Institute of Race Relations newspaper cuttings

Topics include:

- Several reports on anti-racism marches, including Bristol, Hounslow and Hyde Park.

- Several reports, opinion pieces and debate regarding the Anti-Nazi League.

- The Church-led Bhavan Project which aimed to provide hostels for Asian girls is strongly contested by Asian community leaders as they suggest it undermines Asian family life. This is mentioned several times, and is connected to the issue of arranged marriages.

- The Church takes a stand against racism.

- Several reports on anti-racism festivals, in particular one held in Bradford.

- Industrial tribunals and issues related to discrimination in the work place and on the job market are discussed across the whole folder.

- There is broad discussion of the National Front. There is a move by political parties, primarily Labour, to delegitimise them as a political party. There is pressure on local councils to ban them from using public buildings for meetings. The National Front target school children with propaganda. They also engage in several acts of public violence and racist graffiti.

- There is mention of racist attacks from members of the public, a neo-Nazi group called the British Movement and gangs of skinheads.

- There are several reports about education and ethnic minorities.

- There are some reports which discuss access to health services and mental health issues relating to discrimination and racist victimisation of ethnic minorities.

- Several reports on the Community Relations Councils, in particular there is extended coverage of the Brent CRC. Additionally, there are various reports on associated community groups and projects and the establishment of social clubs.

- The Race Relations Act (1976) is discussed widely, and its application is evidenced in several discrimination cases.

- Debate about anti-Semitism.