and Immigration.
Is this a second Uganda?' He has little to say to reassure them.
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that the recommendations of Tre meea COMELLC PC Implemented, "Above all', said Mary Dines, we should be cear that the essence of the report is nothing new. It just shows that they are developing *Siede back enie back en pushed back back waiting lists for immigration. This will just make people wait ond children of people who are particulariy already in the country."
The other aspects of the report are nothing more than African Alans to go to the antempt 'persuade Asian sub-continent rather than 1o Britain. This Is beins done by tightening up on HaLaCEITUC! procedures. and by making life difficult for arrivals in this country.
Subhash Palei is particulariy about the Labour Government. As far as be is concerned, it is carrying out Tory policies.
Thatcher's statement is what is written in the Select Committee's report'.
ALARMIST It is not just the report that him. The Labour MITCIS Government's pust record on immigration has shown that it cannot PDE 1 depended The strengthening of the law I0 1914 0.- Pas 'convenience* marriages VERTEE direction Labour was going to take. This applied apainst the arranged marriages of the Asian community. Select Committee takes practice one step further. lc suggests that immigrant wor should adopt 'traditional Britsh' practice of CARF Conference THE CAMPAIGN Against Hacism and Fuscism, together with the London Anti-Ruciss Anti-Fascist Co-ordinating Commillec. B organising a conference onl 3-4 June.
The organisers say the uim of the conference is to bring dogether the various unti-racist. anti-fascist bodies, le strengthem the anti-racist mosement by unifying and co-ordinnting the various elements which comprise shut moreibent - and 'formulule tile basis which • national andi-racist. ST-AMIS committee.. may be set up'.
The conference is open lo locat comitees, shop steward committees, trades council, Immigrant organisutions, ethnic minority organisulions, and community Speakers will include wright David Edgar and Sivanandan, director ef the SOCIALIST CHALLENGE 6 Aprii 1978 page 9 to the Select Committee Report on Race Relations At the community centre in Wembley, Subhash Patel has a huge queue of Asians who have come to see him, not for the usual discussion about housing and the social services, but to-ask him 'What is our future? Where do we stand?
JUDE WOODWARD talked to SUBHASH PATEL, community worker in Wembley and MARY Both of them are confident | the bride going to the country of her husband.
Subhash Patel does not think that the Asian commuiWe should have expressd are being burselves more strongly in 1968. then might delayed this kind of development. CEnIS alarmist to speak out now."
wives IGNORE The suggestions in the Select CommilleC report ignore the real problems MHASL8I55 cultures in this Government genuincly cerned NOCHE would make a concerted effort to approach, it by improvins and extending education, socia SerVices. TROSINA Justead, Labour gives the go-abead for employers who take ou people without work permits; proposes to lighten up the pursui! of "overstayers": and CACEBAUCE dependants and fance's wantIng CURI Furthermote, it is out to stop the payment of Child Benefits and tax rebates for dependants not living in this country.
Mary Dines pointed out that These economic against immigrants could make a difference of more than E54 a month to some people. This re- will make it very difficuit for that Bangladeshis in particular to keep up families at home.
It's a far The Government's declared intent-this ion of encouraping Aid to the Poorest of the Poor'. sending money the areas like Bangindesh, What Subhash Patel is most Institute of Race Kelations.
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Wolverhampton Racist Committee is waging a defence campaign for those arrested during the 2.500-strong racist demonstration in Wolverhampion March.
Selny Ashcroft, screey F the commillce, explains: significan that the nwo main singans of the demonstration were "End racist attacks" and Ind police harassment", The march was well stewarded and groeps. orderly, but was used by the plas- police to continue cheir bully bov tactics.
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con-OORICM and prosecuting concerned about is how the left can help the Asian community plans to organise a fightback against obstacles for Labour and Tory racist. The community is held back by the Britain. conservatism of its traditional leaders. Miry Aim Came o his country where they enjoyed privileges ar the expense of the African sanctions The being agents and bosses for the governments in Africa méans that they are not reconciled to thinking working class.
tbeir et riard what sitiy is wlat Class cry from the "Mans of them still believe the myth that there is not a class sociely by However the and help lo InIE ters has hewi tat and Imperial Led the march and this was used contact: as an excuse hy the police 1o 53, pick up several micant Clack youths and the treasurer of the anti-racis commuttce, Stevens.
Ashcroft adds: We would like to know managed to let one individual through their ranks to attack themarch. Not for us the police protection National Front.
The committee believes thar Dave Sievens was picked up delheralely. He is well known on l1 in Wolverhampion as a leading figure in anti-racist activities and was the committee's liaison officer with the police on the demonstration.
The other arrests were made at the end of the march, Three people were arrested whie attempting togo home.
Wolverhampion Anti-Racist Committee had dossier on racis atlacks in the foun. which contained strong criticisms of the role of the SUBHASH Patel (right] and Mary Dines [lett], at a press conference in London last week.
