Uk people' outh Movement was originally ng Committee of Asian b act as an umbrella for a number i formed around different ethnic YO it brought out about 400 Asian tional Front demonstration last is name to the Leicester Asian cting a feeling that its main task Asian youth rather than simply sions within the community. conthly paper from November. member of the Leicester Asian id out how they see the problems the town.
re- it makes it easier for the state to smash us. But among the older i the generation especially с по le by A similar problem is that the tacks political organisations of en- people are general radicalisation. organisations, have lane cothidence of back have the confidence peophe mood of most blacks as a result evolving cynicism with life in Britain face latalistic attitude sian mean Inal mey oeneve i Is rutie to organise.
What do you think working within the existing labour movement, predominantly white?
Obviously the vast majority of black people are within trade unions and vote Labour. But what we tend not to do is play a leadership role within Youth majority of older problems speaking English.
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provements. bably a result of the fact that a Asians have your view?
With younger Asians the problem is slightly different. Most of them have seen the inactivity of movement on ine Indeed, during the dispute at Typewriters, Asians, it was felt that the official trade union be attacked. movement rather than actively opposing racism was passively Then The whole concept of black workers joining of together to fight racism is still a Community rather unrealistic proposition at Rapidly So do you think black people write off the labour youth, ugliest No, not at all. What I do say is that some revolutionaries make absurd claims about the intrinsic anti-racism of white workers -as if there is some magical power which will make white workers and the labour movement help build black workers against their common enemy, the bourgeoisie or trapped in the much more problem is that the revolutionary left is too weak. and too divided. RADDLE (an reactionary Some organisations run away from this problem by glorifying class. Black the police, realising this, become raise of them, organise perhaps sub-consciously, seem to present we blame the revolutionary left for on a march. THE Highfields area of Leicester is one of those typical old inner city housing areas. Once fashionable in the late 19th century, it has declined over the years until it is now one of the main areas for cheap houses and flats. Recently it became a housing action area and various housing co-operatives and the council are making imIn the early 1970s the council built the St Peters estate in the area. As can be seen from the photograph it is a prime example of municipal planning at its worst.
For decades it has mainly housed the immigrant A are the main political tasks facing black people, in Apart from the general idea of The first problem is overcoming the divisions between the Asians and West Indians, , which make it so much easier for us to we have the problem that certain organisations and individuals have fallen into the trap mmunity Relations Councils parasites on becomes to live off the statepose sole So they get alienated from the who experience racism at police unemployment, and so on. The us to bull al organisation whose resources are independent of the CRC.
I find the idea that we should use the CRC as an easy way to an organisation quite ludicrous. That way you only ge web set up by the state to buy off militants.
One response to this is that the Asian Youth Movement and organisation of West Indian youth) have decided to initiate a black defence committee which will try to put out counter-propaganda to that of organise meetings money for fines, and demonstration. At could get about 500 Asian and West Indian youth out communities - after Jews came the Poles, and today it mainly houses West Indians and Asians. The majority, however, are Asians, both from the sub-continent and from East Africa.
On the whole race relations have been good. The National Front in Leicester has mainly been involved in electoral activities, and the police have adopted a low profile 'community' approach. But black youth have never escaped harassment - and recent events show that the attitude of the police is changing. Socialist Challenge 2 October 1980 Pago 9
That's what Sheffield decided. A THOUSAND POUNDS for the jobs fight!
city council has The council is giving anything up to that figure to they don't give a lead then we
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