There's a swing now among women in the opinion polls from Tory to Labour, so what you'll be doing by standing against Labour is... We're NOT standing against Labour! We'll be challenging all sorts of right wing candidates in the Conservative Party and the SDP. We are going right across the political spectrum with this, and challenging people who think that nuclear weapons have a place in our lives. We're saying to them 'you're wrong' 'The present leaders are no good to the Party or to humanity in general' In Britain, there's always been traditionally a two-party system and now there's a massive economic and political crisis.
All the political commentators are beginning to say what about the SDP, what about a third what about a Green party?' The Communist Party for instance is advocating proportional representation and campaigning for a kind of 'popular front' government. It's beginning to campaign in CND to support the possibility of the SDP and the Liberals being won over to opposition to the missiles. an anti-working class stand Not by the time we have presented our position to them been able to do this yet. All the other parties are lining themselves up and saying what they're doing.
I guarantee that when we do way who were standing against and why, it will not add to the confusion the electorate have to face the position for them very much.
What I'm trying to say is that | think the ruling class want to crush the Labour Party and I think it would be tragic if the women from Greenham Common were seen to be part of process of trying to electorally annihilate the Labour Party. We have not got the slightest desire to injure the Labour Party, the section that wants to implement unilateral nuclear want to assist it. That is very definite.
We are not out to injure the Party but what we are very clear about is that we Labour Party injure us with its right wing extreme element that has a hell of a lot of power leaders.
I don't see that they are of any benefit to me, to the Labour Party or to humanity in general.
'It's ironic, to have to leave the Labour Party to pursue Party policy Yes, I think what we disagree on is the effect of you standing.
Well, all I can say is that after the election you'll probably have to back and say I'm sorry, I understand your point very well.' Will you support people in the Labour Party who campaign for unilateralism even in the you're standing in?
• Of course! We will be aiding and abetung them in every way we possibly can. We want to encourage them, but we want to make it easier for them to win over the right wing element that's trying to damage the cause.
But you're going to have to leave the Labour Party to do that? Yes. It's ironic isn't it? To leave the Labour Party to pursue Labour Party Party. policy. But I'm sure at a later date I can always rejoin the Party maybe the Labour Party will join Women for Life on Earth!
A full-length version of this interview with with Helen John appears in the next issue of International magazine. but we haven't — it will clarify (nearly £16 billion!). 1983-4, estimated and actively case the cost will go up..
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areas or MORE is to be spent by the Tory government on defenge next year than on anything else, except social security! The figures contained in the latest government white paper on public spending make the Tories' priorities dent abundantly clear. The defence budget jumps by a massive 10.9 per cent from last year, to a total of £15,987,000,000 3429.
THE GOVERNMENT is still trying to fudge the issue of how much money the Falklands War and garrison is costing but it does reveal that Oxford it is planning to spend £624 million in £684 million in 1984-5, and E522 million in 1985-6. This will bring total LOSE Falklands to £2.52 billion by 1985-6. All this, of course, assumes that there will be no further fighting - in which SOMEBODY has to be making mine, and two companies accounts and two companies accounts whose pockets were being inea. Aner ycars or losses and near collapse the Lockheed Corporation in the United States turned Peace. in a handsome $207 million profit Last year the U.S. government accounted for,81 percent of its sales.
Boeing reported a million quarter of 1982. Mr T.A Wilson Boeing's Chairperson, said that 1982 was highlighted by the increased levels wCI.
BACK in Europe, General Bernard Rogers, NATO's supreme com- the mander in Europe, condemned the Soviet proposal for a 500-600 km nuclear free zone in central Europe.
surprising really, since NATO's nuclear weapons are supposed to offset Warsaw Pact convenWily people these Russians... Crown Court, where women arrested at Greenham Common are on trial. Sat 19 Feb Labour CND Annual General Meeting. Delegates must be full national members of the LP and national CND. Credentials from 11 Goodwin St. , London N4.
Tues 22 Feb National lobby of Parliament Against Cruise and TriCouncil/Hounslow Nuclear Week. Details from (01)-577 Sat/Sun 26-27 Feb Conference Against Sizewell 'B', Blackfriars Settlement, Nelson Square Waterloo London. Details from 37 Cowley Rd, Thur 31 Mar 12 hour blockade of Greenham Common (women oniy) and Burfield Royal Ordinance Factory (mixed)
Fri 1 April 14 mile human chain from Greenham Common to Burted vir Aldermaston. Starts 1.30pm, followea Dy a testival at Aldermaston Sat 2 April Scottish CND demonstration in Glasgow.
Sat 30 April East London Labour Movement Conference Against Cruise and Trident, to be held in Queen Mary College.
Sat 7 May. Youth CND Festival for starts at llan demonstration Embankment marching to Brockwell Park. Bands, speakers and a festival village Thur 12 May Day of Action against Arms producuon at baorn-brymar s Brimsdown site in Enfield. Organised London Region CND's Trade Union sub-committee. Details from LRCND, 6 Endsleigh Street, London 31 May-3 June Four day blockade of US base at Upper Heyford. Details from 43 Peacock Street, London SE17. 6 Aug Hiroshima Day. Labour Party/TUC Day of Action against the missiles. Also marches from all over Britain to Greenham Common. 22 October Projected date for CND national demonstration in London. Socialist Challenge 11 February 1983 page 7