Black organisations and sections of the Li against the propose Precial Race are rod as Liverpool City Counci it is their black members who are expected to front their arguments against black sell-organisation. This in itself is cuts RACISM ment. one of the issues that had been on the was the establishment of a race relations committee.' Bond Liverpool teck cathes shed of ter caucus, to protest it. Support from the Liverpool labour they date 11 out of 33 Labour-controlled wards in Liverpool, and two rejecting the proposals of the na. tional executive and demanding that subject to consultation with affiliated organisations and ward parties, the constituency refuse to comply. It was carried with only three votes against.
Accountability Bryn says: "There is no provision in the constitution for the national executive to stop people being delegates The issue for us is that our delegates are accountable to their branches not the NEC.
"The loyalty pledge directly underthe accountability of GC delegates. I am personally in full support of black sections and will argue this view in my branch.' Marc Wadsworth, also a member of Vauxhall Labour Party, is elected to the Black Section Steering Committee. He was forthright in his view of the latest attack on black self-organisation. 'This is a classic tactic,' he said, 'of the right wing. They are determined to crush everyone in their path.
"The loyalty pledge should be extremely concerning to the whole of the movement. All those on the left should close ranks against a new round witch-hunts - which is what this move against black sections means. Whether you support the right of black sections to exist and being opposed to the witchhunt are twin issues.
"The Black Section Steering Committee believes that, conference decision or not, black rights in the party are non-negotiable. Our policy is for black representation in the reselection process and for more black MPs in parlia'Black sections aren't just about recruitment to the party, they're about recruiting activists. To accept the pledge would be & stab in the back of the black community.
"The pledge is only the thin end of the wedge. Vauxhall Labour Party GC has taken a strong stand. We want the wards and the affiliated organisations to do the same.
Militant should take a leaf out of the Vauxhall book. What they have to learn from the battle for the black sec. tions, in the words of Liz Drysdale who paraphrases the famous poem, is thi 'They came for black people first, the came for the women next, and then will come for everybody. can't save youself by • lulling backs on other people as if they didn't concern you.' Socialist Action 5 April 1985