experience some of us suffered who went to Brockwell Park and answered the call made at the eleventh hour to go to back Lane We represented a whole layer of people who through the activities of he ANL realised the importance of defending Brick Lane. We went to Brockwell Park continually worrying BRICK adequately defended and believing that there was some co-ordination between the Carnival and Brick Lane which would allow us to be called in an organised way to Brick should defence nayc necessary Ideally we should have been given the political choice of going to Brick Lane right from the start. The reason I did not was precisely because it would have been irresponsible to wander in a disorganised rabble round the East End looking for the National Front. However would nave been an entirely different matter to have gone as all organisea group witn clear political objectives.
This would have prevented the disorganised rush to where we were met with a barrage of abuse by some of the anti-fascists who had been there all day. The end result 1s that the growing political layer developing out of involvement in the ANL's activities is a breeding ground for precisely the type attacks against the ANL which your articles is not en to defin sit from.
Is nol chougn to say. Let us accept that with proper organisation and co-oraladon more NORTH WEST WARRINGTON Socialist Challenge Manchester offices, Tel 061-236 2352 or, by writing to Manchester socialist ventre, cro 4 riccaamy, mancneste Storming a baltord Socialist Challenge group.
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LONDON London N1 2X WALTHAM FOREST paper sales every fice, Hoe St, Walthamstow, Londor TOWER HAMEETS Socialist lenge lenail prone 247278 tortightly. GrouD SW LONDON Corialict Group meets fortnightly at apnam Library. Claoham Commo North Side (Clapham Common tube) IN THE opinion of some comrades in Leicester, your failure to call for a full mobilisation in the East end on the day of Carnival 2 was a serious Contrary to your editorial of 21 September, the NF march was not a weeks beforehand.
But less than 1,000 arrived in the East End in good time, and most of these had made their way directly; those who did decide leave Brixton had to make their way by tube because transport was not obviously had intention of responding to the real fascist threat, and Socialist Challenge in fact tailed the most backward and mend even treacnerous elements of the ANE Mick THE LENGTH of letters printed will usually be kept down to 400 words in order to encourage as wide a range do as possible. letters may be cut at the Editor's discretion. Unsigned letters will not normally be published, although we names SOCIALIST CHALLENGE EVENTS HACKNEY Socialist Ch Te meting 18 beD, Mare Si HARINGEY Socialst Challenge Group Challenge 5. 12 Oct, 7.30pm. S West Green Rd), LONDON Africa and the fight against racism in outside Chal 0060, Barking Precinct. • Inurs. 1e Europe After the Rain Mick so Opaist at London Fim London Fi Co-op, Gloucester Ave.
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BERTLAMB[Leicester] Carnival went on, but at the same time it was a major political defeat our that there were so few of us in Brick Lane. It is time that all those within the ANL asked the question: where next? Carnivals certainly have an important role to play, but there is more to fighting fascism than that alone. that means goodbye to the Federation of Conservative Students and their ilk, to various clergy, and to Paul Holborow, that's just too bad. RICHARDCOLLINS [London]
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