Merseyside THERE are lies, damned lies and opinion polls - but not always, especially in key marginals like Liverpool's Broadgreen. is the issue because And there them.
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pally. can racist aws for democratic local No will in the ir will get nothing Tories disgulse Hamlets they al c Bangladeshi families racist Tower Hamlets. vital on isn't enough. The Labour Party Black Section argues that black people should also join the party and join work ensure Labour is committed to anti-racist socialist policies Those policies will only be consistently addressed by the party we work and organise to oring them aboul.
Secretary, Black Section It is important that the black community builds alliances with other tions of the working class. Only by being active in the Labour Party and In ine movement huld the alliances that wil allow us to lead the strug gle for the elimination of racism in society.
The Black Section has already played a fundamental part in that. We have nol only increased the profile of black people and raised the necessity for our self-organisation in the Labour , but the Black Section has also played a vital part in beginning to forge such an alliance by its role Left Liaison, the umbrella organisation different campaigns within the party.
Tackling racism
sexism is fundamental to LuL, as well as supporting anti-imperialist campaigns and struggles, and fighting countability within the party and against all witch hunts. Alliances like that are a vital of our strategy not roots in tant the Labour Black rally Section developed ing outside.
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working comimportant to play. They Stall casting vote for a that WIl sovichy. Letter WHY on earth did you choose to publish that terrible photograph of a CPSA/SCPS picket to illustrate vour article *Civil servants step up action' in the 8 May edition of Socialist Action?
The photograph I am referring to shows male memoers of the union standing in the foreground, holding their placards, smiling at the camera - the women members firmly in their place in the DICKSONG WELLOUI placards) huddled together. One can only picture the scene -Right lads, grab : placard, let's get our photo taken - out of the way, please, ladies'.
I realise that this photograph may represent the reality of civil service which have a predominantly female membership (over 70 per cent of CPSA members are women) but whose full time officers and national officials are most v male But there is another reality, which is that there are a lot of women playing an active role at a grass roots level There are women organising pickets and standing on picket lines during the curren dispute. Couldn't you have published a photograph of them' And il I one wasn't available couldn't you al least have censored this one? I really did find it offensive Paula Wilkes, CPSA, Equal Opportunities Commission Branch.