NF on the run The NF is really having a bad time in this election. It is putting up 90 candidates, but only in a few areas is it prepared to show its face. The impact of the anti-fascist move mont is such that wherever the NF appears it meets with hostile pickets and demonstrations So the NF is relying insteed on TV and radio to project itself, But even here it is facing difficulties.
For now the Labour Party itself, under the immense pressure of the anti-fascist movement, has refused to appear on the South East section of the BBC news programme Nationwide because the National Front is participating, So Reg Prentice and Joan Lester will not appear.
London, however, is seeing some of the rare appearances of the NF.
On Monday, 7 October, all the London NF candidates (presumably for self-protection are participating. in a rally at what has come to be the NF's home' -the Conway Hall. This meeting starts at 7 p.m. And in a very little publicised meeting this Friday at the same place, NF candidate Dr. Baxter is showing his wares, See you there.
Hide and seek in Basingstoke The National Front in Hasingstoke hoped that their passity woold Tull the Socal Anti-Fascist Committee (AFC) into inactily, leaving them in prace to conduct • 'respectable racialist campaign. But this was not to he.
Far from abandoning its work, the AFC consolidated its support and pre pared for the election. Pamphlets were produced and circulated to local trade union organisations, and a leaflet was drawn up in case the NF shoukd stand.
The AFC also launched a Petition Against Frcism", calling on the local Council to deny the NF the use of its facilities.
support the ICRA caravan.
Convade Teague so in our refuss/ to support /CRA a retreat from, and s bitter mockery of our previous position of unconditional solidarity with the trish struggle, A serious charge-but in our wew unjustified. We think it flows from a confusion on wher solidarity actually means.
Our position has always been that the main task (nor the saie task, comrade Trague) of British revolutionaries is to solidarise with all those atrupping against always argued agwinst the positions of the Workers Revolutionary Party and the sopporters of Militant whare main emphasis has aiways been on criniciser ar the natiorial mberation forces furu ally as a cop out for doing anything preGie in support or that stracle!
However we reject the view that this should limit us to supporting every poi МОРИ ОГ SGИОЗПТИ.
in our wew any socilst orginisation warth its salt would have definite ideas of is num on how to build the most of rective souganty moverent in Britis And it would quite correctly tight for inadership of that movement on that Jess, Wist tinks this ardant r into conflict with frish republican groupinge. For instance, would contrade Teague argue that poliderising with rhig republican struggle abliges us to take op the Provisionals demand for a phased withdrawal of British troops Turn ear Comrade Teague's acher main ortic.
When the NF confirmed that they were fielding a candidate, the AFC movet into top gear. The petition gives the electorate a chance to vote against the NF. abd it as alone these lncs. Tha it is being promoted in the busy town centre, in the work places, and among the labour organisations of Basingtake. Already well over 1,000 signatures have According to the local paper, the iF will not be intimidated by thi militant tactics of the AFC. But -they will not be holding any public moching quens the cecton camp aign!
South Shields NF candidate seeks police protection Eighty people attended a South Tyneside Anti-Fascist Committee public moune da tuarsony, Zo scolenher The theme of the meeting was What is the National Front"
The National Front are standing a local Alderman, William Owen, in South Shidds in the General Election. In February Owen polled nearly 2000 The local anti-fascist committee is determined to roduce this fig are and to wipe the Front off the map in the North East of Encland Following a highly constructive dis cuscion, chaired by Michael Poll, a lor met miner at Westoe Colliery, the meetang raised E36 which will be used for an intensive leafletting campaign against the National Front during the election.
The meeting immediately provoked * Turious response From Alderman Owen, who told the local press that he will be asking the Returning Officer to declare the clection null and void if any leaflets attacking him are distributed doring the election campaign. Luüeterred. memhers of the committee began the leafletting last Saturday around the area in which he lives. to such an effect that Owen has now issued a statument that: In vow of the hostile atmosphere buing created by the distribution of these leaflets, I have anced Tor police protection for the rest of my campaier.
ism is that Alan Jones is telling the frish to wait for the British working class to act on ireland. On thir we feel that comrade Teague is completely confused, and therefore misunderstands comrade Jones's arguments if Alan Jones had in faer stated thet the trish workers should not do anything which would alienate the British working class, then comrade Teague would be making a valid criticism. But what he actuatty wrote was that frish republicans STANd not De Moillerent to the caden of the British class struggle, As we arqued in the 19 Sentenber Asue of Hod Weekly, it is in the interests of hath the trish people and the British
jonalisation las been raging inside the Labour Party, the ruling class have been flying the flug with their own methods of "persuasion" While the polite debate on natReaders will have noticed that you?
However, when Labour propos ed to nationalise the road hanlage business and the iron and steel industry which were profitable, the employer set to work, The Tconomic League and Aims of Indus try held 7,000 open-air meetings