committee, reports.
The conference will take place at a very important time for anti-racists. When Powell made his "fivers of blood"
peeches a few year ago, his coom against blacks brough widespread condemnation from the political establishment. Now of course he claims to be the man who was right all RACIST PATH Es bot hard to see why. Trailing along behind him on his racist poth is the whole spectrum of fame the or supper 10 some Labour supporters. documentaries now openly discuss repatriation. A local Tory Loanci In Buckinghamshire offered incentives for black poopielD get out of the country in order to avoid hoesing them. THE WEEKEND of 3/4 June will see a national conference of anti-racist and anti-fascist organisations. Called by the National and London Coordinating Committees and CARF paper, it is attracting a lot of interest and support from local antiracist groups as well as trade unions and other organisations. Oliver New, a member of the conference organising Racist murder has become an established phenomenon.
I reanne a maste Tich lo organise a massive against racism Every locality now has its anti-racist group. A variety of organisatons are being ser up in workplaces, unions, schools CUILLES The conference on 3/4 June is an attempt to set up a national structure to co-ordinate and develop some of this activity and to discuss what tasks face the movement as a whole.
Clearly the labour movement has to commit itself to a serious campaign to stem the growth of racise. All to often in the past the issuc of tacism has been ruled out of order in union meetings as a political matter which was not the concern of the movement be swept away. Sonte steps have been made. Two weeks ago the conterence af the CPSA, one of the civil service unions, voted to support the Anti-Nazi League The conference of the ASTMS white-collar follow the lead of the railworkers NUR in deciding that racist activity is not compatible with union membership. and fascism. WOMEN anti-fascist Similarly the gay and the women's movement need to take on racism and fascism and Already Women Against Rac ism and Fascism groups have been started in many areas.
Recent attacks against
have alerted them to the threat Within the black commonilex. anger i5 mounting.
to a demonstration al 5,000 people in the London only a few days larer. All these developments need to be strepethened through the estahlishment of organisations. -LAC Guardian carried similar letters an paedophitia, banned, Gay News, despite its WESLIESE many gays. For them the ban is a severe blow, Smith's owns many of the most important relan outlets and influences what the inde pendent newsagents are willing to stock. Thus the can on Gay nanditul of managers to control what we read. called Tor Smith's by ers. The NUS bas called student unions to order their papers elsewhere. Dilier insti tutional users, libranes, are also being asked to order elsewhere.
These collective methods are more effective than pickets 1o Whitehouse's prevent indiyidual buyers using mich's. The struggle is to get Smith's to extend its distri bution, not to apply moral prcasure to stop people boing into the shops.
Information Smus — which should be the character of those called for 27 May, can publicise Tahour movement.
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and The GAA & calling a meeting of left and pro-gay neaspapers, to the discuss how they can help the was defence of Although papers distributed The by Smith's could withdraw in Such complacency must now voted to the modern Nazis anti-racist. each other.
June conference says East End of INDEPENDENT national conting conference is therefore a major. | to le independent anti-racist, CUTE is a life-line for raises the right of a Activists Alliance a haycon; of pickets B:
and from The meeting. •H-Block. the Tribuna alaming committee a Halter lemm -shirts, E2 Rach plus 15o p3p opportunity for anti-racists to anti-Fascist develop such a structure. WARF Clearly there is no aim to duplicate or compete with the ANL, with its startling suppess in popularising the light against especially Hain said in Sociulist Challenge The anti-racis At Tash anti-fascist should complement Relations, It is hoped that there will be good represen tation of ANt groups at the 3/4 The aim is to achieve a widespread representation of antiThe North-East and ALEW are all circulating literature to build the conter Broadside coce, and it is also receiving support from the London Coop Education Committee and various political organisations in cluding the Communist Party gate. 12.50 The main participants in the Treat conference, however, are likely FINES totalling E1200 have been Imposad on three mogazinen fo contemptof court following the naming of the well known Colone I you're not a mind reader defendant — because the gulity verdicis came despite the fac that Tottenham magistrates had merely "Implled' the Colonel's name should not be reported The Aubrey Berry Campbell Defence Commitiee remains on the offensive. A picket-nic' is being held in Cheltenham this Sunday, al noon, to focus attention SIGINT [signals Intelligence] operalion In the town. Ring 01-83F 1411 lordetails. An appeal for funds for the Leveller, Peace News and the Journalist has beer launched solidarity, the damage done to 1 these papers compared to that dune to Smith's make it an ineffective lactic, After all, it is first place.