SocialistAction 1983–88

The paper of the Socialist League, formerly the International Marxist Group, 1983–88

Muhammad Idrish fights on

· Socialist Action No. 99, 28 April 1985 · pp. 4-5 of the scan · 418 words

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Wednesday after"ll. uhammad Idrish, lengali, received notice rom the Home Office, This appeal against ir adjudicator's decion to recommend his eportation, had been ejected.

The following day, round 100 labour moveactivists 661 l embers of the black and sian communities, with hom Milnamad lives gathered shamber ain Souare. Biringham to protest at this allous ruling. Notice was ven that the fight conuntil Muhammad obies de en the right to stay enlated by wienemient Muhammad stated: ¿here are many people in similar situation who do СУСИ have ion to fight for them.

be put out, what * 261 arre torinem!

There divided endents for many only relatives are over What can they go racist be will fight and I will not go voluntarily, they will have to come and take me.

Defence Campaign Treasurer Muhammad had fallen foul ine Illegal Immigrant Intelligence Unit.

A social worker active member of NALGO had been voluntarily helping the black communities in the inner city alco obvious v undesirable in Thatcher's Campaign The next moves in the campaign visit to the Home Office bs the West Midlands Grour of MPs.

Uroup and a luc delegation at NALGO's instigation, will make proaches to dington, the home office master.

Muhammad has only a few weeks to prepare an appeal. be rejected — unless the labour movement makes the olitical price too high for Waddington. • More please contact: Barry 30, Antrobus Road, Handsworth, ingham, B21. Phone: 021-523 8923. LEWISHAM EAST Labour Party is very near the end of its process of selecting its MP candidate next general elecIt's likely to be the first consituency Party to select a black person its prospective parliamentary candidate But what's the reaction of the Labour Party national executive committee?

Is it welcoming this likelihood as an example of black people having some Ls thur winning this Tody the first step towards marginal, which contains a large number of black people? The answer is no!

Instead it is preparing to disallow the because Lewisham East has allowed its black section to nominate a candidate and bu forward two delegates with voting rights the general management committee What wonderful advert to black people for the Labour Party! Here is a cr attempting to • Isolvetbres med possibly su unlule possibly about to select a black candidate and the all white leaders of the Labour Par. ty want to squash them Lewisham wast is only one of six consituencies which have changed their

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Socialist Action 26 April 1985

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