e d , £ 3 5 , 0 0 0
p . a .
£8 p . w .
H o u s e : 9 r o o m s ,
2 b a t h r o o m s , i
a c r e g r o u n d s
G R E E N - R E D
" R E V O L U T I O N " (II) O n c e upon a t ime
m a n had no other means
of t ranspor ta t ion than h is
o w n feet. He had to
choose the eas ies t way
through h is env i ronment
w h e n he w a n t e d to move
a r o u n d . O c c a s i o n a l l y he
w o u l d have to r emove
s tones , p lants or trees to
fac i l i t a te h is t ranspor ta
t ion or that of h is goods .
T h i s was d e c i d e d by
h i m a lone (or in s m a l l
s o c i a l groups) so that
the s a m e peop l e that
w o u l d wo rk w o u l d bene
fit of the resu l ts .
N o w a d a y s road b u i l d
ers, car makers , etc . (i.e.
s c i en t i s t s and eng in
eers) are not con t r o l l ed
by h u m a n d e c i s i o n , in
fact , they are not c o n
t r o l l ed at a l l , but they
are encouraged to g row
inde f in i t e l y by the ar t i
f i c ia l pro f i t s y s t em . W h a t
m a k e s th ings even
worse is that t rave l l e rs
or c o m m u t e r s are a l so
encouraged to move
more a n d faster by the
ar t i f i c i a l pro f i t s y s t em ,
e i ther d i r ec t l y ( travel
agents , B r i t i sh Ra i l a d
verts, etc.) or ind i r e c t l y
( faster m o v i n g means
more b u s i n e s s ) . In other
w o r d s the s i tua t i on is
c omp l e t e l y out of c on
trol a n d there is no re
c o g n i s e d w a y of t e l l i ng
whether w e have very
l i t t le , enough or too
m u c h or too fast move
ment ; wo rse than that,
by de f in i t i on , we have
too l i t t le , and th is is sup
posed to app l y forever !
and even worse , w e
don ' t object to it ! But
h o w are w e at l . C . i n
vo l v ed in th is s ys t emat i c
b l i n d pursu i t ?
Let 's look at one of
the p roduc ts of the k ind
of s c i ence and techno
logy we are no rma l l y
p u r s u i n g at l . C .
If " C o n c o r d e " ever
c omes into se rv i ce , it
w i l l b r ing to a f e w a fas
ter rhy thm of l i fe , and
because of the nature of
our present s o c i a l s ys
t em, it w i l l b r ing them
pr i v i l ege . T h i s a l s o
means a d i sadvan tage
for those w h o d o n ' t use
it, w h o w i l l e ven tua l l y
c o m e to d e m a n d its use ,
k n o w i n g that t h i s w a y of
r e d u c i n g the pr i v i l ege
gap is more f eas ib le
than the other a l t e rna
t ive, i.e. t r y ing to s top
C o n c o r d e o n c e i t 's
brought into use . In
other w o r d s , s o c i a l a d
d i c t i o n to the new crea
ture . T h i s means that the
" a d v a n t a g e s " (if there
are any) of th i s p lane
w o u l d rea l ly c o m e to the
peop le w h e n its use w a s
w i d e l y s p r e a d ( w h i c h
w o u l d be a long w a y
ahead) t i m e by w h i c h
another s i m i l a r invent i on
w o u l d appear , d i s c r i m
inat ing the major i ty and
repeat ing the c y c l e . That
is , in the m e a n t i m e (i.e.
a lways ) the major i ty of
peop le w o u l d suffer f r om
d i s c r i m i n a t i o n a n d an
unsa t i s f i ed need . T h i s
happens because the
p lane is d e s i gned to cre
ate a necess i t y for a l l ,
and its c rea t i on w a s
mot i va t ed by pro f i ts a n d
by the s a m e uncon t r o l
led - g rowth - m a n i a c -
m a d - r a c e - d e a d -
c i r c l e .
T h i s p lane is no revo
lu t i ona r y th ing , but the
l og i ca l by -produc t of
c o n t i n u i n g our o l d
t rends of b u i l d i n g what
ever c an be bu i l t as long
as w e c an create a de
m a n d for it, a n d in the
absence of a humane
sys t em c o n t r o l l i n g both
the " s u p p l y a n d d e m a n d
of t r a n s p o r t a t i o n " w h i c h
by the way is n o w re
garded as pure l y e con
o m i c c o m m o d i t y ( fam
i l i a r ? ) .
