By Pete McDonald and STUPID and irresponsible sectarianism is weakening the fight against the far-right.
We now have three major fascism:
• the Anti-Racist Alliance (ARA) -was the first to be • the Anti Nazi League (ANL) is controlled by the SoCialist Workers Party (SWP)
• Youth Against Racism in Europe (YRE) is led by Mililant.
There is also the much (AFA).
The last few weeks have shown the silliness of these divisions. Only YRE have emerged with any credit - primarily because of the sectarianism of the other groums.
YRE called a demonstration for May 8 in central London. According to their acount, After the murder Lawrence they contacted his family and decided (correctly) London and focus on the presence of the BNP bunker in FIGHTING FASCISM Welling.
This march was well supported by both black and white youth, and was the biggest mobilisation against racism for many years. Perhaps 40% of the Acoording to Militant they approached both the ARA and the ANL to jointly organise the demo, including the opportunity to speak from the platform.
Both refused. The ANL went ahead with its own demo on 15th May - much smaller, with far fewer black people and much less militant. Speakers included right-wing Labour MP Nick Raynsford and the Tory mayor of Bexley - strangely omitted Worker's report of the demo!
Socialist Worker claims 'The best message to send to the police, and the Nazi thugs they defend is the biggest possible anti-Nazi demonstrations'.
Unfortunately their practice is different. If they had been off the ANL demo - organised aorer ine TRE остю was anounced - and taken up YRE's proposals for a joint march.
sed the police assault on the YRE march as an excuse to attack the far-left. It obviously escaped his notice that those suojecica to the most brudu po trom Panter Uk So despite past about closing down the BNP head-quarters "by any means necessary' Wadsworth condemns those black youth who take Malcolm X's words seriously. Stephen Instead of supporting the Y RE march. ARA concentrated on organising for its own demonstration on June 12t. This has the potential for being a cral major trade unions.
Socialist Outlook fully supports it and we call on all antiracists/anti-fascists to help should not have been counterposod to the YRE march.
Unfortunately the ARA demo also clashes with the naby AFA in Newcastle - testimony to ine divisions which must be overcome if we are to go forward. A BOLTON family is continuing to gain support in a light Militant and YRE are currently able to claim to be the organisabons mravour or unibyThe only way to do this in practice is to agroe joint initiatives. Socialist The SWP refuse because they put their own interests first. The ARA leadership believe they are the anti-racist movement and everyone else is irrelevai - or worse, as callna ds ARA's AGM, "part of the opPosiuon ARA claim to be the sole voice oi Black cosmurtics - a claim clearty disputed by the large numbers of Black youth who marched behind the Panther banner on May 8th, or tosc motisco oy tic moka Workers Association on May 15th.
The ARA's exaggerated claims also exclude organiations that are doing strong community work, such as Newham Monitoring Project, Southall Monitoring Group, and GACARA.
In contrast representatives of the Rolan Adams family camxugn, Urvuic Blck wood catpaign, Winston Silcort defence campaign and others have corenemy within. rectly spoken at meetings, rallies and demonstrations - whoever theme the sri racis tie It is time the anti-racist/fascist movement followed their example.
Socialist Outlook will conwiuc to suport any cau tat ist/fascist initiative that takes the struggle forward.
It may be stating the obvious to remind the leaders of all groups of what damage has boen done in the past by diviment - now is the time for unity in action! der the law and that information