7 Days 24 November 1971

Keith BaileyThe pro-Abortion March last Weekend2

7 DAYSWednesday

24 November 1971

Vol 1, No 5

Cover photograph by Henri Bureau

HOME NEWS, pp 3-7 In the fall-out of Margaret Thatcher’s menaces the National Union ofStudents met last weekend in Margate. New president is now CP man Digby Jacks, noted for always chewing more than he has bitten off. 7 DAYS reports on the conference. Also on this page a story of British knavery in Nigeria and a sober (i.e. unpleasant) account of the latest Labour Parliamentary manoeuverings.

INDUSTRY, p 4 Graham Burchell went to Coventry, explains the background to the strikeand how workers in one of the richest towns in the country are reacting to hard times.

PHOTO-FEATURE, p 5 Among the workers demonstrating today against the unemploymentfigures are militants from the Clyde. What is their future?

HOME, pp 6-7 If Mr Chataway will pardon the expression, the Compton Report cameout with a bang. 7 DAYS looks back at other reports which have punctuated the British Army’s career, from Cyprus, through Kenya to Aden, and at the brutal double-talk that state violence feels it necessary to utter.

FOREIGN NEWS, pp 8-13 Cornelius Hawkridge is a Hungarian, now living in the US and late ofVietnam. He has been trying to investigate the US army, for corruption. 7 DAYS talked to him last week, and learnt how he made 4000 dollars in an afternoon in Saigon. Also on the foreign pages news from Uruguay and Trinidad.

Billy Hack scans next claimants to the heavy-weight boxing crown, tips Argentinian Bonavena, whom he interviewed earlier this year.

As India and Pakistan near war they review their arsenal of weapons, all provided by the major powers. 7 DAYS shows who has been selling what, to whom; also shows just how lucrative a war in that region might be. Also exclusive photographs of the Bangla Desh guerrillas.

The mystic dervishes are in town — a joy to navel-gazers, and devotees of ecstasy. 7 DAYS was there to photograph their routine.

Who is Britain’s most huggable mum in a million? The Mirror took on the responsibility of supplying an answer. John Hoyland examines how the Mirror made the big choice, and why it wants there to be a huggable mum in the first place.

LAW AND ORDER, p 16 The Prescot- Purdie and Mangrove trials continue. 7 DAYS had peopleobserving both proceedings.

IDEAS, p 17 Patriotism — last refuge of scoundrels, etc. Tom Nairn sees what thepoisonous roots of nationalism have actually nourished.

ROCK SPECIAL, pp 18-23 Do you remember the acid year of ’67?, or the uplift of Little Richard’sscreams? Do you think the rock era was one big hype? In the first of two Rock Specials 7 DAYS examines the latest theories about the death or dearth of rock, reviews the lastest records. Finally we talked to Jack Bruce about his life with the Cream, his days as a super-star and what he thinks is good about the music scene now.

BROKEN PROMISES Because of the space required for coverage of the Compton Report andthe India-Pakistan situation we have had to hold over last week’s advertised feature on the View from the Kremlin. We’ll be running it soon. Also, if you can’t get through to our office, try writing. Fire broke out on the premises this week’s pressday. Copy was saved, but the telephone suffered. Keep trying.

SPORT, p 10

CAPITALISM/ARMS TRADE, ANALYSIS & PHOTO-FEATURE p 11-13

PHOTO-FEATURE, p 14

LIFE, pp 15-16

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