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At the same time police chief James Anderton colluded with the Front in organising a secret, pooriy atlended fascist march in he Levenshulme area of Manary and the local council nor the press and public were informed of the Front route. Even so unsushuime area greeted the Front IS WINE MES OCENTR and 600 strong) with a barrage of of the police operation. He carly mornine the centre of Hyde had been reduced to a ghost were boarded up. the 50-tal market closed and cameras installed on the top of buildings. Anderton was at pains to bounce that riot shields were on hand and police had been trained in "public order techniques.
'Tam not out to frighten people away, but if this is what has happened it will be a wonderful bonus', be added. Anderton had Jearnt the lessons of Lewisham and Ladywood. Ir's only when tens of chousands of local people have come out against the fascists that they can be driven off the make the local people prisoners in their ommunity; put an equal sig tween the fascist and antimake Hyde look like Belfast — and then go behind locked doors with Martin Webster and arrange a ascist march elsewhere. The illusion that the police had leedier Fontaine looking on. THOUSANDS OF men and women in uniform, accompanied by jeeps, squad cars and ground-to-mir cameras marched in military-style formation through Hyde, Manchester on Saturday 8 October. This flagrant breach of the 1936 Public Order Act was put on by the police at a cost of £250,000 in order to ensure that one fascist — Martin Webster — could take a Saturday invoked the Public Order Act to sop the Front marching, an idea seizu upon by Colin Barnetl la call off the promised 20.000 itrong mobilisation of the North West region of the TUC, has been 44058 decision of Tanteside Council, by 39 votes against 12, to goahead with their mobllisation at Hyde Town Square, backed by the International Marxist Group, has been vindicared We went to Hyde not to assault Webster but to defend the right to organise against fascist provocations in the strongest possible way, In fact at the present time the greatest threat to the democratic comes not from the fascists but from the state. a poil funhe amplified by Robin Blackburn on P.13 or this paper.
HOW TO CALL Throughout the day from the platforin established by the Tameside Anti Fascist Com mittee and the IMG stressed this point. And eventually a crowd which reached 1,500 at its peak. fans, own bum, you Nazi scum', and other anti-fascist slogans.
The disappointing turn-out: in Hyde reflecred the confusing and demobilising effoct of the use of the Public Order Act. But tbe anti-fascist cause was not helped by the unilateral decision of the Ns/ Tynda/ [carme) advising police ohlet, with bowler-hatted ghouf and NF DOESCUS Trades speeches issue of democratic rights, turbed normally without consulting they called for Stockport.
reduced to street worse still, Fascist Committee The counter-demonstration and rally in Hyae Sociast Workers Patty to Send their supporters to Stockport Do sectarianism the basis of a rumour. Ignoring the ignoring the decision of Tameside Trades Council to continue with is mobilisation despite the sabotaging role of the North West TUC, the SWP at the last moment called a national mobilisation for Stockport. No wonder only 600 Up despite the SWP xcellent mobilisati for these events. It is hardly surprising that a large proportion seen ofthem were thoroughly demoral Mersey First the SWP had a nationa mobilication For Tameside; then Rally other Town called a "victory march to celebrate the imposition of the Public Order Act; whe else supported it they ancelled it — at the same tin they warned anti-fasciscs against going to Hyde because it was a police trap; finally at two days? noticea national mobilisation was Underlying all those flip-flaps importance of defending the rights of fascists to organise and (ill a simplistic controntation at all costs notion in fighting theNF The issue of lighting raciam is warfare and, street warfare Ironically cough, the 300 mem- bers who eventually gotthroughto Levenshulme only did so on thi hasis of information co-ordinated by the Manchester Socialist Chal lenge Centre and Tameside AntiBut first prize for unalloyed the Communist Party. A call was put through the Stockport district of the Engineering Union for a rally in Stockpori'sMersey Square. 150 of the Party Taitbful turned up to hear CP speakers say they were having "nothing to do with the SWP jamboree', Atthe same time three times as many people were attending the SWP meeting on the other side of the square. single Mersing Star seller was to over in Hyde IMG members intervened in hoth the meetings and spoke to a further picker of 200 SWP members outside Stockport Hall. emphasising the importance of defendiog demo cratle rights and building a united AGAINST US Manchester's Piccadilly Radi interspersed its usual Saturda afternoon foothall reports witi ive coverage' of the Tamesid Stockport, Levenshulme eveni At fill-time what was the score?
For the police a tactical victory in isolaring the anti-fascist farce from the local population anc beginning to re estahlish their THE ROAD MAKE TO WALK ON CARNIVAL DAY The Battle for the West Indian Carnival in Britain Price 50p controlol the streets after Lewishath and Ladywood. However, the police did have a referee, complete with yellow and red cards, on its side, namelytbe Public Order Act. It' sunlikelydbat many antifascists will fall for chis dummy again.
Forthe National Front, a defeal. Their style is to swagger into some black community with fanfares and ceremony to give the impres sion of their overwhelming strength. Now they are forced to scurry through back streets with an 8,500-strong police escort and even then they dare not annouse the venue of their march.
For the anti-fascists a lot more teamwork is neoded to make thei an effective force — as demonstrated by the victories won in Wood Green Lewisham and Ladywood, In particular the strikers up front sometimes have a tendency to run offside, socing only the goal of smashing the with the defensive work of up holding our own democratic rights against attacks by the state. Greater tealework can sen ensure that the large labour movement crowds standing on the terraces are won into an active fight against the fascists, ensuring a lasting VILLELY
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