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Rosemarie: 1 was chased by the National Front last week. 1 bosfriend's and near London Fields someone shouted there was NF, so I had to climh over walls anG things to sal awas.
Some of them were wearing arm bands saying Nº. and they were shouting "black bastards' There's a few of the white boys who go around with coloured girls, so the Front were trying to get them as well Someone said they heard a gun go off, but I wasn't sure because 1 was crying and that. Il's not sate for people to go out at right.
Calhy: The police do nothing about it, people up for anything. got my friend who's black cold him to take his hat off, He was just walking along.
They pulled his hat off and kicked him. They broke his toe and when he told them it was THE LOUDEST applause at the midday rally in Hackney on Black Solidarity Day was for the school students - black and white — who spoke.
And the largest contingent among the 150 or so gathered in front of the town hall were a dozen women students from Clapton School.
Three 4th Formers — Rosemarie, a West Indian, and Cathy and Karen, who are white — spoke to Socialist Challenge' about the experiences that led them to join against racist violence broken they to us, the poor little sod.
"Eing, tact, nigger lover pet it all the time those niggers *She needs a good slap We go with black because ALTUSE they're. boen Enelish - think so They Karen much.
and police said "So what, they do it black bastard. He came crying Karen: Because we so arpend with black people we get called Twasover the lide in Victoria Park and this lifeguard went Look at that slag there with all people i set happines 3t There, tbey're Rosemarie: Ir's all bes about black peoplecausing unemploy ment and had housing. When they offered blacks johs on the buses and that it was because whites wouldn't take them.
Some johs they don't take you for because of your colour.
The racists degrade us. Some - kids look ar newspapers and them up? take up what other people say They hear about Nazis and they copy it. H's just stupid.
We've goc NF supporters in school and some of them wear hadges. We get a lot from Hoston.
Cathy: We don't talk to them Karen: I haie them. In school we talk about racist in Enghsh. Rosemarie: We talk about what people do to people and why Calby: And abour programmmes they have on the teily Rosemarie: Teachers gave out leaflets for today, about black and white unite and fight. Bu: we had to bide them so the deputy head wouide LInE DUL gir! was reading the leaflet and the depury head took it away and tore it up. She suid: •Don'trend that in school. Wait until you get bome."
Kuren: Most of the teachers are far us coming out today. Some ofthem willbe on the march this cremine. its a good locate strike, to show that we've got a groupto tight against the Front That it's not just individuals.
Rosemurie: If the police aren't going to do anything about the Front, then why can't we bave a group to go round beating ANL organiser, arranged imprompta march around d STICKS ULTINS support and arrived back Brick Lane at 5.30 The workers poured THE ARRESTS led to a ma sit-down outside the Bethn Green police station - unti