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National conference to fight racism and fascism

Red Weekly No. 61, 18 July 1974 · p. 2 of the scan · 419 words

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A national conference to fight racism and fascism was the call from an Action Committee meeting at Warwick University this week.

The conference of workers, black people and students, organised by the Action Committee and Coventry Trades Council, is to take place on 23 November at the University, The conference will be held at a time when the tight against fascism will have entered a new and vital stage. The deepenunempioyment provide fascist organisabons such as Ene Mactonal PIOnt WiEn the potential for large scale growth on a natianal level.

Red Weekly: 1B July 1974 An autuzin election will provide the National Frant with an opportunity to campaign around issues which are roal problens facing the working class. One such problem that of unemploymentwill undoubtedly centre on the NE's central slogan of 'Britons First", with the war cry of One million unemployed -One million inmigrants thrown in for good HOSTS Such activity highlights the timely calling of this conference, which will meet against the backgroood of a general rise in the level of workers strugales and, of course to usual anem cue tunne class to split and divide the fighting unity which can be achioved. For that reason the cants involved in the ongoing fight against racialism and the extreme right and in support of black workers struggles.

conferenos will take the form of an action programme which has heen put forward by the committee: including the organisation of counter demonstrutions to che National Front's activities such as the supporting those black workers In struggle such as the Imperial Typowriters strike in Leicester; and campaigning for the denial of facilities to tho fascists for their meetingi. Full support for the conference was promised by the National Secretary of the National Union of Students, Sleve Parry, who was present at the meeting. The mobiliation For the 23 November From JACKIE STEVENS (Action Committee member and The Action Committee at Warwick University was set up immodistely after the death of Kevin Gately, who was a stugent were I has payed a major noce u the activities around the Red Lion Square events, sending speakers to workers and students' meetings all over the country.

mobilising support for the national, silent demonstration on 22 June in London, and organising activities which have won a The calling of this conferenoe in conjunction with the local labour movement, an it te sapport at te conan Indian Workers Association, marks the biggest step forward yet in the campaign.

since the Red Lion Square demonstration

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