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Police line up with Barbarians

· Socialist Challenge No. 116, 4 October 1979 · p. 16 of the scan · 525 words

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Address 'Socialist Challenge'.

Socialist Challenge. 328/9 Upper St, London NI. THE POLICE are protecting the South African Barbarians rugby team with the same relish as they harass black people in Britain. Which is not because the Barbarians' cosmetic job designed to win international recognition of South Africa while sport — and society as a whole — continues to be organised along Opponents of the tour were banned by police from demonstrating against the Barbarians' arrival at Heathrow. Anti Nazi League organiser Jerry Fitzpatrick was arrested and charged with disorderly behaviour after shouting: 'Racist Barbarians go home. Wedon't want any racists in In Exeter, where the tourists were playing their first match against Devon on Wednesday, police took the trouble to mount a 24 hour guard on the City Ground with dog patrols for several days beforehand in order to ensure that the game went ahead.

In Scotland this collaboration has gone even further. The Lothian and Borders chief constable, Sir John Orr, is not merely responsible for police arrangements for the Barbarians' match at Hawick on 14 October president to which the hand-in-glove with apartheid was dramatically shown on Monday when the only black member of the Sports Council, Paul Stephenson, tried to put a motion to withdraw the council's £200,000 annual grant to the Rugby Football Union, which has sponsored the tour.

The other members of the council flatly refused even to discuss the who described the cosmetic' for apartheid and a 'public relations stunt', walked out and will confront Tory sports minister Hector Monro on Friday.

On Friday also there will be a public meeting against the tour at the Polytechnic of Central London (New Cavendish Street, W1) at 7.30pm. The main speaker will be Peter Hain of Stop All Racist Tours (SART). Afterwards, at 10.30pm, a coach will be leaving for the second tour match the following day at Camborne in Cornwall.

In Wales, where the last three matches are being played, South Wales Anti-Apartheid and Cardiff Trades Council have jointly called an emergency conference against the tour on Saturday 13 October in the The National Union of Students is also taking up the campaign making its main focus the Coventry match on 17 October. All Socialist Challenge student supporters in the Home Counties and Midlands should fight for their unions to organise coaches on that day.

The full tour schedule is as follows: 6 October, Camborne; 10 October, Galashiels; 14 October, Hawick; 17 October, Coventry; 20 October, Maesteg; 24 October, Llanelli; 27 October, further details ring SART c/o Anti-Apartheid at 01-580 5311.

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