few areas. At the same time a number of independent black candidates are standing.
We interviewed two black candidates with long records in the fight against racism - BEN BOSQUET, Labour candidate for Kensington and ROY SAWH, Consortium of Ethnic Minority Group's candidate for Brent South and a leader of the black nationalist movement in the sixties.
Ben Bosquet Given the Labour Party's poor record on racism, wny snowle black people vote Labour?
Within the Labour Party we can articulate our problems and we are able after a time to influence policy and effect change.
It also means that as black people we are able to get through to the biggest political force which is active in the working class. the Labour Party.
In what way can black people make ine Labour rarty represent ineir interests? Is there role rights campaign within the Party?
I see a tremendous role for such campaign. We can effect change by actively going into the Party, one thing I would stress.
into the national executive, GMC's and the various committees within the Party and participate in the Staying outside and criticising is possibly tne casest uning to ao bul we must go into that kitchen and get the DIOWI into our face, what really tells.
Black people must start becoming more political and go into parties. you want to call that infiltration, let's call lt intitranon, so long as we can get what we want articulated. Some black activists outside Labour Party say that if you go into the Party you will be ignored and integrated.
If these people hold this view, it means they never really cared about black people. If they not allow themselves to be ignored.
It's like walking down the road and coming across a showroom and seeing the most beautiful cars inside. You cannot do anything by looking from the outside.
You have to break that window to your hands on those cars. Maybe that's what we've started doing, we're breaking the system down and letting it know that we are around, that are not going away, that we won't be pushed away.
Does Labour do enough to help third world struggles?
does enough to support third world strugsive n quite considerable space. this new manifesto It probably needs a few black MPs to emphasise this problem. If elected, I would like to be a member of the foreign affairs subcommittee Parliament to be able to point a finger at South America, at Africa, at and say that these are places where things must be done.
1 am particularly concerned about Central and Latin America. my brothers is editor of the Freedom for a black this is We must the the did they would we country hemisphere apart maybe Nicaragua, not do people down.
dard of living of our people seems to be we can afford think of Asia massivelinjection of aid suares allacice 400 years.
One of skills they need.
that Cuba which does not have a policy based on keeping the I says we want io ralse inc slal , we want a torm of government in which all our people can get all the benefits which this is something future government should supply them with everything it can. It could send them a - with no We have had too many strings for It could send them young people to supply them with the DED 1I You are a founder member of the Black Unionists Solidarity Movement. How do you see its role?
We formed the BTUSM last year because we felt the unions were not representing black people. They only gave us lip service.
Having got this off the ground forming groups in local government and various other places, we have now been able places where it is really needed.
More and more black workers are this wayore are making the trade are making the trade union movement realise that racism is not something you just talk about but something you do something about The BTUSM may not get the sanction of the better known unions but Ben Bosquet Roy Sawh nevertheless it is there. When we grow somebodv better beware because we will not let our black people be used une way lney where the black people were the ones on the picket line.
will close people will be effective and that's imJUl lalll How has your campaign been going in Kensington?
The campaign has been going well and the attitude of the electorate has been great, there has been no racism here. I think we've won it, but we're not going to be complacent. There is a damn good chance ington for the first time.
the 1962 opposition.
black.
Act when Jim to come to Rhodesia dian declared UDI. tonali Led We tain policy. see what Labour Parti wait non-racist If the equality.
were in the NHS strike some sort of relationship.
When we call our people out we down because ou promised.
of taking Kens-
----- pull-quotes -----
COLIN ROACH pa er untrye nin thareat of the