Socialist Worker slanders Liverpool Black Caucus

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THIS WEEK's Socialist Worker joins the Militant • a vicious campaign of lies and insults against Liverpool's black community.

Western Europe, population is employed by Liverpool city council in its 30,000 strong workforce.

The dominated Labour council have stubbornly refused positively discriminate in •vour of blacks and so redress this long history of siructural гаситах The Militant led Livercampaign of lies against the Black Caucus which black people in Liverpool see being thoroughly racist.

Militant have called the Black Caucus 'unrepresentative' accused members of being 'pimps and drug. Thev save also disbanded the ciRace Re Commattee.

Now Socialist Worker base joined in the attack with an article caling the Black Caucus and stating In a city with the oldest black community in and where eight per cent of the black, less than 300 blacks that they are more vicious than Labour's right wing because of their stand in the Sam Bond issue.

In addition to the politics of the Socialist Worker has gone on state a series of outright lies about Black Caucus's actions on a recent march against lor social security cuts.

Socialist Worker lie number the Black Caucus threatened to 'disrupt the march' and force be re-routed. The truth: the organisers the Merseyside Unemployed Centre agreed the black caucus's participation. They stuck strictly to march routed the march.

Socialist Worker lie de. number 2: The Black Caucus 'called their own march'. The truth: the march organisers agreed a included Caucus ALG Granby to dominated Many including the North Region Lie Eric speaker that Black said Lie number 5: accor"ding to Socialist Worker those ooposed to militant *never vented their wrath against the Liberals'. The truth: the trade unions and Parties LOUR stand against the Liberal council including services - which won!

The Black Caucus speaker said Liverpool blacks totally suppori the city council's stand against Thatcher and the government but they would not have leaders imposed on them from outside.

is incredible that such lies as in the latest Socialist Worker can come And Nazi Leagus othe Anti-Nazi League. only explanation is their current orientation Militant. Their opposition positive discrimination black self-organisation, their isolation from the Labour most of Merseyside labour movement, has led Socialist Worker to line up with a vicious long term campaign being carried out by against the representatives of Liver pool's black. community. They have allied with campaign policy which has perpetuated racism in Liverpool.

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Socialist Action 20 September 1985