T h i s fits very w e l l
into the de f in i t i on of the
Gre en -Red " R e v o l u t i o n "
that I gave in the last
i s sue of " F e l i x " , name l y
the s y s t ema t i c subs t i tu
t i on of m a n ' s ab i l i t i e s ,
s enses and m e c h a n i s m s
by ins t i tu t i ons , o rgan is
a t i ons , m a c h i n e s or ap
paratus , that lead to the
g radua l a t rophy of the
f o rmers a n d a d d i c t i o n to
or d ependence on the
latters, w i t h the conse
quent con t ro l or m a n i p
u la t i on of h u m a n m a s s e s
and f ina l ly l ead ing to
s o m e k i n d of ens lave
ment .
T h e wo r s t part of the
story is that w e at l . C .
( supposed to be go ing
to b u i l d the w o r l d o f to
m o r r o w , etc. . . . ) are
c o m p e l l e d to co-operate .
T h i s is done by pre
packaged c u r r i c u l a , pre-
d e f i n e d pro f ess ions ,
m o n o p o l y of degrees
a n d qua l i f i c a t i ons ,
m o n o p o l y of in fo rmat i on
and l earn ing too ls in u n i
ve rs i t i es and co l l eges ,
m o n o p o l y of p r i v i l e ges
for those w h o c o n s u m e
m o r e ins t i tu t i ona l i z ed
" e d u c a t i o n " , f ragment
ing and s p e c i a l i s i n g (i.e.
lengthening ) f ie lds of
s tudy , thus r es t r i c t ing
our v i e w of the w o r l d ,
l abe l l i ng taboo the mix
i ng of s c i e n c e or t e ch
no logy w i t h po l i t i c s , eco
logy, soc i o l ogy , etc., etc.
B u t even w o r s e is that
nobody c an be he ld res
pons ib l e for a l l th i s ,
moreover I can ' t imag
ine anybody (or a group)
so c l e ve r and des t ruc
t ive to have imp l emen ted
s u c h a s y s t em , a n d yet
pass u n n o t i c e d . T h u s , it
seems , that the on ly
" g u i l t y " pe rsons that we
can f ind are ourse l v es
for not s t opp ing s u c h
s i tua t i on ; but are we too
impotent a l r e a d y ? . . . .
J . A G U I R R E C i v . E n g .
DISAFFILIATION MOVES
by BATH UNIVERSITY
STUDENTS UNION In a non -po l i c y m a k i n g
debate at Bath Un iver
s i ty last week a mot i on
to d i sa f f i l i a t e f r om N U S
was p roposed by Pres i
dent J o h n K iddey .
K i d d e y sa i d that N U S
con fe rences were too
p r e - occup i ed w i th C h i l e
and Nor thern Ire land,
" i s s u e s not re levant to
s t u d e n t s " . He s a i d that
not enough d i s c u s s i o n
was spent on educa t i on
and student we l fare .
N U S Pres ident J o h n
Randa l l spoke aga inst
the mo t i on s a y i n g that
the correc t th ing for Ba th
to do w a s to s tay w i t h i n
N U S and f ight to get
mo t i ons of interest to it
p r i o r i t i s ed at N U S con
ferences .
H e f a i l ed to po int out
the necess i t y for d i s c u s
s i on on i ssues other than
educa t i on and s tudent
we l fa re for the po l i t i c a l
l e ssons that c an be
learnt f r om these events.
H e a l so f a i l ed to men
t ion that, i so la ted f rom
the s t rength of the N U S
students and their un ions
w o u l d be open to the
mos t eno rmous dangers .
Disa f f i l ia t ion w o u l d efr
f ec t i v e l y sabotage the
s tudent un i on at Ba th or
anywhere e lse .
