THE NATIONAL FRONT have finally announced the dates of their next demonstrations. On 24 August they intend to march through the streets of Manchester in defence of "freedom of speech" and law and order" (sic).
This is a run-up to a major national demonstration in London on 7 September to which loyalist forces have been 'invited."
Inevitably, a great bue and cry will be raised about a repeat of the violence of Red Lion Square. There is a simple answer to this, The Labou Government should immediately ban both these provocative demonstrations.
But we cannot place our hopes in that. Even were a han to he applied, it still needs to be enforced. The police defended the NF in Red Lion Square, with fatal results. We cannot depend on them to sweep the fascist menace from the streets. A massive mobilisation must be started withou delay.
The NF have chosen to make their stand when a large bulk of the anti-fascist forces cannot be casily mobilised owing to the summer recess at the colleges. This makes it all the more urgent that all organisations of the labour movement, sations, swing into action straight away to mobilise the maximum forces to oppose these fascist marches.
tees should be created in all areas of The country to begin the countermobilisations. The IMG will be calling for the creation of a broad national united front body to organise the demonstrations in London on 7 September and assist the Manchester Anti-Fascist Committee to mobilise for 24 August. including the Irish republican organiLocal ad-boc mobilising commit Kevin Gately is dragged away during the demo - responsibility for his death lies firmly with the police THE COMMUNIST PARTY and Liberation (who organised the 15 June counter demonstration) have always laid great stress on the need for the unity of the anti-fascist movement. But unity against whom?
That movement has been attacked by an alliance of forces ranging from Roy Jenkins, the police and the Natiunal Front, Charges against organisations may result Fet despite tin. Eiberation are making public allegations that a charge on the police cordon was made by a "Tiny soction of the munchers" (Liheration Newsletter, June 74), At a London meeting of Liberation last Thursday the Chairman, who announced that STRIKE ACTION over NALGO'S Liberation would be submitting matetia to the Scarman tobonal, went so far as to sungest that the police knew "in advance" of plans" having heen made by some or ganisations," On Tuesday the Moning Stor reprinted the NF attack on the ING without any comment Do Liberation think the Searman Tribunal will be neutral and indepen dent"? Are they unaware that this is just another instrument of the state for Inunching a repressive attack-not just on this or that organisation, but on the whole anti-fascist and workers" movement! If unity is necesary, then unity against every repressic institution of the capitaList state is essential.
Liberation's statements and the Morning Star's amissions can only assist the forces of maction in whitewashing the police and trying to lay the responsibility for Kevin Galety's death on the demonstrators. All those active in the anti-lascist movement sould rumind Liberation of this single fact in the Meangest terms possible:
strike action
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