think.
Housing is only one area where black people suffer from racism. In the period 1974-1977 unemployment rose by 138 per cent, For black people it rose by 307 percent, over twice the averaze. Among black youth the situation is even worse.
Housing. education, jobs. Black people are discriminated against across the board. Yet far front secing this racist atruse of black people as a problem, the main political parties share • common yiew that blacks, There Labour comes under pressure From the left, the anti-racist and black movements, so they include saps promising to review" the Sus aws which allow the police to atrest blacks indiscriminately on suspicion"
The Tores, on the other 'race relations" under the heading of The Rule of Law'. and numerous proposals for firm immicration control'.
In practice, however, these differences BEC SUEnt. Labour and Tories want an end INF BLACK council tenants pay, on average, the same far right and othe ent as whites. No discrimination there, you may Wrong. Out of every thousand white tenants only six have to live in shared accommodation. Yet among the same number of Afro-Caribbean tenants, 100 have to share, and for Asians the figure is 180.
In other words, blacks have to pay the same rents. for worse accommodation - just one example of racism in Britain. Here's how it should be dealt with.
to immigration, the differences are merely over a few thousand dependants; and ments'.
Both parties support strengthening the police force.
It has been during the past five years of Labour govemment theat detentions deportations of black people have reached record levels and tomuration rules bave been repeatedly tightened, physical intimidation escalated:
The new Nazis National Front merely take the conclusion. If blacks are * problem the best and final solution is to get rid of them. like When the whole ment ways that blacks are a problem", wben thousands face unemployment, insecunty and unrest, it's hardly surprising that some will be attracted to the fascists' recipe for The Front have the added attraction that they want to make scan repatriation bombing, burning and bullying black people into leaving.
CLACE WOTOS MICY CHET ACRDO.
It is this that really sets the apart from the racist politicians, and makes necessary a campaign self-defence by anti-racists and through powerful mass actions. The answer does not lie in calling for bans on fascist marches or meetings. When the NF was banned from marching in Ilford during the by-clection last year, it was the labour movement, too, forbidden from demonstrating on the streets.
That fits in perfectly with Thatcher's call to deal with "extremists right", leaving the defence of democratic rights at the mercy of the forces of law and order The growth of the Front over the past decade shows that and racien has to be confronted by the whole movement, if all of us are not lo pay a terrible price while The sort of policies which has would represent a real break with racism are not to be found of the In the manifestos of the main parties. foremost is the need to cod logical institutionalised racism attacks by the state on black people That means repealing the Sus establishand immigration laws disbanding the Special Patrol Group, which murdered Kevin 'Gately in Red Lion Square and Blair Peach in Southall last week.
nOW. Tooted economic toothless Race Relations Acts, but by extensive programmes of positive discrimination, or Tory affirmative action, to secure overtly and better education. of - to stop the NF own culture and language movement which was left and force their rights sciousness. self-organisation. working class black ment.
First and sations.
black peaple can expect the host and squads of the fascists.
black people themselves Black and not through be the order of the day.
rights necessary! for black people homes, jobs.
It also means recognising the right of black people to theis In order to achieve these aims, and to defend ourselves aguinst attacks from the state and the fascist goon squads, we need to build a massive The key to this is the self-activity of black people Only by standing up to light for their rights will black people majonty working people to recognise and demands That's why we support all developments of black con and Alongside the fight to build a liberation movement goes the need to forge a broad anti-racist movement rooted in the organised workers move We Tally support the Anti Nazi League and all other anti-racist, anti-fascist organiFinally, as the murders of and anti-fascists have shown, we brutal campaignine attacks from the uniformed thugs of the state and the goon right We support all moves by to detend against these assaults, and demand labour movement support for them. their and workers" self-defence need to institutions Stand up and fight for your by any means And a workers' government? workers"
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