----- Original Message ----- From: "anti_nazileague" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Forwarded from CARF. > =================== > > Sent: 10 October 2000 14:44 > Subject: Stop racist killings, scrap racist laws > > > > Campaign Against Racism and Fascism - http://www.carf.demon.co.uk/ > > > > NATIONAL DEMONSTRATION AGAINST RACISM > > Called by the National Civil Rights Movement > > Assemble Saturday 14 October, 1pm, Embankment, London > > > > The National Civil Rights Movement was established one and a half years > > ago as the Macpherson Inquiry into the murder of Stephen Lawrence was > > published. At that time we were told by the government that they were > > committed to stamping out racism, that there would be a root and branch > > reform of our institutions, indeed, that they were proud of their > > anti-racism. > > What is the situation, eighteen months on? The number of racist attacks > > has increased dramatically whether you follow the police's own statistics > > or reports from community monitoring organisations. An increasing > > percentage of these attacks are targeted against refugees and asylum > > seekers. The government's asylum legislation has led directly to the > > criminalisation of asylum seekers and widespread hostility towards them. > > In fact we know that at least 157 people have died since the murder of > > Stephen Lawrence, as a result of racism and xenophobic laws. Some have > > died attempting to seek asylum in the UK, risking their lives because of > > the government's clampdown on migration. Others have died in police > > stations, prisons, mental hospitals or on the streets. > > We need to build a national movement to end racism and defend asylum > > rights. We cannot afford to leave it to the politicians, chief inspectors > > and the flawed police complaint authorities. Only a grassroots > > mobilisation in support of asylum seekers, refugees and black family > > campaigns can deliver true justice. > > > > STOP RACIST KILLINGS. AGAINST RACIST LAWS > > End detention, deportation, vouchers and dispersal > > Support families fighting racism > > Full rights for asylum seekers and refugees > > BULD A NATIONAL MOVEMENT AGAINST RACISM > > > > Please pass on this message to friends, family and work colleagues. > > Apologies for cross-posting. > > > > For more information, including transport details from outside London, > > call the National Civil Rights Movement office on 020-8574 0818. Or write > > to: National Civil Rights Movement, 14 Featherstone Road, Southall, > > Middlesex UB2 5AA. Fax: 020-8813 9734. Web: <http://www.ncrm.org.uk>. For > > press information, please call 07957-240755. > > > > Supporting organisations: Action 58, Active Resistance to the Roots of > > War, Afghan Academy, Anti-Nazi League, Asian Dub Foundation, Ladislav > > Balaz, Black Networking Group, Narayan Bhattacharjee, Bradford > > Immigration and Asylum Support and Advice Network, Professor Lee Bridges, > > Brighton & Hove District Trades Council, Brighton & Hove UNISON, Brighton > > & Hove Unemployed Workers Centre, Bristol Defend Asylum-seekers Campaign, > > Saffron Burrows, Campaign Against Racism and Fascism, Campaign for > > Justice for Carl Egonu, Campaign to Close Campsfield, Chhokar Family > > Justice Campaign, Chinatown Monitoring Group, Christopher Alder Campaign, > > Chumbawamba, City of Plymouth UNISON, Committee of Refugees from Turkey, > > Committee to Defend Asylum-Seekers, Close Down Harmondsworth Campaign, > > December 18 Online Network for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights > > of Migrant Workers, Devon and Cornwall Refugee Support Council, Dover > > Residents Against Racism, Europe-Roma, European No-Border Network, Exeter > > Anti-Fascist Action, Exeter Campaign to Defend Asylum Seekers, Exiled > > Writers' Ink, Farhan Mire Family Campaign, Federation of Iranian > > Refugees, Fight Racism Fight Imperialism, Free Satpal Campaign (London), > > Freedom and Justice for Samar and Jawad, Friends of Mumia in Devon, Gypsy > > Council for Education, Culture, Welfare and Civil Rights, Hackney Refugee > > and Migrant Support Group, Diane Hammill, Hillsborough Justice Campaign, > > Human Too, International Federation of Iraqi Refugees, Jewish Socialist > > Group, Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants, Justice for the > > Plymouth Gypsies, Justice for Ricky Reel Campaign, Kalayaan, Kebele > > Kultur Project, James Kelman, Kent Refugee Action Network, Imran Khan, > > Kurdistan Information Centre, Liban Ali Family Campaign, Liberty National > > Council, Mike Mansfield, Michael Menson Family Campaign, Mubarek Family > > Campaign, National Civil Rights Movement, National Coalition of > > Anti-Deportation Campaigns, Palestinian Right of Return Coalition UK, > > Gareth Peirce, Plymouth Campaign to Defend Asylum Seekers, Plymouth > > Socialist Alliance, Plymouth Trades Union Council, Satpal Ram, A. > > Sivanandan, Southwark Day Centre for Asylum-Seekers and Refugees, > > Statewatch, The Monitoring Group, Torbay Anti-Racist Group, Frances > > Webber, Westminster Short Life Housing, Women's International League for > > Peace and Freedom, Worker Communist Party of Iran (UK), Benjamin > Zephaniah. > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Start Your Own FREE Email List at http://www.listbot.com/links/joinlb > > > ======email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] phone:020 79240333, fax:020 79240313, ANL PO Box 2566 London N4 1WJ======
