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LOROINO IT OI/ER ANTI-FASOISTS WE LOVES YA, BABI!
What on earth has prompted anti-fascist campaigners
On 20th September at 3.l5pm gay
Searchlight Cymru to make Dafydd Elis-Thomas their
radical artist & No Borders South
honorary president? Don't they know that Elis-Thomas
Wales activist Babi Badalov was
epitomises the very worst characteristics of many
deported on a BMI flight to
professional politicians: hypocrisy, greed and ~
Azerbaijan. Babi sought asylum in
arrogance to name but three?
the UK in 2006 following years of
Once upon a time Elis-Thomas was a self-confessed Marxist who moved the writ in
persecution because of his
parliament for Bobby Sands‘ election in I981. Yet within two decades he dumped any
sexuality. When his brothers found
pretense at being a democrat to become a member of the house of lords, taking the title
out that he was gay they
of lord Elis-Thomas of Nant Conwy.
threatened to kill him: one attack
Unworried by the charge of ‘traitor’, the good lord has continued to exploit his
left him with only eight teeth.
powerful position, especially with the ladies. Marjorie Thompson claims she and her purse
His art & poetry also led him to become a target of government repression after
were taken to the cleaner's by the former Plaid Cymru leader in their nine-year relationship.
mocking members of the ruling elite. The most famous led to threatening visits by the
Mind you, his "Iordship" does speak sense from time to time: in 2003 he slammed the
Ministry of National Security (MNS - Azerbaijan's modern day version of the KGB). It was
Welsh assembly, saying he wouldn't bother to vote if he wasn't a politician. So why is he
a photographic piece in which he parodied the ubiquitous statues of the Azerbaijani
still the presiding officer? Err, could it be anything to do with the big fat salary he gets on
President‘ Ilham Aliyev, who, following the collapse of the Soviet Union, destroyed many
top of all the allowances? Or perhaps it's the chance to vote himself an 8.3% bung when
statues of Lenin & erected ones of himself instead.
other public servants are scraping by on below-inflation pay settlements. Then, again, it
Babi was dispersed to Cardiff in December in 2006 & quickly became a central feature
might be because he gets to be the chair of a number of well-paying quangos, including
of the activist life. He regularly helped out at Cardiff's social centre PAD, & despite his
the Welsh Language Board - seen in Welsh-Speaking Wales as not only toothless but in
precarious immigration status was involved in many campaigns & was a much loved &
many ways sustaining the status quo that condemns the language to client status.
active member of No Borders South Wales.
Wise up Searchlight! If you want to maintain your credibility get rid of this pompous
Babi was snatched on Tuesday Iéth Sept when he attended his weekly signing at the
ass. He does the anti-fascist cause no favours. Quite the opposite - ordinary people are
UK Border Agency building in Cardiff. When informed that he was going to be detained
increasingly turning to the BNP because they're fed up seeing members of the political
& deported Babi responded by saying: "l feel sick." The UK Border agent replied: "weIl
establishment pursuing political careers for personal gain. If the BNP get a foothold in
you make us sick, you're going back where you belong."
Wales, it's down to nobs like Dafydd Elis-Thomas.
The next day an emergency demo was held outside the Border Agency on Newport
Road, Cardiff. Over 50 people came together to show their solidarity with Babi & the front
THE ROAD TO PEROITION ”“‘ steps of the building were covered in banners. Late that night he was then transported
under the cover of darkness to Campsfield detention prison, Oxford.