November 13th. 1973 F E L I X JPagcT
RE-INTRODUGIN
THE
ROOM
AT
THE
TOP
RATT
N o t many people travel
v i a the top floor o f the
U n i o n to Lowe r M o o n e y
when coming f r om the
"co l lege" side of Pr ince
Consort R o a d . A c c o r d
ing ly , the R . A . T . T . has
not been designed to be a
med ium for publ ic i ty or
instant communicat ion.
Tha t is a job for Fe l i x
and S.T.O.I .C.
It is, however, largely a
"se l f -he lp" system for
most of the things that
most students want to
find out about.
What Is There?
I .C. T r a v e l B u r e a u to
share the counter space
with N .U .S . Ends le igh In
surance.
M r . E . Meacock , who
organises the Careers L i b
rary i n Col lege B l o c k has
sent across to the U n i o n
a good dea l of l i terature
about future careers. Th i s
is not intended i n any
way to replace the fuller
selection over i n the C a r
eers L i b r a r y i n the C o l
lege B lock , but is aimed
at those students who do
not have any specific ca
reer aims, but want to
browse around i n a n i n
forma l atmosphere, and
on ly go to the Careers
L i b r a r y when they have a
specific request: The C a r
eers Section w i l l be
supplemented by more
display racks to be sup
p l i ed by M r . Meacock .
B r i a n Ch i lds , the A c
commodat ion Officer, w i l l
be putt ing up the addres
ses of flats for those of
y o u want ing to change
flat/digs. Hopeful ly , he
w i l l be displaying l itera
ture to guard you against
the legal hassles you may
come across.
F o r those of you who
don' t part icular ly want to
l ook for any informat ion,
but just browse, there is
40 foot drop
to quad
S R D l T O P J
F L O O R
r
J q f j D
J
Careers Information
Accommodation
Information
plus magazines,etc.,
for anyone to
browse through
( t o
IC Cheap 'Reoorclf
/^^ndsleic
quite a lot of reading
matter up there. T h e
U n i o n subscribes to many
other societies, and often
receives magazines, etc.
f r om them. Th i s is where
you can find them.
Comfy chairs and sofas
(Never m ind the age,
just l ook at the qual i ty )
and a coffee machine are
provided (Fo l low the i n
structions on the coffee
machine expl ic i t ly ! ) .
What else can the room be
used for?
F m not sure the room
should be used for " w i l d "
boozy parties, but more
sober events are ideal ly
suited to the room.
Meetings, mini-lectures
or talks, wou ld be wel
come to use the room,
wh i ch w i l l be bookable
v i a Jen. Rea l ly , it 's up to
you, you've got the room
there, use i t !
Prospects?
I th ink we are a l l i n
favour of ful ly using the
U n i o n B u i l d i n g , and it
may seem that at this
stage i n the year, you
could we l l say that no-one
real ly knows where the
room is, what it's for, or
how people can be per
suaded to use it. T o be
quite honest, I don't really
expect i t t o get off the
ground this year, not even
next year, but eventually
it w i l l happen. Students
aren't patient as a rule
but for this to work, you ' l l
just have to be! The prob
lem of students not know
ing where the room is w i l l
be solved in October next
session. The Registry is
always overcrowded in
the first 3 days of an aca
demic year, with the two
fold prob lem of registra
t ion plus associated en
quiries and the issue of
grant cheques.
I have arranged for the
Registry to give out grant
cheques v ia the counter
facilities i n the R . A . T . T .
In case you forget this
room after this desperate
visit for your cash, you
may require an N .U .S .
card. Those w i l l be also
avai lable f r o m the
R . A . T . T . for two and a
half weeks after the
cheques have been issued.
Then, most oeople w i l l
know where the room is
and what it's for.
Be low are a few words
f rom a f e w of the
R . A . T . T . participants. If
any of the services I men
tioned are inadequate,
please let me know, and 1
shal l endeavour to reme
dy the situation.
Y o u r s ,
P a u l Jowitt
Y S S S
meet
ing Wednesday
14th
Mech Eng
214
LESSONS
OF THE
GRANTS
CAMPAIGN
Endsleigh
Insurance
IC-NUS
Travel
Bureau Ents
INSURANCE Congra tu l a t i ons to the
U n i o n a n d s tudents at
Imperial Co l l e g e o n the
open ing of " R o o m at the
T o p " .
