Wing to combat Labour's inertia on racism.
Party should lead the fight against the Police Bill. BRITAIN IS a racist society. Labour Party members are afraid to face up to their racism, afraid to confront prejudice within the CUllmunity.
National politicians made fine-sounding speeches, look on the ground not a DIRE when yUu lot's changing.
Black people among the most disadvantaged sections of the community. They live in the worst nousing and have worst education police harassment and day to day racism.
More black brothers and sisters are joining the Labour Party. looking for tangible support for the struggles of the black communits. But oftes there's a [arBoret ID Berbership becaese Bo sia tac presence is iggored.
Is the ead they tara off activity.
But the Olily Russell told Socialist Action why the Labour Change in this country is by black people will working in a political conWillI progressive forces.
The struggle against police harassment has ucei warcra0eD black people than by the The novellel Scrap Sus Campaign in the 70s increased awareness that the police were picking on black youth using that black youngsters are disadvanlaged to criminalise them.
That issue has beer brought to the fore again by the Police Bill. It's yet another attempt manage rebellious youth the most rebellious etement of *hich is black of course. That's black Kading the campaign reais the Bill Tee Labour Party isa't Laborr MPs look a strad aquinest it first time roend.
It's sor au issae that strikes home to them. They have no direct experience of police brutality; none of their kids are criminalised and brutalised in the way that happens They have no concep. tion what's lake.
That needs to be put right.
That's why we need more black people involved in all levels of the Labour leader Neil Kinnock recently said the Bill should be 'heavily amended'. That's not enough. Such comments Plain clorhes police observing a demors Eco depoliticise Ladernes Party. If me manied s par WIll Sals a we'd have something like tee :DP Kinnock recognise the dimension of this strage speak fos against it. or to ditale I. H he can't do thai. de I inse the suppor mise: pu people in this contr kader speak for the peopte di ite sharp end of the strage in this countr. aad iTME demn the Police Bil
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RUSSELL PROFITT is one of Labour's few black councillors, and a leading member of the Black Ac- țivists Group within the party. The group is organis-