the structures of the labour movement.
The same pattern followed the next wove of immigration giter the second World War, due to the labour shortage of the There was a re'60s, with riots in Notting Hill and NotIn all of this, the mass organisations class played a reac tionary role and black people fought main y rearguard actons in delence of their communities. The direction taken organisations OI Campaign Associaof which was essentially largest from necessity outside the structure of However, the changes taking place In this context a section Labour left has grasped that the only credible way to rebuild Labour as the mass party of the working class is to assemble forces such the movement, the movement, - and now the black movement — under the banner of Labour.
It is the existence of this minority current on the left, but with mass proportions, which marks a breach in continuity with the traditional outlook of the Labour Party. This makes a space for black political activity inside the It is not insignificant that the most advanced expression of this is the Liv. ingstoneite left in London, where the concentration of the population is (according to the 1974 57.7 per cent of black people live in the south east).