IMGpapers 1980–83

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

NATO!

Socialist Challenge No. 191, 2 April 1981 · p. 3 of the scan · 277 words

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• Build CND groups in the unions and workplaces and Labour CND:

Resolutions passed by the included Edinburgh Labour Party calling for opposition to Cruise and Trident, for Britain out of NATO and unilateral disarmament, for boycotting all work on missile bases and civil defence, and for Washington and Moscow for the escalation of the arms race. Nevertheless the motion was carried Brian Heron, conference publicity officer and a Socialist Challenge supporter, moved the tinal motion to conference.

On the platform were Mike Picken, secretary of Labour CND; Carol Turner, Labour councillor from Southwark; DunEdwards trom Young Revolution Youth; Brian Heron, the conpublicity officer and from the Royal Pride and Mosedale factaries in the Manchester area.

Foot in both camps!

Three hundred Labour parties represented at the conference is an important gain for ine ann-missies movement. Labour Party activists must now take the issue into the unions and campaign for the leadership of the labour moveliahted at the CND and conference proper Conference strikers Bridie could not speak.

head the campaign. The Con ference should have Foot Evans, Arthur Scargill and Tony Benn on the platform.

The demonstration for should transtormed into a illass labour movement mobilisimportant strike was high. conterence when Caro Turner gave up her speaking time at the to Bridie Bellingham of the Lee Jeans' factory in Greenock chairperson Olive Gibbs resigned her position after conference overwhelmingly rejected her ruling that Nation. As John Cox to:s the conference final sion: "When we decided clast October's demo basi in February 1980 we ha just local CND zrouds. Today wher be launch next Octobe:: march we have 700.

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