WEEKLY at Bath — and with a huce occubatférence against Racism and Fascism took place last weekend, as the NatFonal Front were busy trying to stir up strikes against the IRA.
unions, trade unions and immigrant workers organisations attended the Conference, which included six workto the growth of the 'strong state!.
The Conference was marred by the attempts of the Communist Party on the platform to prevent any am endments being put to the comprehensive sixteen point Charter against racism and fascism drawn up by the Trades Council and Warwick NUS.
The long awaited Coventry ConOver 300 delegates from student shops on subjects ranging from racism When the platform was eventually Racism and fascism will be defeated by mobilising the workers' organisations, not by "alliances of all democratic forces" and reliance on the Race Relations Board defeated by a vote on this question, several IMG amendments which had emerged from the workshops were put. One called for reliance on work ers organisations rather than the Race Relations Board to fight racism It was passed against CP opposition Another called for the right of black workers to organise their own caucuses in the unions, and was defeated by the chair's casting vote.
Another amendment calling for a rocall conference prepared by the circul ation of documents and amendmentsbefore March 1975 war passed.
The CP don't Like democracy at contwent toponly woe me get posta ally defeated. In Monday's Morning Star, Ken Graves attacked the IMG for forcing 'sectarian demands' on the conference. Yet it is the CP who are sectarian for trying to force their own pelitical persp actives inte the Charter without allowing then to he challenged, especially their strategy of fishing racist by strungthen down ing the Race Relations Act to fight toe farm, calling for 'allinnces of all democratic forces, A spokcaman from the Coventry Branch of the Indian Workers Association (GH) commented to Red Weekly: "The whole Дортоаса IOD LARS CORR was sectarian. The organising committe was not prepared to accept any amend ments democrutically. He added: "We ought to have strong intigmot cancises al the place of work. The CP are trichtened of strong immigrint caucuses and they always try to confiase it with separ ate trade undoniam, which we have never helieved in."
But there was one really scandalous feature about Uis Conference, While delagates discuseod fascism. or resolution on the subject of Ireland come Grom the Cooference to challonge the impact of the NF an this issue in the Midlands, despite the efforos of Maurice Ladiner from the Birmingham Anti-Fascist ESTATELLAR SEASONINE SUERRAN paint up the need to respond puhlicly to tbe N's hysedical campaigs,