This followed a week when racist violence in Small Heath alarming, new heights as racist white youths began a series of systematic attacks on the Asian community. The week-long invasion of Small Heath was mobilised by British Movement skinheads Shard Stetchford.
Tuesday 3 June: An Asian shop was attacked by 50 white youth and a West Indian woman was beaten up.
Wednesday 4 June: There were attacks on Asian youth in their school playgrounds. By the evening a hundred skinheads had Muntz Street. On the other side of the road, 150 Asian youths also gathered to fight off any attacks.
Dogs -The police intervened, exclusively against the blacks, and made several arrests.
Thursday 5 June: The police took over the skinheads left off. A massive police presence during the day, with dogs, meant harassment for the black youth who were congregating throughout the area in self-defence. Many Asian youth searched.
By 10pm crowd of Asian and West youths had gathered by Small Heath park, in militant mood. The elders of the community addressed the crowa, calling on the youth to disperse until an afternoon meeting two days later.
police harassment and racist taunts from skinhead mobs, pressed and the call was made for a demonstration the next evening.
meeting. of immigrant associations and the left was called for 6pm on Friday before the demonstration.
Friday 6 June 6pm: While this 'Ad Hoc Defend Small meeting discussed plans to deal with the racist attacks, 200 Asian and West Indian youths assembled outside in Muntz Street.
reached End and assembled and West Indian Movement complete were stripThursday night a Indian were not imdemanded nouncements Led off to find them.
Heath' That evening When a spokesperson announced that there would be a rally on Sunday the militant youth immediate action. Anmore skinheads were arriving in Small Heath resolved the sitaution as the black youth rushsaw more clashes with police and skinheads and arrests. Groups of black youth were to be seen patrolling the streets of Small Heath during the evening.
Over the weekend the youth maintained vigilante patrols in Heath, while other groups of Asian youth made their way into the centre of town to make contact with Rastas from Handsworth, and with members of Revolution Youth.
Through Saturday and Sunday clashes with groups of skinheads and the police continued. community.
weekend shows that the militancy expressed in the Bristol events was not an isolated Small episode fight back against fascist violence and against the police.
traditional leaders of the Asian communities are not prepared to organise this fightback then the Asian youth will do it without them, through their own organisations.
Birmingham levels - black youth in Britain will Birmingham also shows that if the SUBSCRIBE NOW $6.50 12 months £12.50; 6months 12 months - Surface Mail £12.50 Airmail £18.00 Multi-reader institutions: Double the above rate I enclose a donation for the Fighting Fund of andon N1 Pritfed ty Fat End (offset) Ltd, PO Box 82, Kondon EZRacist attacks show every sign of continuing. Over the summer, record youth unemployment, together with the sustained work being done by the British Movement on Birmingham's white council estates are likely to bring about a big increase in racist violence.
The youth need to lend their weight to force the local leaders and the labour movement to support self
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Skinhead The black youth, fed up with
ASIAN youth showed their fighting spirit when racist thugs threatened to make Brick Lane a no-go area for the local black community in 1978. Last weekend Asian youth in Birmingham's Small Heath demonstrated a similar
TROL refusal to be intimidated when fascist-inspired skinheads invaded their