party to organise and agitate to change Labour's policies. And we will continue to exercise that right regardless of any threats against us.
When issues banning orders on the Back people of South Africa, denying their right to hold meeting speak out against injustice, this is greeted with widespread condemnation leaders who have slapped a gagging order the Black Sectiớn.
nune Black Section supports the manifesto of the party, but we do not believe it goes far enough. We want to see anti-racist SOCIAIS bolicies incorporated into Labour's programme.
Black Section for a political voice for the Black communities in Britain. We have successfully promoted the self-organisation of Black party members and argued for representation at all •Vai oi the It is because that success that SUDDUILCIS prospective parliamentary candidates are now facing artaBlack Section is the Black Section organisation party through which Black members hammer out the proposals we want to see adont. We argue that the should be putting forward anti-imperialist gramme by the Labour Party NEC on 25 March attacking the Labour Party Black Section and threatening to mount a witch hunt their version of events.
supporters and can only lead to greater mote party policies on lesbians and gays and has deliberately delayed reiew the organisation.
show that Labour's real crisis is a representation.
Only when the Party and Its leadershin becomes representative can we expect to win.
THE NEC's frontal attack on the Labour Party Black Section is a qualitative extension of the witch hunt. It must be resisted.
Black Section has the solidarity with liberation struggles internationally.
In should be promoting policies aimed eradicating racial discrimination in every field: in jobs, housing, education, and in the dellverv of al local government services.
The Labour Party should Ple systematic haramin systematic harassment of Black communities by the police, should ceany miccrake lo scrab the racist immigration laws.
Chair, Labour Party Black Section The Labour Party contains a profusion of groups with structures, right Solidarity group and the Kinnockite Tribune group: All of these act as obbyists for particular threats witch hunt.
MPs participate in a wide variety of caucuses, including with Tory Party MPs and SDP Liberal MPs.
They do so with the blessing of the party leadership and the full support of the Parliamentary Model resolution on Black Sections This ... is appalled at the resolution passed against Black people struggling to establish a political voice. Not only was the resolution based on false information gleaned from the gutter press, but also Labour leaders failed to ask Black party members under attack for Such acts of undermining by the party leadership are viewed as racist by our Black monolithic. Like women's sections, they cover a wide SOCCLIFI UCUDIC WILD views, who are combining But Black Section supporters and Black Section prospective parliamentary candidates have been singled out for pecial If the NEC is allowed to continue to threaten Black Section with will be say action, that will ing that going to be accorded the same rights of association that every other MP enJoys.
The NEC resolution adds to the heavy burden that Black prospective Labour candidates already bear. It feeds the racist attacks which have been mounlea by lne tory ral ty and carried out by their cronies in the gutter press Protest This latest witch hunt threat against Black Sections comes in the eve of the general election, when the party marshall all the resources In Ils power prevent the return of Black communities in Britain bear the brunt of the disaffection in inner-city constituencies where the party is dependent on Black votes to win elections. They will also have a negative effect on Labour's vote in every other constituency.
We call on the NEC to revoke its threatened disciplinary action against Black Section supporters. Instead of caving in to racism, the party leadership should mount an assault against this social evil. Black politicians fighting to further socialist policies must be supported and not threatened with expulsions.
Black Section wrong principle, also adversely affect Labour's chances in the general election The Liberals and the SDP will be laughing all the way toth rellition ths.
resolutol license to vet the election addresses every one oi Labour's Black prospective parlamentary candidates.
Il woulu ican lue LaDou leadership going through them with tine-tooth comb and that would give the media a green light to ao une same, creating more opportunities their poisonous attacks on The NEC has no mandate for this divisive and damaging new witch hunt working But the leadership, the resolution against Section shows, groups as obstacle to Tories the SDPwhich can policies. Leading figures in should stop apologising for our policies and stop attacking our own members. Damage has beer done to the party's pro SOCCLA the weeks in particular, but also over a longer period of time beginning with the attack on Liverpool in 1985. How the Black press views Kinnock's witch hunt against the Labour Party Black Section munities They Again the they to sit DaNovel while the big sticks.
policies which benefit the pressed this society.
side Black communities, against them.
Black SecUrealist executive • yuu on Black Secthe political enemies.
To expel councillors and supporting Militant or any other left ty is a gift to our political And to threaten comrades with disciplinary action, as the NEC : did last week, members or supporters of black Sections is a gitt to our political enemies It is very wrong for people in the Labour Party to distance themselves workers that are involved in class struggle and who require solidarity from all sections of the movement. In Darncular 1 tnink Il Is aD solutely wrong for the NEC to have taken the decision to threaten the Labour Party mittee's •to"
threaten action against the ment leaders.
organisation loyally that the equality in our we •have the Labour Party Labour seats been the over parliamentary this blem. unacceptable. The should let the leadership know that they are not in Not this kind thought control. Ken aspirations c the Black bers who will become election. We forWalu, lo Black certain bitter racial convinced that only through organised voice working within the We üpón the members.
an advers effect the within Labou struggle alienąte loyal supporters.
President, Indian Workers Association, Southall. this only becomes unaccep table when Black MPs meet to discuss how to defend the interests of Black people lt Britian is revealing about racism stil to be tound in institutional the Labour Party.
Even more horrifying is the knowledge that Gwyneth Dunwoody's ОДО ООО АО validate the candidature of Black calluluale tended Black Sections con ference. One wonders what basis a person like Gwyneth Dunwoody Thal. still consider she has any role to play in a party committed socialism anti-racism, as she appears opposed to both
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