Direct Action #44 (November 1987)

Issue #44 of Direct Action, with articles on a wage struggle and new disciplinary rules at Leeds Council, a successful strike at Metalastik, abortion and women in the class struggle in Britain and Northern Ireland, revolt and repression in the prison system, jailed miners, state racism, a "mischief-maker's handbook" from the 1 in 12, a special feature on 1917 in Russia and its effects in the UK, letters on contraception, patriarchy and working in the unions, an interview about Poland under martial law, and more.