statement and I cut the on his legs CheN police evidence proves that this police officer had not cuts on his chest or his legs.' the National of Mineworkers, Arthur Scargill pledged his supporft for the black communities. 'Just as I and my peo and 1985, and just as you gave it,' he said, address. ing black people in the audience, 'we are prepared to give it in 1986 and 1987.
'One thing that made mineworkers understand the issues and the problems in graphic terms is that in mining villages South Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire saw police smashing down loors and beating peopl on the ground. 11,000 We saw 7000 injured. And we saw 11 of our people dead.
"So we began to understand, probably more than did previously. the fight of those in the black ly imperative that working people - black and white, wherever we come from, whatever we do - understand that we've got a common enemy and that common enemy is capilalist and this Thatcher government.
The same solidarity Woodward on behalf of echoed by Judith WAC. Women, like black people, she said, not only lad a long history of being marginalised in this socie ty, but also an honourable fighting the forefront of struggles like that of the liberation of tradition was amply demonstrate by the Women Against Pit the women of 'WAC is pleased to be on this platform in defence of Lambeth, Harginey and Brent councils, said Judith. 'These councils are prominent not only in the fight for black communities but rights. strongly supports Labour Black Section because we know that they are also in the forefront of the things that women are fighting for.
In the closing speech of the rally, Tony Benn summed Lathes rafia Black Party Black Section Campaign Group rally. 'I think this meeting, 'We have seen something which quite unusual. Often you" have the same old Labour MPs on the platform 'I'm sometimes one of them talking about other people's struggles. Bu tonight people have spoken for themselves.
In the words of Tony Benn: What we have seen tonight is the shape of the politics of Britain in the 1990s.
It was a deeply signifi cant meeting. For the first time ever leaders of the black community were on a platform with leaders of the traditional left of the Labour Party - and with common goals. In what it can mean for the labora movement if it is beak of it was the mos pubbc
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