weekend in London.
despite the tremendous wave reports.
NUSS is in crisis. That was clear from this year's terence. gale, most of them bedecked with ANL and SKAN badzes, stressed the need to organise slap bang up against the union executive.
A number of motions — for one callinglot demonstration against school MONUTES blocked the Young Communist League led executive who said the union's problems could be solved by 'getting back to basics' and begging money from charitable The whole structure of the conference, with discussion dominated by hundreds of minule amendments to inc SCHOOL STUDENTS, teachers and others interested in racism in education met in Manchester on 24 Jur discuss organising on what theme, wriles PAUL WILLIAMS.
The 150 activists heard how Stockport and school students have caned for wearing Anti Nazi League badges and distributing leallets following instructions from the education authorities.
It was these moves which have been aided by the silence leadership National Union af Teachers — coupled the growing willingness of militant schoo students and teachers to oppose the NF which prompted the Manchester Campaign Against Racism in Education to call the Conference. This body affiliared to the Tea uneast Teachers 2) the Socialist Teachers" liance.
UNDERLYING Retty Hunter from the All Tesebers Against Racism and Fascism and Sowelp student leader -speakers sel framework for the discussion which recognised that the fight against the NF in the schools Against the Nazis, Education.
Organising Centre: NUSS Offices, Lord Street/Southall Street) 11.00am.
SOCIALIST CHALLENGE 6 July 1978 Page 4 ONE HUNDRED and five delegates and observers | attended the seventh annual conference of the National Union of School Students held over the of militancy in the schools over the past year. REDMOND O'NEIL union's constitutional policy statement stifled discussion on perspectives. As Leeds delegate Erica Lavedo put it. ence wai too bonzed down in bureaucratic rubbish insignificant detail which was almost impossibic 1o TOLOW BUREAUCRATIC Students attending have any incentive to go out and mobilise support for an organisation run by bureaucratic hacks and out of touch what's going on On a brighter note a number positive taken. Conference will get nowbere unless the underlying racism in education and society is tackled, Speakers in the workshops took up this theme, and argued to sor turmine ine Are towdeds anti-racism. I was maintained by building and working inside School Students Against the Nazis, and so on, as they exist been today.
School students led the way on bow to organise. It was the first time a significant number of students on a Manchesterwide hasis had got together. Many saw the best way to set up SKAN and NUSS groups was the to organise mass action in the schools. That's why a woek of action has been called leading up to the Northern Carnival.
DEFIANCE Paul O'Sullivan, chairperson of NUSS, put their aim simply Nazi i will be more like a week of defiance' Students wearing badges in deliance o chool leads, leafletting ever: Manchester racisas, and taking against compulsory uniforms and corporal puni shment.
Brainball High School in both Stockmart has heen ear-marked for a picket on 14 July. It is in Andrews — the NF caodidate in the Moss Side be-clection 10-14 July Place, Oxford Road, Manchester 061-273 2977.
15 July Great Northern Carnival the Nazis oroviding there were adequate guarantees on inOn sexism, cancies was called durine the conference. motion calling for a women's conference was defeated it is clear that women delegates are beginning to get organised and will be fighting sexism in the future.
At the end of the first day of confer- conference delegates got together to form and ant opposition to the executive called Socialist Alternative half of Socialist delegates were later elected 1o the executive and 43 delegates exchanged agreed to ongoing basis won't These included members of the Socialist Workers Party, International Marxist and Workers Socialist League.
in Anyone wishing to contact Socialist Alternative write voted to is a teacher. The NUSS offices have bagang centre for the week been of action and for the Carnival. Both the conference have appealed for contingents on tbe Carnival march around demands, as well as those acainst fascism.
...Wales CARNIVALS are definitely the in thing, as socialists politics and fun go well On Saturday 15 July thousands from throughCardiff for a day long Carnival against racism, writes DEREK DAVIES. does Wales Carnival? Joanne Richards, a Carnival organiser, explained will be 'The National Front attempted La big increase in its organisation in Wales and intends standing against candidates in the next election action We want a big show of public school opposition to their ideas before the election starts.
COMPLACENCY
'Cardiffitself has had quite a good record on racial harmony, Herbert but we leel that there's a certain complacency here.
The organisers stress bowever that it is a Carnival against racise and not just Nazism like the London one. After all, the INFIS SHE DICESS Wales, They could only muster a dozen to picker a Tany Benn meeting in a Cardiff two wocks ago, after chiming that 600 would turn up.
Waterloo branch can': take all the blame in the worst housing and highest unemployment, or for In building the Carnival the armatisers have sued at three groups: youth, trade unions.
woman's and although dissatisfied Alternative addresses and organise on for a new Group to 50. Upper Street, conference NUSS and the out.
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Rachen in Forensive ate the Against going on the offensive after the and plans for activities both inside the unions atid outside are being mapped Pupils at Paddington School in London demonstrate last month againat the threat to close it from With people coming from the THE FIRST planning OUR SCHOOL borth of Wales to Bristol the I was agreed that maximum
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Delegates heard that membership had declined and that a financial crisis in the union was brewing. This,
Greater Manchester Week of Action in the Schools Called by NUSS, various SKAN groups, Teachers Campaign Against Racism in
School students and teachers' contingent meet outside the High School of Art (side of Strangeways, corner of
out Wales England will head for