mously this both increase black people's self-confidence and puts them in a strong position to force walte workers. support them.
The LPYS had to support those campaigns initiated black people against defence victims of police narassment anu around aspects racism. It was tee Calllpaigns which had to be the labour LaKel movement.
Black GLC councillor, Paul Boateng, also stressed the importance of black people autonomously as well as trouen unc labour love ment. He emphasised that the LPYS 11 USU these developments as was the only organisation the mass of black youth struggle for black liberation was both a race and class one.
There was lively debate around the issue of positive action. The majority argued that positive discrishould not be supported as it split the working class.
Revolution supporter retorted: 'What do VOlT Calls black and white factory? nicall HI Y work in a hosiery factory in Mansfield the black workers have all the unskilled manual jobs, while the white workers have the skilled jobs such as machine maintenance.
•In particular the black the worst jobs and condiTORs She argued lild positive action was needed these divisions. Only by white workers realise that