revolutionary strategy for black liberation.
In only three years, 1974-77, unemployment amongst black people went up by over 300 per cent more than twice the overall rise. Thousands harrassed, detailed and hlack have ported under the immigration laws. Hundreds of black youth have been summarily convicted under the 'sus laws.
Yet these sorts of issues have tended to set lost -In coacentration of the growing anti-racist movement problem of fascism and the ris of the National Front. An by the hysteria of the press and THESEL political establishment, poses thrcat to black people's rights than the thugs of the NF.
That's the first socialises have to get right: the need to light the racisms of tbe state, employers and landlords. as well as that of the fascists We can learn a grear deal from the black movement in the USA. It has fought for TELEST grammes of "positive discrimipeople in jobs, education and housing Affirmative action as it's called, has become a real locus costume.
Soclalist Challenge 24 August 1978 Page 4 movement and the left, COLIN TALBOT from the International Marxist Group spells out the fundamental aspects of * racists and Chicanos (Mexican-Ameticans) and anti-racists.
Reformists hold up the Race Relations Acts as the solution boen to the problems can fobted bi de- blacks, But the discriminatory TISC I DHCk undiplosment speaks for itself — these laws don't SHITE action by black people and the unions will force emblovers to the end discrimination and insti propranes to copies the black people.
Trade union leaders are. of coone, prepared so make all and fascism. But when it comes actions — well. that's some cisc. self-organisation of people is so vital thing Black caucuses can help black people organise themselves to Tighe the action of bureaucrats and can make sure their white sisters and brothers take their responsibility fightand ing discriminatory classas a whole.
Naturally, the reformists are apposed to any idea that black geone should orasnise thern selves and take the initiative in Or ourside Although the Party, tanced to unot apposition to self-defence it still attacks "black self-defence the blacks, as divisine These ideas are echoed by the ultra-lefts who counter-pose "workers self-defence' - something which doesn't exist and isn't likely to in the near future - to binch which can and does exist The second, and vital, aspect Only of any revo utionary aonroach to black liberation is the need lo CHECHEE each mateing then bick els organising themselves natural and part of the radicalisation o black people will be a prowth o black natiocatism.
Again. formists denounce divisive and Socialists back welcome the prowth of black naticnalism because it has an inside the enormous progressive eflect on the morale, organisation and willingness to fight of the black the And detentination which can. force sections of the white working class to come to terms with its practices own chauvinism.
programme co titsmal TALISH self organisation I sulace in the anti-racis! movement. Yet chey are , for example, has been anti-fascist commitees.
its outright while dominated racisE resolve to go forward. and groups national Socialist inevitable that sectarians and re this as even "reverse should problems 90.3L5 school will this discussion.
fight institu black have hard Member, against the National Front taken up by the ANt and The growing militancy in the black communities is beginning there you aspects of the fight - parth because of the failures of the anti-fascist the problems that black people hase to lace every day. So this is not some abstract theoretical debate, but it's the essential and practical questions the antimovement has to Only a few of the far left -the IMO, the Inter- August. Alliance, and Big Flame — have seen the Britain, need io build the existing movement and begin to tackle these vital questions. Wedo not and so Socialist Challenge and drufting CHINE OLE HAVE OTEBISL school, We hope lo discuss •CID and have invited a number of black individuals to participate Our The the modest The beginnings of this much-needed Voice joint school on rucium * Socialist Chullenge/ Socinlist London and black liberation is at the Polytechnic of Central London on 2/3 September. The school is open to all supporters of the two newspapers and begins ut community. Tams oil Saturday 2 SeptTHE POST Office Engineers" claim for a 35 hour 1 of the 37%a bour week, so long