Three South Wales Valleys councils ‘“'*§'i*
Whilst in detention Babi received a medical examination. The subsequent report
(Rhondda Cynon Taf, Bridgend and
strongly recommended that Babi be given a proper psychiatric evaluation. Despite this, the
Merthyr TydfiI) have recently struck a £75
Home Office continued with its plans to deport him at 8pm on Saturday 20th on an
million deal to manage road and other civil
Azerbaijan Airlines flight to Baku. However, following a huge amount of harassment from
engineering projects with Capita, one of
friends, supporters & many other activists from around the country, Azerbaijan Airlines
the UK’s most notorious outsourcing
bowed to the pressure & refused to carry him. This did not stop the Home Office though,
companies. Graham Cogswell, Crapita's
& his deportation was rescheduled to a British Midland Airways (BMI) flight at 3.15pm the
managing director said:
same day. This time, despite a huge struggle which continued right up until the last minute,
"We have a proven track record of improving services and job creation through local
Babi was finally deported.
authority partnerships across the UK and Wales in particular. ”
While Babi is currently safe, if anything happens to him the state & BMI will have blood
Improving services? We wonder what planet Mr Cogswell has been on for the last
on their hands. His deportation has left a huge hole in all his friends’ lives & demonstrates
decade. Despite winning contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds of our money,
the brutality of immigration controls. He was ripped away from his new home, friends &
Crapita and its vast network of subsidiaries are bywords for incompetence and, in some
people that loved him just so the government can keep its deportation statistics up. We
cases, corruption. They've botched staff administration services at Leicester Hospitals NHS
didn't fight to keep Babi here out of compassion or because he had suffered. We don't care
Trust and the BBC where staff details were lost. Crapita was awarded the contract to run
why Babi came. We fought for Babi because he is one of us, a fighter for freedom of
Individual Learning Accounts (ILAs), the government adult skills policy, which collapsed
movement, for equality & a world without borders.
after fraudulent claims resulted in a £60 million overspend. In 2002 the company failed to
Despite a huge number of telephone calls, emails and faxes to BMI on the day of
provide adequate computer systems to the Criminal Records Bureau (CRBI causing lengthy
Babi's deportation by people raising their objections to the removal, BMI chose to ignore
delays in the provision of police checks for people wanting to work with children. And to
this and ensured the deportation took place. BMI employees told those ringing on the
cap it all, Capita Financial Administration was fined £300,000 in 2004 by the Financial
day that BMI could not refuse to fly Babi and it was out of their control. However, other
Services Authority after some of its staff helped to defraud customers.
airlines have refused to fly deportees in the past. In 2007, XL Airways made the
So why does Crapita carry on winning lucrative government contracts? Could it possibly
announcement that they would no longer carry failed asylum-seekers who were being
be because its former chairman, Rod Aldridge, made a secret loan of £1 million to
forcibly removed from the United Kingdom.
Crapita's New Labour pay masters before the last elections?
For too long, airline companies that operate, deportation flights have been allowed to
Clearly councillors in RCT, Merthyr and Bridgend have every confidence in the new
carry out this sordid business with little or no sustained opposition from those that oppose
partnership. South Wales Anarchists, however, do not and we deplore the way public
migration controls and work in solidarity with migrants. BMI must be made aware of the
services are being hived off to private sector cowboys. Watch out for the pot holes!
impact of their actions on the lives of the people they deport and how their business may
be affected if they continue this practice.
OOUNOIL GRAVY TRAIN ROLLS ON...
No Borders South Wales are calling for a sustained campaign against BMI. We call
on BMI to no longer take part in the forced deportation of migrants. Contact BMI and
While the credit crunch bites, people lose their jobs &
register your disapproval at their role
government tries to impose below-inflation pay rises on public
in deporting people back to places
sector workers, greedy councillors in Caerphilly & the Vale of
they do not wish to go back to. On
Glamorgan have awarded themselves a nice 2.45% increase
the 20th October let's hit BMI with
in their allowances. One councillor refused to accept the
everything we've got! Then let's do
"inappropriate" rise, but for Tory fat cat Vale Council leader
this on the 20th of every month until
Gordon Kemp - who is already raking it in with his own law
BMI see sense.
firm in Barry - the rises mean he will also be pocketing a
whopping £47,627 in allowances. BMI switchboard: 01332 854000