Youth CND under attack | IMGpapers 1980

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CND meeting on 20 June. stop CUTS nalga national council set its face against youth and the labour movement at its recent The decisions of last April's Youth CND national conference in Birmingham were reported to the council. After a paltry five minutes' 'discussion the council refused ratify the youth conference's overwhelming vote to raise their age limit from 21 to 25 CND national organiser Sally Davidson explained that stake was 'whether CND national council should be dictated to by a bunch of people who happened to be meeting in Birmingham In other words CND national council will block any democratically decidco cons taken by sec tions of CND if it feels threaten the CND leadership's movement' approach.

Revolution Youth supporters, a leading force in Youth CND, have consis tently opposed this approach, a zule instead for mass action involving youth and the aDoul movement in the fight for Thaeraso Revolution Youth has called on Youth Lu groups to detv the bullying of CND national council and HVO VO youth over 21 in the camT-shirts.

VV88Ki paigns till the decision is overturned Later sancal jonal council meeting re lected Youth CND's re quest for a speaker at next October's demonstratior on the grounds that there wasn't 'big name'. They went on to argue over whether or not have a trade union speaker!

council voted against having Tony Benn as a speaker at the rally on the grounds that it woulc tie CND too closely SLADOU wing. stead Michael Foot was proposed the man who appointed multilateralist, Brynmor John, as his shadow spokesperson on detence Dangerous The decisons of this national council are very dangerous for the disarmament movement. CND's misleaders have turned their guns agains the only force in capable of defeating the Tories' war plans: youth and the labour movement Over the Socialist Challenge and Revolution Youth should all . the more CND for an orientation to youth and the labour movement to stoD Crulse and Trident missiles and unilateral disarmalilcill - the T-shirt to be seen in Ideal for all LNv ane nembovment marcaes n tasuv reo aneoack on yellow. Medium and large sizes, £2.99 each. Orders to Box 50, London N1. Cheques to 'The Northern Carnival