E n d s l e i g h are p l eased
to a n n o u n c e that the In
surance Counte r w i l l be
fu l l y opera t i ona l as soon
as the phone is i n .
W h e n it c o m e s to buy
ing insurances , not a l l
s tudents and graduates
are aware that their Nat
iona l U n i o n has its o w n
pro f e s s i ona l l y run insur
ance depar tment . There
are eno rmous advan tag
es to be ga ined by u s i n g
th is s e r v i c e . E n d s l e i g h
Insurance (Brokers ) L td .
offer sp e c i a l t e rms on a l l
c l a s ses of pe rsona l i n
surances to m e m b e r s of
N . U . S .
S c h e m e s s u c h as
" S t u d e n t - p l a n " motor i n
surance a n d " S t u d y -
p l a n " property insurance
have been negot ia ted
w i t h l ead ing insurance
c o m p a n i e s , L i fe , M o t o r ,
T r a v e l , Proper ty and
other po l i c i e s are a l l
ava i l ab l e at e x c lus i v e
t e rms .
The Insurance A s s i s
tant for th is C o l l e g e is
M o n i c a S m a l l and w i l l
be ava i l ab l e d a i l y du r ing
t e rm- t ime f r om 1 1 . 3 0 -
2 .30 to answer a l l your
insurance quer i es .
If you w o u l d l ike to
c o m e a l ong and have a
chat about Li fe A s s u r
ance or Mor t gages I
sha l l be happy to see
you any M o n d a y after
1 2 . 0 0 . T E D Y O R K
N . U . S .
Insurance A d v i s e r .
Travel I.C. T rave l Bureau is
n o w in its 4 th year of
opera t ion a n d w e hope
to operate a more c o m
prehens ive p r o g r amme
d u r i n g 1 9 7 3 than in pre
v i ous years .
Due to ex tens ive re
h o u s i n g d u r i n g the f irst
t e rm the bureau w a s u n
able to operate a n d for
any i n conven i ence caus
ed to s tudents w e apo l o
g ise . Howeve r , w i t h the
open ing of the " r o o m at
the t o p " w e w i l l n o w be
open every T u e s d a y a n d
T h u r s d a y lunch- t ime 1
p.m.-2 p .m .
T h i s year not on l y
w i i l the bureau be c o n
c e rned w i t h f l ights , boats
and t ra ins to mos t major
des t ina t i ons in the no r th
ern hemisphe r e but w e
have in fo rmat i on on Saf
ar i ho l i days , sk i -week
ends and numerous o th
er ho l i day pursu i t s . It i s
hoped as enqu i r i e s i n
crease t owards the e n d
of t e r m that the bureau
w i l l be open da i l y .
Tha t brief ly is the a i m
of I.C. T rave l B u r e a u . It
is a s tudent run c o n c e r n
a n d w e hope w i l l be u s e d
by a l l I.C. s tuden ts
w i s h i n g to travel ab r oad .
G E O F F T A T E
Reproduced by
request of
Paul Wadsworth
G A Y S O C Cheese & Wine
Party ; , U n i o n U p p e r 1
L o u n g e
8p,m» T h u r s d a y \
15 t h N o v e m b e r
(please b r i n g y o u r
o w n bottle) \
M e m b e r s h i p en
quiries to D , D u c e
via the C h e m , letter
JPUge 8 F E L I X November 13th, 1973
SOUTH AFRICA: "EVIL EFFECTS of BANTU EDUCATION"
S p o n s o r s :
H i s I m p e r i a l M a j e s t y H a i l e S e l a s s i e 1.
H i s E x c e l l e n c y O r . J u l i u s K . N y e r e r e
H i s E x c e l l e n c y D r . K e n n e t h ! D . K a u n d a
H i s E x c e l l e n c y G e n e r a l Y a k u b u G o w o n
H i s E x c e l l e n c y O r . L e o p o l d S e n g h o r
H i s E x c e l l e n c y M r . D i a l l o T e l l i
T h e H o n o u r a b l e M r s . A l v a M y r d a l
M r s . N o k u i k h a n y a L u t u i i
M r . M a s a b a l a l a B . Y e n g w a
T r u s t e e s :
D r . W . Z . C o n c o
C a n o n L. J . C o l l i n s
- B i s h o p T r e v o r H u d d l e s t o n C R
M r s . M . L. H o o p e r
S i r R o b e r t B i r l e y K . C . M . G .
