who got in their way, black or white, one died.' As Frank Critchlow, owner ot the Mangrove Restaurant in Notting Hill savs. It's a miracle no one killed in the police blitz on 20 April when 200 officers in full riot gear rampaged through the West London area. They extensively damaged two biark-owned terrorised the local people; seriously number including a boy of 12 who was hospitalised.
One local black councillor, Ben Bousquet, declared that was 'organised police vall dalism' and added: 'If this kind thing happens again personally will have no option but to sai that if violence is used by the police, the people should reply with violence themselves.
This kind of thing' has happened before and will happen again - with even greater ferocity. The youth Brixton, Southall. Toxteth and other black areas in Britain year convinced the Tories up their repression.
They intend to control the black youth of the in11Cl cities Wilalevel ute LUsL.
man or woman and even a young boy. It's a miracle no Policing strategy has 'refined' itself so that any incident, no matter how trivial, will be met with an all response military type organisation and equipment. Warned While Scarman may have warned against saturation policing operations I1Ke Swamp '81 which touched off Brixton lasi vear. une bonce nave over the past few months been regularit embarking on 'Swamp 81s' in many al cas Black people have the absolute right to defend themselves fascist and state harassment - by any means necessary.
The Cross Massacre Action Camthe struggles Dalell against deportations and restrictive immigration laws have niaved a crucial role in the defence of the black people.
A victory today for the 12, the Asian youths threatened with life imprisonment on charges of conspiracy, would be a set back SCIOUS Tory 'law and order' campaign.
would inhibit the Tories in their use of the courts as a weapon against black would a so ve a clear warang ro the 'frame ups' and politically police about further restrain them in their use of CS gas, plastic bullets, and armoured vehicles.
All this would change the balance of forces favour of defence of the black community.
Allies within the white working class are alreadi being won who see that 1U1 democratic rights, for justice, decent living standards and human dignity is a fight black and white have in THE PEOPLE are like volcanoes: no one sets fire to them, they explode alone. And Central America is a volcanic region.
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'THEY have declared war on black people. They came here to kill and went for anybody
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