INSIDE: 3-page special on anti-racist struggles In Burope the rise of neo-fascism in France, Italy, Germany and Austria has shown what can result from complacency. Racism and fascism feed off each other - when the French government used racist rhetoric, Le Pen has reaped the profits. But in Britain the Anti-Racist Alliance has learnt from the struggles of the late 1970s. It is a step forward that ARA has seen the leading role and self-organisation of black people as key to the anti-racist struggle. Racist attacks are a key issue. These aren't carried out just by fascists, but fascists organise and provoke them - as we've seen with the 140 per cent increase in attacks in Welling since the BNP HQ moved in. Police racism should be the second target, with not just the police, but the judicial system in general, more discredited by the day. Now is the time to step up the pressure over lice powers, their ac tions and the assaults they commit It is a disgrace that the murder of two black people in Manchester is not even considered a racist attack by police. With a police force saturated by racism, the labour movement must make no bones about supporting black people's Pau ARA stresses black leadership in the anti-racist struggle right to self-defence. Frame-ups must be exposed. Victories like the Birmingham Six, the Guildford Four, the Tottenham Three were won by the hard work of their families and a small number of campaigners. The freedom of the police to harass the black and Irish communities with impunity must end. Fascists never they appear Pose must be must learn from past experience -divisions in the anti-fascist movement can be disastrous. State racism also needs to be a constant focus for campaigners. The introduction of the Asylum Act is a central feature of the Tories' attack on the black community, part of the Maastricht anti-immigrant offensive. These campaigns need to mobilise the support of the organised labour Printed by Tridant Press, Edenbridge, Kent. Published by Idokare Ltd, PO Box 1109, London N4 2UU Anti-taciet Alliance movement. This means not paper support trom union bureaucrats, but active participation from the rank and file. A mass activist campaign is needed, based on local groups doing the essential groundwork. To get activists involved, these groups need democracy. A topheavy movement trat concentrates on the 'big names' and doesn't listen to the grass roots won'tachieve the unity we need.