IF ANYONE thought that the Nazis went away atter the general election, they had better think again. British Movement has been a obvious presence at a number of gies in London recently, particularly when the bands involved are connected with Rock Against Racism.
On September, Crass anarchist punk band — were doing a benefit gig at Conway Hall in Central London. Not for the first time their performance was broken up and the police arrived to put an end to the whole thing.
Rumours that the British Movewas planning to smash it up circulated in the early part of the gig and fighting broke out just as Crass. came on to play. A couple of people were bottled skinheads wearing British Movement and Red Hand of Ulster badges died for all of you — you should be playing for him' orrie Bill CAN expect contingent 4OOLGT supporters from Scotland on the 28 demonstration, Scottish Trades Union Congress is financing a train to London.
But British Rail is using the fuel crisis as an excuse to refuse requests for trains that have been made by the regional TUCs in Bristol, Newcastle, Manchester and Birmingham.
Newcastle abortion campaigners are trying to persuade the National Union of Railwaymen (sic) to demand that British Rail lays on a special train.
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CENTREstage in this photograph of the Brixton anti-racist carnival is a British Movement member who grabbed the microphone to announce: 'Mountbatten ampaign against the this but are not sure how, Inn Rd, London WC1. to see a large *The has since the leaflet, are available from CAC Friday 11pm, Saxone Hall, bar, food, plus live music *Greenwich local Charlton House, London SE7.
The British Movement intervention ther Thirty of them tall in Notting Hill on 29 June this on 29 June this people and At about the same time, a gig held by the Young Communist League in Ealing, in aid of the Southall defence, was smashed up. A Young Socialist ULL.
gig with the Ruts, one of the carliest RAR bands, met a similar fate in West Palais, But the trouble wasn't confined to The first major gig that the fascists Sham 69's 'farewell' appearance at the Rainbow in North London on 28 July. There were a large number of skinheads in the audience, together with some 40 members of the way.
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Campaign Against Corrie, 374 Grays produced 10,000 leatiets to mobilise support for the Joe demo. These, along with a new CAC *Tower Hamlets Campaign Against Corrie is holding a fund raising social September, Saxone Road, Mile End. £1 (70p unwaged) — disco, lac.
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Corrie is organising a public meeting on Tuesday, 25 September at 7.30pm, Charlton Village, Nazis Speakers include Jo Richardson MP and a local doctor. leaflets in the loos beforehand, then running round pulling badges off Anti Nazi League supporter», and egging on other skins to give Nazi salutes.
During one number, a few of the fascists got on to the stage and goosestepped across Crowds of chanted 'Sieg Heil' and the gig was brought to an end as fighting broke Stiff Little Fingers played at the Hammersmith happsed Jake Burns of Stiff Line Fingers asked for the spotlight to be turned onto the trouble-makers and denounced them as Nazis. But this didn't stop the gig being closed down The Ruts, who'd faced such trouble before, had their gig at the Nashville in London broken up in just the same By this time some identification was being carried out. A smallish of less than a dozen members wearing the badges, giving out leaflets, and recruiting are seen at all the gigs trying to stir up Skinhead They operate among the skinhead of the audiences, -successfully. Apparently they are out to link being a skinhead with being racist and pro-Nazi.
The Angelic Upstarts have had a lot of trouble at their gigs. In early June a of theirs smashed up was fascists in Wolverhampton, gig in London's Electric Ballroom was aiso broken un.
have large skinhead following.
The Brixton anti-racist carnival in Brockwell Park earlier this month ended in similar Stiff Little Fingers began to play, punks in the audience broke down the barriers to get nearer the band and some invaded the stage. Two or three BM members went with them. One of Inem goi the microphone and announced: 'Mountbatten died for all of you — you should be playing for Fascist attacks on gigs have been mainly in London but other have not been immune. When Public former Sex Pistol Lydon's band, played in Leeds the gig was broken up by the National Front. The band had previously played with the black poet Linton Kwesi Johnson.
But the tascists are not satistied with smashing up our gigs, they are trying to hold some of their own. White Boss Pearce, the Leeds organiser, is the brains behind Rock Against Communism, which in nine months of existence has organised one gig and two leaflets. The gig, held last month in Conway Hall, London, had an audience of 150, almost entirely WO bands played, pleasantly named White Boss and the The other two advertised bands did not show up.
It's vital that we don't allow the stop our gigs place. RAR was vital in organising and people thing BM often