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NATA United against lascism United againsl FaGlsm NAFA is a broad based anti- fascist group. We are oPen to all anti-fascists and are not run by any one Political organisation, We try to be democratic and give ANSUUBF: THE AGGUSED Y people the different This bunch of boneheads in suits might not look much. to make opportunity But they think they're the master race! Four of them, Simon contribution they whatever Chadwick, Graham Tasker, and the Belshaw brothers are now can. lnterested? Then awaiting their fourth court appearance in connection with an attack contact us at: on a Jewish Solicitor and anti-fascist in Mansfield. After their arrest IIAFA race hate material was found in their homes, along with Combat 1B documents. This included a list of Jewish students in Nottingham. At P0 Box 179 each court appearance so far anti-fascists, including members of NOTTII{GHAM NAFA and Nottingham ANL, have picketed the court, This has clearly unnerved the maiter race because the case has now been moved to NGl 3AQ Leicester. The date is yet to be announced but watch out for details.

The BNP have held a number of picked on. lf you know of anY sordid meetings in pubs in Nottingham. gatherings by people claiming to be They have been booked under such a Robin Reliant Owners club or a names as The Vauxhall Owners Club Poodle Appreciation Society let us and a Cycling Club. ln one Pub about know. ln fact, any information on a month ago they were rumbled and BNP activities in Nottingham would sent packing with little Graham be gratefully (and confidentially) Tasker complaining about being received.

Leshians, Says & Bi-$exuals Fight Baclt The murders of five gay men by a same day, due to a tip off to 'Capital hanging around the 'LA'. Combat 18 serial killer in has highlighted Gay' magazine, a successful picket have reported carrying out nearly the fears of lesbians, gays, and bi- by gay activists prevented attacks on ninety attacks on gay men leaving sexuals who face the daily threat of other gay pubs such as 'Brief the club. We. cannot separate the physical attack and discrimination. Encounted, 'Cromptons', and attacks on black people inside the This was the news which played on 'Village'. ln the last month there has club from the fascist attacks on gay the minds of many of the 100,000 been yet another vicious racist men, black and white, on the on this year's Pride demonstration. attack at the 'London Apprentice' neighbouring streets. The fascists 0n the journey back to Nottingham I ('LA'). ln the latest incident, a black are active in the area around the'LA was shown an article in The DailY gay man was attacked by three white - the National Front had its HQ there Sport which shocked some of the skinheads. ln the past, black gaY in the 1970s and early 1980s, and people I spoke to. lt apPlauded the men have been subjected to beth the- BNP has been increasing its serial killer! As the writer put it; this presence in the area in recent UNITY IS THE WAY Ttl UIGTI|RY was the only way of ridding societY months. ln the last two years there of AIDS. This matches the attitude of verbal and physical abuse bY a have been four racist murders within the British National Party (BNP), who minority of the customers. There two miles of the BNP HQ in Welling, are no friends of ours, and the article have been sightings of men in the South East London. We are tired shows that neither is The Daily Sport' club wearing fascist regalia. lt is of being scapegoats in a sYstem 'n Britain, attacks on lesbians, gays, understood that on at least seven that creates poverty and the breed =-and bi-sexuals are on the increase. A occasions the club has shown a social conditions Home Office sponsored surveY in video that glorifies . At the homophobia and racism. Racism January found that attacks had same time as racist activities rise and fascism affects us all. increased by one third. Last August, inside, there have been numerous Defeating fascism - in London, or London gay pub 'Central Station' had fascist attacks on gay men outside in Nottingham,across Britain and its windows smashed and CS gas the club. For several weeks Europe - means building a united thrown into a crowded bar. 0n the members of Combat 18 have been front. Unity is the way to victory.

