IMGpapers 1976–79

Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1976–79

LABOUR STARTS RACE

Red Weekly No. 200, 22 May 1977 · p. 1 of the scan · 608 words

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have left for India.

Immigration.

'alarmed at the Britain'. Labour MP Fred Willey and Tory MP Dudley Smith Their aim is to scurry around gathering as much dirt as they can to argue for now restrictions on They do so in their roles as chairperson and vice-chairperson of a Parliamentary Select Committee on Race Relations and Immigration. According to Monday's Guardian 'substantial leaks from Select Committee have revealed that MPs are number of thriving devoted to providing false papers and advice on how evade controls for would be Immigrants to This system of "leaks' to the press is a well tried method of gaining acceptance beforehand for later legislation which might prove controversial.

The Guardian suggests this is the case with these latest leaks and that Merlyn Rees will find It hard to desh'. businesses who resist pressure on him to cut down the number ol people coming from Indla, Pakistan and Bangla Already there are severe restrictions on the right of immigrants to come to Britain, already Labour's Green Paper on nationality has suggested new ways of depriving West Indian and Asian Immigrants of their British citizenship, but apparently this is not enough for the Labour goverment.

There are no prizes for guessing what lies behind this new attack on immigrants. Labour can see the growth of the National Front and rather than leading a struggle against the racist poison of these fascists they make concessions to them.

Labour sees its own decline of electoral support and rather than alter the bankrupt policies of the Social Contract, they are willing to attack immigrants as a way of vote-catching. * See page 2 on Islington 18. - Emest Mandel spooking on Workar • Comra hum she LOH in spa Demscracy ane she Dictoraip ol This will be the last Fund Drive appest in the calumns of Red Weekly. Fund Drive will conclude on 5 June -TaY launch Sociallsi ChaRienge But the need for finances especially with an expanded to our new premise he mone ConTinue thank you Weekly readers and branches who have sent in the total o E1,274.70 1hia week We also say to these com Driva is formally closed, Fund to kaep Sociai need to be a regular part or tell lange above water day-to-day wark of Sociallai Chailange readera. So bution ta making your contriwe reach the E15,000 mark, aBri busy consider ming ou sankers" order form so that B regular income can be sustained.

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THEIR DEMOCRACY AND OURS Socialist Challenge RALLY

£1,274 last week -£4,529 to go.

bat ideas Inside: Martin Shaw - Letter Open Committee of the SWP.

But Lawrence PAlis Duripape NUT,

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