In 1961 (when the first Commonwealth Immigration Bill was being discussed in parliament), Ludmer, with Birmingham activists of the Indian Workers Association such as Jagmohan Joshi, set up the Co-ordinating Committee Against Racial Discrimination (CCARD) which opposed both state racism and far right activism. CCARD also organised demonstrations over international issues such as the Vietnam war and against British colonial rule in Africa. It helped launch the more broad-based national organisation Campaign Against Racial Discrimination (CARD).A Sivanandan "From resistance to rebellion: Asian and Afro-Caribbean struggles in Britain" Race & Class. 1981; 23: 111-152Kalbir Shukra The Changing Pattern of Black Politics in Britain 1998 Pluto Press p.17 In the late 1960s he resigned from the Communist Party which he felt was not fighting hard enough against racism.Jad Adams, ‘Ludmer, Maurice Julian (1926–1981)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 27 Oct 2009
