EWCASTLE: SC on sale every Sa avalable d en 12-1 every N 12-1 pm Slab Square. For info phone OLDHAM: SC sold every Saturday outside Yorkshire Bank. High Street more information about loca ties. Tel. 061-682 5 Whats left STUDY conterence on the truggle against imperialism Africa and the Caribbean.
10.30-5 at County Hall, London SEI Liberation and Britain-Cuba Resource CenSOCIALISM below Name...
Address.
Age Union/CLP (if any).
Oval tube kiosk; Shakti Books, McConville's NOTTINGHAM: Mushroom Books, OUTHAMPTON: October Book Onslow Road YORK: Comm Speakers include Ken the High Commissioner Grenada, representatives ot ne coal au cumulat embassies.
Secretary Liberation Caledonian Rd, NI JOIN THE FIGHT FOR If you would like to be put in touch with Socialist Challenge supporters in your area or would like more information fill in the form on Asian youths on 24 September in Newham after a series of racist attacks, explained why plainclothes police attacked the youths thought we were enticing others to fight. We think they knew we were going to be there and they set us up.
last years.
serious attacks police teachers and parents were doing nothing and we decided we had to protect ourselves and the youngsters.
Balbir's brother and seven other Asian vouths were arrested by uniformcu police, lacialy abusce and charged. The white youths who had been attacking Asian schoolchildren in the week up to 24 September got off scott free, as have the police who hospitalised one of the eight The 8 feel that their only chance of getting off is by a massive campaign They already have local labour movement support and support from local Asian youths, over hundred of whom joined a school strike when the 8 They saw a large group of us and they They were frightened of us sorting out the problem in our own way. Neither they, nor the teachers had sorted out these problems in the first went to court. Bradord azale dear and have been made clearer by the 8 all having an extra charge of conspiracy to assault persons unknown slapped on them in December. This is in addition to charges of 'actual bodily harm' man and possession of offensive weapons.
The are widening their support and nave already gained backing from a few MPs, including Tony Benn. Last Sunday a meeting of over one hundred activists from all ove London and supporters met Newham to discuss ways taking the campagn forward.
Ideas put forward included a special monthly campaign bulletin for schoolkids who have been the mainstay of the campaign, and setting up support group in Fords Deganham the defendants work. The meeting appealed for sup port groups to be set up al OYEL LIC COUEILL Balbir explained what is needed now: 'If we are going to win we need to publicise the case nationally and also get support other schoolchildren.
• Anti-racist allu Labour Party should give support. We want to visit factories where there are a lot of Asian workers. They have experienced the same problems as us. Articles in like SOCIAY Challenge have helped, aine we mecc Young Socialist age. We also need more publicity in the nationa press.
The 8 are willing to send speakers to meetings. Requests for speakers, motions of support and donations should be sent to:
Unmesh Desai, c/o 285 Romford Road Forest Gate, London E7 9HJ.
----- pull-quotes -----
50. London N1 2XP. Socialist Challenge 2 February 1983
Send to: Socialist Challenge, PO Box Balbir Johal who witnessed the police attack