Country-wide meetings build Black People's Day

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mass Lerose, Massacre Action Committee, describing the response to the demonstration that is to be held on Monday 2 March.

*People are responding because there have been so many murders of blacks recently which the police have. not solved, and LIC V always disclaim have any racial motive — all lic authorities are indifferent. The formation ot the NCMAC has providea a tramework tor people to express their rage and dissatisfaction.

Branches of the committee have been set up in virtually every Ila ul town in Britain.

Young people in the schools, polytechnics, colleges of further education, and universities have been rallying their forces anger al the murder of the 13 black youths.

Appeal Fund The direct action has set up a fund for the relatives Ine acda Dend •onations Cross Massacre AcCommittee Road SE24. Tel.

LOndOEL 01-15/ /200.

For example, the student union Thames Poly, in Woolwich, which has not been given to militancy recent resolved to close the Poly on 2 March so that students can join the demonstration. A collection raised SudeH unlenl is donating £200 to the action committee. movement,' says John chairperson of the New Cross sent at the meeting on Tuesday last week.

West Indian, Asian, ATICA O DaK ocUDiC born here make up the D annung committee tor the march.

The movement is based on the organisations of the black community, sucn as ine Aslan youtn the ManCaesler Black Parents' Organisation and AfroSocieties in carloocall the colleges. Leaflets Black people in many areas are CIstaDuune leaflets at work, but the Labour rarty ana trauc unions have so far stood aside from ofticial support.

Hundreds of people have attended meetings Leeds, Araooru. Manchester, Liverpool, Huaderstieid and Preston. More meetings are being set up i.

Nottingham, Birmingham, Rugby, Leicester and London.

been decided that only the banners of the action committee will be carried on the march and that these will include the names of the 13 The committee dead.

recommends, that Olal' ards be restricted to the slogans which it will provide to any organisation that requests them.

DEMONSTRATE took place, and goes on to Central London. Black community mourns its dead of Action Black People's Day of Action On March 2nd 1981 Assemble 10am at Fordham Park next to Moonshot Community Centre, Pagnell St, London SE 14. The march passes 439 New Cross Road, where the massacre Paul Ruddock, 13th victim of the Deptford fire massacre Photo: WEST INDIAN WORIR