Press cuttings

This series consists of a large number of press cuttings from local, national and international newspapers on a number of issues of relevance to the objectives and campaigning activities of the Indian Workers Association. The press cuttings are loose, but are stored in a mixture of chronological and subject files. Most cuttings date from the 1960s, but there are also a smaller number dating from the 1970s, and one file on the increase in Sikh militancy both in India and Britain, which dates from 1986.

Immigration legislation and its effects are well documented in these cuttings, and specifically the extent of racism in local and national government, and its effects on immigrant communities in many areas of their lives, including housing, education, health and employment, particularly in the West Midlands, but also in other areas of Britain with large Asian communities. Many of these newspaper articles focus on the experiences of individuals who had settled in Britain from commonwealth countries during the 1960s.
Other major topics covered in these press cutting files are the activities of anti-racist groups, including the Indian Workers Association, in campaigning against racial discrimination, and their attempts to fight the prejudices of right-wing and fascist groups opposed to immigration.

The original order in which these press cuttings were filed by Jagmohan Joshi has been maintained. His titles for the press cutting files sorted by subject have also been retained. Because many of both the chronological files and the subject files of press cuttings deal with related topics, there is some overlap between several of the files, and articles on the same topic may be spread across several different files.