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THOUSANDS and thousands of young people, trade unionists Party members, women ac- tivists and peace cam paigners are headed for

Socialist Challenge No. 217, 15 October 1981 · p. 2 of the scan · 306 words

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Massive anti-missile rally in Germany demonstration. chairperson tee, and Anualoy Da On ria Embank nent for Parka ~ Make OVER 300,000 people joined the largest demonstration against NATO's plans for modernising European arsenal in Bonn last Saturday.

It was the largest march in West Germany since thousands of young people, unionists and peace campaigners. London on 24 October, CND national office report that at least 24, yes twenty four, trains are bringing people to the match from as far apart as Penzance and Scotland And hundreds of coaches are descending on London from every corner of the The march against the missiles had been backed by the Labour Party and nine national trade unions including the miners and the transport union.

Speakers at the rally include Tony Benn, EP Thompson, Bruce Kent from CND, Mike Cooley, recently victimised Trom Youth match there Youth CND/Sindent CND contingent expected to be up to 20,000 strong The big march starts at 1h.s0am vic march to Hyde sure you re th yet nuclear War, trade among chanted peace of fifty showing theil NATO The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) military alliance which was formed e in 1949 for the purposes of *mutual aid in the event of foreign incursion. There was never any doubt as to where the 'foreign incursion' would come from -the Soviet Union and eastern bloc countries. then we will fight with tac. tical nuclear weapons until we are losing, then we will blow up the world' Lies NATO also tells lies For example 1978 NATO decided on a long term armaments gramme which included real increases in spending by member countries three percent per year. To justify this, at a time when •Soviet military spending had remained stable fo meant cooking the books

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