An Appeal to the Public Conscience [Leaflet, 1952]

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An Appeal to the Public Conscience
Secret Military Tribunals in Spain are condemning men and women to death or to 20 or 30 years in prison, for daring to believe in the elementary rights of association and free speech which we enjoy in Britain.
You are invited to a non-party, non-political
PUBLIC PROTEST MEETING
against
POLITICAL TRIALS IN SPAIN
to be held at the
MEMORIAL HALL, Farringdon Street (Ludgate Circus)
on
Thursday, 27th March at 7.30 p.m.
SPEAKERS WILL INCLUDE:
FENNER BROCKWAY [/] AUGUSTUS JOHN
H. N. BRAILSFORD [/] KINGSLEY MARTIN
J. BRONOWSKI [/] HENRY MOORE
MICHAEL FOOT [/] HERBERT READ

[More on the case and protest: 1952: Barcelona executions, global protests (Case number 658-IV-49) https://www.katesharpleylibrary.net/nzs92j. The issue of Freedom from 5 April 1952 had extensive reports from this meeting: https://freedomnews.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Freedom-1952-04-05.pdf The Special Branch report can be read at: https://www.katesharpleylibrary.net/ttf0rm]