AT A meeting of co-workers to the Brixton events.
Pam, small tools factory in Sheffield, said: 'Nobody seemsurprised They saw it as all being against the police.
*People said things like about experiences they had had with the police fitting them on false charges.' John is in engineering in Manchester: 'The older white workers' response was that there was a need for new riot police • every other country had them was discussion about whether Enoch Powell was right in his forecasts — out lew seemi ed to agree with Powell's solutions.
"The big thing that influenced Deonle Wa that white _youths had been seet fighting along black. of Socialist Challenge porters over the Easter weekend, TONI GOR TON asked several people about the response Her said "great!" Black and white workers had real Teas dooul wrat nabocl ed and I found that giving socialist explanation which linked up the role of the police and governmen the conditions helped quite a lot.' Riots Ray had an hour-long discussion in his all white Public Employees' union branch in London: "People were discussing to what degree the decaying inner-city areas were responsible • acts of the police. "They wondered there would be more riots.
Some said that the youths were scroungers because Iney Calciul burned down the Security building overt racist response.?" "There wasn't
- Police and 'unofficial' weapons no more
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"the police asked for it" and started telling stories