NEARLY half of Britain's uranium comes from Namibia, in defiance of United Nations' rulings and international law. This is made possible by the presence in South African troops repressing the liberation struggle there.
These facts are hardly known to the many activists in the new mass movements against nuciear weapons and energy programmes, let alone to the general public.
The Namibian Uranium Contract was sian. ed in 19/0 by Tony British government. It was worth £150m to the NotorIous which is the majority owner and manager of the Rossing mine in RIZ's popularity in Nambia can be seen from the arsenal with armed guards it has set up for use in 'emergencies' Successive British governments have ignored the United Nations security council's Namibia of 60.000 Benn on behalf of the LINC, sible Namibia.
at Rossing. vote in 1970 for sanctions against South Africa over Namibia, and the decision of the International Court ot Justice in 1971 that economic colaboration with south Namibia was against international law.
The UN Council for Namibia - the responauthority for Namibia Africa's mandate was revoked by enacted Decree number 1. prohibitino the ex. traction and export OT Namibia's resources. This decree nullified all such export that all mineral and othe resources so extracted could be seized and On 15 October there was meeting oI the central Fiat stewards. Anticipating trouO1C. LOD ourcaucial. came along.
The union leaders didn't even s of the dod justify the terms Instea claimed LIC showee leat forces wa. unfavourable; there was no Vote A cerate TroM the Spastura plant, a Trotskyist from the LCR (Italian section of the Fourth InternaSnOW HON une previous weeks of struggle that this was a lie. He was massively applauded There was the same reaction Nocco гара •rea anoler member the LCR and a steward at the Mirafiori presented a sort of counter¡coulL lo lilal or tic ourcalcrats. auer lien ReTt early, not daring to put their proposal day the one mass meetings were held 1l1 LIlO bialls. Unce more me loo bureaucrats turned Again there was strong opposition. But the company also had say LUC machine-shop at Mirafiori all the white-collar workers and ne vagers walked in just agreement narrowly adopted. some plants voted for it, forfeited to the UN.
African-occupied Party has Uraniumu wasn't fully ne since South the UN natural resolved Wes! liaison ones tans inn every cast union claimed 'over whelming may villy By the tney wert claiming overall acceptance.
confusion demoralisation were gaining hold among the workers Ther was a compele split between the union ar paratus and the vanguard The bureaucrac had wo its position by basng itself on the white-colla WUrKCIS manacers organised by the company, and the least conscious workers Although rejection leadershin give it a taking working clas For the first time since therefore, massive redundancies have forced through in a decisive industry. alc : 104 being prepared in steel anc petrochemicals.
As in other West European countries, the government and the bosses aim to use the weight of unemploy. ment to weaken the introduce new divisive workins oractices offensive will without sharconfic. carried through more an Juse lucil come will acocula on the ex Concrete auer natives to the reformists at the level of policies and leadership.
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recognise this UN decree. While the Labour now committed itself to cancelling ContraCT benn claims informed about the signed! we have to fight tol labour movement action now to stop the contract being renewed in 1981.
Already the National Union of Seamen has to enforce the UN decree, committee has called the the uranium is processed enrich uranium, nuclear device. This makes the Africa even more urgent.
The contract For further literature, and campaigning and the NSC at 188 mass NW1. or ring 01-3 Polish soldier: waiting for the Soviet tanks OUTSICA Nuclear Fuels Ltd Springfields plant in Preston where The South African regime, in collaboration with the Western powers, has learnt how to and has recently exploded i the apartheid regime in Namibia and • overtarow ol South Stop the Namibian Uranium Contract!
End South Africa's occupation of Namibia!
No nuclear collaboration with South Africa!
Demonstrate, Sunday 8 November Assemble at Preston Polytechnic car park.
Fylde Rd, noon. speakers, , contact i CANUC North Gower St, London