IMGpapers 1976–79

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

KKK HOODS TERRORISE WOLVERHAMPTON POWELL'S CHILDREN

· Socialist Challenge No. 31, 2 February 1978 · pp. 1-2 of the scan · 422 words

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place at every level. ENOCH POWELL Is the Grand Wizard of Wolverhampton. He His children have donned Ku Klux Klan hoods and embarked on a campaign of terror against black youth in Woverhampton, The police have, as usual, arrested more blacks than white racists. The Grand Wizard's successor as Tory MP, Nicholas Budgen, has equated the white hoods with those whom they A lew Uncle Toms have praised the police and to crown it all, Margaret Thatcher has virtually invited Powell back to the Tory Front Bench by her blatant appeal to racism on World in In the face of this racist offensive, Labour has responded so far only with brave words. These are not enough. What is needed is to throw the resources of the Labour Party and the trades union into the fight against racism.

Anti-racists should organise the distribution of factory This must take bulletins.

demonstration. mounted approval.

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Labour MPs and trade organise factory-gate meetings against racism and the left should unite to swell the size of every anti-Nazi and anti-racist Furthermore the lessons of the Wolverhampton events once again point to the necessity of black people organising their own self-defence in collaboration with local anti-fascists and anti-racists. For the police, as we have seen, are only mobilised into action after the event. It needs a black to be killed or seriously injured before any real investigation is For racism runs deep into the heart of the British police force. The blue uniforms only give It an official seal of REPEAL THE RACIST IMMIGRATION LAWS EYE-WITNESS REPORT FROM WOLVERHAMPTON ON union leaders should LORD DENNING: We bEve ways and means of getting romad the lav - exclusive exposure p 3 Czechoslovak Socialis Sucked - exclusive docu sucking. Page 12.

*We Vulne our Close Economie Links with Iran' - the Foreign Office spells out its position. Page 12.

- Exposed! Secret French report on the South African - How British Leslund boosts apartheid. Puge 11, - Te Play or Not to Play.

on the World Cup In Argenting. Puge 13.

- FAY WELDON PETER KENNARD and JIM ALLEN discuss The spongers, Page 15.

- In Defence of the Commuelst Party by BEA CAMPBELL, JANE ROBERTS and CAROLINE ROWAN. Page 7.

• Forgement at Strasbourg hy TIM SHALLICE.

- Bevohution Blues by NEIL. WILLIAMSON l'uge 21

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