It is à measure of how far the debate on race and immigration has shifted, that the right-wing Roy Hattersley should be the main spokesper son for this new development in Labour poncy.
Hattersles said that any Labour Bill would have to make it clear that no longer could decisions on the future of individuals and their families without right appeal and indeed wilout il oene pecessary to give any reason why a man or a wullldl should excluded from this country.' of 30 stopped making racist Jokes anla turnea Inelr wit or the fasists instead That summer there was a mass meting of 2,000 people over our pay claim. In opposition to the convenor, I moved a resolution for action. . As I left the platform, the next speaker attacked my speech by. sayın.
that I had six wives and could afford to stay on the dole.
One day one of my Indian friends, . He lold looked a bit depressed. tha there was a sticker saying hang underneath track The white workers who stayed near the sticker refused lo lel ll be laken aown The foreman said he couldn't do anything A handful of white workers were angry about the stickerand this encouraged the black workers who were ready to leave their jobs and remove the sticker themselves; but this would have let the shop stewards committee off the hook All oI Ine black shop stewards attended the lunchtime meeting - the first seeds of unity among the blacks. We proposed thal the executive committee of the stewards should immediately remove all fascist and racist literature and stickers, ana inal any worker: Se varsed mind these should warned subsequently disciplined, . up expulsion from the union. . We also warn ed that it necessarv. the black workers were prepared to take action temselves.
For the first time I heard real fighting speeches agains fascism. The senior shop steward put an end to the argu. ment by explaining that the left always supports the working class while the fascists wil betray it. The resolution was carried unanimously My experience shows how deep racism runs in the white working class, even among Ine more radical elements, and how real progress in the anti-racist struggle will only be made when blacks unite September 1978 and was publishea This artick Wriller Socialist Challenge. the GODer POlOr of