Deletined and con anti-fascist campaign in Oxford bore fruit Last week when two National Front meet. ings were stopped and the fascist candidates sent packing.
At the socond of these meetings, at the Town Hall, the Oxford Anti-Fascist Commatter secred a major success. Hacked by stewards from the local car plant, together with local teachers woman's liberation and students, the Committee urged that the idate showed a marked reluctance lo attend.
The 120 anti-fascists present elected their own chairman, who called for speakers from the ING, IS and CP. At this moment the fascists provneatively charged tor plattorm. But a defensive picket soon nave the fascist scum from the room driven home by the police.
The local Anti-Fascist Committee, had dinates.
openly pot across its politics. When the NF working-class areas, Bedminster, five Limes cice. deir own material and send the NF packing.
idate Tom Finnegan.
God's own agent The Labour Party has refused to appear on joint radio and TV broadcasts with National Front candidates. In national agent, Reg Underhill, has sent a letter to all Labour Party candidates 'advising' them not to share a pintform with NF can But some candidates ute obviousJy not too keen on Lindertill's ad Julius Silverman, candidate for Birmingham, Erdington, apreod to share a platfoon witl NF candWith coat collne uptured. Silverman tried to weak past anti-lascist pickets and get into the building. Although ne clasmed to agree with the Labour Party's poston on not sharing a platform with the NF. he pleaded 'special circucustancer:
Despite 15 minutes of bitter argument with the nickets Silvermen wont into the hall, caliod oc other people to leave, and marched off to their own meeting Meanwhile in Bermondsey, Labour's at a mocting with the Liberal, Consera tee and N candidates His agent plead ed that this was a special mocting organ ised by a locat clear. Presumably, Mel. lish fcit be had a stracht directive from But realising that toable was brewing the IMG were mobilising for the meeting Mellish bowed out at the last minute.
In Sherrield, the Labour candidate for Howley, Frack Booley, was addressing a aniversity meeting with the ofber cand Sdatey when the NE arrived.
Hooley staced that he was in favour ofall paing the Nf candidate on the plat This produced some pandemon: tan in the bail, during which a staden: with a pint af beer in his hand essually strolled up to the platform:
After two tugs at the microphone's lead, there was a great blue flash-and but came the lead, Hooley, delentine the Cost's democratie rights, made R grah for the mike. All he got for tue pains was a pascade of ale-quite accid entally! - over his best sait.
In Manchester the Enoch Powell Wigg is a former Labour Cabinet MiniBob Wright-the left-wing candidate for the pencral secretaryship of the ALER- was also advertised to speak but did col tum up. In Manchester the might before, AUEW President Scanton delanied Wright speaking, saying that Powell and the AUFW both appased ho Common Market Powell, the articulate spokesman for Uster loyalists and a motorinus toil. Wistle blowing of Labaur anti-Common Market forces This can only strenginen the extreme right. including the Ne. It provides them with i loatinate plation amongst the warking close for cacism and their anti-trish policies.
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