IMGpapers 1980–83

Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1980–83

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Socialist Challenge No. 200, 4 June 1981 · p. 14 of the scan · 287 words

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12 June 6.30 Friends House, Euston Rd, small hall speakers Cynthia Gordon, Nasira Akhtar, Jaswinder Kaur, Campaign, and Tony Bunyan of State Research on Internal survemance.

Cinthia Gordon is West Indian and Nasira Begum is Pakistani tion. Support their campaigns to stay in this country.

Demonstrate for Begum, Nasireen Philippino Domestics - they are both faced with deporain ine unions nas come from the London division of the public employees' union, NUPE, which has set up race relations committees with black majorities as part of a campaign which involves publishing a pamphlet on race.

The crisis of British capitalism is hitting blacks hard, marginal and tecnno ogcalv. Dalkwaru industries are eliminated and cuts in the social services take hold.

Today the same forces headed by Thatcher send armed police into factories to look for 'illegal' imnisanls. y deport black women like Nasira Begum. and turn a binc eye to constant racist attacks in the streets or in their homes.

They try to make the white worker blame the black worker for the loss of jobs.

In this they are aided by the labour leaders who see the working Cass a.> • and male and don't fight against racist and divisive ideas views Black workers, by the very nature of their double blacks and as workers will be in the forefront of coming struggles against this system. Strike The writing is on the ol!. The wansfeic ..i icti more recen: v al earpods black ane! ¡cildil lii lii dam!

There have been other demonstrations around issues of immigration controls. police harassment, Atrican days and solidarity actions with struggles in their countries of origin.

Black workers have joined with white workers

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