Policy and administrative papers

These papers comprise several versions of the Indian Workers Association Constitution, together with incomplete sequences of circulars, press releases and statements providing information about the policy of the organisation and explaining its stance on political developments both in Britain and in other countries.

Much of this material is concerned with Indian Workers Association campaigns against immigration legislation introduced by successive British governments during the 1960s and 1970s, and against racism in Britain throughout the period from the 1960s to the 1980s, but there are also statements of support for black liberation struggles in the United States of America and in South Africa, and for anti-imperialist struggles in Vietnam and India.

As well as providing evidence of the Indian Workers Association's position on these issues, through the articles of the Constitution and the statements issued by the organisation, these papers also indicate the active involvement of the Association in tackling situations, through demonstrations, public events and lobbying.

Policy papers largely dating from the 1980s and 1990s are described at MS 2142/A/1/3