Yes. A government led by Kinnock take even minimal steps gigantic pressure Its alles in tne communities, the student moveand elsewhere.
British capital and the British state with the United States, the single decisive props of the barbaric m of apartheid in the *llenging this source Ets will require a colossal mobilisaa of social forces in Britain. The responsibility of the British d-Apartheid Movement is necessarito create the broadest and most June cluding support with the apartheid regime, Labour Party conterence of immense steps without a mention This is not acceptable.
THE rally The Labour Party must be organised from top to bottom in active support of the campaign for sanctions - infor the national demonstration in October. This has to be combined with a campaign to secure a clear manifesto committment that Labour, if elected, will break all links fer last year's focused on the responsibility of the UN, the EEC, steps without a mention of mat a Sebsur gover ment tould do itself. what
CAMPAIGN Group
Labour MPs and the Labour Party Black Section are working together to build what will be the first public of the Campaign established at Chesterfield September last year. Taking place at Lambeth Town Hall, Brixton, on 16 February the rally will be chaired by Linda Bellos, Vice Chair of the Black Section and leader of Lambeth council, and speakers will include Arthur Scargill, President of the NUM, Bernie Grant, leader of Haringey council, Campaign Group MPs Tony Benn, Eric HefDennis Skinner speakers from the Black Section and the Labour Women's Action Committee.
A central theme of the meeting will be the defence of the black led London councils, the leaders of two of whom will be on the platform, who have faced a vitriolic attack from the press and Tory government.
The meeting follows the close links established between the NUMand the slack command doris the Arthur follows Scargill's defence of the black communities against police and the NUM and the Campaign Group's support fol the constitutional demands Black Section. It will Lavour rarly represent a step in the fight against racism by the party and taking up the job the Labour front bench have been doing in defending Labour councils under attack.
The rally follows the January edition of Campaign Group News which took on the Tories' racist attacks on Bernie Grant and Brent council with a front page article by Bernie Grant and a piece by Merle Amory defending the OI Brent council McGoldrick case. This contrasted with the silence from much of the left - and the capitulation of the front bench to the Tories' attacks.
Bernie Grant spelt out in Campaign Group News: 'In London Ministers have targetted the councils which have black Labour leaders. The Tories have a clear and overtly racist strategy of trying to isolate black Labour leaders, and trying to make them appear unfit for high office.' He also explained 'These councils are singled out for attack because their policies of fighting low pay, defending jobs and services, and tackling areas of disadvantage like pensioners, minority ethnic women and lesbians and gays are genuinely popular and build up support for Labour. Grant pointed out that by refusing to defend Labour councils Kinnock and Cunningham are: 'doing a enerous disservice to councils and the whole Tories tactics are to frighten people The party should reply with the truth. They should tell people the good things we are doing.
Grant explained that despite a vile and racist local campaign against him personally the majority Haringey council had increased at the last local elections trom 13 to 25 seats 'We found that those who were not of Forum in Arthur of the should groups, The prepared to vote for us were more than equalised by new young black people wno lau before, by the support of all minority ethnic groups Asians, Cypriots, Irish, Jewish people and so on all of the people who make up a majority in this part of London.' Grant summarised the position very by never voted Afro-Caribbeans, we represent.' — by lesbians and gays and Black clearly 'People want a radical socialist Labour Party. And, of course, that is also what the Tories are frightened of. We are under attack because it's what Drawing together the Labour Party Section the Campaign Group on a principled basis the Campaign Forum rally will be a major event for the labour movement.
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