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Immigrant population.
Why did you decide to stand for the local council?
The main reason is that E wanled to draw alennon to Iwa major ISSICS Hounslow area. One was the Hounslow Hospital defence campaign, which has been in existence for three years and has generated wide opposition in the arca to curs in public expenditure.
The other wasthe question of which particularly significant in Hounslow because of the high Immigrant population and the fairly active here — they stood -17 candidates in this borough My ward and the constitu ency party has had formal 68 and Immigration Acts for the past affiliated co the local anti-racist 11 am. opposed lo all because think they are inevitably racist and I have made it clear thal 1 would use my position on the council to light against this legislation.
What was the response to your views on racism and immigrawhen you were out canvassing?
Unfortunately a fair number of white working class people were convinced problems uncisployment and the rest are due to number of immigrants in the She talked to Socialist Challenge about what she How mach effect did your election campaign have on the It is difficult to assess. I think the local elections are always coloured by national politics, and people tend to vole for the party as opposed to individual candidates Nevertheless, the fact that we won three Tory seats suggests that people voted for because against racism and the fact that we were ommuniled 1o the te opening of Hounslow Hospital hospital.
Inthat seose, it was a positive us. F might also ado that the NF vote in Hourslow was an average a little over 100. a significant drop ол 4008.5 resulls. demonstrates the chcolar a computen ake sac Anti Navi League can have in a time What do you hope lo achieve on the locul council? And what do you think seeds to be done I have been active in the Haunslow Hospital campaign for some bee, and at the moment weare launching a new initiative specific PrOposals for the development of a community hospital. 1 intend to ensure that the Labour commitment the opening of the hospital through its representatives on the area beaith authority and that these proposals get the attention they lar concerned, there are a number ol ways in which, councilor, can fight against it.
Obviously, will oppose any discrimination that might occur ar the levelef services which the council provides, for example, RUINSTI More positively, 1 would like to sec the council adopt a policy positive discrim nation towards ail minority groups, along the Enes of Camden couscil's in relation to blacks.
The Hounslow Anti-Racialist Continitree which is sponsored by both the trades Capitatiom is in tricia. The leaders of the Labour Part and the trades unions offersalutiom that une in the interests, nut of the workers, burial the rapitaliss Sain Challege believes that the no viol Indi coafraing To build broad-losed daw srupale leadencin in apposhion to class collabrationiom in the lahour new ciest, Their dond lic inn excisive in chararter eruping negether militals bolding » wide rangr af polinical vius *Te hegia to fight tor the creation of a unitied and democratie manutionary socialist organisation which can, through an application of endled freet tactics begin to be area as an alternalive by thorands of warkers engaped in struciles.
The strugsle for socialism seeks to unite the fight of the workers against black prople, arts - sreggling for their liberation. This sacialion can unly he achiered by cronag new urgans of power and detrating with wil council and the local communCOUNCH present considering proposals for a localesaval in lar sumater as a follow-up to the with the local ANL le building such a festival we will be attempring to get the broadest possible involvement and sponsorship labour movement, political. and community organisations to take the next steps in However, it is also necessary La tient ms the Labour Party against the view that immigration controls are in any way a solution is the problems of this society. For this reason, I think the Labour Party as a whole should reject totally the proposals of the Report of the Selcot Committee them and will slive full support io alt sone fighting for socialed de micency HEEIRLTEEBESNE BEE America. Africa and Asia From Ireland and beleing ihe Irish people determine their owe future The Communist Parties in Furope are: Here Strniegy for the averthrow ef the rapitalis site.
pration There exists an emura DE this kind of opposition it the Action Group that noods to be generalised on a national lovel.
It is stendine to launch a campazen against racist immi. gration nas in preparation for the next Gencrat Elecsion Needless corsay, I belleve that represcitatives possible constituency parties should get involved in of which wil be held on 30 May in Surrey Hall, SWE Through this campaign, we can ensure that the question of Immigration conrols it a key debare ar the next Labour Party confesence and, at the very call on the Labour Coverament to repeal the 68 and 71 Immigration Acts SOCIALIST UNITY STEERING COMMITTEE Sunday, 5 June 1pm Our sacaliem will he infinitely mire democratic than what criste in sucialien in the USSK and Fastem Europe have disretel -ocialism not worken thronghout the worid, Mr are upposed le The interests if workin and capitalists arr amecoacliable un a work warld politics. Tinia*r fight for working clice waits on as internating! Val. This anily will in lac long run be decisive in deteating both the Laro commis Hor the pro-Misue winge fine any mranincla New revulnionary sucialist parties ane more necesar ihan ener befone, Contitions Iodas ale more tatourable than ever the preceding home decades. Hat such partice vas cal he bullt by rejecting sectarianism and weins internal demeric t 30lears beat as a vital necrosily, This mean the right to arganise faction, and
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DONNELLY, a Labour Party candidate and Socialist Challenge supporter, was elected to the Hounslow
hopes to achieve in her local area, where Hounslow hospital is still occupied and where there is a large
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