<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[the commune]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://thecommune.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[internationalcommunist]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://thecommune.wordpress.com/author/internationalcommunist/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[27th october meeting on 1972 building workers&#8217;&nbsp;strike]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>In the aftermath of the 1972 building workers&#8217; strike, police raided homes and took away men who were tried and jailed on &#8220;conspiracy&#8221; charges.</p>
<p>Among them were Ricky Tomlinson, now a successful actor, and Des Warren, who served his full three years and suffered from Parkinsons Disease as a result of drugs administered in prison. Des died of pneumonia on April 24, 2004, aged 66.</p>
<p>The &#8220;Justice for the Shrewsbury Pickets&#8221; campaign is for an inquiry into the convictions, with all the official papers to be opened, and a reversal of the so-called guilt.</p>
<p>Chair &#8211; Mick Dooley,<br />
Speakers &#8211; Ricky Tomlinson, Arthur Scargill, Terry Renshaw</p>
<p>Meeting from 7:30pm, Monday 27th October, at the Welsh Club, 157-163 Grays Inn Road, London WC1 (Russell Square/King&#8217;s Cross).</p>
<p><a href="https://thecommune.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/shrewsbury_flyer.pdf">pdf of leaflet for meeting</a></p>
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