WHAT WE ARE FIGHTING HOUSING:
WE WILL Tight huilding of decent houses rents and prices that people car afford. Ne would renovate run-down properties with 100 Deist grants to householders. sHould be made habitable and council properties let to those in need. Until there are houses for all we support the right of people to squat. Freeze rents. Houses for People, Not Profits.
UNEMPLOYMENT WE WOULD slash unemployment by reducing the working week to 35 hours with no loss of pay. Reduce the retirement age by 5 years on full pay.
No Redundancies — Work or Fall Pay:
WAGES:
LABOUR'S social means that a family of four has suffered a ElO cut in purchasing power in the last four years. We demand FIEl end to controls and a guaranteed minimum wage, linked to rise: to the cost of living.
WOMEN:
WOMEN must have full and equal rights at work and in society. We must have the right to choose whether or not we have chibiren.
We support free abortion and contraception on demand. The scandal MSICHITALLIOE women against their (especially black women) must be stopped.
NURSERIFS:
MORE murseries must be built, open 24-boars and run under the control of people who use HEALTH:
HOSPITALS and health care ane a right not a luxury.
domani I3C1C830 spending, better medieni facili bes and no deatal, prescription, or spectade charges. And end to pricade practice.
SOCIALIST CHALLENGE 6 April 1978 page B EDUCATION:
WE DEMAND an end to the cut-backs in spending and the the al teachers. шострісудсні We shall fight to the quality education. Our children de serve the best.
WOULD MONEY COME FROM?
- Take over the assets of the bankers and companies Abolish all arms expendiStop all payments to the owners of nationalised industries 'IMMIGRATION' "RACE"
BLACKS are over 20 per cent of the population in Lambeth Central. This is why race 15 g central issue in the by-clection.
Unemplustent black youth is 20 per cent: contract housing policies discriminate and exclude us; the standard of our education is "sub-normal"
and our young are brutalised as part of everyday practice For these reasons we have to define our stand on race and immigration no solution even though this by-election 15 not about power.
Education The situation of the ESN school Intake is 75 per cent black. And in the low streams comprehensive secondary modern schools, our of children are no better off. will The local education authoritics do nothing about Young National Front or about racist and fascist teachers in must racion in the literature our Children read.
The State local police continue to brutalise black youths arrest them on sus, conspiracy and attempled theil.
Local magistrates continue 1o 1112 back youth in sentences on frame-ups ann minor charges.
We demand a public enquiry into police racism in Lambeth.
The Established Parties and the National Front Racialise allacks many shapes: Labour's Green among Paper on a new nationality law and Committee's Report on Race and Immigration the designed to keep blacks out of THE the UK and novements of those here.
They will take away the few Insurance rights that up antil now hlack people have include: the vote, ihe right to be on a jury; the right to stand for public office; the right to work in Government's service.
The National Front puts all these racist positions together AND and adds fascism.
FIGHT BACK!
THE solutions of the lished parties and the NF are not acceptable to the people of Lambeth, amongst people We have no alternative but to fight hack This election chance to fight for a socialist solution. police "Imotigration"
problent, It is a lie 10 divert attention away Train the real source of the problems.
Abstention Labour Government offers no - solutions.
Tilley, the Labour candidate. will be as guilty as Lipton was in supporting racist legislation.
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