IMGpapers 1976–79

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

Fighting fascism- forward?

· Socialist Challenge No. 30, 26 January 1978 · p. 6 of the scan · 642 words

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TWO problems when considering forward for the anti-fascist movement. first la the necessity of a workers" united front against fascism. This was the strength Socialist Challenge article which cor rectly raised the concept of a unitary organisation within which different ideas could be raised The other and fought need Is to TOT overcome the obvious absurd Ity of various sectors of the eft organising three or lour counter-events to a single NF demonstration. In the shor tern, it is and has nossible to avoid the latter mistakes on occasion.

The first problem is more TED LanES. again in the short term, it is sadly very unlikely that we can create a mass permanent and unitied anti-lascist organisation. divisions in st DIVISIONaL reformists believe that antifascists should avoid at all should rely on the police and courts to Implement the Race Halations ACl are propared to stop the fascists organising are often regarded as being virtuaily in the enemy camp -consider just about every ning Sue Sapman has said on the lssue of fasciam in the past pend nis doesn t mean wat possible periodically involve quite large fasciet activities; this occur rod, in varying ways, on the 23 April demonstration and in Failure to Involve broad sections of ine. movement means that we risk and SHUTTE platform position into a recipe or kamikaze tactice. But the creation of a permanent united been tront agans, lascism, would actually organise, Is not It is in the context of what is to be done in the next months that many of the points made by Dave Wise of the Merseyside Anti Fascist Commitlee are very valuabin. There is no Coordinating Committee of anti-fascist committees is at present the most signiticant and being tascists.

The fact is that Campaign Against Raciem will not organise Tne A z explicitly that it is in business JuBt to provide proeganda and will not be a body to which groups can atarate in me sense or tang Whir these limits it still has a positive potential, 1s somewhat mysterious inner functioning and stater unwillingness to movement means that the ANL will not produce an antitascist organisation labour The NCC has over. affiliated committees. open to aorce with its 8ns. include an acceptance of the no platfarm position, Having SAID TOILET add that the NOC has still to win the affiliation 811-1ascist and racist groups. Perhaps more must be grasped that the NOC turned CHOLER working class united front we must aim at, just by a process of arithmetical growth. Failure to understand this leads to the tamiliar join us"

In late May. elections. the NCC and the All London Campaign Against Joint RACIST BNO FaSCiSm InTenD 10 hoid a The conterence hopes lo deal with two sets of problems. Firstly, it wants to open up a democratic but fascists and oursalvis chester police sixty all committees that which tactics by anti-lascists.

The second major discussion of many ACTIVISTA important, and to ing Into 1ne delegates from local conference organisations SCOTAGE SHECHE after the local the question, conference right direction. dabate.ona number al political issues that have emerged in the past period.

that the Struggle cannot be reduced to a punch TWO -5108 to be able involse working people on our particularly from the black communities, and ManAnderton spelled out juat how the state intends to take part sophisticated of will be on the organisation of anti-fascist broaden the base of the NCC improve its functionwill be open ta fascist and racist groups and labour movement bodies. as well as from national political The short term answer to the anti-lascis is to build the This only have to travel, but it is in the TOP THE NATIONAL FRON OR 1885.

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