inside the community itself.
That is what Hilda Kean, the by-election in Spicalfields ward, fight for socialist policies into the CHEL DE TIC TASERIO A number of Bengali anti-racists are working with Hilda. One of them described the activities of the Bangladesh Welfare Association, a body contralled and manipulated by the owners of restaurants.
Six arrested Last month the Bethnal Green pola arrested six Bengali antiacists outside a meeting of th issociation in Club Row rganisation had not held lection for the past eight yea there has been iccounting of its funds. an election for officers September, many of ocal Bengalis who challenged the the sixties and seventies. They are the scapegoats of today. They provide the cheap labour for most of the sweatshops in the area. While the community as a whole is threatened by racist attacks from fascists, some of the Impediments which stand in the way of its selforgaulsation against racist harassment lie, unfortunately, and thrown out of the meeting by the arennisers, who then callec the police.
med, the owner restaurant in Gerrard Soho, and another opposite Pad dingron Station. the archetypal Uncle Tom figure of the community. He has served on numerous 'race-relations subcommittees'; he has close links with Fleet Street; he even maintains a 'left" face Tassaduque was sent out from East Bengal to Britain: years ago by the Party in that region. His task was funds back He hort period, but soon gave up nstead he organised himself an restaurant, which initially had a left-wing patron the age but soon outgrew it.
Tassaduque became an oppor tunist extraordinary. When Pakistani military dictator Ayub Moderate Lindalbe of the Ganges Street Militar Tassadoque is Khan visited Britain. in the carly sixties, it was Uncle Tassadisque Communist send him from Bengali communism! Dur He'd moved a long did this for a Ing the Bangladesh independence struggle, be bocame an uncritical supporter of Sheik Mujibir Rehman. He recently participated in hosting a reception for the new military dictator of Bangladesh the ing the Commonwealth Prime Ministers' conference.
Oswald Mosely (lett) who attempled to terrorise the East End Jews in the 1300s, and Mari Tendal who seoks to do me same to the Bengalls roday.
counter-petition Sunday Times! Socialist Unity garlanded and welcomed way Jarward, Camfaseist strongbuld.
AN ELITCHNES Bengali. HILDA KEAN, Lnity are therefone was threatened by campaign. fresh they did not enter the SUDOUTES Socialist Workers Party The demonstration Thin Es nearest tube, In Britain Tassaduque backed he establishment (in tbe proces increasing his restaurants clien ele), In 1973 tbe Sunday Times colour supplement ran a derog atory article about Bast End Bengalis. Outraged Bengall activists demanded an apology. Comraunter-petition boring organised the Recently, he attempted to sabotage a grant being awarded by Tower Hamlets borough counci to launch a community maga reportedly id: "We don't want to invol politics.
Tassadoque Ahmed does himself Live in the East End.
The Socialist Unity campaigo is of course centring its battle against Labour's Tory policies: cuts in social expenditure, innation, racism and the rest.
TA COLL WERE HEELI argued for these policies before an audience of over sixty people.
Tassadaque Ahmed's menu oilers class-colsboration on al fronts. His record is as soiled as the water of the River Ganges. It is only by fighting people like the him and his labour mentors that tbe Bengali community will move the in mind.
The East End is an important The fascist worried that at might push them into third place.
They are therefore beginning to stucks are expected. Socialist calling on their sentorers in London to give some dime over the mext week to canvase and help in the Sunday'S anti-racist march in An impressive tone our for this amount. HOLE I DISO CITEME NOT uBt. The march is hacked by the lucal London Labour parties and thie South Rest Replon TEE D wellus the Communist Party and International Marxist Group.
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Oid Street. For derails of the Socialin Unio campaign ring Alan at: 226 0571. Get smart!
THE ASSOCIATION of Metropolitani Authoribes (AMA) has announeed that it will respect th 12-month rule and keep to the 10 De recond of localeine one this news is hardly surprising. is that the rices is chared by What is interesting. none oiner than Jack smart, 8 Labourite worthy from Poole Tract (remember Poulson?) Smart is the leader of the Labou Council. He was an influential Wakefield District member of the Layfield commit tee of enquiry isto the finances of local government. The enquiry made no recommendations to improve wages and conditions employes of the Yorkshire area of the National Union of Minefor the North Yorkshire panel of the coalfield. The fact the NUM per cent pay norm would not impress Smart too much. He is In winter 1971-76 workers in Wakefield MDC Public Works Department southt from the AMA Informarion pertaining to various wage figures. Smart threatened them with the Official Secrets Act As far as the Yorkshire miners protege of the old right-wing leaders Bullough and Scholfield They were haping that he wauld succeed them to maintain the right-wing grip. But in the post '69 peniod the miners moved to left. furtunately tbe Yorkshire Miners have Scargill TALACE CHEUL SUE Desperate b now. Smart formed the Yorkshire Assoc ation of Labour Miners, a rightwing outfit which remained stillborn. It reminds us of all the old values murtured by bureacurats: privilege, secrecy and class-pol laboration Smart is down, but not out. Public sector workers in the area should bear these Tacts Promotions in "Fort Southall" RAY RADFORD is the com mundant of Forr Sourhall the name local residents give to the Southall police station. For hi heroic acts in the area, Ray has nowhen promoled to second in command of the orestor, ling blacks, Ray was selected as the deputy in charge of the panice sevat to Anguilla in 1969. He & a veterun of the Norting Hill riots In the carly suntier et Shutters. They car be seel shatters. cun be dropped doww over doars and windowsat the press of a burton. Radfordsays that the drew has a Jes of potenrial race problenes That in absolutely true. Most of them ave a direct result of police haramment of back people A short time ago there was i pro-Powell slogan on display inside the Forz. And last yeur VINER ANOR HAD HE CLE for theit was released after it wa discovered that the money had merely been mignaced. Hon ever the Asim had signed a confession inside the Fort ad mitting to having stolen the said Radford has recently returne Police College in Hampshine.
He was specialisine in how ro denis of Southail are warned REMEMBER ALL the outery when the Newtum Prit war Party first wanted to replac Preatice? Remember Roy Jen HANG ZI MOISE SERENES SCED ng to Reg's defence? Remembe all that hysterin about Trots, eft-wing extremists and 1b ike? So the Newham Labou Party was enrepresentative, eh? A small group of Trot trouble 'ho does Prentice represent is Parliament now? His elector ale? We trust thut the Mail Express and The Guardian wil now be campaigs to force Prentice 1o resign so that the people of Newhum cun elect a new repres entative. Or is that too un democratic?
LAST SATURDA F'S demonstrations in Manchester are covered in deren ersewhere in this How the mass media covered the event on the day inself is of more. small crampie: the actum! size of the fascist demonstrators sonalist Challenge reporters in Manchemer examated betwe 400 and 600 fascists ar the At4pmthe Capita Radio news roadcast said there were 30 ascists on the demo. The BA TV news at 5.25 (read b) Richard Baker! asserted there were 700 fasciss Homerer a direct spot, with Aim foorage from the HBC person covering the even sicied that there were 500 F! The foile wing morning the Sanday Times reportes thai there were 1,000 NF. Could it be that the mumhers have to de constantly raised to jurity th £250,000 to provect a unail group of Nazi A miller's tale THE DIUBENIS ENION O the North London Polytechnic Is donsiested by the far left. In accordance with tradition thes asked the Director to seed message for the Unioe hund. hook. The Director Terence Miller, refeed. The handbook caroled the rebosal which w reproduce below;
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