of Conservative Students.
This Young's : was response to the formation of a Youth for Peace group, not to mention the widespread radicalisation among youth in opposition to the siting of Cruise missiles.
Young people have always • been among the mirst to respond to new developments in nic alona CND in the '50s and '60s, to the Vietnam Solidarity Campaign, young people have Deer in ane forefront movements against war and United States, attempts introduce the draft have faced a cos a doc cere In Britain youth have been prescri on all tae aemonstrations against Cruise. From the OuiseL, Liese mobilisations included significant HaVe of working class youth.
The problem is not one of militancy youth can see quite plainly that nuclear war offers no future but deciding the Dest way organise the activity.
Although groups like Youth for springing LIC place, taking up a range of issues from nuclear energy to NATO, they have lacked any clear national lead.
Revolution Youth believes it is essential organise a national and local campaign Other Bruce Kent, and others.
Britain's nuclear weapons.
Available from by post. 'WE want Britain to re-arm with Cruise missiles, Trident and neutron bombs, which are the only way of tackling a tank advance' - Peter Young, Federation on the broadest basis possible, in order to involve all the youth and youth organisations which are prepared fight against Cruise and Tri. dent Within that sort of campaign it would be possible for everyone discuss building the biggest possible : Salic Liffe campaign against hatcher's plans for a nuclear war.
Revolution Youth of called for the setting up of a Youth Against Missiles paign nationally. groups already exist in areas re- such as Manchester ingham, and involving youth We have approached all other youth organisations for a meeting to discuss the campaign. One of our first tasks will be to build links with and fighting for youth to adopt an anti-imperialist against the war drive of Thatcher and Carter.
The first thing to do is to build the campaign among students, schoolstudents, youth, young workers, tinue to involve all those who come on the CND marches in hope all Challenge supporters help us with this project. THE /BOOKSHOP EP Thompson and Dan Smith Protest and Survive Penguin, £1.50 A collection of writings by Thompson, Smith, Ken Coates, Lawrence Freedman Britain and Nuclear Weapons Macmillan, £3.25 published about the secret debates that haye been held on The Other Bookshop, 328 Upper St, London N1. Tel: 01-226 0571. Please add 15% to each title if ordering their has Calsu Strong local BirmAberdeen, various We will be position, and and to con. DOMINIC, a 17-year-old cutter at a Manchester NOY building a national labour movement conference against the missiles to be held in the new year Weld There has been a ready response. Support has COLL leading trade unionists, as wcha constituency parties and local trade union Untain oin This reflects the suc. cesses at labour movement conferences this year, with . a number of trade unions voting against Cruise.
The aim conference against the missiles is to help weld this opposition into action. We also need to be better prepared To Congresse a icocal where an ambiguous resolution was passed that even supporters of Cruise missiles like Duffy and Boyd of the Engineering Union could support Labour Party and trade umon banners wil be present on CND's march this Sunday. We are setting ourselves the targe of getting the Labour Par forefront in every future and the TUC to the march simply their banners on the day but in the weeks beforehand in building connected with the missiles to win Labour Party support for such positions.
The conference will discuss members of the TGWU and dock workers can organise boycott material need to start nected with the bases.
The Tories already have their links; so do our right-wing the movement like Duffy and Chapple, NATO. have to develop international links to counter the missiles.
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In examining Britain's nuclear past and assessing its nuclear future Freedman brings to light information never before
'We have three years to stop Cruise. We
ourselves now'