calling upon the NUJ to dissociate itself from the campaign.
The allegations were largely based on lies provided by the Tottenham Herald NUJ chapel, itself under mounting pressure from anti-racist NUJ members and the local labour movement over the refusal of the paper's journalists to deal As reported in Red Weekly on 2 September, CARM had initiated a local meeting to discuss the HerBLACK STRUGGLE Is a new joumal written by infested with racism.
CoDIes IncludIng paD L1.0U. LAST WEEKEND Charles Harkness, the deputy general secretary of the National Union of Journalists, suffered a humiliating defeat at the hands of anti-racists in the NUJ — anti-racists Harkness had campaigned to silence. The defeat came at a meeting of the National Executive Committee of the NUJ, when Harkness withdrew allegations he had made against the Campaign Against Racism in the Media [CARM]. These allegations had taken the form of a letter and resolution accusing CARM of "bully-boy tactics' ald's race coverage. At the meeting black members of Haringey Community Relations Council had been to the fore in denouncing the Herald staff for their racist reports.
But it wasn't simply that Harkness had blithely accepted a statement from the Herald chapel without even bothering to consult the NUJ members in CARM. He was responding to the increasing frenzy of the press proprietors protect their "freedom of the press".
Withdraw In the event, Harkness was obliged to withdraw his resolution and accompanying letter after CARM had submitted a six-page statement to the NEC. argued: •We do not ask the NEC to register its support for CARM (although we would obviously welcome such support). What we do ask, however, is that all members of the NUJ should be free to combat racism and fascism in whatever way they consider appropriate, providing that this does not conflict with the rules of the union. We take this to be a cardinal US and and cantors to amusing little number illustrated here. on the left exactly echo the racist stickers of the National Party.
cartoonist Michael Cummings for the The Express chapel has already unan- union would split, imously resolved to defend Cummings, walking out. for what he claims is a cartoon about devolution! And former father of the chapel (shop steward) David Ross attendFOR WALES! ed the Book meeting to say that either the code or conduct would be smasned or tne with Fleet Street Needless to say, Fleet Street's highly-paid scribes have so far shown no enthusiasm for even discussing the race guidelines, let alone implementing them. It would certainly be an important step forward if the pressure of the complaints forced tnem to consider une role or tacu newspapers in the racist upsurge CARM is now preparing for a public meeting next month to build a campaigr contingent to join the TUC-Labour Party demonstration against racism on 21 November, and to begin organising for a
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