M r . G e o r g e M . M b e l e
D r . M r s . A t b e r t i n a N g a k a n e
12th Oc tobe r , 1 9 7 3
Dear F r i e n d ,
W e are wr i t i n g to en
l i s t your help and that of
your f e l l ow-s tudents in
w o r k w h i c h we think you
w i l l agree i s of great i m
po r tance .
The Lutu i i M e m o r i a l
F o u n d a t i o n is endeav
o u r i n g to put right in
S o u t h A f r i c a i tsel f the
e v i l effects of Bantu edu
c a t i o n , w h i c h has now
b e e n in opera t ion for a
genera t i on . W e are a i m
i n g to send s choo l books
»nd sc ient i f i c equ ipment
to s choo l s in a l l four
P r o v i n c e s , a n d if w e
c o u l d w e w o u l d l ike to
p u r c h a s e mob i l e l ibrar ies
for them, to reach the
more remote s c ho o l s .
Howeve r , w e be l i eve that
co l l e ges and un ive rs i t i e s
in B r i t a in c o u l d he lp in
the first ins tance w i t h
our d r i v e to co l l e c t
books . I enc l ose a l ist of
those books w h i c h are
useful to B lack South
A f r i c an s ch oo l ch i I d ren.
The L M F can arrange for
their t ranspor ta t i on to
Sou th A f r i c a a n d c o u l d
co l l e c t b o o k s sent to a
stat ion in L o n d o n ; the
I M F w i l l a l so pay for
t ranspor ta t ion c o s t s
w i t h i n th i s country .
The fac ts about books
in s c h o o l s i n Sou th A f r i
ca are as f o l l o w s : in
1 9 6 8 — R 1 4 . 4 8 per A f r i
can pup i l w a s a l l o ca t ed .
R 2 2 8 . 0 0 per wh i t e pup i l ;
s o m e t i m es 4 A f r i c a n
pup i l s share 1 tex tbook ;
i n m a n y s c h o o l s there is
no l ibrary at a l l ; as a re
sul t , 1 in 2 4 0 A f r i c a n
pup i l s reaches m a t r i c u
l a t i o n ; 1 i n 1 2 , 0 0 0 re
ce i ves a un ive rs i t y deg
ree.
I th ink you w i l l there
fore feel that th i s w o r k
is of major i m p o r t a n c e ,
to arres t or m i n i m i s e the
ev i l effects of the s y s t e m
o f apar the id i n Sou th
A f r i c a . W e w o u l d very
m u c h l ike to hear f r om
you if y o u are able to
take part i n the s c h e m e .
Y o u r s s ince r e l y ,
P I C T O N V . M B A T H A ,
A c t i n g D i rec to r .
B O O K S F O R S E C O N D A R Y S C H O O L L I B R A R I E S
Science
P h y s i c s T o p i c s Se r i e s ( Longmans , 1969 )
C h e m i s t r y B a c k g r o u n d ser i es , e d . H . P. H . O l i v e r (Nuff ie ld, P engu in , 1966 )
C lue B o o k s Ser i es (Ox f o rd Un i v e r s i t y Press )
B i o l o gy Readers (Ox fo rd Un i v e r s i t y Press )
T h i n k i n g A n e a d in S c i e n c e Se r i e s ( A m e r i c a n Book Co. )
The S c i e n c e L ibrary , V o l s . 1-10 (Grosse t & D u n l o p , N e w York )
Genera l S c i e n c e Books , L a d y b i r d Se r i e s ( M a c d o u g a l l a n d M a c d o n a l d )
Teach Yourse l f S c i e n c e ser ies , e.g., B io l ogy , P h y s i c s , Chem i s t r y , M a t h e m a
t i c s
J u n i o r Re ference L ibrary Se r i e s ( M a c d o n a l d )
S to r i es f r om S c i e n c e , Sutc l i f f e (Cambr i dge )
The S to ry B e h i n d ser i es , Cha r l e s K i n g (Casse f l )
A n i m a l B i o l o gy , 6 th ed i t i on , A . J . G r o v e & G . E. N e w e l l (Un i v e r s i t y Tu t o r i a l
P ress L td . , London )
