SUPPOKI N28 for the strength of black people in the movement lal will torce wnite peopie to contront their wWil Manubhai agrees: 'We don't want to be used as mascots.' Women Merle has been campaigning for a town-hall • tha1 young women with children can local politics.
"The problem is even greater for black women, she says. 'Because of racial and Calle traditions they have further barriers to playing a full role in society.
Both Manubhai and Merle strongly favour right of women to decide on the question of abortion.
Manubhai extends this propic to une right or tat Irish people as a whole to determine their future 'Labour-Tory bipartisan policy . al abomination,' he says. challenge the bans.
the streets. This the police and the working labour movement.
trade unions and Labour Party for bans not against.
mine the basis of everyone's rights.
Right now the starting bans or campaigning organisation.
others danger of being denied.
initiate campaigr democratic rights and fight the bans.
publicity, funds resources it requires.
Socialist 'The thing that strikes me about Socialist Challenge is that I find it the left. of Irish issues.
'I also like its coverage of the and race."
Is it possible to defy the bans? The bans can only be defied and defeated with the full involvement of the labour movement. But for this to happen political clarity is needed.
The battle to win the democratic right to march and to demonstrate must be won on can only happen if the balance of forces between the government, class social movements is shifted in favour of the This change can only come about as a result of debate and discussion within the At the present time the leaders of the and campaigns like the Anti Nazi League are arguing While their arguments are aimed at getting the fascists off the streets they underNational Front with the connivance of Whitelaw and the police is to determine our right of political protest. There is no such thing as 'selective' We say: circulate the following model resolution in your trade union, Labour Party • We call upon the government to lift all bans on demonstrations and not to impose • We call upon our Member of Parliament to raise as a matter of urgency the democratic right of people to assemble which is in grave • We call upon our executive committee te structure to • We declare the intention of this branch par ticipating in such a campaign and will give it and other Challenge refreshingly open minded and not as rigidly doctrinaire as other papers on Jacob Ecclestone, Deputy General Secretary, NUJ 'One of the reasons why I appreciate Socialist Challenge is its good coverage of CND. The paper has always been unequivocal on its policy of Troops Out of Ireland and has had good coverage economy and the workers' movement and its policy on issues such as women Pat Arrowsmith