Britain's MOSE Socialist Challenge discovered last week.
Day's motives ure racist.
"martyr" in the image of Robert Relf.
GEOFFREY SHERIDAN reports.
Michele Day is 1. accordine to her caucationa profile card has a reading age of 2. She has not been in a primary authorities - usually prompr attendance — a year to bring are due to hear the case on 26 July.
The Labour-controlled Inner London Education Authority is awareof Day's motives Michele Day was due to be transferred to Haggerston girls" secondary school in Shore ditch.
PREFERENCE Parents can pretereno as to which school their child should attend. Derel Day are added: there "A school with no WUNA enough bleeding wags in this country and I don't have to put up with any more.
As it happens, 70 per cent of students at Haegersten white, 20 per cent more than ac the two neighbouring socondary schools There tares Asian teachers at Haggerston, gether with a West Indian, and person mixed made plain their opposition to KELISIE When the ILEA allowed che FrOME hold meeting at the school three усал: ago, thirty of the staff joised a picket of the meeting.
cather ThAN SDOW saite spirited opposition to a DEREK DAY. who would like to be considered as loud-mouthed racist, is prosecuted for refusing to send his daughter to school.
Yet it has taken the education authorities a year to act, and the Nazis will undoubtedly attempt to use the trial to create a and self-doclared DOSIMe E lo Sa0d on the halcony of his flat abscenities to passing blacks. lett education officials have tried hard to conciliate with Day.
AL Haggersion normally a prompt response 70П- when students Tail toturn up. If astudent is away for more than two days, a forit is sent to the parents.
If there is no reply, another forni & sent and an educational welfare officer is asked to visi the home. A visit would rarely ake place more man three weeks after the absence began Michele Day never did corn up a: Haggerston or any otber secondary school. Her case wa dealt with at divisional level шпаст tae person capers!
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of K.J. Mason, head of the being ILEAS Hackney Based al Dekway House in Stoke Newington.
Derek Day claims
privale mile round trip to East London supervise education. There are no prizes for guessing the direction such LESSOUS WON TERE w'hose Day is a former member of yelling a star speaker at the last NF But the local London. there LINUUUSEE pamphler How to Combat a Red Teacher invires parents and school denounce teachers who advocate racial equality or fail le lorify the history of the British Empire NEGOTIATE An ILEA spokesperson told Socialist Challenge thar officials tried to negotiate with Michele's parents to try to conse to some arranteement These negotiations division, unprecedentedlengths.
that a vociferous from Boutne division's placement European origins.
OBLIGED Mason, duly obliged ciections the NE's manifesto for racially the room.
did leave to students to emharrassment to court, The was taken over this Aston wha reticent child. very frightened MEDIA was prosecuted sought to create the mass headlines agoul Reir such treatment, Derek reilletant martyr.
went to At a meeting with Derek Day al Ockway House, the raciut we'd got in.
exception to the presence of A.N. Chin, the secondary school officer, whose appearance indicares his nonChin's superior, Rather than defend the education officer and terminate the meeting at Dice, Mason told Chin to leave 'Mass The TEEA explains: "The officer concerned suggested he save him and abuse."
Two visits by an inspector to President the private tultion set up by Day persuaded the ILEA It wasn't alistactory, and the authorit inally decided to take the issu Blackmore, prolonged delay in candidate. tuking effective action will no bave benefited Michele Day HEA admits that be attendance at primary school was poor, although no action average vale The teacher from Hagger to 60 votes cust.
interviewed her recorded: "She is an extremely very quiet alld It was noted thar Michcic would nood to go District. into a remedial department.
elected.
When Robert Relf raised his 'For sale to an English family only sign ourside his Leaming(on house in Apcil 1973, and by the Race Relations Board, the fascius had our martyr. Hahro, They were belped by much of media, "Race renel tures heroine A racet mussi suggested his ensure tha. Day receives no signed, Day will be no We'll send you the forms which duly came in the next And Socialist obrained a stall.
There were a few red faces at the lestival, but there was no question whatsoever of booting SteWards CP members said they were pleased laughter when they heard how Why were we excladed in the first place? Nothing to do with WETHIS TEL festival. It was the CP executive hich decided by a vote not to allow the ultra left" any stalls Whack was a bit naughty giver that the theme of the festival this sear was 'Unicy' poll' elects Birmingham AUEW right-winger In the clection for District Birmingham South ALEW. Roger Griffiths, from Lucas's mas narrowly copping the poll in front of the right wing That is. until the Wychall Lane Branch sent in 472 votes all for MISCHIESE The in all other branches wus from uround 20 Blackmore got more votes from this one branch than from the whole of the rest of the He has now been declured Has Monty signed? AT THE Socialist Challenge stall at the People's Festival we appeal for. Rudolf bat the It PrisOned Ensi German Marxist dissident, and ohamed hundreds of signa.
Scores of CP members including Bab Rosthorne, Colin Chambers Pere Carter. Jon Bloomfield, Gerry Leversha, Bill Ward, Karl predominantly Jewish areas.
This was too much for our replied that "Somewhere within the outcard heavily exposed medi promoted National There are - 300e very sensible suggestions politicully -withia the Front there good polltical An Angry listemer srote to the Independent Broadcasting Authority protesting at this garbage. The IBA has Just got round to replying to his letter.
say Adrian Love was not putting his own political views which CPUSHHUTY. "understand your concern and ure going to contact Capical's senior management.
(PS. Interesting coincidence: the IBA was the same body which censored the programnec the Amnesty report of torture in freland.) ZELDA CURTIS departure from the Morning Star was predicted in this column a fortnishlien. Welook forward to reading her successor Mary Rosser's columns Meanwbile print the following un anguished Star reader:
Farewell then Zelda.
Doyense of left press Fun Organisers Your inspired rhetoric, Your lively touch, Which didn't amount to much, Kept the Stur going for an extra I was Laud, when your name first appeared, Now everything's decimul How awful!
Forget Barbara Niven, who's Mary Rosser?
Zelda, you were the greatest, We'll merer forget ya!
dispute will continue off the The only authority to cu another national shop stewards At the Raval Free the work to rule has the support of NUPE