IMGpapers 1968–75

Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1968–75

RACIST RUNS IN OXFORD

Red Weekly No. 52, 16 May 1974 · p. 2 of the scan · 266 words

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Leading spokesman of the extreme right-wing Monday Club Harold Soref was forced to make an undignified escape from anti-racist demonstrators in Oxford.

Soref was speaking on 'Coloured Immigration at the invitation of the Oxford University Monday Club. But his speech was interrupted by 40 militants shouting slogans and trying to get into the meeting.

Soref promptly fled out of a rear door of the Union Society Building.

and into a waiting sports car. When last seen he had driven through a red light, narrowly missing a passing student, and was heading for his 4star hotel.

NUS POLICY

The demonstrators, whom Saref described as 'scum', were trapped in the Union Socity burdens hy Monday Club thugs and polios, who proceeded to take names and photagruphs for their respective files. Two students were arrested und charged with 'crimina ised after a general meeting voted ir favour of the NUS policy against fascist and racist speakers, An anti-fuscist com campaign.

The conmittee bases its actions on the idea that Free speech and democratic struggle. A light against the lascists. who want to destray these rights, is through a house, over a five foot wall, esential in order lo defend these hardMA 3ISS mittee is a demonstration a rainst a National Front meeting planned for Oxford Town Hall on 21 May.

Soref and other kading Monday Clubbers saw their meeting as a test case. so that despite ine aments, the aerar was an important victory for the anti-racist and anti-lascist movement. The counter demonstration was organ The next action planned by the comcil stop the meeting.

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