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into a long tirade against the 'others'. the Labour Government, National Front.
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Pro me suucqietorsen-organisation •Ine above struggling by any means to hand DAVE BAILEY[London]. 1 was disappointed by your lead article of 27 January The headline appeared to encoulace une oro-prosecunonisis. our nen went or These included several individual Labour MPs, the Home Office, Fleet Street, the police and the In other words the article discouraged those who want to prosecute rowen oy seeking to remind tnem Your statement that the call of black organisations prosecuted should be supported" herefore appears hypocritical. You say that this call 'is nownere near enougn on its ownto obar witn ue racis menace. rair oolt. bur wno Ininks mal it woulo De 'enough"? Do you imagine that those who would lead the fight for prosecution (the black organisations, etc Surely the real issue is mot whe her it s nough, but others on your nemersucnan action woud promote une strucgien in my view ii wouldgoacrea cea rowelris norlus any racist — another name on the list. Heis the leader of the racist cause, the canon of racist orthodoxy, the man who makes it most respectable. A move to do him down - in any way possible - would mobilise very broad Leave asice mne impact or a successtui prosecution of the racists. You may disagree. But then you should say what will mobilise large forces at the You avoid these questions by offering speculation *The rulina class courts'. vou continue. 'and the rulind class carament wil not eaoerv turn on a member oi their own establishment'. In other words, forget about snouun ryou ve trying to mane iu tore naciy: lotdau ine eneci or voursositio is to ciscourace mose wiio You finish up by saying 'There can be no reliance on . self-organisation is the only guarantee'. But in practice you seem to dismiss all legal or parliamentary action as of no value As revolutionaty Marxists we have strong views on prosecute Powell, tried to derail the mass movement of what the most effective long range methods of struggle black youth into reformist and legalistic methods are. Hence we urge extra-parliamentary in preference to parliamentary methods. But we can tallow this to stand I shouldn't think that the victim of a racist assault methods of struggle are'. Wealso think that they are the much cares wno or wnat tries to stence rowen ror us to make our preferences an obstacle in the way that is . Full support for prosecuting Powell!
CUS. • Dave Bailev is wrona. We should not be in favour oi Goino rowe l cown manv wevooss/ole -oreramoe Powellites because this encourage mass action against racism. Similarly we are norouckmg mne osue wiew we stale our supportFo ine callby Diack oreanisatons prosecuted. We agree with Dave Bailey that we should be in favour of such a call if it stimulated mass action.
The fact that black organisations are supporting this callis one important incex or the tact that would ti not the method of struggle we would choose would be completely sectarian to stand aside movement that developed around this demand on the Labour Government.
vomrade oaney misunderstanos our statementina such a callis nownere near enouon to deai with thi racist menace • We know that the leaders of black organisa onsar awa recessiy esr mads astin tho necessity for accompany the calls for prosecution is all the more evocnds vesaw over me summernow inese resoers particulariv inose now most vocirerous in their calls t Finally. Dave Bailey is only partially correct when he sayo wc urecea ra bamamend meinoos pecause w. nave stone wews on warmemosrerec ive onoranos mosteffective 'shortrange' methods.
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