over the country •Paul Holborrow, solid achievements of anti-fascist forces in the country. The ANL, Holborrow, and vigilance against Tories were going inflation to 20 Neither nor could not ignore them.
the most persistent theme. than ever by sion.
the branches in Dearden, Anti Nazi League.
Martin pointed more escalated since 'But', he said, children children have Labour was in Sue Dearden THERE were nearly 300 delegates from Anti Nazi League branches all at the League's conference in Londón on Saturday.
the steering committee, spoke about the the ANL and explained its strength being based on the fact that it was a coalition of all according had still to maintain the Nazis. The to push unemployment to two million and per cent. Thus the conditions in which fascism thrives would continue to exist and the ANL There were 82 motions before the conference on various subjects — the Tory attacks on black people being delegates expressed disquiet that most of these resolutions had not been composited in order to permit a more meaningful and constructive discusAs it turned out, there were few differences at the conference itself and the steering committee accepted over four-fifths of the motions from In some ways the two most useful contributions came from Ian Martin, secretary of the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants, and from Sue secretary of the Oldham out that the number of deportations had certainly alacrity the Tory victory.
'some delegates have
expressed their horror at the detention Harmondsworth detention centre prior to deportato Since the Tories came to power 49 allacks been deported.
However, in the same period when Coalice. power prior to the election, 66 children were deported.' explained how Oldham ANL had worked to defend Ali (174), Abdul Azad. 'Some delegates,' she argued, 'have implied that the ANL is for some reason incapable of working within the black communities.
'In Oldham we involved the local Bengali population with which we took up th Abdul Azad case.' Jumerous delegates stressed th n the coming period it would b multiply the measures taken by Oldham ANL in order to defend black people against the Tory Conference elected a new steering The following elected in order of votes received: Avtal Jouhar (196), Vishnu Sharma (193), Maurice Ludmer (185), Tariq Paul Holborrow (170), THE Abdul Azad case was referred to many times at the ANL conference on Saturday. Here Azad is seen demonstrating on 7 July outside Risley Remand Centre in the North-west Denis Skinner (164), Harris (145), Ernie Roberts Audrey (118), Miriam Arthur Latham (113).
Views about the conference were mixed While most delegates pleased that the necessary resolutions ad been passed, there was a feell at with better preparation it mig have hee ace on phe state of the AL ie been possible the localities.
The two speeches which were bes were and Amanda Leon. Sharma explained defendants in Southall. being victimised by the courts and a Peter (137), Miria 11 jain in a ner Karlin (117), 1 am were the foyer outside.
support more far Vishnu Sharma the Margaret They were be judged.
WORD+FIRST WORD+F campaign was vital. Amanda Leon insisted that the campaign to bring Blair Peach's murderers to justice was of vital importance.
shocked,' she said, "that there are delegates to this conference who have been signing the appeal in As ANL members you should have been already campaigning to get broad public inquiry and disbanding the SPG The tasks facing the ANL in the coming period will, in some ways, be more difficult than in the past. It will be on its ability to organise mass Thatcher Willie Whitewash that the ANL will finally
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