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Socialist Challenge No. 58, 10 August 1978 · p. 4 of the scan · 550 words

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PLANS political heineen the The Media.

anti-racists Information.

HONKEL because of their combination of opportunism and sectarian party buildin hat the SWP's black organis sations, Flanie and Chingan, have had so many troubles. The campagns latter has disappeared com Cardiff pletely after its strong showing in the Asian youth radical sation in the summer of 1976.

around DELIL SLUI in it forganisaticmally auturomous' but in 'political the swP.

However both this resclution at SWI conference and anotbee on Asian work" Failed even to lo the mention the questions of black and black Such an approach can only deepen the hostility of the many Afro-Caribbean youth who sympathise with follow revolutionary socialism but are suspicious of the white left" alreadyset.

Trades tor party broadcast National Front al the next election are underway nation. be ally. This follows a meeting Cumpaign Against Racism in ANL harriers. confront opposing broadcasts. The first is the legal position — it had been though! that the Representation of the People Act gave automatic TV linee to parties fielding a certain number of candidates.

Bat it now emerges thut this really only agreement" between the BBC and the maiu . The ANt and CARM publicising this The second main problem b that the BBC and IHA repare the NF as a 'normal' politica party, The internal NF bulletin published in Socialist Chal lenge two weeks ago reveuled the Nt is putting up candidates simply to gel media This is expected to anger Immigration Laws TOGETHER with the local In Bradlord and which have been launched around the deration "illegal immigrants, London-based campaign has About 30 people attended rocent meeling to establish the Campaign Against tion Laws (CAIL). This intends to fight the 1971 Immigration Act and the proposed changes law on nationalities.

The first action which the campaign is trying to orpanise is jaint pickets of jails in London, Cardiff, and Bradford on 23 September. They are appeating areas to Lloc example that Bradford and Cardilf have merlin workers, CARM members hope to use this sentiment to start Don used by Front' cumpaign a sue relate pendenhe the leue of free speech.

and CARM will he campaigning the prevailing view that giving the NF a hroadcast is somehow "democralic, when the itself is violent, racist and antidemacratic ANL/CARM programme of activity starts with a meeting of programme makers at the Edinburgh TY festival in This will be SERINES folloned hy ang bandon meeting on 12 September, and a national Day of Action two Photo: PETER MARLOW days later.

The climax is expected to be a series of pickets at regional TY stations by ANE groups leading to a mass picket of BBC Broadcasting House on the evening of 14 Septemher •Pall the The main slogan, plugs on the thugs. will produced hadges and SOCIALIST CHALLENGE and Socialist Voice, the paper of the International Socialists Allance, agreed organise jointly 1WO-0a ATI THIC school September. Big Flame are also The aim of the saliool is to very necessary discussion black liberation and socialism.

The sponsors have agreed that there is a crying need for much mare discussion anti-cacism; in tle past, the far left has aflen concentrated toc much simply on anti-fascism Fuller details will available next week

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