| Description | Various flyers giving details about a number of demonstrations and events held to organise opposition to the Poll Tax. These include:
/1 several flyers giving details of a public meeting at Summerfield Community Centre, Winson Green, Birmingham, held by Black People Against the Poll Tax', consisting of the Afro-Caribbean Resource Centre, Harambee, African Self Help, ACAFESS, Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi and Kashmiri Workers Associations, Asian Resource Centre, Shaheed Udham Singh Welfare Centre, Indian Youth League, PNP Birmingham (UK), Nalgo Black Workers Group. The speakers at this event were Avtar Jouhl of the Indian Workers Association, Steve Batchelor of the Afro-Caribbean Resources Centre, Laura Williams of NALGO Black Workers Group, Raghib Ahsan, President of Birmingham Trade Union Council, Sohan Sandhu of the Indian Workers Association and Paramjit Kaur of Women Today. The flyers are printed in English, Punjabi, Urdu and other South Asian languages
/2 flyer in English and Punjabi for a mass demonstration against the Poll Tax, organised by Birmingham Trades Union Council, to be held at Chamberlain Square, Birmingham 28 October 1989. The flyer includes details of arrangements for the event, and gives the names of the speakers who included Jeff Rooker MP, Christine Crawley MEP, Dave Nellist MP, Sid Platt, Chair of the Regional TUC, and Avtar Jouhl, Secretary of the Indian Workers Association.
/3 flyer for a march against the Poll Tax held at the May Day celebrations 1990, to be followed by a May Day Festival. The flyer was printed and published by Birmingham Joint Labour Demonstration Committee.
/4 flyer for a 'Birmingham Burn the Bills Demo' held during the May Day celebrations 1990, beginning in Chamberlain Square, Birmingham. The flyer includes information for people who have refused to pay the poll tax, giving details about the penalties for non-payment likely to be introduced by Birmingham City Council. |