It's hardly HOWS ranging from verbal abuse to the petrol bomb put through a letter box that killed a young Asian woman and her three children earlier this year in East London.
The Home Secretary William Vhitelav can call for a more informed" and 'sensitive' police force to give greater priority to reports of racist attacks but he promises very little to deal with right wing groups.
Of the 'climate' that he says these groups create are created by them at all, but ayd abetted by Her Mad and abetted by Her Jesty's racialist Tory government.
The racial motives of the Home Office as they try to deport black women like Shirley Graham and others; the violence of the Photo: MICHAEL ANN MULLEN as they factories in search of illega immigrants; and the sus harassment get daily from the police, is no referred to.
Certainly Whitelaw doesn't say that black peopic have the right to delend themselves.
The twelve young Asians known as the BradSocialist Challenge 26 November 1981 page 12 that Asians and AfroCaribbeans are subjected to daily harassment ford 12 are a case in point.
They were active against Office and the police for the right of AnMildren to Britains Ditta to bring her They were also active sup porters of similiar campaigns.
following their arrests in July, they are threatentheir lives because, according to the police, they discussed using petrol bombs to detend the black community. pleaded not guilty to the Although have charges and although they are not charged with actually using petrol bombs five of them stayed in jail for five months after being refused bail.
In addition being held so long without bail, one of the conditions placed on all the defendants is That they do not to to an! public meeting in any political activity This clearly shows the political nature of their cases and the necessity o joining their defence campaign. national demonstration in on December, calling for the dropping charges against the Bradford 12 can reliance on Whitelaw and ine police to defend black people - it's up to black peopie themselves with the aid of the labour move ment.
the demonstra tion and send resolutions of support and donations London Suppor Group, c/o 54 High St Southall, Middlesex.
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FEW black people would have been surprised by the Home Office report on racial violence brought out on 17 November.