Grunwicks — a struggle of black women workers Conference 12 September THE youth rebellions earlier this year have bodies to step up their discussions on the role of the police and how to control them.' annual conference and as local Labour parties start to draft their manifestos for next May's some of the ideas put forward.
That there is a serious Troopen was reconsenny the London Labour Party during the GLC elections in May. It pledged to campaen Ior the democratic accountability of the Metropolitan Police under committee consisting solely of elected members and the London boroughs.
The Labour group ine ul seeks to give this committee the over all officers rank of Chief Superintendent, work for the extension of trade union rights to police orticers and the disbandment of the Special Patrol Group, the Special Branch Illegal Immigration Intelligence Unit.
The objective is to labour movement As this issue may be debated at Labour's GORTON police to be.
ocal needs and wishes by discuss Torm or statutory contro. and accountability should established for London's police; and encourage victim's support schemes.
Do these various proposals lead to control of the police or collaboration with them?
The police force is a institution wrince role is to detend property and more importantly property rights. The police are not here to 'serve us' as the LCCJ claims.
Non to the sc i ch that won to the side of working class, ethnic minorities and youth is a dangerous delusion.
Defence Campaign in latest bulletin takes up the much us. The demonstrations have been used several times In the past year especially in London and new legislation is being drafted to give the police greater powers of arrest and use ot arms.
The police cannot be permitted to conduct their own investigations as they are doing in the Liverpool case of David More who was run down and killed by a police vehicle. AS SUPPORT builds up for the national demonstration in Southall on September, there have been more contlicts between the local community and fascists.
Saturday a few dozen racist skinheads back. There were only about 5 black kids. They off when they had nothing else to throw.
Meanwhile the Southall Anti-Fascist Committee, the local alliance which has called the demonstration
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Police Commissioner McNee in Brixton earlier this year Southall demo