IMGpapers 1976–79

Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1976–79

RACIST MURDERS

Red Weekly No. 152, 27 May 1976 · pp. 1-2 of the scan · 360 words

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the hour. The blacks must patrol their own commu- Saturday's murders that task is doubly urgent.

Pages 6 & 7 - LABOUR AND RACISM Association.

TWO BLACK STUDENTS were stabbed to death in London early last Saturday morning, victims of a racist frenzy stirred up by the fascist right and the Labour Government's racist reaction to the expulsion of British passport holders from Malawi.

They were not the first to be attacked. The murder investigation has already brought to light at least four similar attacks on black students in the area in the past few months. Elsewhere in London blacks have been set about by groups of fascists.

The situation is deadly serious. Black people are now prey to savage racist attacks. But the police aren't interested - they at first tried to deny that the murders could have had any racist motive. After all, they themselves are becoming old hands at hounding and harassing black youths.

The organisation of self-defence is the task of "The incident is a direct result of Government failure to take effective measures to check the irresponsible campaign of racial hatred carried out by the media during the recent past, and partıcularly on the issue of British passport-holder Malawi Asians.' - A S. Rai President of the Indian Workers against the fascists.

organisations.

Dinesh Choudri... ne wo attacked without nities. The National Union of Students should put out a similar call to all students along with the organisation of a national strike and demonstration to coincide with the funeral of the murdered students.

Local Labour Party and trade union organisations should organise street meetings to spell out the danger of the rising tide of racism, campaign for the repeal of all immigration controls, and organise They should kick out leaders like Birmingham Trades Council president William Jarvis who try to whip up anti-immigrant prejudices. Local Labour councils must be forced to deny facilities to fascist After the death of Kevin Gately at the hands of the police in Red Lion Square in June 1974, the call went up for workers' self-defence. After last

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Right to Work/Engineers Red Weekly 27 May 1976

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