IMGpapers 1980–83

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

Unilaterally disarming. to encourage the others

Socialist Challenge No. 195, 30 April 1981 · p. 13 of the scan · 219 words

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page 13 of the scan

I WONDER what the Marxist Group of the committee at the CND labour ment conference thought sored, on the day to over- achieved when they that delegates recommendation shout not consider resolutions?

The conference was assembly for any organisa policy-making non, • so resolutions bassca couldn't anything. 'ine move to take • resolutions and then the discussion and voting on them took up quite a bit of time which could otherwise have been spent discussing BUTEA arising from the excellent morning speeches.

As it turned out, resolutions LOT Al that special. There was one Sparticists wn.out), while those which were passed bagely re-stated policy. delegates were nous. kers Party's tbreat 10 Socialist didn't get its way, Phil Davies and Brian Heron were critical of Frank Allaun's comment that 'Uniateralists •are multilateralists who mean but it seems they missed his point.

There afoot in the media and by pro-NATO confuse people by suggesting that you can support either unilateral or multilateral but not both. The idea is to END wants Britain to dis- impression that Curio but is in some way against other countries doing the In fact we hope that success for disarmers nere will encourage those else Torce their governments to disarm Unless the speakers counties to disarm, Allaun was quite right.

ALASDAIR BEAL, Leeds 8

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