NO-ONE should be surprised at the confrontation between blacks and the police at Notting Hill on 30 August. In Racism — Who Profits*, CIS and the Institute of Race Relations explain why Britain is a racist state.
'The state's racism is implemented by immigration officers, the police, the courts, and local authority ofticials.
born here as well as immigrants. describes how black youth is increasingly determined to fight for ITS MOnts. -relectine snit oos. derenoine usen acalor nardos" ment, refusing to accept the status of a 'problem' which can be eradicated by either the punitive tactics assi miative and passive teonmaues industry. Notting Hill amply demonstrated both the racism of the state and the fight-back.
Black immigration, says the report, was deliberately encouraged in the Fines to meet ine economic needs or britisn employers. 'It was the labour hungry textile and engineering industries... the short-staffed hospitals and transport services, London Transport set up centres in the West Indies to recruit bus . In India and Pakistan Birmid Qualcast had agents to GIGWS..
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Racism — Who Profits shows how racist immigration controls aim to reduce immigration legislation from 1962 to 1971 has been geared not to cutting down the numbers, but reducing tne rignts or settement, citizenship and permanency — rest. of Europe! After the 1971 Immigration Act 'the immigrant was finallv a migrant, the citizen an alien. There Is no sucn ining as a "Commonwealth immigrant" any more. There are those who came from the Commonwealth before the 1971 Act came into torce wanuar 19isi out tese are not immeranis. mney adre simply settlers, black settlers. There are others who came after the Act - they are migrant workers, black migrant workers.
cmelovers OTOTIL TOM Taclal visions Without the full support of white workers, and, frequently, trade union organisations, recuncancies. ane lanonaisaton. proportionally many times higher than white, despite a higher level of union activity. 61 per cent of male belona to a trade union, compared with 47 per cent of whites The biggest beneficiaries of black labour and racial divisions are the multinational companies. The systematic exploitation of the low status of immicrant workers is carried out by large employers. 43 per cent of black workers are employed in plants of 500 workers or more, compared to only 29 workers. This is an essential function of a highly capitalised company, wnicn demands snit work so inar machinery is worked the longest possible hours. Almost a third of black workers work shifts, more than twice the percentage of white workers environment tor racism to Tiourisn The targets are culprits Mher report aso police or the relations TaCe costs' of the black workforce.
moving Britain into line with the workforce blacks are an easy target for short time, Black unemployment employed blacks per cent of white SIIS expensive anti-racist retoric the Labour Government is creating an ideal *Despite all the evidence to the contrary the view is encouraged that if only the blacks would go away, the problems would go with them. In this way the blacks are isolated, the frustration and real generated bd el neile anconenie om channelled convenient identifiable target... Under the guise of controlling immigration in the interests of all, a racist state apparatus has been created which deals with people in a callous and brutal fashion. And a climate is created in which sections of the workforce can be paid lower wages, laid oit and narassea. The black comnrunity to identified as the scapegoat for Britain's economic ills. Racism is a very real danger to the whole working class; the only way in which it can be defeated is by a concerted offensive at all levels, on the shop floor, in union organisations and on the streets.
CRISIS CIL REPORT In co-operation with the Institute of Race Relatio CIS An affiliate of the Transnational Institute Repression It is against the background of the twin realities of continuing repression in Ireland and the growth of anti-Irish chauvinism in this country that the Univeristy of Kent Students Union has called a Student Movement Conference on Ireland 'to plan a fighting for on 13 November. We do not expect that every socialist current in the NUS will agree with that position, but we do expect them to fight for their alternatives at the conference, and to build the conference on that basis so that it can come to a clear position through broad, democratic debate. because walle acts or repressiol against the Irish people are carried out in