Gains in Fight Against Racists
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The anti-fascist struggle in Coventry has made gains inside the labour movement over the last ten days.
Coventry Trades Council, following a discussion on the need for. the labour movement to act, has set up an elected: sub-committee to investigate and initiate ways in which the fight against racism can be taken up on the shop floor.
As a start secretary the has agreed to send out a statement to shop stewards, covenors and District Committees to note the recent racist attacks and murders, the growth of fascist activity and the need to take a class stand on these issues. • The National Union of Teachers has also set up a sub-committee which sent out a questionnaire to all members in schools to assess the increase of racist violence, abuse, gratfiti and fascist literature and organisations within Coventry schools.
The NUT sub-committee adopted a policy of banning fascist and racist literature and has agreed to liaise with other labour movement bodies that are actively taking up the anti-racist Earlsdon and Whoberly ward Labour Parties last week held a joint public meeting to discuss ways of fighting racism in their areas.
The 70-strong meeting stood in a minute's silence in memory of Dr. A Dharry who died three weeks after being stabbed outside a chip shop in Earlsdon.
The encouraging turn-out followed mass leafletting of the area calling on local people to stand firm against racism.
A genuine discussion followed after hearing an Asian speaker recount his experiences of an attempt to murder him and the meeting established a committee of volunteers to discuss the formation of street committees to combat racism.
The above initiatives must be seen as attempts to build an effective class response to the fascists and must be broadened out inside the entire labour movement.
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