Bo tany , L. C . W i l s o n & W . E. L o o m i s (Ho l t , W i n e h a r t & W i n s t o n Inc., N e w
York )
N e w Genera l S c i e n c e , Fo rms 2 & 3 , C. J . M u l l e r ( E d u c u m P ub l i s he r s ,
J o h a n n e s b u r g 1 9 7 1 )
B a s i c P h y s i c a l S c i e n c e for S t a n d a r d s 7 & 8, Get l i f fe (Na t i ona l C o m m e r c i a l
Pr inters , Cape T o w n , 1968 )
Geography
Let 's V i s i t ser ies (Burke )
Cer t i f i cate T o p i c s in Geog raphy ser ies {Co l l ins )
F i n d i n g Out A b o u t Geog raphy , A f r i c a Se r i e s (Hart Dav i es ) W o r l d P r o b l e m s by Long and Roebo t t om
W a l l M a p s and A t l a s e s
Language and Literature
N e w Longmans S e c o n d a r y S c h o o l readers
H e i n e m a n n A f r i c a Se r i e s W r i t e r s
S . R . A . R e a d i n g B o o k s , Internat ional
Se ts of E n c y c l o p a e d i a B r i t a nn i ca
D i c t i ona r i e s ( Longmans a n d C h a m b e r s , su i tab l e for t each ing E n g l i s h as a
2 n d language )
Se ts o f s ing l e p l ays by Shakespeare , w i t h exp lanatory notes a n d re ferences M o d e r n One A c t p lays P l a y s by G . B. S h a w
C l a s s i c s , e.g., by Char l e s D i c k e n s , T h o m a s H a r d y , H . G . W e l l s , G r a h a m Greene , etc .
History
The M a k i n g o f the M o d e r n W o r l d ser ies , e d . Roebo t t om
D a w n of A f r i c a n H i s t o ry , ed . R. O l i v e r (Ox f o rd U n i v e r s i t y P r e s s )
M i d d l e A g e s of A f r i c a n H is to ry , e d . R. O l i v e r (Ox f o rd Un i v e r s i t y Press )
A f r i c a f r om Preh i s to ry to M o d e r n T i m e s , N . La tham (Hul ton )
O l d A f r i c a R e d i s c o v e r e d , B . D a v i d s o n ( Longmans )
A f r i c a in 19th Cen tury (Ne l son )
A f r i c a in 20 th Cen tury (Ne l son )
Cha l l enge and Response , H i s to ry of M o d e r n W o r l d , V o l . 2 , A l l s o p & C r u s e (Ne l son )
General
A t l a s of M a n a n d Re l i g i on (Pe rgamon)
P i c t o r i a l E d u c a t i o n
B i o l o g i c a l m o d e l s a n d charts
A n a t o m i c a l char ts
This article was printed by request of I.C. council.
LUTULI MEMORIAL FOUNDATION,
Annandale, North End Rd., London NW11 7QX
EDITORIAL Dear Kath leen ,
I apo l og i s e for not
hav ing rep l i ed to con
fused and s l ande rous
letter i n last w e e k ' s
Fe l i x and sha l l r emedy
the s i tua t i on here.
Revo lu t i onary po l i t i c s
are necessa r i l y in con
f l ict w i t h those of the
w o r k i n g c l a s s w h i c h only
a r i ses spon taneous l y to
the level of t rade un ion
(i.e. re formist ) c o n
s c i o u s n e s s .
In o rder to break the
w o r k i n g c l a s s f r om re
f o r m i s m it i s " necessary
for it to l e a r n th rough
exper i ence that the
r ights and l i v ing s tan
da rds of the masses to
day can no longer b e
de f ended by re formis t
measures .
Tha t is w h y w e ca l l
for the return of a Lab
our Gove rnmen t pledged
to socialist policies (na
t i ona l i sa t i on of the m a
jor indus t r i es under
w o r k e r s ' con t ro l and
w i thou t c o m p e n s a t i o n ,
na t i ona l i sa t i on of the
banks , major f inance
houses and land , w i t h
d rawa l of B r i t i sh t roops
f rom Nor thern Ire land,
e tc . ) .
