Over 130 Respect supporters from across England converged on Preston last weekend to campaign for the re-election of councillor Michael Lavalette in the Town Centre ward.
While government ministers past and present lament immigrants’ "failure" to learn English and speak it at home, some half a million people have been told that their access to free English language courses is to be ended.
Respect is standing candidates in target seats across England in the council elections on 3 May to provide an alternative to the policies of war and privatisation followed by mainstream parties.
"We should be looking at the subject of Asian women and whether we need to require them to speak English before they are given a settlement visa."Jack Straw, continues his obsessive vendetta against Asian women
Tony Staunton, Plymouth branch secretary and leading Unison union activist in the south west of England, has been informed that he cannot stand for election to the union’s national executive committee.
Wayne Muldoon
Respect’s campaign for the May local elections in England received a big boost last week when Wayne Muldoon, a Labour councillor in Loughborough, announced he was joining the party.
Grainy photos of rusty canisters. Damage to a US vehicle after a roadside bomb. Mortar shell case markings in English (rather than in Farsi). A lump of copper embedded in a police car.
Across England new people are getting involved in building the 24 February demonstration called by Stop the War, CND and the British Muslim Initiative.
