overthrow the their oppression.
operations in 1975.
achieved by racists united the defence affirmative action.
pickets been carried out by the class and the British state. and selfpart political own organisations in schools, colleges, youth clubs the campaigns need to aim to white organised labour Azad defence the ANL and indicates the this. Indeed, the repeal HERE Dus laws. *Opposition to all immigration controls Tory politicians continually try to tell black people that the tightening of immigration controls is in their interests since it 'allays real fears' among white people in Britain.
In reality the tightening of immigration controls is because the ruling class has decided its reserve army of labour is sufficient now that the post-war boom has ended, and because it provides a means of heightening racism among the white workers.
Each Immigration Act has been racist introducing 'non-racist immigration controls. *For the repeal of blanket and unspecific laws such as Sus, and an end to blanket police operations in black areas; disband the Special Patrol Group There are widespread police operations to search and arrest black people under the pretext of hunting for illegal immigrants. These laws are just one means by which the state maintains constant harassment and repression of black people with the aim of breaking resistance to Thus it is in the areas with the highest concentration of black people that the use of the Sus law is most widespread. For example, 17,000, the SPG stopped and questioned 14,000 people and made 400 arrests in blanket *For self-defence against racist and fascist violence Racist and fascist violence is a constant feature of the lives of black people in Britain, and it is met with indifference by the state since it aids the intimidation of black people. Only when such attacks provoke a mass upsurge among black people does the state intervene against the Short of that it is black people themselves who are victimised for defending themselves. *For an end to discrimination against black people — for affirmative action programmes to end second class citizenship While it is easy to point to the cumulative effects of racism in jobs, housing, and education, it is hard to pin down individual acts of discrimination in these areas. Attempting to end discrimination by putting a stop to individual racist actions is the trap of liberals and reformists who see things in individualistic, human rights terms rather than as social issues The only way to end these types of discrimination is through the demands taken up and fought for by the Afro-American, Chicano, and Women's movements in the USA -Only through affirmative action can the black and anti-racist movements go beyond purely formal (and fictional) equality and fight for actual equality *For an end to imperialist oppression of the peoples of the third world The most effective solidarity that workers in the imperialist countries can provide for the anti-imperialist struggles around the world is to challenge the imperialist role of the British ruling The objective of campaigns in solidarity with the people of Zimbabwe, Iran, or Ireland, must be to limit the room of British imperialism to manoeuvre by mobilising the labour movement against imperialist intervention.
*For the right of black people to determine their own future through their Black people must be free to determine their own future through their own organisations. The . task of revolutionary socialists is to unconditionally defend that right.
Recognising national rights extends to other questions, such as housing and language. Take for example the Greater London Council, which proposed to create all-Bengali areas 'for their protection'. It is clear that the only consistent, democratic policy is to demand that Bengalis themselves must decide on their housing.
We defend the right of national minorities to learn their own languages, and to have facilities in schools, the media, libraries, etc to use their own language.
We are absolutely opposed to any policy of integration which forces black people to abandon their own languages and cultures.
*There will be no black liberation without women's liberation Black women will increasingly play a central role in the struggle for black liberation. This has already been demonstrated in the workplace struggles of black people The newly-emerging black women's movement is beginning to play a leading role in promoting actions against the sexist and racist immigration controls (the AWAZ pickets over "virginity testing') and police and state harassment The black women's movement has a vital and legitimate role to play within the black - there is no possibility of the ruling class in Lewisham, which has a black population of about Socialist Challenge 21 February 1980