Help Us Fight Fascism in Notting Hill
1959The NewsletterBob Pennington Read the scan at ETOL (PDF) →Proofread against the scan (16 October 2026). Misprints are kept as printed.
THIS week we are making an appeal for financial assistance, and we are confident every socialist will answer it without hesitation.
We need more cash to help the work of combating fascism and race hatred by taking the socialist answer to the coloured and white workers of north Kensington.
BUILDING A MOVEMENT. The London branches and members of the Socialist Labour League have worked unstintingly since last week-end to build up a movement in Notting Hill against fascism.
In two days over 750 copies of our pamphlet 'Workers' Defence Squads for Notting Hill' were sold in the Portobello Road and Westbourne Park area. On Saturday afternoon and Sunday 253 copies of The Newsletter were sold there—mainly to coloured workers.
At Hyde Park hundreds of people heard speakers from the Socialist Labour League explain the militant socialist policies that alone can defeat fascist-inspired race violence. During the meeting a well-known fascist was busy taking photos of the three speakers.
Every evening this week the drive with our literature has gone on. We aim to ensure that every coloured worker and white trade unionist is reached. Meetings are also taking place outside Labour Exchanges.
This week-end at least fifty members of the League will be conducting a mass canvass and street sale in north Kensington. Speakers from the League will also run open-air meetings in the district.
PARTICULAR APPEAL. Other meetings will be held in Brixton and other areas where there are communities of immigrant workers, and again at Hyde Park.
Of course we need cash to intensify our activities. We make a particular appeal to our readers in the provinces who although they may not be able to come and sell can give this work a boost by sending us a donation.
BOB PENNINGTON