visory Committee'. The stitutionally recognised black sections.
The structure of the 'Advisory Committee in fact a caricature of the vanous nauve comics.
similar institutions, which were used by British colonial administrators in the days of the British empire.
The very idea of a committee appointed by organisation overwhelmingly made up people, best how the black community should struggle against racism, monstrosity an attack on elementary democracy in the party Some of the individual members show the nature •i such d committee person such as Roy Hattersley , with his notorious remark on "my Asians', has no place on any body devoted attacking racism. Even the name of the committee plays decisive role attempting separate out 'Blacks' when the Black Section has already insisted in uniting the black LUll munity The Black Section National Committee, meeting last weekend, reaffirmed Its can Tor a lolar boycoll of the 'Advisory Commit= a nosition adonted at the February meeting reaffirmed the Black section Annual General Meeting last monThe resolution adopted by the National Committee called for all supporters THE LABOUR party leadership is continuing to insist on pushing ahead with its 'Black and Asian Ad'Advisory Committee, which is wholly appointed, was set up directly to head off the demand of black members of the party to elect their own representatives, and to form conof the Black Section to break off all links with the 'Advisory Committee' extended DICVIUUS black section positions tc demand the withdrawal of all 'observers', and those with similar stalus. from the Committee The only form of committee which is acceptable in the Labour Party is one based on members of une blac community itself that ficalls accepting the constitutional existence 01 Black Sections within the This racist and divisive columnice must go and ne members of the should collaborate with it in any form.
THE Black Section National Committee resolution on the 'Black and Asian Advisory Committee' is the following:
•The National Executive Committee of the Black Section COLLE our total opposition to the Black and Asian Ad visory Committee agreed National Ex.
ecutive Committee February 1986 and our annual March 1986.
we note that the Black Asian Advisory Committee is based on a division of the black community and is therefore in total contradiction to the aims of Paul Sharma the Black Section the back CUli munity. We consider the menues. observers, and those with other with the Black and Asian Advisory Committee to against the interests of the black comThe National 'The Executive Committee of the • Labour Party Black Section believes that it is incompatible to hold membership of the Black Section and the Black Asian Advisory Committee and therefore calls upon all black members of the party to abstair from any contact with the Black and Asian Ad visory Committee.'