IMGpapers 1980–83

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

CND BOMBS DEMO LONDON OCT 24

Socialist Challenge No. 217, 15 October 1981 · p. 3 of the scan · 511 words

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MISSILES So they invented pricing system...I is eas) to see how the figures were intated to show higher Soviet expenditure'.

The NATO summit of September saw promises thát evidence of OUVICI build would be published. If the final result bears any resemblance to the US slatt department ICOUll (since admitted to be complete fraud) on Soviet arms sales freedom fighters in El Salvador, then we can take it with more than a pinch of salt.

NATO has to build up the image of the threat', of Russian expansionism, in order to present the western capitalist countries as acting in self-defence when building up their military forces.

But the real story of interference in other countries' allalrs nes much with the Soviet invasions Hungary and still less Afghanistan, but with the 215 times that the USA has used a Poriitary tervention political enes between 1946 and 1975. Reagan The current build up in arms has more to do with the collapse of the regime of the shah of iran the trasted representative US interests in the Guit than the so-called missiles which the US have Known about since the That is why Caspar Weinberger and Reagan administration would like to see NATO defence Western dominance 'hat is why alongside the move to a first strike capacit in nuclear weapons the US would like NATO countries to participate in the 'Rapid Deployment Force' In short there are two objectives the US/NATO build both conventional and nuclear armaments. First. to maintain a position of JoBs superiority over Soviet forces, and to discourage even limited aid given by the Soviet Union to struggles for national liberation throughout the world.

Secondly, to con WUKCES America and Western Europe into acmore VietnamUS and the major capitalist powers.

All this said, warheads rather than Canadian ones.

Nor aoes ine lact tnat Norway and Denmark don't have Lucica weapons on their soil stop 20 81000001113. for using nuclear weapons.

Consisteni unilateralism means Britains out of NATO.

Haced with witchhunt against CND for trying to undermine western defences and NATO', secus tu hally aul casy vution to argue for a non-nuclear NATO This is even more atIraclive wnen nigures like Nino Pasti in Italy, whilst remaining tully committed to NATO, argue against NATO's latest escalation in the nuclear arms race.

That such members of the establishment, who brevious|! framed NATO's nuclear strategy should speak out against the logical outis something to be welcomcu. llis a culllauicon 1 their position which should not fail to exploit But should make this contradiction a deteating Reagans of this world that would play right INEO NATO's hands. THE ARCHWAY ROYEL BLAST AND FIRES 20-50% POPULATION INSTANTLY 3MILES DRAYTON PK BUSESMEL NGS AT PEOPLEO DIE ROASTED 2 MILES DESTRUCTION WIPES OUT MOST OF THE POPULATION WITHIN ONE SECOND PLANES AT HEATHROW EXPLODE CAR TYRES BURST INTO FLAMES & 15 MILES SURVIVE THE BLAST, SHOCK AND FIRE WOULD DIE IN THE AFTERMATH fatos e ode Coleo

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