Southwark black section: making | Socialist Action 1983

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AFTER THE defeat at ference, black section activists recognise that the way forward is to build black sections at grass-roots level in the black community particularly to link up with black workers organising in their unions.

The public meeting organised wee. Southwark black section of this. Under the heading 'Making Links', Southwark black section assembled impressive all platform, including. Joe Mohammed, a black Notts miner Gulam Mayet, BTUSM, and Marc Wads worth, Section Steering Committee.

Joe pointed out that the black community's struggle against the police and the media is the same struggle the miners are facing defence their communities.

BTUSM speaker took up the theme of racism in the unions and the need for autonomous organisation to challenge this.

Joel O'Loughlin, Southwark black section But Mare Wadsworth summed it up for us The said wé need to turn our exof defending ourselves on individual into concrete NUC. political changes through the Labour Party Most successful of all: the majority of the 80-plus local black people. They want black sections n the to campaign ground issue affecting them, not mili. tant rhetoric alone: