The ANL supporters came from as far afield as Liverpool, Wolverhampion, Wales East Anglia to chant: 'Racism is a crime, Relf should serve time'.
The Public Order Act was used to deny them access to the town centre to spread their anti-racist message. But their numbers and determination made sure that the police could DUCTIL them marching to the prison itself.
Here they let Relf know what they thought of his racism: *Remember race murders, Relf rot'. Meanwhile the NF's 800 supporters were forced to wander through the deserted streets of Winchester to meet in a cul de sac a mile from the This encouraging mobilisation by the anti-fascist movement against the NF's attempts to recoup credibility in time for the general election now needs to be built on. For this we need a plan of action, which can best be drawn up through the holding of an ANL conference.
This would also allow us to thrash out the thorny problem of tactics which was once again raised at Winchester. At one stage the unity of the demonstration Wds badly splintered by confusion over its objectives.
Was our purpose to confront the NF physically on streets or to counter assault on the freedom of black people in the name of free speech"?
Should we have applied the same tactics on the streets of Winchester as we do when Campaign Against Racism and Fascism No. 8 out now Black Self Defence SPG Illegal Immigration Intelligence Unit Local Authority bans plus news and reports Available from progressive book Box 35 182 Uper St London C from CARF FREEZING RAIN did not deter 2,500 Anti Nazi solidarity with Robert Relf, now on hunger strike to defend his 'right' to print leaflets proclaiming 'Nigger and ROBERT RELF defending black let in Lewisham and Brick Lane?
Last Saturday showed that we need clearer answers to these questions if the AN is to build up its strength and unity in the months to come.
*The trial of three whites charged in connection with the racist murder of Ferreira in Hackney December has begun at the Old Bailey. The trial is expected to last all this week, and daily pickets Care being outside at 10.30am. For details phone 01-806 5554 between 6 and 7pm. the their THE WELSH electorate voted by 4 to 1 on 1 March against the government's devolution proposals. effect they voting against separatism, and against any furtherance of local government bureaucracy.
For those who now believe that an irrelevant diversion has been ended, and the real stuff of politics can MCCOs To oe saa nat unc actud problems of Welsh politics remain.
Wales still requires a national solution to the crisis language and culture, it still needs a national economic plan to resolve the problems of the industrial valleys and the rural hill farmers, as well as the divisive communications network.
The Assembly offered the potencald a polio a dress could begin itself to these concerns. Instead the Labour leadership cynically presented it asd nationalism, or as a would-be of unpopular local government. A THOUSAND women marched through Leeds on Friday demanding an end to violence against women.
The demonstration in Leeds was the culmination of a week of action when women around the country organised a wide range of protests against violence.
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