For the second time in six months the National Front is trying to hold a public meeting in the Oxford town when Oxford students took over the room in which the meeting was due to be held. This action was later endorsed by the Trades Council.
Despite repeated requests and formal representations from the Trades Council, Oxford's Labour-controlled city council has refused to follow che example of Hounslow council and ban the National Front.
As a result, the Trades Council decided to organise a mass picket of the meeting, together with planstown to put over the reasons for its HELLE.
COUNCIL BACKS DOWN But last wook the city council announeed that it was making it a condition of hiring the ball that the NF should employ two policemen to deal with trouble inside the town hall The local police then turned down the NF's request for their 9V3ES.
It is clear that this manoeuvre by the Labour council is a disguised retreat in face of the stand taken hy Oxford trade unionists and students. The couneil was embarrassed at the prospect of a confrontation between sectons of the labour movertent and students, including Labow Party sapporters, and the strong stewarding force promised by the fascists.
But this success must not lead to any let-up in the anti-tascist campaign. The NF will certainly not sit back ind accept actuation where they cannot get a public plation in Oxtord. Red Weekly 30 1379 obtain a hall. So the campaien must be followed up and the example of Oxford used in every town where the NF try to get a platform for their racist poison.
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But the studects al Leads Polytechnsg understood the noed for action and organised self-deline (act siprisingly. since one under member has been physically attacked twice by loca right-wingers, and several others threar medi. That is why they throw out the W'RP's mation and endured NUS policy, Agrecing abso to set up a joint Body with the Trades Council to fight The WRP reveled their profound underlanding of the lessans of histor Voy voting with the liberals and rightseen aainst liese proposals. the meeting But the National Front & far from defested in the West Midlands, as their votes in West Bromwich and Wolverhampton at the General Flection showed. And despite the set-back they have suffered in Wally end they wil undoubtedly continue cheir atrempts to broaden their ause in the area.
NCTUAR ACTS
This expansion of NT influence bas prompted the National Committee for Trade Unions Agrinst RacialSUI INCEUAKI to take action A meeting was called in Brimingham an 30 April, and was attended by over 30 militants from left-wing organisations, immigrant groups, and trade unions.
The meeting decided that a broad 'umhrella" orgrisation was needed, to co-ordinate anti lascist activities in the area, An organising commitee was elected, and it will co-opt deleg ates from trade union branches, organisations.
The conmittee's first task will be to moblise against a National Front rally in Birmingham's Digbeth Civic Hall, on 17 May, The hall is owned by the Lahou controlled council, and the committee will try to got the fascists banned.
On a previous occasion, Stanies Yapp, the Labour leader on the courcil, said that racists would not be allowed the use of the premises. This was after a Monday Club Jecting.
But the committee is not relying on the council and is going abead with preparations for the mobilise tion, in order to begin to bulld s powerful anti-fascist force within the locu abour movement
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hall. Last summer NF plans for a meeting in the town hall were upset