Anti-fascists scored a big victory on police to artest her strations surprising It reinforces the IMG position that what is needed is a combination of sell-delence of the mots of the ant-tascist forces and propaganda initiatives, not physical atlacks by WHAT NOW?
It is unikely that the NF will ent to march again too quickly a! + Saturday's debacle. Although th. have threatened to do so in November this is more Liciy bravado. The most likely development for the next lew months is the localised nature of the anti-NF actions, especially during the elections. On a national scale, delagates should start to be won for the Coventry ester anti-fascist conference to be held on 23 November at Warwick University.
Importance of opposing fascism-the shoring up of the weak links in the political armour of the working class-the most important question here is that of the fight against Enoch Powell on the irish issue. This involves the winning of the antifascist forces to the fight for the immediate withdra wal of British troops from Ireland and in the immediate You don't often see bands of homo sexuals roaming the streets. You dont often see defiantly homosexual people lined up next to ordinary trade union iste. But this is what has been happening during the anti-fascist demon The Gay Liberation Front was one of the groups on the receiving end of police brutality at Red Lion Square in June. They turned up again at Leicester last month, and in increased numbers at Hyde Park on Saturday. But this isn't all that Gay peuple - homosexuals - ate asually among the first to get it in thu bock from the right wing Je Nazi Germany tens of theusands wore exterminaled, lo Sant lago. Chile massacres bi mays aro goine on al this moment.
# Leeds, the lunatio National Domine ratie and Freedom Movement is putting our stickers calling for the death of a local gay militant. The National Front itself is opposod to gays, along with hippids, "permissiveross, and other 'nor-patriots. And ef course hommesual workers are well used to heing in the front line when it comes lo sackings, evictions or police harassment, WEAK FLANK On the Leicester demonstrat Son pay lib was under attack from people who should have known better - mentons of a left wing contingent. This action strength sened the Tune of Those a the sav 3lher ation movement who argue against jining tise rest of the left in fighring fascism. That sven more gay lib mobers shored up it Hyde Park, that thay were not po if by the arguments of those within th movement who think you can fight fascism without physically opposing it, is no thanks to the people who harassed them at LeicThe more divisions that exist in the anks ol the workers novement, the casier it is for the fascists and the ruling class. The full participation of gay watken JANICE MILES
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term the building of support for the TOM/BPC demonstration on 2T Oct Women's groups A number of women's liberation groups-including Arsenal, Harrow, and Oxford-took part in Saturday's rally at Speaker's Corner against the National Front. This followed the decision of the last national women's conference to tight fascisme.
Women's liberationists talked of the attacks on the demands of the women's morement-especiaily those for free abortion and con traception -and of the threal to When demonstrating against fascists you At Leicester, for instance, a tencher from Tube Hill Comprehensive, a working class school in South London with 1650 caught sight of and photographed one of hit collengues", Mr. Edmonds, proudly bearing a Lewisham National Front banner Two of the schools rovernors cot boid of the information, and demanded an al Tulse Hill, with a view to removing him. The Inner London Education Authority naturally turned down the request, but the matter is now fully in the open.
Edmonds hus since renarled to ine Guardian that he will be standing as an NI Cand stu Jor Quottord in the up to the hilt hy his mentors, Tyndall and Weberer, the former commenting that Tulse Hill's multi - racial" roooad had leen pretty bad, and he cauld not imagine how Erriond's presenee on The fascist National Front were prevented from holding a meeting in East Ham town hall Cis week for their local parliamentary candidate.
The hall was occupied by over a hendred anti-fascist militants, mainly from the IMG and International Socialists, WINE SEICE COU THE IRITE outside. The fascists wandered wround looking extremely dejected.
A Douce oupector tried unsuccess fully to persunde the occupiers to leave, so the fascists were then given a police escort into the building. Once inside thes started hurling chain about without police InTELEIO At this point the demonstrators decided to make an orderly withdrawal.
recognising that a political victory had beee scored. The sead was put on it when Council officials tarned up and informed the NF that permission to hold the meeting had been withdrawa.
the statt could worsen racial harmony ween there was not very much of it any way lE meil seem strange that a welt gentified middle-aged fascist should lease a job in industry to work on the lowest However in this position he has acccas to detailed information about the race home background and also addicsss of the pupits. He can compile information militant teachers and students, And be can, of course, keep n carcful look out Tot flac converts amanet techers kids und parents.
There ane alrcady indications that runk-and-file teacheis at the school will not take lightly the presence of a fascist in their midst. Spocial meetings of the commonoom and the N.U,T. wall be taking place this week to discuss ROAUNETTRUSCIEHIE SEIRASSIRASUEIME Lalk of a baycott of his lessons among the students.
LAMBETH MG Red Wockly 12 September 1974 Page