munity pay for the growing crisis.
Their radicalisation is ways in the different communities.
The West Indian population relatively always organisational or political cohesiveness.
it has naved little part in Labour Party or trade union organisation. This is TOROCCO among West Indian youth, who were the first to face ment and police harassment, the response has The most conscious Pağe 8 THE large immigrant community in Leicester has a tradition of self-organisation, but it is the black youth who are leading the fight against the increased racist attacks, against the new aggressive approach of the police, and against attempts to make the black comWest Indian youth tend to self-help voivod projects of a cultural and ecreational nature press and fight for an iden. tity and solidarity among themselves.
The Asian community But desnite a great number of ethnic and religious divisions, it had, and still has, a tradition of community and political The strong ethnic and religious groups tand to be inward 6outrolled by the olders of the community.
While the Indian Workers Associations ally themselves the Labour Party, and give it electoral support, Iner tend to pay much closer atand follow themselves the poutica differences and events in the sub-continent itselt It is the community which has had to bear the brunt of the state embodied in TEne Immigration Acts, which have affected most members of the community in one way or another.
Lobby traditional The response ot the organisations has consisted of lobbying ana appiyung pressure politicians and so on, in an win improve The Asian youth, whc now face the Taul radicalising They tend to ignore the traditiona organisations Instead they have chosen develop their organisations clearer politics, can be seen the Youth Movements that have appeared.
The increasing willingness of both the West Indian and Asian youth to militant action was таке perhaps best seen in the numbers of black youth on and-Netona demonstration in Leicester on 21 | April 1979 communiner clearly understand, however, that the National Front the main danger, directing their fire against the activities of the ponce and tne working o the Immigration Acts The tension the police reached a now hiah. point during July and August this year Highfields area. Shadows On the night of 28 July, a car belonging to a couple of plain clothes police was vandalised ricted to youth objected them sitting listening in a pub night after night.
series incidents West Indian youth and the police. Finally police with riot shields ended up chas ing shadows through the Peters estate in the early gos oute more Seven West youth were arrested, and with assault.
A few days later the •once series oma steeri the area and arrested one West Indian youth who was moving stereo equipment - they claimed it was stolen.
since inen the person involved produced receipts for all the equip ment and the police have These small incidents reveal The beginning of new trend in the approac to the black community. inev are con fident they can handle the black youth as they like and get away with it.
Scum have to shake that confidence showing that they can get away treating black youth like the scum of the earth.
Tne itiatives taken by the black youth organisations; SUDOOLI them deman ding black support all their independant orcausations. them against police tacks. oppose the migration them in fighting for the right to work YOUR TOWN decline, mass unemploywent. now the labour movements organisine or failing to. These coula be themes for an article about your area If. you would like to swore on arce oleuse contact Socialist Challenge.