IMGpapers 1980–83

Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1980–83

Edinburgh fights US war drive

· Socialist Challenge No. 153, 26 June 1980 · p. 6 of the scan · 163 words

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Fifty people gathered outside the US: sulate in Edinburgh to protest against the US war drive last Saturday.

The demonstration jointly organised by the Edinburgh solidarity campaign and militants of the Anti-Nuclear Campaign.

against the siting of Cruise missiles in Britain, and workers' TO1 WIll struggles in El Salvador and Nicaragus.

Eresucul Carter's talk scated policiess comrade actual policies. comrade Salvador described how the US had stepped military aid to the rightwing regime in his country.

eches from members th speeches members the Anti-Nuclear Campaign They pointed out that the nuciear pog been from they conbeen intimately connected with the production of nicer Rious. 1. 1L1S could only be explained by the aggressive drive of capitalist markets and investments world wide.

Protestors left feeling that the event had been a success and that there was great potential for mass campaign the Cruise nissiles, particularly If the sue is taken into the trade union movement.

Socialist Challenge 26 June 1980, Pase b

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