wants to complement its work with an organisation specificalThe quarrel is damaging - the gling anti-racist movement is an internal punch-up. dian letters page is a bad enough place for washing dirty linen, but when it comes to public scuffles on demonstrations things are getting ridiculous. But is there any substance to the allegations coming out?
Unfortunately, the answer is yes. Despite the important role played by the League in the late 1970s and the broad support it had, the real decisions were always takenby the SWP. And the League failed to take on one of the most important forms of racism faced by black people -state racism.
But this neither justifies the refugees and migrant workers in Europe.
deniecions in the Travi Group about the restrictions on immigration as part of the Single European Act, and the creation of Fortress Europe.
attempts to gain respectabilty as a respectable political organisation.
out also women, lesbians and gays and Jewish people.
1) To demand the repeal of all anti-immigration legislation the end of discriminaton ainst immigrant ano relugees oppressed groups which oppose the fascist agenda campaigns.
5) To affiliate to the Anti-Racist Alliance and the Anti-Nazi League 6) To call on the TUC and Labour Party to do likewise"
Joerg Haider, populist leader of the far right Freedom Party in Austria, has dismissed fears of the rise of neo-nazism as an 'artificial fuss'. Not surprising, given that Haider is the figurehead of serious extreme right forces in Hitler's birthplace. But the ugly face of the nazi groups now appearing in Germany and eastern Europe was also brought out into theopen with a clampdown *The........union notes the growth of fascism throughout Europe and across Britain. This is most notably demonstrated by the increase in racist attacks, whether against black people in Britain or against This trend has been aided and abetted by racist anti-immigration legisla. tion, such as the Asylum Bil. Particularly worrying have been the secret Fascists seek to divide working people and destroy their democratic rights and unity - in Nazi Germany the fascists systematically murdered trade unionists and set up their own scab organisations. We condemn their bogus Our union has made advances in supporting the struggles and rights of oppressed groups. We recognise that fascists not only attack. black people 21 To demand an immediate stop to thew closure of Europe's borders and 3) To support joint infiatives with local and national organisations of 4) To publicly denounce fascist organisations such as the British National Party and the National Front and to work with local and national anti-fascist on neo-nazis.
The sacrificial lamb was Gottfried Kuessel, a leading figure scene. Within a couple of weeks, Kuessel was linked to a substantial arms cache found near the Austrian border, in the Huntown of Gyoer. Meanwhile, other neo-nazis were hauled in after fire bombing a refugee centre.
Enthusiasm
But there has to be some doubt as to whether this spateof arrests is the result of a new-found enthusiasm on the part of Austrian President Waldheim for harassing the rightists.
Waldheim's personal record, as well as his record in office, do not inspire much confidence. Kuessel's profile, including a well-publicised broadcast American TV explaining the ease with which theJewish community in Austria could be dealt with, made him an easy target. of psychopaths such as Kuessel can only be welcomed by anti-racists, they do not begin to deal with the real probiem. The racist Freedom Party has gained substantial votes in recent vears and this is the real threat to Austria's immigrant and Jewish communities.
A substantial mobilisation of those communities, in tandem with the labour movement and other anti-racists, would deal a more serious bow to the rising tide of racism.
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