THE SOCIALIST Students in NOLS (SSIN) annual meeting last weekend attracted 60 people. All reports were made and all sessions chaired by supporters Organiser. The only policy issue which was debated was that on the Middle East.
For a supposedly left alternative to the Kinnockite Democratic Left leadership SSIN adopted a remarkably backward position on the question of Palestine. pian' state in the Middle East and capitulated to the racism of the Zionist state, which does not even recognise citizenship for its Arab inhabitants. Instead SSIN called for a separate homeland to be created for the Palestinians: for two states, Arab, one Israeli. The resolution put forward by Socialist Organiser supporters and adopted almost unanimously, reserved its condemnations not for the murderous policies of the state of Israel, but primarily for the bombings at Rome and Vienna That a grouping so insignificant in the wider labour movement can dominate SSIN so entirely is proof of the lack of democracy Labour Movement Campaign nor Palestine, was dearly invited to the semblance of a debate. His speech was slotted into the rganised to push Socialist Organiser's politics or the Middle East, with supporter Clive Bradley in trodacing and summarising. which addressed the question of how SSIN could beild direct unionists, rather than what could be done by the NUS, given its position in favour of sanctions. The key policy issues being fought for by the left in the labour movement at present organisation, women's self-organisation, action to get Britain out of Ireland, and so on -ly missing from the agenda of this self-styled left alternative in NOLS.
There is an urgent need for a current in NUS which fights for campaigning activity on all these issues in cooperation with Labour left. The possibility organising in NOLS aroused much interest at the SSIN event itself. SSIN's position on Palestine, its lack of a campaigning and unifying strategy for British withdrawal from Ireland and against apartheid. and its exc usionary structure. all prevent it from leading and building this current.
Students who want NUS to be part of the fight for Campaign Forum's politics are increasingly organising in colleges through promoting the campaigns of Campaign Forum, organising campaign groups, and linking up nationally to produce a bulletin. They will be organising at December NUS BRON OF STUDENTS IN of Socialist of NOLS, inside SSIN.
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AGM only lo give whole framework of which was was dealt with in a workshop South African IOr DIacK self- were simpthe campaigning of such a current The black community was not prepared to take any more police harrassment ing her paralysed.
A year on, nothing has changed. Just last month 600 police saturated the predominantly black community in St Paul's, Bristol. Over 100 people have now been arrested for protesting at the police action. Meanwhile the Broadwater Farm trials at the Old Bailey continue. Over 60 people will pass through London's central criminal court charged with affray, riotous assembly and murder. On Monday 13 October Hassan Muller walked free from the court after a unanimous verdict cleared him of charges of throwing a petrol bomb, burglary. Aged 18, Hassan had spent 11 months in custody awaiting trial!
LARRY HERMAN SCOTT of the Broadwater Farm Youth Association and the Defence Campaign.
THE Broadwater Farm riot is something that just nauto marocute coull try. What made things so bad here was the hurt and the anger towards the British police.
Governments and all police forces in the country understand heed what happened Broadwater L'alll Not dismiss it as a freak, or as criminal activity; not dismiss us as hooligans, muggers, or drug pushers.
you alienate a section of your community, then you're in for a fight.
On on Broadwater we couldn't loose. We were so right. It's sickening to see the strain we are under The police are using their "justice' on They have to show they are in full control and they are the law. It Is i don't like it when I hear a policeman saying lock's death?'. Blakelock weren't fighting because they were told to because they had to fight. Choice The police surrounded the estate and left us no whatsoever. Mrs Jarrett alan t nave any choice in the manner the ponce enterca let house This "civilised' La civilised country a woman gets kill a ov police and the com munity gets 60 people up on charges, going to jai for_70 years.
A lot of people think Broadwater Farm is just a run-of-the-mill thing. But when u comes cowa lo le the whole idea is to smash Us. Defeat There was a covertthe conspirately only economically, by taking away their funds and makme sure me colan sur vive the strike, but also by using une ponce in a 100 per cent aggressive manner to beat down the pickets.
The BWFDC has a great opportunity becaus of the black influence tha drives there is another campaign frighten government as much as we right. We are a small voice Lal. because force it's unbelievable.
And it is a campaign that, be intimidated by the police.
people were worried about picketing the Old Bailey
Socialist Action 24 Oct 1986
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IRELAND,NUS, NOLS, NUR, CHRISTINE CRAWLEY MEP, LP BLACK SECTION, WOMEN AMNST PIT CLOSURES,
down. Only two weeks before, police had invaded the Brixton home of Cherry Groce. They shot her, leav-
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