racism and fascism.
SUE SLIPMAN's speech in Edinburgh was cagerls reporred by the national press. This is not totally surprisinE since a for or wour so:
came straight our of tbe oditorial columns of The Guar MRS DES HEARICES Slipman'sremarks on LewisHant and Ladywood reflected the Respectability. respectability and more respectability. NoWISE ECT SECEED WAS TRIST deficed in terios of the oppression and victimisation of black people. 'Students Told to Stay Clear of Street Violence Tactics", was headline in The Guardian over the speech made by the NationalUnion of Students President Sue Slipman last month. Here COLIN TALBOT, a member of the NUS Executive and a leader of the Socialist Students Alliance, states his views on her strategy for fighting She talked of 'racial contiets! of black rearing in viclent and anti social ways mention of the lact that 5bc National Proor is not merely racist, bur a fascist organisation, BUILT not 1st blac people, but increasingly Jews and groupein the labour moverment.
Now we know that Shipman has said that she is NUS President before she is a member of the TAMMASE SEL debate that stupidity now. compare ber remarks with Dave Cook's article in the Morning Sier, But Slipman is well to the right of a number of Labour MPs The Junction of her speech, was to divide the theranksofinesrudent movement an a whole. It was a fight between reason" (represented by Torics paps") and the ultra lett' trepre ented by the far left groups and la doubt people like Ernie doubt There was no Roberts as welli) to reality the TECTOR TE ENCEL BA03! who want to organise mars actions agains: the racists and fascists and i WHATE COCHE HI BEC take press pote write either. All we argue is that they cannot deal effectively with rac We Wont IST TO LOSSEUE SERICAL GIBI i to involverbe larges, numher of peaple possible against fascism on far-left group/ from Comminists, decent like We do not object to toact.
problems. the streets. Thiscan inclade peonle of diverse political opinions and on parties provided they are prepared Slipman imagines that Vice-Chancellors and Principals con be won over to fighting racism. 1t depends on wbat one means. Hall thor is needed is a statement or a written paper saving Kacism 1s a had thing'. there would be tea But a hit mOrG Is involved, She really believes that the same people who are busy implementing racist fee increases students will sit down with the victims and discuss bow to fight them. It is not only a utopian illusion, bur its practical conse quences are reactionary: no inde bendent Action by students. sin further believes that whole institu dons can be utilised to fighr Ara time when reactionaries are anleashing arracks on the whole incidentally, W'HO addressed the Communist University last summer ) as a preindeta Supman as to believe that Politics Land History Denarments in uners! febting rocism and fascism. Thi or an invitation to ceal ultr leftisen at this particulartime CHEEKY She asks us thor ordy lo fight th win. This is a trifle cheeky. Hor would she have "won' at Lewi ham? How will she stop the Tire bomhing of left book-shops ar offices, the random assaults Party meetings" By mobilising th оссепт сол But if the dece cops indecent caps" from haras lacks and anerations how wul thi racismin society asa whole No, Sue Slipman! The answ in individual violence, hut in ma mobilisations. We are at a stay possibility, provided the Nu leadership does not engage in to show how it in possible to hot fight and win.