fascist committees engaged in parallel campaiens, focal and national trade union bodies.
The task is to define clearly our individual responsibilities uh it's not a central task of the conference, it will also. take important anti-racist and anti-fascist campaigas in differen: localiellect of dur a and activities.
Alter the General Election propose to hold a full nationa conference to detine our longterm tasks and our anta sructure Inc Success of the campaign in the ELOI3 Provide 19 with the most powertul indicaHon or what those lasks and structures should be.
COUN TALBUT, member of the Marxist Grosp's Central Committee:
Why has the ANL been so saccessful? Because it has been able to take the fight against racism and fascism heyond simply the far left, to involve tens and teas of thousunds of people in anti-lascist activities.
Is that cneagl? No. clearly not. But it is an escellent start. For that reason the IMG B falls conmitted to building the A NI on a losg-term husis.
We consider that the conference should map out a series of maw campaigns and activities. li should call a mass demonPhoto strainen in the automa election perio and organise a conference limed ut its sapporters in the trade unions and youth.
It should also step up les work on racism, involving itself in campaigi activities on immigration, racist widacks, sus luws, and so on. In short. the conference hat do por on supporting mass action lo defeat racism and Tascism.
To carry out this ambitions programme of evenis, Leuque should elect a fully representative national council with the suchority to decide activities heiween the deeper bE leaflets.
thousands of pounds. the result of one thing April. ANL ofens afiet Dre police fuund NF roles OK slogan on wall •These are the offices of the Anti Nazi League alter they had heen deliberately set on fire. Tens of thousands brochures and pamphlets have destroyed. Extensive dumage has been caused to the huilding itself. The cost of this act of arson will cua Into #This is not the only incident of violence. The Ant Nazi League organiser in High Wycombe, a busnian, received a parcel homb. Threatening phone-calls to the League's organisers are commanplace. Meetings have heen broken upt in one, a smoke bomb was thrown, al another three people were put in hospital after being attacked with wooden clubs. The level of racial assaults and barrassment continues to rise. In East London, three black people, one a len yeur old boy — have died as a result of murderous racialist attacks. • This rising incidence of Nazi and rucialist violener is large numbers of people to stop the growth of Britain's new Nuzis — the National Front. #There was the 80,000 strong And Nazi Carnival in BE Truse Unionists, sche sdedents, women's groups are organising against Nazi Nazi NF. heen ANE down. • growing determination hy Name NAZI Address •No longer can Nazi candidates put forward their racialist polson unopposed.
MAnti racists everywhere are organising to stop the Bin the locul elections in May the Nazis suffered humiliating set-backs. •The Anti Navi League, together with commitlees up and down the country, hus played its par in building up this movement.
•Now the Nazis are becoming worrled. So they une turning to urson, violence and intimidation to silence the Anti Nazi League. They dure not put forward their Nas bellefs in public. Instead they resort to cowardly attacks by night or in the dark alley.
Min the coming General Election the Nazis are pulting up at least 350 candidates. Their racialist propaganda will be everywhere. They must be opposed. •By buring our offices the Nazis want to close the They atast not saceced. Our campaign aguinst the Nacis needs to go on, getting ligger and stronger. To de this we need money urgenily. •Please give non!
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to the Carnival and the mectings, we can pet then leafler there An important part of what we'll be doing is taking up the problems students have experienced wearing anti Nazi