GOSLING reports.
The march was called by the Anti Nazi League and led off'by the Bengall Youth Movement, which provided the most vociferous and militant contingent on the demonstration.
Greater London Council had attempled to justity its plans to introduce apartheid bousing in Spitalfields to an angry meeting of five hundred local residents, both black and white.
• let day bicky had been passed off as a concession to alleged Bengali demands for housing on exclusive estates to protect themseives from racial GIFT stay is June, Jean Talm the Tuesday the GLC housing chairperson, was claiming sbe bad been 'misquoted".
and fascists who could paint a picture of white families being driven out of their homes to Grunwick: make rOOm for blacks something which not a singie A WEEK after a gang of skinhead youth went on a racist rampage in Brick Lane, East London, 2,000 anti-fascists were on the march on Sunday in support Asian community of Spitalfields. MICK A few days after 'misquotes appeared instigated rampage in Brick Lane. This Sunday all they could muster were a few dozen lunchtime drinkers protected by many more police.
PREDICTABLE he response of the loca Labour MP, lan Mikardo, ha been predictable. Mikardo tolc Tuesday's meeting that he had spoken to the Home Secretary Merlyn Rees about bringing increased patrols into the arca As 4 result the population will have to contend with the tender mercies of the Special Patrol Group who have been swarming over the area or the past n Jun Jones of Stepney Trade Council told the rally following ich were a gift 1o the racists he was pleased to see the Si and extra police in the Brick Lane area rather than ar These comments roundly booed by most of the black person in Spitalfields I demonstrators, who bad been carrying placards and shouting slogans supporting the organ isation of self-defence.
SKINHEAD The expecting the police to protect these the Betah shown by the fact that the local police are still equivocating on racist character of the skinhead attack rocent murders of Altab All and Kennith Singh Only three white youths have been charged with the Brick Lane rampage. despite the faer that 20 were arrested. It was the Asian youth who fought assault largely before the police arrived.
The message that through loud and clear from Sunday's march is that the Bengali population, with the local full support of anti-racists and the labour movement in the detence SELF-DEFENCE IS NO OFFENCE!
Correction: Tbe Spiralfields report last week wrongly stuted the number of Asian teachers at the Robert Montefore Schoul:
Were There are, in fact, over len such teachers at the school, and the head is Asian.
Those are Cardiff, Leicester. er, Oxford and South Fast Landon That record may not sound glowing. But in comparison to he rest of the groups who. in over five months, have raised groups nothing. it outstanding. In the land of the blind the oue-eyed supporters JOLL HOPEFUL Cardiff E60.50; bope remaining weeks of this month our groups will E40.35; ManNorwich E15: themselves contribution to the fund drive. Oxford short-sightedness of population and of the in connection over the fascist came.
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To tale 10.00 47.10 20.00 1.00 SUNDAY'S DEMO In Brick Lane. I's not only thare that self-delence is needed. evening 30 NF heavies from Hoxton disrupted an ANL meeting in Manor House, North London 1.00 Edinburgh readers E1.610,31. With Just two woeks to the end of this quarter we have just under 1900 lo raise Weappeal to all our supporters 1o give generousis.
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