perspective to the struggles of the youth which could answer the belrayais or the IWA leadership, could only be carried out by explaining the material roots of racism and how it is being used by the ruling class in its attacks on the standard of living of wOrkerS 00aV. Cutbacks This can be seen clearly in the cutbacks which have been made in public expenditure by the Labour Government, and how they will affect the Southall area. Due to the shortage of schools in Southall, over 3,000 back Kios nave to be pussed to schoo outside the area every day, at a cost of £200,000 a year. Imagine what it will be like when they can't even pay for the coaches!
Another area of obvious racist discrimination is on the question of housing. It is officially accepted that in one square mile of Southall you have the greatest overcrowding in London. This is due to the fact that when immigrants first came here they were not entitled to council houses, but instead had to buy privately. This meant mal two or tree rammies nao to ger together to raise the money.
But for those who have been on the housing list long enough and have been lucky enough to get a council house, a deliberate racist policy is operated by the families are being put on one council estate which has been allowed to run down through lack of repairs. A ghetto is being crested on Enis estate Unemployment, which has always been a major issue for the black youth, is being made worse in the area by the planned closure of the Walls meat factory in Hayes where a large number of black youth work.
These are just some of the issues through which ine night against racism can De developed into a political fight to unite the But the most important thing to rememher is that it was only because of the struggle being waged in the black communues inal mme demonstraton was cared for 21. November. A step forward was also made at the Labour Party Conference with the decision to support black self-defence, and for the repeal of all immigration laws. We have to make sure that this is concretels implemented in an areas win the trade union movement and Labour Party bodies giving full support to all immigrant bodies