Party'. solidarity with the victims of the Asian Tsunami and Pakistan earthquake, and was a leading force in the Make Povertv History Can bald and mobilisation for the G8 summit.
Respect councillors were able to win Council motions on public transport and environmental issues, and were prominently reported in the local media. We mobilised for anti-war actions and also held Fisher Gate In leading off, Michael Lavalette focused on the positive aspects of the conference; the anti-war debate, environment etc.
When asked about the controversies, he concentrated on the CPGB proposal on open borders and he argued they needed to leave the way open to Morning Star supporters to join Respect.
He attacked the proposal for a paper, arguing that Respect had already in practice produced a quarterly paper, and arguing that the last one (on students) was rubbish and no help in building
No-one present had been at the debate on the religious hatred bill. I said I was concerned about Respect supporting the Bill. One of the muslim activists asked for more information about the issue. I explained the basis of the bill and stressed that it was part of an overall attack on Civil Liberties and gave as an example the interview with Falconer on Today programme that morning which most people had heard (about the person who read the