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i ne ancer and trusttation ot the black community in Britain against Labour's racist immigration policies and TUC compliance in them - as in the recent call for even tighter restrictions on work permits - erupted in Bradford on Saturday.
For the first time the immigrant community came out onto the streets in laroe numoers to oooose a nauionar REDLER TAI demonstration by the fascist National Front.
The NF are standing a candidate in every Bradford ward in the local elections. But in the week leading up to their demo an ad hoc committee against fascism successfully piastered the entire city with thousands of posters in Urdu, English, Gujerati and Punjabi calling for a counter-mobilisaLIOn. FASCISMD Party - which split from the NF earlier this year - was only able to cobble together 200 people for its 'March for Britain'. As in Bradford, however, it men who defended free speech in their normal way - Dy kicking, puncning and arresting every anti-fascist they could lav ineir nanas on supporters of Tribune.
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Meanwhile in London, the National CLIMB - DOWN was accompanied by hundreds of policeWUIKCIS The willingness of the NC to sit back and make propaganda for socialism rather than involve the LPYS in mount- VOEC ing campaigns alongside the rest of the working class movement has also led to the growth of a new current inside the LPYS - the "Clause Four' The policies of 'Clause Four' are in general well to the right of Militant for example they argue for class collaborauonist poucies sucn as Dor con trols and more money for the NEB to Neverme ess unci willingness to involve themselves in campaign activity makes them appear to Day shift workers at British Leyland's Cowley plant voted on Monday to end a total stoppage over the instant sacking of two men following alleged clocking offences. A compromise had been accaca mn nerouanions tnat manaee ment would change their penalty from dismisss to moennute suspenson o1 the two men pending further negotiaSenior Steward Reg Parsons admitted to the mass meeting that this outcome represented a climb-down on both sides'. The position of the two suspended men is in no way guaranteed. Theur eventual tate nas been taken trom the hands of the power represented by a complete stoppage by the mass of