| Description | This file contains a number of articles and drafts of press statements on issues surrounding immigration control and racism in Britain during the 1960s. There are also a smaller number of articles on communist politics, as well as two articles written by members of the Indian Workers Association on the Black People's Alliance. Brief English summaries are provided for the majority of the articles in Punjabi and Urdu.
/1 fragment of aide memoire in English and Punjabi concerning campaigning activities of the Indian Workers Association 1961
/2 typescript notes on Portuguese and French aggression in Goa during the 1950s
/3 typescript draft report on the housing situation in Birmingham as it affected immigrant communities in the early 1960s, expressing concerns about the trend toward concentration of immigrant areas
/4 handwritten draft statement on the proposals by Smethwick Conservatives to acquire houses in order to prevent black and Asian migrants buying them
/5 incomplete handwritten draft statement on the labour shortage in Britain during the early 1960s
/6 typescript summary of The National Plan, published by the Stationary Office, London, September 1965
/7 handwritten articles in Urdu on the problem of racial discrimination, centred on the perceived shortage of housing and jobs. The articles urge people to unite against racial hatred and to join the Labour movement
/8 typescript article on racism in Britain, discussing discrimination against black and Asian migrants and the main areas of conflict between host and migrant communities
/9-/10 typescript articles focusing on prejudice against Indian migrants to Britain from a communist perspective. /9 is entitled 'Immigration, Racialism and Class Viewpoint'
/11 part of a typescript article on Communist party politics and the 'principles of democratic centralism'
/12 part of a typescript article about the editorial direction of the Indian Students Society's annual publication, the 'Journal'
/13 incomplete typescript draft of an article about Indian politics after Independence
/14 handwritten notes on Indian Workers Association policies
/15 typescript article entitled 'On the question of Anti-Racist and Anti-Fascist Committees', intended for submission as an Indian Workers Association resolution
/16 handwritten drafts of press statements issued by the Indian Workers Association giving the organisation's views on issues surrounding immigration control. There is also a draft statement on the death of Nehru
/17 printed article by Rattan Singh Sandhu, Nottingham branch of the Indian Workers Association, about Internationalism, in Punjabi
/18 article in Punjabi by Avtar Jouhl on the Three Day Week, printed in 'Des Pardes' 3 February 1974
/19 photocopy of part of an article in Punjabi about the origins and abolition of the caste system in India
/20 photocopied article in Punjabi by Ratan Singh Sandhu entitled 'Powell and the Black People's Alliance', detailing the relationship between racism and capitalism, drawing comparisons between 'white racism' and 'black racism' in the form of the Black People's Alliance and suggesting that 'black racism' creates divisions amongst the non-white working class
/21 photocopied article in Punjabi by Surjit Mann, criticising the Black People's Alliance
/22 photocopy of a handwritten article in Punjabi by Avtar Jouhl concerning trade union activities
/23 manuscript articles in Punjabi written by Avtar Jouhl in two pads of 'airmail' writing paper on racism in Britain and the influence of government policies on immigration control, 1967
/24 article in Punjabi by Avtar Jouhl, published in 'Punjabi Darpan' detailing the reasons for the rise and eventual success of counter revolutionary movements in Eastern Europe 9 March 1990
/25 article in Punjabi, published in 'Punjabi Darpan', about the collapse of socialist and communist regimes in Eastern European countries 16 March 1990 |