MAUREEN COLQUHOUN was sacked because sheis a lesbian and an outspoken feminist. She was not sacked either for being • racist or tot statements that seemed support racism. Northampton North Labour Party management committee themselves the accusation of wi'narew racism after allowing Maureen to explain her position, which has been clear and consistent. As a local councillor in 1972 ahe was voted off her committees foradvocating positivehousing discrimination in favour of poor The statement sh which obscured her superio anti-raciet record was "Powell is not a racist. This was a clumsy expression of her view: Powel is not the real bogeyman. The real bogyman are in the Labour Party, who use soft words and put no money into solving the problem of poor blacks and poor whites in the inner cilles.
She has repeatedly attempted to correct the misapprehension that she elther supports Powell, or underestimates his pemicious Intluence. deploring Powell's 'appalling racist solutions' her argument is that the Labour govemment is racist by defsult. It was naive of Maureen Colquhoun not to predict the distortion arguments in theright wing and supposedly press. One Instance of political Ineptitude, noned at in the context of her record, is not grounds for not supporting her roinslatement.
Tha Maureen Colgunoun Action Committee is calling for her reinstatement because, as fominists and lesbians, we see theattack on heras an allack on all women - particularly those trying to independent from sacking is just one example of to made TRIES of her The current backlash agains ppressed and dissentin groups in this country. Is the wackly policy declaration in Socialist Challenge in support of the struggles of women blacks and gays anything more than Ipservice to fashionable causes in order to recruit pickel fodder?
Socialist Challenge, appalling editorials and coverage of lesbien issues. foreited the limiled credibility man. He that lesbian leminists grent to the straight revolution-