ON WEDNESDAY 15 February thirty six women the Greenham were sent to prison for fourteen days, after refusing to be bound over to keep the peace.
as the women stood on their chairs singing peace songs, as police surrounded them. The previous day hundreds of women, and a smattering of men, had come from all over the country to express their solidarity. sang peace songs, cooked pancakes and danced.
Six of the forty two women agreed to be bound all pleaded OYCE DUL invasion missile silos at the RAF base on New Year's Day was aimed at keeping the peace not breaking it. Nelly Logan, at 72 the eldest of the group, said that after living through two world wars I just can't sit by and see these dangerous weapons being made.
Indeed if ever there was a trial where une sympathy of the public is with the detendants this was it The day before the trial, 1,000 women marched in solidarity in Manchester The first day of the march in Sweden: As Soon trial saw sympathy as the sentence. women in the Isle of Wight and Wales came out on the streets to set up vigils and at the sentences. By Thursday Holloway prison was being picketed. US draft dodgers chose to start their prison sentence to coincide with the Greenham verdict to highlight international solidarity.
Neither is it simply an Labour CND decided at its annual general meeting on Saturday 19 February to launch a national campaign to ensure that Labour's full commitment to unilatera nuclear disarmament is included in the campaign document that will form the basis for Labour's election manifesto.
The largest AGM ever, with over delegates, representing well over one hundred Constituency Labour Parties. agreed that if this commitment is fudged they will campaign for a special Labour Party conference to be convened to unhold the 1982 conTerence decision Dame Judith Hart MP that the Campaign's document would now be delayed till March, making Common peace camp The trial, at Newbury Court, ended in chaos They too active minority that supports the demands of the Women as the popular would have believe. The opinion polls vary, but the opposition to the siting of cruise missiles in this country is a majoriWOlICH. larger majority than, Action The women of Greenham forced Francis Pom to admit that the government had no control over launching of the missiles. They forced Thatcher to organise cabinet shuffle to put whiz kid Heseltine in charge of the anti-CND campaign.
Now mey are upping the stakes by calling for a women's dav of action al over the country on May 24th. This will provide an opportunity for the arguments on cruise to be taken up housing estates, schools and factories.
Socialist Challenge supporters should be acWomen picket Holloway prison after sentences.
tively involving themselves Greenham support groups and turnthis day and all the other women call for into mobilisation of women. can give backing and supto these actions but the most important battle to be fought in the coming over decisions. Will the labour movement really back up the militancy and courage of these women by taking industrial action to stop the missiles? Will the Labour Party stick to its conference decisions and keeD unilateralism in the manifesto?
For details of Greenham supgroups and activities phone Valerie Coultas 01-359 8371 DUONCETOR sena To protest campaign.
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PETROL it seems is not material the Tories are stockpiling other strategic WOLLE between already been placed shing Il missiles than are for this is the launchers may be but not Pershing reloads. *23 Feb-2nd March Welsh Peace Week we park street Street, Wolverhampton. 8.30 - 5.30 don. Details from 37 Cowley Rd *Sat 26 Feb Labour LPYS Conference in Glasgow.
10.30 film "The Truth Game' at 9.00pm on ITV *Wed 2 March Film IS DELOR Fieldway Crescent, N useful facts, news and dates of forthcoming events in the Anti-Nuclear movement. The listing of events is free and the details should reach us by the Wednesday, one week before Socialist Challenge, PO Box 50, London N1 2XP.
A NEW HAZARD looms for Anti-Nuclear protestors. The German 'Green' Party have got wind of a plan to stockpile Plastic Bullets for use against anti-nuclear protestors. Following the example of Swiss militants, they are about to launch a massive ment isn't doing Too badly for itsele month ago news leaked out that the government was stockpiling petrol for use after a nuclear war. It does this by a rather clever mechanism. larger petrol distributors are orced to hold late This scheme, already in operation, only leaked out because the government is in the process of extending it to the smaller distributors, and they're ob.
the ng. They tegie strategic been secretly buying in key metals and minerals. Several South African companies have been approached with orders for chrome, manganese and materials, The concensus is that £10m and E15m have ED FACES at the Pentagon. Casper Weir urger's annual report to Congress let slip that th Americans have ordered three times more Per called for by NATO'S 'modernisation' plans. NATO is supposed to be has ordered 3l missiles in he most rikely, baton ordered 311 missiles. The most likely reason blanned to have relaunch' capability. If so the Pentagon is goin to have difficulties with its numbers game at Geneva, since it insists on counting SS-20 reloads, *Fri 25 Feb. Picket of Tarmac Construction Ltd. who have a major contract at Greenham Common. London W1 and Head Office Birch Fri 25 Feb-Sun 6 Mar Hounslow Council/Hounslow CND Anti-Nuclear Week. Details from 01-577 3429 *Sat/Sun 26-27 Feb Conference Against Sizewell 'B', Blackfriars Settlement, Nelson Square, Waterloo, LonCND fringe meeting at Scottist * Sat 26 Feb Swansea March from Town Hall to Guild Hall followed by Rally with Euro-MP's. March start *Mon 28 Feb Showing of John Pilger's anti-nuclear '8 Minutes to Midnight' organis Islington Central Library,
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