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The white left needs to be these and the of political work amongst the immigrant community. One of its tasks is to Asians who way. theit department traditional status-seeking and And militants need to promote and aid movements like that of the in Southall.
are open and local concernod about the current situation. They see themselves as British, having known no out of the old. urracoce or me care systee STEUT which still provides a strong police. Jeiny Ashcroft believes che arrests were linked to the "The committee Teels thai the MUILE WEEC WIELTO OE ERL DI wuhlicity the dossier bad eiver SNEUE HISE WEIC WOLTEE GOUU further possible exposure. They decided to make ans example of a lew people, particularly Dave Stevens, in order to frighren off focus for The comminee is culling for the dropping om ainr groups.
victimisation, attractingsignilicant support in the town. Dave Stevens spoke at a meeting of uret a thousand called by the Indian Worker ment Aenerous farcial support by sution The detence campaign will he pick et Wolverhampton on 17 April. Donations for the hume.
campaien should he sent 1o:
Trevor Coote. 23 Oak St., conservative force in lhe Asian Mary Dines points out that the Asians need a CULLO! approach to the social services and bousing authorites. At problems in avery individeat moment they see If the Service for down application for a grant, lhe person concerned sees it as in nave been refused", and not a a collective problem.
Subhash Patel added that it they could learn to fight toese attitudes of the social service authorities in a collective way the experience would politicise them on the broader issues.
Finaily he said that the important lesson concerned the GoverOmen. "The Labour Government has done Leamington LEAMINGTON Anti-Racist and Anti-Fuscist Cannmittee.
WISE LEAMISLO Trades Council, is organising a demonstration and rally for the afternoon of April. For cume lime tue Leamine on und Weus chr en ac bete the ALETHICT various racists and neo-Nuri This was where Robert Rell pet ap his For Sale to Whites Only" sign. Later this year two members of the Britsh Mowe -ae openly Nazi organi face trial for inciting rucial hatred afler a demonstratien in the area.
And two weeks ago Ku Klus Klan hoss David Duikes visited Jeafleting homes, factories and Robert Reif at bis Leumingion It is to counter such provocation that the anti-rucis demonstration has heen culled. It mall commence from Automotive nolling for the working , class in this country. It is laughable chat it still has hi% time that name as a socialist pasty. the labour movement woke up to the fact that the Labour' in Labour Party is only a name Toduy, its policies do nothing labour, they are Tors policies.
Syd Bidwell, the Labour MP Southall who signed th Select Commuttoe's Tepor, says that Asians shoukd look al the report nore thoroughly How thoroughly need we look it suggest wc should carry identity cards?
'Looking at it 'thoraughy" does not gise me any helpful advice for people who come in I here week afler weck asking me what is going to happen, and asking me which way they, should vole.
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Blackburn ACTION Apaist Racism in Bleckburn. Lancashire, is organisine a mass picket of Nastatal Front meine at the Public Halls, Northgale on 5 May at 7pm. In a sratement the commitlee says;
•Weipolagise to the people of Blackburn lor any noonvenicace or expense this picket mas incar, but botter a small price tow than concentration camps and gas ovens later. We firmly believe thar this is what ts policy of the NF and its leaders statements would lead to.
Action Agasnst Racism will be maxImUm support for the picker from local people The organisers are also hoping for surrounding districts
discuss the North of Ireland.
BELL explains.
Originally Northern Ireland Secretary Roy Mason and the Irish Forcien Minister Michael Kennedy were to meet Belfast, Mason had asked for the meeting in carly February to For weeks, the Irish Governament allowed Mason's requests to test in a pigeon hole. In the middle of March came the reply that the Irish Government would consider such a meeting. but in Dublin not Belfast and that such a meeting must cover more than security "All aspects of Anglo-Irish relations should be included in the agenda, said an Irish reluctant Mason agreed, then the talks were postponed by the Irish because of the death of a The Callaghan-Lynch meeting was finally agreed on instead. JIM CALLAGHAN and Irish Premier Jack Lynch met in Copenhagen last weekend at the EEC summit to The meeting took place in the context of what is probably the greatest crisis in British policy in Ireland since the collapse of power sharing in 1974. GEOFF and again to the theme. At the Fanna Fail February Lynch declared: in *It would take nothing from the honour of Britain or the right of the majority in the North If the British Government were to declare by agreement."
EXCHANGE Then in a British TV interview 9 March exchange took place between Lunch and the interviewer:
Interviewer: "In the end isn't what you want and the Provi Sional IRA want exactly the same thing, which braking of the link with Britamn?
Lynch: "The Provisional IRA perhaps do want the same thing ultimately but are going about it in a way we abhor. conference in their TINATE ment's policies are al a dead end with the only movemen!
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integration of the North into Britain.
All this in turn has had an effect on the main Catholic reformist party in the North -Democratic and Labour Parly - who have also renewed their calls Tor Brirain торо.
To many in the Catholic ghettoes in tac North, moves to unity by Anglo-trish diplomacy may appear a more attractive proposition than cither the signals or the moves toward a THESS camnaiur which have been developll cannot even be ruled out that sooner or alet Britain ma be willing to make some form mild declaration won't stand in the was of Irish SOCIALIST But both for Lunch and Britain there remains one vital precondition for the implemen. lation of any such move - the smashing of Repuhlican and socialist militants in the North aad South. are socialist ideas is growing.
CLOULE was. among militant Republicans in North; there remains chance that within the next few CAESA MATCHERI Will BrOW I Ireland which will he capable not only of drivine l seatst