W e as w e l l as you u n
ders tand fu l ly that the
Labour Gove rnmen t w i l l
be incapab le o f in t roduc
ing such measures ,
w h i c h are the on ly ones
that can reso lve the pres
ent e c o n o m ' i c c r i s i s w i t h
out mass unemp loymen t ,
c l o su r e of indust ry , to
tal e rasure of the r ights
of the w o r k i n g c l a s s ; a
t h i r d W o r l d W a r etc., i.e.
a l l the h i s t o r i ca l w a y s
that c a p i t a l i s m drags it
sel f out of e c o n o m i c
c r i s e s a n d in do ing so
paves the w a y for the
next.
But
pose "
to
the
s i m p l y " e x -
Labour Party
w i thou t the b u i l d i n g of
an a l te rnat i ve Revo lu
t ionary Party w o u l d be
the g rosses t betrayal of
the w o r k i n g c l a s s and is
of course an an t i thes i s
to the concep t of leader
sh ip .
Tha t is w h y w e t rans
f o rmed the soc i a l i s t
Labour League into the
W o r k e r s Revo lu t i onary
Party on Sunday , Nov
ember 4th at the O d e o n ,
H a m m e r s m i t h .
T h i s invo l v ed a mass
c a m p a i g n of t ra in ing in
M a r x i s m and recrui t
ment th roughout the
count ry in the months
before the (transforma
t i on , to g ive a l e a d to
those layers o f the w o r k
ing c l a s s a n d s tudents
w h o we r e a l r eady ex
per i enc ing the treachery
and betraya ls of the
present Labour l eaders ,
to turn th em back into
the ir fac tor ies and c o l
leges to fight for revo
lut ionary po l i t i c s as the
only way to de f end one ' s
d emoc ra t i c r ights .
S i m p l y to " t r y to
br ing real revo lut ionary
po l i t i c s to the w o r k i n g
c l a s s " is mean ing l e s s
Without the cons t ruc t i on
of a Revo lu t i onary Party ,
s tee led in M a r x i s m as
the theory of know l edge
of the c l a s s s t rugg le ,
f ight ing aga inst bu r eau
c ra t i c d i s t o r t i ons and
r e v i s i o n i s m , w i t h the
a i m of t ak ing the work
ing c l ass to power .
I in no w a y " r e j e c t
l earn ing through prac
t i c e " as you state and I
do not say that the s t u
dent body has a l ready
learnt that r e f o rm i sm
leads to defeat, I s i m p l y
po in ted out that th is
was the l esson of the
grants c a m p a i g n so far
and s h o u l d be c o nne d
by vote and ac tua l i z ed in
the b u i l d i n g of a new,
revo lut ionary Ieadership
in N U S to a l l y w i t h the
w o r k i n g c l a s s in a p o l i t i
ca l fight to br ing d o w n
the Tor i es .
T o ca l l the 5 % grant
cut that w e rece i ved
due to the £20 increase
insu l t w e rece i ved f rom
the To r i e s " n o t a d e f e a t "
is t o comp l e t e l y d is tor t
the mean ing of the w o r d ,
and leads one to a d o p t
the po l i t i c a l pos i t i on
that the S ta l i n i s t N U S
leadersh ip d i d not betray
the w i l l i n g n e s s to fight
of the 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 w h o
m o b i l i z e d in suppor t of
the grants c a m p a i g n .
The 5 % grant cu t
cons t i tu tes a further
at tack on our l i v i n g stan
da rds by the Tory Gov
e m i n e n t and one w h i c h
cannot b e to l e ra ted in
v i ew of the current in
c reas ing rate of in f la t ion
w h i c h w i l l " n e c e s s i t a t e
further a t t acks as the
e c o n o m i c c r i s i s deep
ens .
O w i n g to the c o m
plete lack of any po l i t i
ca l p o s i t i on that you
ho ld be ing s tated in your
letters, your c r i t i c i s m s
of the Y S S S and S L L are
of an e c l e c t i c unproduc
t ive nature w h i c h i s
borne out by your c o m
ments on democ ra t i c
c en t ra l i sm in the S L L . I
trust you w i l l f o rward
names , d o c u m e n t s or
any other f o rm of proof
for your a l l ega t i ons or
e lse they w i l l be re
a s s i g n e d to the g r ow ing
heap of s lander a n d l ibe l
that i s fast be ing pro
d u c e d by enemies of the
w o r k i n g c l a s s .
