IMGpapers 1976–79

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

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Socialist Challenge No. 15, 29 September 1977 · p. 7 of the scan · 1,073 words

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ON 16 OCTOBER the Hackney Committee Against Racism, supported by the London District Committee of the Communist rty, the London Internation Asian organisations will carry the struggle into the fascist stronghold of Honon in the neart of ondon's Eust End. reports LAN LENTON borough Union of Fascists in the 30 Natome Treat e wed the best * 5 in this are that Sch endal will be standing in th Oral Electi ver the pass 18 months t tepped up their campaign of physical attacks and burning of property. The attempts to burn Martin Webster, will initiate reports.

Thanday the rancice Anti-Fascist Committee, which 15 • sub-committes of the local trades council, decided not to call off the picket and muss rally outside Hyde town hall, Unlike Coln Barnen, secretary or ind North well TUC, the unti-fascist committee do not t think that the ban on the fascist march and rally is the end of the story.

0W38C0 BOT In deepest Hoxton down the community book SIP headquarters in the sate Centreprise are only two of the incidents.

The demonstration is built the black community in Fast London. *No Platform For Fascials. Tne -called right of these politica Defence Against Racist A right self-protection OHL BUY S7W LLON must repeal them now, ssemble at Shoreditch Par ople Sereet, New North Rou NI.

Bus routes 76. 141, 271; nearest tabe: Old Street. encourage the one-person march which their Fuhrer.

on 8 October. Local anti-fascists are calling for national support for a mass rally and picket outside Hyde Town Hall. OLIVER NEW This committee, having care fully considered all information received, recognises that Marlin Webster will aot be alone on his march through Hyde on 5 Uciober.

We assert the right of the labour movement to defend th ner people against fascism.

We therefore call upon all Join us on a mass picket of Hyde town hall at 10am on 8 October.

Don't be fooled. Webster will not be alone - No platform for Navis!"

The anti-fascist committee was onty recognising the obvious that the National Front is not Likely to be too far away from their leader. While he makes a one man protest against calminatin peech on the steps of the tow hall, his loyal followers unlikely to be at home having Sunday cinner.

But this is noi gaite so cicar to Colin Barnett. He lost no time ac all in condemning the call of the condemned the original plan by the Socialist Workers Party for i victory march in central ManBut •*Ped fascist feeling in the before the ban stop the Front, DOOT TE DEMOCRACY to fascism.

pianned significance IN CROCI Martin came wasn't Barnett who forced the police to ban the Front march: It was the intention of thousands of peaple to get out to Hyde and stop them by weight o numbers. Those numbers are still neoded on i Ocrober to assert that fascisin will not parnde on the streets, and there are indications that a number of organi sacions in the Manchester and ciscenere will moouse sn support of the anti-fascist picket.

Indeed, the strength of sotNorth-west has already taken Brother Har nett by surprise. A meeting of 200 labour movement delegate WIEL overwhelmingly for alf anti-fascists to go to the town hall on the 8th to A follow-up macecing same size was equally militant -a striking indication that large numbers of trade union and about miranis are delermance to see fasciam defeated, and are no looger content Just to talk If the labour movement and the council sub-committee and the trades council executive meets press — then every effort must be made for an all-out defence of the class to demonstrate its opposition The fascist National Front is pianning to meet at Reading Oid Town Hall on 29 Octas STRAN local meeting has since the Tameserificance The fascists pian to make it a MICHAEL fascists OLEY wriT Speakers at the Reading meeting will include NF president squad their nacional activities organise Websier. Local Front tulicer Phil: Baker has said incheater thinking i Fi is quite be a much Wehster has said that expects at Jeast three hundred The granting of permission lo use council promises Front meeting on 29 October about because decision by Laberal and Conser vative members to vole JOE SOC use of the ball by the Front. The arguments were the old ones of INHOTE This disgusting rubbisharrived in the post from Basingstoke free speoch and democracy. The HOSTS COR BOURS MEW STU ment: race relations in Reading are good so there is ootbing to TAT TEN AC THEIS S Anti-fascists in Readina calling for a mass picket of the Old Town Hall, where the meetIng will take place. Keith Jerome, Council, said that he expected trade-ubionists from all over the Lewisham. The trades council do not plant a violent confronJo try and talk to every fascist There i stil a chance that the local council might rescind the policy commiles whic ratity the hiring of the hall A meeting of all political organi the Frout is taking place of b Ocroher at the imitative of the local branch of the International Marxist Group If, as seems likely, the counci approves the decision to hire tbeir premises to fascists bocisist Traile ce unt to poten in the evening of 29 October at Keading Old Town Hall.

Coacher will be leaving from London. For more infermation contact London IMG at al-263 3081.

Southampton A HIGHLY successful meeting organised by Socialist Challeng supporicis in sournemplo to the basis lor •broad anti-fascist united froat in the Nearly a bundred people were present inchiding members of th Jolernational Maraisi to up. Socialist Workers Party, Mages THi!

PEAN Communis Party and a fair sprinkline of local trade unior ists, Raghib Ashan, the Socialist Unity candidate in the recent Ladywood by-election, spoke o the fight against fascism and Maney wat collected to cover the cosis of the meeting and lo defend local mibitancs arrested in Lewisham A group of bui workers doonted Es and i socia raised E45 An ad-hoc commitle consist individual members or the lat of the SWP, IMG and our Party has work locally, it intends to organise s coachi for the Reading picket on 29 DOLI ties can be transformed

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All the available information suggests that fascists will be arriving in Tameside in ones and twos to applaud and

fascists on the march!

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