Originally published in The Black Liberator: theoretical and discussion journal for black revolution (1978), the author reports on the inaugural meeting of the Black People Against State Harassment (BASH) campaign. Arguing that sections of the British Left had conflated anti-racism with anti-fascism, the article describes the widely-felt need for Black self defence campaigns, especially against police incursions into Black communities. The author speaks of the need for a broad alliance of Black and Asian resistance to state violence, and hints at the implications that the formation of specialist policing units will have on the working class as a whole.
JacksonGeorge, Blood in My Eye (London: Penguin, 1975), p. 120.
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In 1977, the Virk brothers endured a racist attack while trying to fix their car. After the brothers called the police, their assailants were released while they were placed under arrest themselves.
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Police violence was much in evidence against mass pickets in support of the Grunwick strikers at the film-processing plant in Neasden in 1977.