L{lrlnston Churchill MP- fascisi struggle Jras to he part of a much wider struggle against racism. recently made a It has made a small (perhaPs too speech attacking small) contribution by organising immigration. In it he against the Asylum Bill and bY supporting demonstrations such as echoed the sentiments the one in memory of the murdered infamously voiced by black teenager, Rolan Adams. Enoch Powell. 0f course, fascism is more than racism. lt is homophobic, anti- Jhe current Asylum Bill says very " women, and anti-worker. Again the clearly that black ref ugees and views of the BNP are not so much asylum seekers have no right to the lunatic fringe as the concentrated years enter Britain, and in Europe there are form. Over the last 10 or so secretive inter-governmental we've seen a whole series of state What WG'FG gay people, committees set up to co-ordinate a led panics - over Europe wide anti-immigration unmarried mothers,'enemies within', /refugee policy. For'Fortress Fighting New Age Travellers, infant criminals, Europe' read 'White Europe'. These and the standard of the English are all clear attacks on the black Asainst language - to name but a few. All communities in this country, because this lends force to the far right, and in the language of the State, - BNP are certainly not responsible for creates a climate in which far right (whether refugee' and 'immigration' mean the still widespread racism of today. views or not voiced bY the grow. black people and all black people are Let's be honest here, white anti' BNP) can The anti-fascist of the thus seen as automatically suspect. fascists enjoy a privilege. They can struggle has to be Part has to This is all very sobering for the anti- take on the small groups of the far anti-racist struggle. lt also fascist movement. The organised right they can choose to do this. be part of a broader struggle - and racists of the BNP et al are not an Black people, on the other hand, against intolerance and for isolated lunatic fringe so much as a have no choice and face a daily grind oppression of any kind, which such concentrated form of a much wider of discrimination, harassment and the kind of society in problem. Most racist attacks are not state sponsored suspicion. things are comPletelY carried out by BNP thugs, and the NAFA has recognised that the anti- unacceptable. Monnis Beckman Women Resisting Gnoup' Fascism and and thc'43 Racism The Second World War changed Morris Beckman. His studies were brought to an end and he ioined the Day $chool Merchant Navy. He criss-crossed the Atlantic on tankers 0n Saturday 24th April, Women and merchant ships and survived two sinkings. Resisting Fascism and Racism held a At first sight his post war career is unremarkable. With no going back to dayschool at the Queens's Walk 50 women earlier plans to be a civil engineer, he joined the clothing trade - still Community Centre. 0ver participated and groups represented very much a Jewish trade. During the war he developed a sideline in included; the Asian Progressive on with articles and stories for trade magazines. He writing and carried Forum, Anti Racist Alliance, NAFA, physically activity also took part in clandestine activity to destroy fascist Anti Nazi League, Women's Aid to year in Britain. Now retired, Beckman has written the story of this 3 former Yugoslavia, Lesbians and HlV, campaign which drove the fascist Mosleyites off the streets and London Bisexual Group, and destroyed their attempts to rebuild. Beckman's '43 Group' (so called Searchlight Magazine. Women came because there were 43 people at its initial meeting), was largely from Sheffleld, Bristol, Birmingham composed of Jewish ex-service men and women. They had returned and London as well as Nottingham. A' -_ from the war to see the Mosleyites again holding public meetings, creche was arranged and costs kept \'/ blaming the Jews for the war. The Group had three aims: to expose the low. The event was also widely presence of the fascists; to physically disrupt their activities, and to publicised both locally and nationally. good pressure the new Labour Government to outlaw racial hatred The result was to attract a mix of women. NAFA took care of the harassment, 0n the last of these the Government was unwilling to security - which was much thousands of Baltic and Ukrainian nazi budge, Although it was accepting appreciated. all the collaborators, it would not accept immigration of Jews, least of Workshops included "What is old and sick who might be a "burden on the community" or who "might fascism?", "Despair and provoke strong reactions from certain sections of public opinion." Empowerment", "Asylum Bill", "Anti- (quotes fi'om "Justice delayed: how Britain became a refuge for Nazi semitism; the experiences of three War Criminals" by David Cesarani, (Methuen) f5.99). ln the 1940s generations of women" and political life was out in the streets, there were speakers corners all over "Challenging Racism". London and in every big city The 43 Group took it as their task to A final discussion centred on positive heckle every fascist meeting and, where possible, to knock over their action. The day's theme was speaking platform. Fascist paper sellers and fascist parades were lnf ormationlnspiration-Action. Time was set aside to focus on what attacked. Some police were sympathetic to the fascists, but many had women can do to resist further. There served in the army and had seen what fascism in power meant and was much talk on the need for prepared to look the other way. But there were arrests, some were education; networking with local people join on the fascists. \-/ which only encouraged more to the attacks community groups and anti-fascist joined Over the three years, some 1,000 people the group, thousands groups; and various proposals were more read their paper '0n Guard' or contributed financially. One of the made for the continuing activities of Group was a certain which certainly sheds a new light on Women Resisting Fascism and "Wash and Go!" The 43 Group sent in infiltrators to all the fascist Racism. An interesting debate arose groups and had an excellent intelligence network. One member even over whether or not resistance to became one of Mosley's bodyguards suffering at least one beating from fascism ought to be non-violent, a fellow 43ers unaware of his real identity. Jewish community leaders debate that continues....A full report prepared. opposed the 43 Group, but some of the official Jewish ex-service of the dayschool is being Women Resisting Fascism and Branches did support them. Within three years the main fascist group - Racism has continued to grow since the was in grave decline. Their public meetings and this dayschool. We meet twice a attract support and local street corner rallies were failing to month, and for more information without communities had the confidence to challenge their meetings contact: WRF&R c/o Women"s waiting for the 43 Group "commandos". The Group felt that the fascist Centre, 30 Chaucer Street, threat had been thwarted and, three years after everyone else, Group Nottingham. members could return to "ciwies". Babysitting costs are refunded at each meeting. Come along and shape NAFA Subscriptions are t2 waged, t1 unwaged, what happens in the future. fl0 Trade Unions & organisations. 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