nioved fascist the strong taking tlse courts. serious HIOLCILE ment of black people.
of be orderly and peaceful.
the tactics should scall SME TEO though he the anti racist (WARC) can discaver After the arrests.
on the Tour.
electoral into anti-racist Wolverhampton and hauled out four marchers who now face heavy sentences.
DAVE ASHCROFT reviews the defence campaign and the importance of defending arrested blacks and anti-racists before they receive the justice of the On 1l March, Walverhamp ton's anti-racist commitlee held a demonstration against racise violenoe.
SMO DODCEBHTRSS The organisers of the march announced befare it took place they defended that the demoestration would Some ihree thousand people то астіте. supporled the march, and -apart from one incident — it was indeed orderly and peaceful. The one problem occurred when a lone racist tried lo make whe a kamikaze charge al the Minutes later he was led away away by the police -has never been charged as fur as members of committer millee But four demonstrators wer: alsp arrested and they now face charges which could well bring icavy fines or imprisoumen WARC decided to launch a campaign Le bring mass pressure to bear CETCUE Direcior of Public TANICUUDDS CEUSHIENIS COR he drop all charges against the As the National Front':
strategy has been Taitering in the past months there has been a big increase ir racist violence in many parts of The response of those who are supposedly responsible fo demonstration in Lime. step up arrests of blacks and Asians who resist the racist In East London, tor example, the four Virk brotbers were consicted an court atter themse ves apains: an alfack hy five raciss Jnscead of waiting for the police .Althouph it was one of the Vick brothers, Sukyinder, wto telephoned the police, i was the Asians and nor their assailants were artested: Jogin der Virk has been sentenced tc seven years jail.
In Manchester there is the (the ,support Longight Anti-Faseist Comtasks.
Every time there is a successiul prosecution in ane of these cases, every Nazi is encouraged and the task of defending the black communities is made that much more This issue should not be seen SEIDLTE FLUUEELEI anti-racists. The Wolvechamp ton arrests are a chabenge to anyone who may want to Court.
The following have added their names to the list of sponsors:Jaobetanales Coaneilors Danna Tame: trials participite in any demonstration on any issue at any Il Juse so happens that whien the arrests were made, Bills were coming up in Parliamient which included procedures for tighleniny police control over demos in the West Midlands and Greater Manchester areas The WARC Defence Cam -paign has boen active ob a bember of fronts. A petition has aready, gained several 'thousand signatures which will be presented to the DPP Sponsorship los the carn paisn has beeo obcained Irom prominen: figures, both locally ANE TANOTEI SHOECSC E LOME of supporr passed by numerous Many thousands of leaflers. BOLUCT and pumphlets have been distributed to help these Local pickets have heen organised alienever the case have come up for processing by the magistrates court. Wher the full trials come up in the Crown Court, later in the year, WARC will be calling for wide support fer national pickets, the importance of which was thown this month b acquittals at Stoke Crow Bishan Dose 5 Duma Abr Garrar (NL Socinlist Challenge 28 September 1978 page 7
THE NATIONAL party's month, involvement in apartheid Those of that