from what you are doing. absolve Tony trom the past decisions of the Labour Party and I am one hundred per cent with him on this issue. BY A ONE vote majority Birmingham trades council supported a call to set up a 'British Forces Out of the Atlantic Committee at its meeting on Thursday 13 April. The resolution passed by the trades council. moved by AUEW branch, read as follows:
"This trades council expresses its deep concern at the developments over the Falkland Islands crisis. calls for a policy aimed at achieving the resolution of the United Nations Security Council for withdrawal troops trom the Falkland Islands.
The council fully supports the security council resolution and calls for a de-escalation of the situation by recalling the British task force, the ending of the 200 mile war zone, and the reference of the whole situation to the United Nations, aimed at establishing a UN administration of the islands, pending settlement of the question of sovereigntv.
An amendment, proposed Socialist Challenge supporters and others in the Labour Party, read as follows:
'The trades council agrees to sponsor a 'British Forces Out of the South Atlantic Committee, an anti-war contingent on the Ronald Reagan demonstration on 22 May in Birmingham, and supports the organisation of a major Movement rally DOEl speakers including Tony Benn.' Preparations organise the committee are going ahead, and 22 May will see the first major opposition to the public War ed for the withorawa ol lae une Labour rarly He also rejected the idea that natchel fighting fascism in of tionaries in the governmen Salu not humaniy possibie inat tney can ume !!
alan Baker or akan South Alan of Oakdale explained that memoers or uc armca 1orcc were there because thev couc not find work at home and not because they wanted to workers. ns s a colona war a said.
vrore O'Sullivan qwer Lodge strongy ureed that the Task Force be made Britain step lichessal Deacell settlement He also Thatcher had supported the in repression and vultucky working class
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