I refer y o u to Len in ' s
" L e f t - W i n g C o m m u n i s m
— a n Infanti le D i s o r d e r "
i f y o u are s t i l l unc l ear
about our pos i t i on of re
turn ing a Labour Gove rn
ment p l edged to s o c i a l
ist po l i c i e s .
If y ou were to state
your po l i t i ca l pos i t i on
(for your re ferences to
Gerry Hea l y s h o w that
you are not u n k n o w n to
revo lut ionary po l i t i c s )
then th i s co r r e spon
dence c o u l d cont inue in
a n en l i gh ten ing p roduc
t ive manner , and w o u l d
a l so e luc ida te any ideas
I m ight harbour about
your s ignature be ing a
p s e u d o n y m .
Quote Red W e e k l y :
" . . . a reader in the U S A
Who te l l s us that w e are
the best Eng l i sh lan
guage le f t -wing paper
a r ound . W e w o u l d n ' t go
qui te that far . . . " Not
With the W o r k e r s Press
and the T rades Desc r i p
t ion A c t you w o u l d n ' t !
FUN, FUN, FUN A s a na ive and im
press ionab le f r e s h e r
o ve rawed by the b ig c i ty
and b i g c i ty peop le my
idea Of a party organ
i s ed by a hal l of res i
dence was of an a l l n ight
booze-up. A c t u a l l y I
knew that the chances of
one of these happen ings
happen ing Wou ld be very
s m a l l due to w h a t I
thought w o u l d be a n u n -
surmountab l e p r ob l em ,
the lack of f ema les . The
impor t of fore ign s tock
to sa t ia te the appet i tes
of, or to frustrate the
d o u b l e d up, ma le c h a u
v in i s t , super v i r i l e , N e w
cas t l e B r o w n s w i l l i n g ,
p inba l l p l a y ing major i ty
of th is m u c h reve red i n
s t i tu t i on for Sc i en t i f i c
l earn ing w a s brought
about by heavy adve r t i s
ing (the extravagant
c l a i m s of w h i c h c o u l d
lead to p rosecu t i on us -
der the T rades D e s c r i p
t ions Ac t ) a r o u n d loca l '
c o l l e ges , e.g. M a r i a A s -
sumpta and free ( +
V .A .T . ) entry.
L ights c ons i s t ed of
very d i m co l ou r ed
af fairs, so d i m in fact
that severa l prostrate
c oup l e s r ece i ved c rushed
d ig i t s or c rushed c ran i a .
The in ference of the
l ight ing ar rangements
be ing , I th ink, that, to
asce r ta in the sex o f a po
tent ia l partner in the
cozy tw i l i gh t y ou ei ther
had to be a m e m b e r of
the order ch i roptera
(bat) (notor ious for the
de tec t i on of m e m b e r s of
the oppos i t e s e x at vast
d i s t ances in d a r k n e s s by
s o u n d a lone) or b i
s e x u a l .
B u d d i n g ba rmen s o l d
b e e r at S o u t h s i d e
pr ices ) I ) a n d equa l l y en
thus i as t i c Bo r g i a s pre
pared tasty morse l s
(e.g. D i s m e m b e r e d w e a
sels ) for sa l e at a vas t
profit (where does the
money go? )
In the d i s c o s M e s s r s .
G l i t t e r a n d Jagge r pre
domina t e in a rather
nar row m u s i c a l s e l e c
t ion and the nar rowness
of the ga l l e ry leve ls l i m
it t h e d a n c i n g area a n d
number of p eop l e that
S o u t h s i d e h a l l s can take .
O n the Who le the ha l l
part ies are not too b a d
though rather unor i g ina l
and p red i c tab l e (I be
l ieve S ta i r case 3 , l a n d
ing 2 in T i z a rd ha i l are
hav ing a kn i t t ing Bee
w i th D i s c o and S t r ippe rs
soon so make it a date
f o lks ) .
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