SOS-RACISME, the French anti-racist organisation, has called Demonstration for 1 tober, Decencher in will be foflowed by pop festival in Le Bourget, just outside Paris.
The 'third march for the socialistequality it follows large anti-ragist marches in 1 1984 under way. On LUC coptingents set out from fout European star ting points to conduct 'giant tour of Europe to equality' They plan to meet up in Paris for the final rally.
The first column will SOS RACISME This split on tacthrough the Soutl of where Pen's fascists hope to become the largest party The second will star Bordeaux march through the south west, through Brittany Other through the north to Paris.
Two further legs will set out from Stockholm and from Rome, aiming to traverse Europe's capitals before the main A second march has been called over the same period by 'France-Plus', an organisation based on France's Maghrebian (former French colonies population whict was formed around the demand for the right to vote for France's Arab migrants, of whom 1,400,000 of voting age.
SOS-racisme has since its inception provided channel for a very broad anti-racist sentiment Its spectacular success has been in promoting the slogan 'Touch mon pote (hands my friend), with badge sales totalling millions But it has provoked a lot of friction, parțicularly with young Arabs, by trying to dominate die control the movement has failed to recognise the organisations STOC which young Arabs have created, which are often more militant and combative than the rest of the movement, since they are in the front line of racist attacks.