the conference hall at the TUC's Congress House was Bill Keys, chairperson of the TUC equa rights committee and leading spokesperson for the General Council on racism.
Other speakers platform included Terry Marsland of the Tobacco NF Union, WATCOOL threat to women's rights which Thesess represent particular the right to choose whether Onavealaboron The united message coming out of the conference was build the ANL in the workplaces and on the shop floor' leaders can help to make that But beneath the apparent arcemen weremany unspokch local Welcoming the delegates in differences. The question build the ANL in the workplaces to do what?' was never debated.
There ways and means or organising to stop the NF. Bill Jorwaru Ont on the Race Relations Act, implement the Public Order Act, and if this Workers is insufficient change it so that me me ponce ao more to provoke black people against VOICHCe Reg Williams, vice-president of the civil servants" explained that a campaign had been launched to union members . The presence fascists from posts branch secretaries. Others, we think mistakenly, have argued or bannine men oers or rascis! organisations are many different ANL racism within the unions?
Keys put debated at the allowed to the declaration fascist CPSA conferences.
persuade to remove as union objectives? Only the deciding the objectives Which policy should ANL 13 14 15 workplace branches organise around? And how should the organise to confront These issues could not be conference because no amendments were voting. leaders Ernie Roberts, Peter justified this practice, which all of them have opposed at other But Paul Holborow argued thai the prime thing was unity in action, and that meant building workplace ANL branches. But unity in action around what fullest involvement in democratically decision.
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ensure a united movement.
Ernie Roberts argued that we decided policy by majority vote must not split the movement.
proposals which would havethiseffect can only be dealt with by arguing against them, not by suppressing them ris ecuauv true than some may walk out of the ANL if they But it is far more ditticult for them to do so wher the 50,000 paid-up members of | themselves.
M W - on historical, international, more copies, f1 the ANL have democratically Many speakers took up the campaign by the press to isolate the ANL, pointing to 'famous people who have recently left. The best defence against these attacks is to be able to show that it is the membership which three "notables' singled out by