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Socialist Action (League for Socialist Action) Vol. 4, No. 4, April 1981 · p. 1 of the scan · 438 words

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Central America and the Caribbean is the most important place in the world today. It's there that the two main forces contending for the future of humanity are in most open conflict.

It's there that the imperialists, led by US President Reagan and backed by Thatcher - the forces that want to hold back humanity within the confines of their decayed and rotten system - confront working people determined to fight for and make a socialist society in which meeting human needs comes first.

Today it is El Salvador which is most under the gun from our enemies - Reagan, Thatcher and their class. They want to stop the people of El Salvador winning their liberation. They want to stop the people of El Salvador building a society where wealth is owned by everyone, not by a handful of big companies, for that would set an example to the rest of us and inspire us into struggle.

They also want to roll back the revolutions our brothers and sisters have made in Nicaragua and revolutionary Cuba to its knees.

THREATS Reagan is escalating his threats, saying that the time has come to "draw the line" in El Salvador as his press secretary put it on February 23.

A flotilla of more than 40 US warships - including an aircraft carrier - has been assembled in the Caribbean.

The February 25 Washington Post said: "These vessels and aircraft clearly could be used for some kind of blockade of Cuba or to enforce some kind of US threat to take action against vessels that cross a certain line off the El Salvador coast."

Under a plan approved on February 27 by Reagan's National Security Council - an unelected body of toadies from the big corporations, military brass and other social riff-raff - Washington will send $ 25 million more in military aid to the murderers ruling El Salvador.

On March 2, another $ 25 million coach to register their protest.

The mood of the marchers was both angry and defiant. flected in the slogans - "Kill the Tory Bill!" and "Racist Maggie out,out,out!" the march made its way from Hyde Park to Trafalger Square.

CLIMAX The demonstration was the climax of a major campaign, launched by CARL, in the previous months. MeetContinued on Page 4. and financed by Washington.

Immigration Act.

This was reBlack people, "fishing raids" on - which rang out as legal immigrants" and increased police harassment of the Black community.

NATIONALITY BILL main thrust is to cut down still Freedom fighters in El Salvador. They are part of massive struggle to overthrow murderous dictatorship armed

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