Biafra and the Left: How British Leftist parties and others abandoned Biafrans to be slaughtered

Harold Wilson actively supported the massacre of Biafrans.

By Richard West

Vietnam, Greece and the plight of American Negroes are the three causes abroad that most inflame the British left. In Scandinavia, West Germany and probably most of Western Europe, the cause that most inflames the left is Biafra. Towards Biafra the British left is largely indifferent or hostile. The Labour government and most Labour MPS support the shipment of arms to Nigeria.