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CAMPAIGN On May 20th, many anti-racists and activists in South London met to- rights. gether to build up the South London Present were representatives of numerous YS branches, Labour Party wards and socialist They were not alone. Following the call at the CARL conference last March for local groups to be set up, a number have already begun to emerge. In Leamington, for example, the ANL, Trades Council and other organisations have merged, and in Stoke the local anti-racist committee (NORSCARF) has decided to prioritise work around the Tories' Immigration Act.
Such moves represent a growing awareness that the struggle against racism today must be centred around the Immigration Act which is used to justify the oppression black people suffer in all aspects of Not only that. As Bob Swart, opening the S. London CARL meeting stressed, unless the labour movement can be won to fighting these laws, "...it will be divided and weakened in the fight ahead against the cuts, the growing jobless total and That(CARL National Steering Ctte) cher's general attack on democratic In the lively discussion that followed, it was agreed to maintain CARL as a broad, united front organisation open to all willing to support the campaign's general aim.
While stressing the need to take up the general question of immigration, however, it was also suggested by members present that the group should concentrate on particular cases of victimisation in the South London area.
OUTWARD In order to draw in local support for the campaign, it was agreed to send speakers to as many local union and Labour Party branches as possible, seek affiliations from them and produce a mass leaflet for distribuIt was also agreed that the closest possible relations would be kept with black organisations in the area and co-operation be sought in joint activity.
If you are interested in attending S. London CARL meetings- or helping it to grow- please contact Bob Swart, c/o Lansbury House. Camberwell Grove, London SE 11. RACISM The aim of these immigration laws is not just, however, to curb the number of black people entering Britain. On the contrary it has become - in the hands of the Tories and their right-wing and divide the Labour mureme This can be seen most clearly in the recent Tory proposals to tighten the curbs still further. It was widel! recognised that these curbs would do hardly anything