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Socialist Organiser1984 1984-02-02Read it in the scan (PDF), scan page 4 →
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coercive consensus. Since our responses to pornographic images are very often ambiguous, where do we stand when we respond differently to the prescribed "right-on" view?
Then an oppressive moralism seems io prevail: the dissenting minority is judged "incorrect" It would have been interesting to discover whether this is •a common experience to black women — that their views on sexuality arrived at maybe through different experiences and pressures from white women - and not only at Government level. The further down you go, the worse it gets.
Right-wing pressure groups like Tory Action are working away for a 'compulsory reduction in the number of nonwhites in this country' Last year's Conservative conference selected as one of only two motions to be discussed an openly racist resolution. A black delegate from Birmingham was all but howled down as he argued against it.
A report just published by the Young Conservatives says that Tory Action, headed by former MI6 deputy director George Young, has connections with at least 24 Tory MPs. Tory Action themselves claim to be on friendly terms with the prime minister.
Fortunes of fascist parties like the British Movement have been fading over the past few years, but links between them and far-right Tory groups, especially Harvey Proctor's WISE (Welsh, Irish, Scottish, English) are developing. In fact, some members of the BM have been sent in to cash in on the Tory Party's developing far right. So which local Tory party does belong to?
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