IMGpapers 1976–79

Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1976–79

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· Socialist Challenge No. 67, 12 October 1978 · p. 9 of the scan · 530 words

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page 9 of the scan

Dying I had six wives nds had to hold me Rover car plant in ontations with and also by the effect of the national anti-fascist sations, which had made both blacks and whites feel that the NF had to be opposed.

In the past few months I have thefollowing incidents.

*Vic, West Indian, transferred to a job where he was working as part of a team of four. The three other white workers started a work to rule, without giving any reason, and forced Vic to move to another job. The shop steward did not intervene, although ne asked to.

*Nawaz, a Pakistani, complained to me that his shop steward was not giving him his fair share of overtime. In Rover the management decides how many should work, and the steward decides who should work. Fearing racism, he felt unable to confront his steward or to take me maner to me stewards' executive. I saw the deputy senior steward and he brought the steward into line.

*One morning Jahangir, Pakistani, came to see me and said that he had been sacked. Apparently he had working for a month in the Land Rover on the night shift. His mates, all white, had told nim not to give tull production for the first month of training, and it is usual to follow the advice of older hands.

But Jahangir had been told by the foreman and supervisor that he was sacked doing enough work. His shop steward refused to help him and his workmates would not back him. The normal practice in Kover Is mat ll a new worke cannot fully cope with the job *TWENTY YEARS ago only little boys used badges... 'Considering the CP's role in the fight against Mosley in the wds '30s, it was likethe pot calling the The Ken Lever.

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He was been members wear profound thoughts of Services continued to Holloway unemployment benefit office in case une rront North London who had been Lever told by management to stop general wearing certain AN badges Graham and to remove anti-NF posters members from the union noticeboard. general he peneti onlice worker were warned on 4 October that they would be suspended if they display any the ANL.

Inser menone nean 'We'llget TheOtherBookshop', National Frontmemberschantedat Chapel Street market last weekend of a political party - in this and CPSA deputy secretar told local branch unal unions purposes committee wouu recommenu mar mer should be no for SUUUUrE anvone suspended The CPSA officially backs toe NF in MAN described psychopath led a gang of fou orgy of violence which involved Aires and vagrants, the Old more Bailey wastoldon Monday.

One vagrant, Alfred Shafwas murdered. had bottles thrown at him and was kicked, before his killers dropped a heavy gas cylinder This face. completely unrecognisable.

The words "National Front' were then scrawled on a wall with a piece of cloth that had been soaked in his blood.

The gang leader, Frederick Challis, was security hospital without limit of time'. Carl Palmer, 19, was sentenced to life imprisonment.

Palmer told the court: thought Pakistanis should be in this country.'

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