FOR the second time in a month black people have taken to the streets of London to defend their rights. people, against the Tories' racist Nationality Bill.
The mood of the demonstrauol was militant and defiant. Hundreds of coaches. Ual ticularly the Midlands, had brought the protestors to London, just after Anwar WCCKS I Ditta had won her appeal to bring her children into Tony Haque from the Bangladeshi Workers' Association summed the mood of the photo: PETE GRANT (Socialist Challenge)
AVTAR JOUHL (above) insisted that labour movement leaders should have been at last Sunday's march. The platform Nationality Bill included organisation almost all of them black, protested demonstration when he spoke: 'We've shown today that with unity and solidarity among ourselves we can fight this racist Bill to the very end.
'This is not so much a Nationality he continued as all mmilllei allol Bill. The Tories are trying to blame black people for the problems caused by the ccss ul.
Avtar Jouhl of the Inthe rally against the every major ethnic o box au. London Nº dian Workers' Association commented that there were more than one hunblack community banners on the march but few the official labour movement: trade union and Labour party leaders snold oc nere us marching shoulder snottee ac alsl racist laws and against unemployment.' Removal removal though the neve And call for the democratic re-selection procedure of those Labour MPs responsible Li1C Green paper on nationality came from Rudi Narayan West Indian Standing conference.
A high point of the raily after the march was a read the slattiiicill crowd from the H Block It Ursulicis. it sala: totally uacceptable to us, political prioners H Blocks, that more racist laws should be brought inexistence. Herow second-class citizens, now is the time to cement the bonds of unity. Please help save lives Blocks.
And the speaker from the Kashmiri Workers' Assoclallon, nating tildl much of the Tories racist legislation on immigration and nationality. stemmed Hom abou covernicu and wallace HUCA Labour government does repeal this Bill, we'll be back again in this square.
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Photo: PETE GRANT (Socialist Challenge) Last Sunday more than 15,000