principle of trade union democracy.
While CARM made it clear to the NEC that it considers links with the labour movement and with black organisations to be vital to any real fight against the media's racism, it wasn't only CARM that came under attack. A memorandum from a leading right-winger on the NEC also sought to undermine and isolate the union's official race relations sub-committee, which has largely been involved in internal This, too, was rebutted, and the NEC amme on Friday by discussions committee against fascism.
minutes speak. the half dozen recent speech on with two moderate Express LEADING National Front member and well-known Bradford racist Jim Merrick was prevented from taking part in a phone-in progrPennine Radio last the Bradford ad hod was achieved through a successful occupation of the studio by 25 members of the committee ten person ocrore ne was due to Merrick was due to take part in a programme to discuss Powell's repatriation members media. the West Indian and Asian co- Bradford IMG.
ANT James Callaghan had declared: In our small and highly populated island there is a limit to the number immigrants we can absorb.
At the Labour Party conference, Merlyn Rees spoke of limiting immigrants to 'certain defined categories'. Just what those categories month when 13-year-old Shamim Akhtar refused entry, although his father was already resident in this country.
The difference between such policies and those put forward by Powell is not all that great. Powell advocated paying immigrants to leave, and refusing payment to those on' social security as an extra 'persuasion'. The Labour Government is not so blatant, but the denial of entry to the sons of immigrants puts as much pressure on immigrants to quit as do Powell's schemes.
Those schemes may have been rejected, but Powellism is by no means confined to the rantings of one particularly outspoken racist. The Powellism of 1968 lives and breathes in the Labour Government of 1976. The burying of Powellism 1976-style cannot be entrusted to that Government. Rather the resolution passed at the Labour Party conference indicates the way forward mmunities. The ad hoc commitee offered their own speaker instead, which was accepted by the programme organiser.
This speaker took part in the nou one orooramme where he explained the anti-fascist committee's position regarding 'no platform for fascists. The also appealed Leeds and Bradford branches of the National Union of Journalists to implement their decision prevent the National Front from expressing its views through the ANDREW WAND (Heport involved was illustrated last nOW national conference to be held early next year. This should aim to spread CARM's policy throughout the labour movement caling on trades councis to invite loca journalists to discussions on racism and suggesting that they consider direct action where newssabers are racist and th journalists unresponsive.
At the same time CARM must initiate a campaign against TV time being allocated to the National Front in the next General Election. irrespective of the number o candidates the fascists put up. This has already been called for by Labour MP Frank Allaun, a member of the NUJ, in a letter to the union's paper, The JournalDetails of CARM, which holds open committee meetings, from: 13 Cleve Road. London NW6