Street groups
Socialist Organiser1981 1981-07-11Read it in the scan (PDF), scan page 7 →
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by Dave Spencer [West or and chairperson, Earlsdon Labour Party] A MEETING of 120 local activists last week in Earlsdon, Coventry, decided to form an anti-racist committee with the broadest possible base in the area.
Representatives were at the meeting from local Parent-Teacher Associations, trade union branches, a local community paper, and the Labour Party and various left groups.
The area was split into 12 zones, each with a leader and a remit to form street committees, using a petition as a means approaching people.
The meeting was called in response to the murder of Dr Amal Dharry outside an Earlsdon chip shop -the latest of a series of brutal racist attacks in Coventry. Sponsors of the meeting were two Labour Party branches, Earlsdon and Whoberley, and the student union of Coventry Technical College. CRA increase' still leaves far too much room for man-