stration in Red Lion Square, and Kevin Gately would never have been killed." These were the words of IMG member 1S June.
he describes the following occurrence: affect him pushed back and the pandemonium continued. area where his body was found.
been lodged with the National Council for Cixil Liberties.
The Red Lion Square anti-National Front demonstration and its aftermath has forced sections of the left to define more clearly their positions on the struggle against the racists and fascists. Perhaps the most important change of position is that which now appears possible in the largest revolutionary groupthe International Socialists.
On paper IS has always had a more or less correct position on fascists-no free speech for fascists and racists, in the struggle against fascism violence is inevitable, etc. However, in practice IS has not taken this question very seriously.
On the Red Lion Square demonstration, for example, the 15, despite the fact that it is the Targest organisation of the revolutionary left, had a contingent which was very mach shelter than the IMG and the CP. There mus arcady beca a letter to octat Worker from 15 members commenting about this.
Because the 15 has not taken the question of the struggle ugainst the fasciats serlously this also sucant that their political line after the Red Red Weekly has received a copy of an eye witness account of events which took place as the anti-fascist demonstration in Red Lion Squate on The author of this account briefly outlines the events leading up to his entry into Red Lion Square, Then, just around the corner into the square, T remember looking up at the policeman directly in front of me (about five yards at this time). He was pushing his horse into the front of the demonstration. Between myself and the front row of the demonstration at this time there were about three rows of people. Standing in the front row directly in front of the mounted policeman there was a very tall man. He was head and shoulders above the people around him and had, as far as Lean remember, longish brown hair. My attention was drawn to him by the action of the policeman. He appeared to be very angry and i can vividly remember him leaning forward in his sadille and hitting the tall man with his truncheon, He hit him twice in rapid succession with so much force that I can remember wincing und wondering how it would • The front line seemed to disappear at this point ... We were The author of the statement goes on to point out that he is not aware of any of the details surrounding the death of Kevin Gately, and does not know whether or not they bear any relation to the events he describes.
However, our examination of other written accounts and the photographie record leads us to believe that the events described above took place shortly before Kevin Gutely's collapse, and in the vicinity of the We understand that a full, signed copy of the above statement has WAS KILLED followed the 8,000 strong demonstration through the streets of London (main photo). "If all the people here had been mobilised last Saturday, the police would never have dared to attack the demon Jackie Stevens (inset), speaking on behalf of Warwick University Students" Union at a rally last Saturday which