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Leicester, London - STOP NATIONAL FRONT!

Red Weekly No. 64, 15 August 1974 · p. 1 of the scan · 579 words

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difficult for the working class to drive the NE off the streets, but in the black communities up and FOUR CHILEANS who had been condemned to death for "treason for supporting the former Popular Unity government were reprieved last week.

The priests, liberals and Conimunist Party spokesmen gathered in the class that he began to run into trouble. that the Front march and the counter-demonstration be kept one mile apart for fear of violence.

down the country. Here the fascists will remain free to terrorise black workers in preparation for attacking the whole of the workers' movement.

mittee, which agreed these arrangements with the cops, see this as a step Leicester Inter-Racial Solidarity Com- forward for race relations , A symbolic picture-it was universally admitted that Nixon had made "illegal" use of the executive power to carry out the secret bombing of Cambodia in 1969-70, but since it served the interests of the whole ruling class no move was made to impeach him for it. It was only when he started to use this power against other sections of the ruling make up the myth of 'democratic America.

1972 elections has been smashed. His use to the capitalist rulers of the United States is over Nixon established his pre emin ence by effecting a political regroupThis guarantees more violence. Not necessarily in Leicester on 24 August, where it is now doubly The alliance built by Nixon in the Cont. page 8 But racism in the workers" movement will not be destroyed without black workers standing up to racism Tascism, ment in the USA. He pulled behind him the Southern dixiecrats by his programme of "law and order policy which effectively put George Wallace on the political sidelines.

In a neat operation be tugged the tabour unidas away from the DemocTypewriters. Getting the Front off their backs will encourage them. Getting the Front off the streets is the way to do it.

This was recognised at the 1000 strong Bangladesh demonstration in London last weekend, where applause greeted an appeal from the orginising committee to support the counter-NF marches in Leicester on 24 August and London bn 7 September.

In Red Lion Square, the Communist Party and the IS were not prepared for such a strugale. The police were even able to stop the anti-fascist from marching along their agreed route! Now the hand of the police is even stronger.

In London on 7 September the NE, by linking up with the loyalist thugs will continue to strengthen its wolent, reactionary hand.

To clear the NF off the-streets, we noed numerical superiority over the police and the fascists, and a high level of organied seg-defence: Thi demands the maximum unity of the anti-fascists at a national level.

The Warwick Action Committee has voted to call for a national liaison committee to mobilise and prepare for both Leicester and London. This call should be taken up by all organisutions that stand against racism and At Leicester, it is viral that we begin to see the first signs - not just ot numbers, not just of unity but of adequate preparation of che demonstrators against attack from any and every quarter, Without this, the fascists will never he heater as at Cable Street in the 1930s.

The IMG will be sending coaches to Leicester from all over the country. Contact your nearest IMG branch for details. The march begins at 3 pm from Spinney Hill Park. East Park Road, Leicester.

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