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Applause

Red Weekly No. 168, 30 September 1976 · p. 5 of the scan · 246 words

The scan: rw-no168-sep-30-1976.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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page 5 of the scan

But the fight back against the racists is underway. in varamore, the Asian area of Walsall, a public meeting was held last week to set up an anti-racist campaign. Loud applause was the response of a 70strong, mainly Asian audience to fighting speeches by N.S. Noor, President of the Wolverhampton Indian Workers Association (Marxist), and Clive Turnbull, a Red Weekly supporter and AUEW militant from the Austin. Lonobridge car olant The speakers called for an end to immigration controls (which simply blame foreign workers rather than capitalism itself for the crisis), for black self-defence against the fascist thugs, and for white workers to join black people in taking the fight against racism into the factories, trade unions and Labour Party ranks. A speaker trom the newly formed white Anti-Racist Campaign was immedlately invited to address the Sikh temple, and on the demonstration some 150 Asian militants marchec Anti-Racist banners. interested in meeting with patronisingly racism. he declined, saying that he wasn't arding.

thirty whites in a room - a remark which underestimates among build a united campaign against The result was a demonstration of around 1,500, mainly Is members Only IS members spoke at the rally, and the main message they sprung on us was to go now to Bioxwich and confront the NF - an adventure tactical value of going three miles by bus, in dribs and drabs, to confront large numbers of police Choice What is at stake in Walsall is a

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