when they have fracfured the unity of the workng. Liverpool heir attitude on race. We alliances with the workers in ine areas where our view of plack sections and our view pf local prevails.
Kinnock have lessons to learn from local government work of black and white activists in this area. And Militant also have ressons learn in terms of effectively mobilising black and white people together.
One of the great gains of the miners' was the Jinks that were established in arose from the experiences mining cay when they came to places like. ingham canvassing support.
black people gave, gave Of course the black comidentified with the miners' struggle, paruculatly on policing. They saw the same techniques been used against them used against the miners: the same brutality, the same complete disregard for civil liberties. It struck a chord, as did the prospect of mass unemployment for the miners.
Black people know what it's like to have communities wilcie mere s no chance or kids getting job. That • describes our communities. ¿They knew instinctively theid in South Africa, when LIC livelihood were being undercut by the import of South African coal. White miners have been over to South Africa talk black miners, to tell of their experiences.
There are links that have been developing during the strike that aren't going to go away. It's noticeable that the only vote in support of black sections from a major union at last year's Labour rary comerence Came Iron the miners' union.
Lessons have been learned, and it will pay dividends for the movement generally.
STOP PRESS LEICESTER East joined two other Labour Parties Lewisham East and Brent South - a week or selecting third black candidate fight the next genera eth vaz is a Londo activist and a member of hack tional committee.
He successfully beat local competition, including city council leader, Peter Souisby.
One delegate described Keith, quite simply 'the most competant and Leicester East has yet to candidate'.
establish black section with representalion on the general com s mittee.
NO MORE Black organisations and sections of the Labour movement demonstrate against the proposed appointment of Sam Bond as Principal Race Adviser for Liverpool City Council.
and who think they know what's best for black people!
Racism, a product of capitalism, is used means of dividing the working class and diverting attention trom the main enemy. they say. Yes. But let's have tiny bit of analysis about how this operates.
Such analysis scares the pants off groupings like the - because it would force them to begin to face ed on their ora pol on their own political workers, will the working learn in practice that their interests are in fact the This is what the NUM Salic learned during the course of 12-month long when black people Were the strongest SuD porters of the strike But the condition for such action can never be that black people tag along with. white demands Thei experience oppression which is specific to the colour of their skin. They want that taken into account, and they know that they are in
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