states THE Southall Defence Committee has sent the following telegram to the leaders of the independent at the Commonwealth conference and the Secretary General of the Commonwealth.
Similar tellerans are bisses, other organisations, inciuding the Indian Association.
For centuries British imperialism has had no hesitation in poking its nose into the affairs of other countries around the wherever interests stake. As government's nationalisation of BP shows, those days of unlimited imperialist power are over. It's now high time that the British class's record towards imperial subjects at home should also come under international scrutiny. ON behalf of black people of Britain we appeal to you justice. Southall, the largest black area in the country, the British police went wild. Thousands were beaten up, bundreds arrested OuT anti-racist brother Zealand beaten to death by the Special Patrol Group.
There are 342 political prisoners in Southall today. We were arrested for daring to demonstrate against racism. short-lived trial of two Asians.
Nazir and Munir Ahmed arrested in July last year after six men broke into their house in the middle of the night. Thinking the intruders were NF members the Ahmeds attempted defend themselves but beaten The black Workers (DETAINEDEND We are now being denied a fair trial by white magistrates. We have lost all hope in the British system of justice. It seems to us to be based on hypocrisy and cant.
was We appeal to you to take up our case at the Commonwealth ence. We urge you to send a team of inquiry to investigate what happened in Southall. We want you to instruct your High Commission to turned out to be plainclothes cops and the Ahmeds found themselves facing charges which could have meant years were In DiSon After over a year's delay the trial began in Manchester on 30 July, with the court packed out by supporters of the Ahmed Defence Committee. But were faced with thoroughly contradictory men police evidence, the judge stopped the SCRAP The:
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Webster.
the working class. still has embarrass fellow directorate if he up with Webster.
expel Webster, ended chop.
directorate, police.
Oldland's son.
worries. porters are have яу money, Andren are currently Reed-Herbert courts when we are being tried and the procedures that white establishment thinks that it can trample over our human rights because of the colour of our skins. Any support from abroad will only help the cause of anti-racism and anti-fascism in Britain.
Solidarity with the African people! No sell-out in Zimbabwe!
trial on the second day. He ruled that the Ahmeds had no case to answer.
Manchester's Chief Constable, James Anderton is fond of saying how good relations are between his cops and the Asian community. The Ahmeds' trial has shown how that, when it comes to race relations Manchester, the police are part of the argue that the NF has to relate to the extreme right in the Tories. Martin on the other hand, insists that the NF has to keep its base among poorer sections the white But these political differences have become intermingled with questions of money and 'personal behaviour' -Martin Webster's in particular. One of the reasons behind moves to oust Webster is that if he goes a large sum of money will apparently be available for the NF'scoffers.
But if Webster has few friends he influence. rumour currently heard in fascist circles is that Webster has information that could demided if the decided public. Certainly it is not friendship which has caused John Tyndall to line But Tyndall was on Webster's side at last week's crisis meeting of the national directorate. The move led Fountaine, Fountaine facing the Fountaine has hit back by sending a letter from an ex-member of the Gerald Oldland, to the The letter makes allerations about Webster's behaviour towards But Fountaine is still expected to come off worse in the power struggle, and if his threatened expulsion goes ahead it will add to the NF's financial Fountaine and his sup well entrenched on the board of 'NF Properties', the only part of the Front which appears to elements in the Movement are hoping to profit from the NF's troubles, but the BM has its own 'credibility' crisis - its members selling news-sheet entitled 'Adolf Hitler's contribution to the promotion of European peace'
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Racist trial flops JAMES Anderton's Manchester cops were humiliated last week during a