Red WeeklyRed Weekly No. 42, 8 March 1974NF challenged in Midlands
Red Weekly No. 42, 8 March 1974 · p. 2 of the scan · 122 words
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The National Front, which picked up 6,000 votes in the two West Bromwich constituencies and 5,500 in the three Wolverhampton constituencies, is no douht looking forward to consolidating its base in this area. But initial steps have been taken to build up a campaign to drive the Front off the West Midlands streets.
In Birmingham, two meetings have been held between representalives of the International Marxist Group, the International Socialists, the Indian Workers' Association, and individual trade unionists to establish an on going anti-fascist committee in the area. It is hoped to organise a conference shortly and gain support for the committee within the principal organisations of the local labour movement, Committees bave also been formed in Wolverhampton and Dudley-