numbers. When the march started there were 2,000 people on it.
As it was marching down Mare Street a local Hoppe nis car and spoutco *Paki bastards. Get back to where you belong? As three members wentio argue with him Theprovocateur was allowed to Tempers. This intolerable'. shouted Alok Biswas at the police chiefs escorting the march his is what we are protesting against today."
The obscenity of the police was answered outside Bethnal Green police station. There was a mass sit-down by a demo which was now at least 3,000 strong. We aren't moving. they shouted, "till the brothers use released.
Alok Hiswas, Tarig All, and Dave Albery discussed with the police bosses. The police refused to release the prisoners. The march sayed put.
After half an hour the Hackney march arrived (about 200 strong) led by Patrick Kodikara They joined sil-down.
The police denied that the arrested brothers were in the station. Half an hour later they released them after they had -DEs Patrick Kodikara leading the Hackney contingent were made, it had bon a areat day. An important day.
An old Bengali said: T've waiteda long smelorthis We'll do it again if the racist violence doesn't Hop.
Above all, no one went away feeling that this was the end. Rather a beginning, which had a be repeated. se two Bongalis were let oul ight] the Wall of silence papers underplaved the event. THE MASS mediu was true to form. The TV coveruge showed Bengalis arguing amongst themselves. The The bulk of the loles report concentrated on Merivn Rees's discussions with the Bangladesh High Commissioner! Ibe Mirror did not mention the day's events. Nor did the Sun and the Mail.
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The Express had four tiny paragraphs on page 5 which described the police arrests as the eruption of 'racial The Morning Star was the oniy daily paper to have the SEPT OR Es STOm page as the sea, eason Betwe We rest of the dailies and led on the Heathrow security measures*.
the photographs were good.
papers and meetings and word of mouth.
It did have a centre-spread on Brick Lane, though, and Why this wall of slence by the bourgeois media lecause the lessons must not be spread. Blacks readin about these events, might decide to imitate them.
So the self-censorship of the Bricish media operates once again. But the message wit spread, Through our BOGLALSY CHALLENGE Z0 wy tara page -