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10 Socialist Action 20 December 1985 DEAR COMRADES, We have placed on record our total opposition to the witch-hunts and purges launched by Labour's national leadership socialists who support newspaper and are members of Liverpool District Labour Party. It is our view you will wish to join us in also opposing the recent expulsions from the party of two black section supporters, Amir Khan and Kevin Scally. We have consistently tactics used by right wingers to witch-hunt Militant suporters.
The attack on members of both our groups is the thin edge of the wedge — reactionary forces in the party, sheltering behind the banner of realignment, growing ever bolder. routed in the interests of the working class whom they are seeking to betray.
All socialists must realise. at inis crucial ume, that we will only win the battle through unity. We, in the black sections, accept your right to organise autonomously as supporters of Militant must now cease siding with the right wing on the sen oryanisalor Labour Party. Apart from anything else, your opposition to black sections is totally inconsistent as you have your own black/ Asian caucus.
At a time when we as socialists need maximum solidarity Militant's long term interests in Liverpool would be best served by repairing the damage done to the black community by your white worker-favouring 'class reductionist' policies. Your most divisive stand to date has been the appointment of Sampson Bond -tions officer at city hall.
against the stood up against similar They must be within the all sections of the community, • a man totally opposed to posive to the post of principal race relaA NEW organisation, the Coventry Asian Labour Alliance (CALA), held its first public meeting at the end of November. RAY MALHOTRA, who helped set it up, told BERNIE KAVANAGH why it was formed.
Coventry Asian • needed 1o politically oreanised motivaled. Right wingers work Will wingers in the Labour ParThe right in the party were awas doc lo Calli the and respe in return We wanted break that monopoly We wan. ted to make the Labour take the real discrimination AS ASIAN people fight Dals workers in brian. Inal we heart. hee men to figal want to fight licall sholder lo shoutoer will British workers. So our job is to take Asian people fight for our rights and against racism Black activists in the party are raising the question self-organisation cultural, and youth orga nisations the Asiar community. We want unite all these forces under one banner, 10 fight the common every Obviously the main issues we will be taking up are racism and inequality housing education.
Lovell! under a Labour council. Asians only iwo Cen council workforce but 14 per cent of the population. nas sted uner Laooul since 1981 and we have 1c change it Unemployment among Asians is up to 50 per cent, most tacilities for Asian youth in Coventry jobs, no community centres, involved the Foleshill Asian movement are now Involv ed in CALA We have already upse ine ront Wine Asians the They feel threatened and PUBLIC MEETING THE afraid of any challenge. 1 ney are doing anything they can to undermine ou support we have pink in sanely sal unlikely • CALA win become a o ack section, but it is up to our membership. If they want 1011 organise black section they will CALA already against racism both inside and outside thi party. We do not have 1o become a black section to We will support the black section fight against racism and we have many things in common where But I remain 10 be • COn vinced of organising black sections as a strategy for fighting for the rights of black people.
We nol in numbers callic where we want one, two, three more black MPs. Of course if we would liest our MPs 10 oppose racism and subooll vur uchidius would rather have white MP who did than a black MP who didn't However CALA is Black section secretary Narendra Makanji speaks out for black self-organisation against witch-hunts. PeoPor their views lee views Labour Party The party has always had many difgoes unchallenged.
Liverpool too thr witch-hunt will damage and weaken the not What hap
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