IN THIS election the Labour Party has selected black candidates in only a Confederation These What are the aims and objectives o the Consortium of Ethnic Minorit Groups (CEMG)?
The CEMG came into being about a Inaran Stand su Conterete West Standing largest West Indian organisation, the of Indian Workers Associations, the Pakistanı and the Bangladeshi workers associations people had supported Labour in the past but were fed up and disgusted with Labour's attitude to race relations and immigration ror instance Labour did not repea Immigration Act despite publicly saying it would when it was in It passed two watered-down race relations Acts when Roy Jenkins was Home Secretary and ironically the first WCC I was one of them and I was cha e also had the 1968 immigratior Callaghan Secretary which denied a lot of Asian people with British passports the righ We hac the situation when Harold wilson renuser o sero larooos ou then did not hesitate to send in police two smal West islands, Nevis St. Kitts We saw the Labour Party drifting to an anti-black stand Don't you see a role for black peoph organising within the Labour Party to make it represent their interests?
There are already black : people and if roey carnot get the lato!
cannot get Labouraly to come lois scuscs to ate g stand on anti-racist issues • both nainternationally, ther what is the point of more of us joining the Labour Party?
For 25 years Labour has not plac black candidate in safe parliamentary seat.
are not forming a separate group because we want to oppose the abour Party. We hope that we can a point alllllale lo me Labou Party as a group and use our position as a pressure group to bring about cerchanges But then if we do get changes we are worried that a Labour governWe are also worried when re would ignore happening to Militani Benn and Livingstone.
Shouldn't black as people will help them the force the working class, their natural allies, to support black struggles?
How much longer must black people before white workers become that hall work together to bring about a just society?
Is this not the attitude of the old slave/slave master relationship where you always have to wait until the master does something for you?
white working class were there would be no need for the formation of black groups. It there is going to be any sori of meaningful relationship with the Labour Party it must be based on We are saying that if the Labour Party can show us that black people within the labour movement are given equality then we are prepared to talk of some meaningful mentioned Ken Livingstone What was your attitude to the reselection battle in Brent Jast?
We were very disappointed that Ken was not selected and did not stand.
If he had stood in Brent South my group would not have put up a can didate, because he must be one of the few white Labour councillors who has actually delivered the goods which he It is not only colour, it is the stand they take on various issues.