noise Wan Vigil in memory of Stephen Lawrence THE RACIST murders over the last 18 months of Rohit Dugall, Rolan Adams and Stephen Lawrence near the BP's South London headquarters is no accident. Even if these murders were not actually carried out by BNP members, the atmosphere of racist poison created by the activities of the BP and other fascists is to blame.
The fascists are stepping up their terror and para-military organisation. There is a long history of a twin track' approach by British fascism: open political organisation combined clandestine naro-core wazi para-military organisation. In the past, organisations like Colin Jordan's Spearhead and the hard-core Nazi Column 88 provided the Nazi shock-troops.
Combat 18
Now this role is played by Combat 18, which has been investicated in detall ay the antfascist magazine Searchlight. Combat 18- "18" from the first and eighth letters of the alphabet. AH. those of their patron saint who dies in a Berlin bunker in 1945 - has substantial interAmong those who helped set it up was notorious US Nazi Harold Covington, who supporters were implicated in 1979 Greensboro, Carolina, massacre when eight anti-fascists were shot by racists.
Prompted by a constituent, Leyton MP Harry Cohen asked a parliamentary question about why Covington was allowed into • Britain. He was told by junior Home Office minister Peter Lloyd that Covington had a right to be here, and that his presence was not contrary to the public good!
In fact Covington was helping to organise Combat 18: his address is used as a contact point in the Combat 18 newsletter "Redwatch", which publishes the home addresses and telephone numbers of left activists and black politicians.
Combat 18 has been implicalca i arson alacks and savage beatings of anti-fascists and black people. it recruits freely from the BNP. but also plans to recruit from Nazi skinheads in the Blood and Honour Nazi rockband scene and among football hooligans.
Combat 18 has Its own leadership and its own plans and in no way are under the control of BP leader, veteran Nazi John clude Charlie 'Ginger Pig' Sargent who has convictions for drug ocang and possessing of fensive weapons and Eddie Whicker, a frequent visitor to Northern Ireland to meet with Loyalist UDA contacts.
The fascist street-fighters are a tiny force of psychotic thugs. But their racist propaganda and secret organisation contribute to the epidemic of racist atlacks and murders. Mobilising to defeat them is a crucial task for the anti-fascist and anti-racist movements.