Touche Pas A Mon Pote, Working Week 1986.
Clement Meric an 18 year old student and leukaemia survivor was
murdered in Paris this week. He’d attended a sale of ‘Fred Perry’, casual wear
– the kind of thing I’m sometimes seen in although a lot of mine came second
hand! It’s a MOD thing.
Also attending the sale were a bunch of neo-nazi knuckle
heads who then attacked Clement for objecting to their racism. He died on
Thursday.
Thousands have rallied to protest and we should join them in
a virtual rally.
Back in 1986, ‘Working Week’ a London Jazz-soul collective
wrote ‘Touche Pas A Mon Pote’, for a massive anti-racist/anti-fascist campaign
in Paris and the Pas De Calais/Nord region, ending in a mass rally and concert.
It says ‘Don’t touch my friend’ and became the theme of the
campaign. Today it seems the right song to sing.
Neil Harris
(a don’t stop till you drop production)
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