THE LABOUR MP for Edinburgh East is Gavin Strang. He is normally a moderate man. Yet last week, at the Scottish Council of Labour he called for 'civil disobedience' and 'industrial action to block right to urge such action. talking about life itself and our children's right to lifé'. ing the constitution and flaunting the will of the Tory majority at Westminster seem small beer indeed.
Massive mobilisations, maustrial achon, and cIvil disobedience, are not only legitimate means of oppos ing the incineration of nu asliv. unev are me on. ly ones that offer any hope of winning week the Tory decided splash out f10bn on Trident Il rather than cut corners to buy ine signity less lethal Trident for The Tories showed they also inviting Reagan so ad THe NI cress DOLE mouser Parliament at Westminster alu to meet une monaren Windsor. This establishment's way of saying: drive, Mr Juli yvul drive, Reagan, and we are behind you in your plans to turn Caribbean into America's back yard.
Reagan's visit is an afdeployment of Trident. He is As he says: 'We are When these issues are at stake, breakfront imperialist movement and a challenge to all those people are against resources being used for wall as opposed to social needs the CUS ot rident ll equals 500,000 two story council houses!
The labour movement must tell Reagan to get the hell out of Britain. He an undesirable element who is prepared to spread death world if he thinks it serves US capitalism.
His lackeys in the Tory government hang on to his coat tails because they know that the survival of the disintegrating capitalist system in Britair depends on the goodwill of their US masters ine war drive can be stopped mobilise behind the policies of unilateralism.
Our task now is to commit the TUC and the Labour Party to support the campaign against Reagan's visit to Rritain and in particular to back the giant CND demonstration now for London on 6 June.
Hundreds thousands of working people can ne mobilised protest against Reagan, the insanity of Cruise and Trident, and against US backing of the murderous regime in El Salvador.
Greater Manchester CND has given the lead by making the 6 June march its number one priority. It three trains down to London in conjunction the regional and Labour Party. It has also appealed to CND for the basis of the march to include 'Hands off Salvador' entire labour movement should pull out stops stop Reagan and his gang of mobsters ever landing in Britain. If they do should the make the 6 June demonstration the biggest imperialist march in Britain for decades, blocking Iner TO T Westminster to Windsor.