agent of the LIeS and their government.
grew up. families. Cosmetic collapse. Millions of keeping it alive.
municating through supervised by o military advisers.
Many is an important component equivalent project in Vietnam itself.
for use against guerillas and insurgents' Socialist Challenge In October 1979 the military dictatorship of General Carlos Humberto Romero in El Salvador was toppled by 'moderate' army officers. The new regime was soon shown to be the main big landowners and right-wing backers in the American A united opposition to the regime, including an increasingly powerful guerilla army, quickly The regime made no impact on the appalling social conditions in the country. Calorie-intake is the lowest in Latin America; half the children die of malnutrition and diaorrhea before the age of five; 200,000 of the capital's inhabitants live in paper and cardboard huts, and two per cent of the population owns 60 per cent of the land.
Traditionally, the pamphlet points out, land is the source and symbol of wealth. Every attempt to redistribute even a minute part of it has been met with complete opposition from the ruling Without American support the junta would dozens of military 'advisers', and US coordina- dollars in Whitey aid, tion of the purely cosmetic 'agrarian reform' are The US claims its aid is limited to 'non-lethal' equipment, though the distinction is likely to seem academic to a peasant killed by soldiers arriving in US-supplied jeeps or helicopters, comUS-supplied _radios, and of the personnel employed in the agrarian reform project - which, as in Vietnam, For ine counterinsurgency programme - are veterans of the Fred Murphy, writing from Nicaragua in the 29 December issue of Intercontinental Press, pointed out that the $5.7m in acknowledged military aid during 1980 included huge quantities oftear gas grenades, field combat radios, and special nightvision devices described by a US Army aide as perfect 'Washington's Zionist allies in Israel, wrote Mur15 January 1981 Speakers:
paigns Wed 21 Jan, 7.30pm Brixton town hall (lower hall), Brixton Pat Kane (Socialist Representatives of Grenadan New Jewel Movement, El Salvador and Nicaraguan solidarity camChallenge),
#'81/1 (1 January). Most of the article was fine but when it came to 'which way will the movement go?' most of what it had to say about the campaign's present leadership was a load of nonsense.
cil for several years and I used to be chairperson of the CND Labour Committee, so I suppose I'm one of the people the article criticised.
with trade union leaders, a larae proportion ot our many local and national leaderships are active trades unionists (as I am) and are keen to win as much grass-roots trade union support as possible.
please; ordinary workers, no thanks.
so daft as to think that having won the vote for nuclear disarmament at the partv conterence and getting Michael Foot elected leader that nuclear disarmament by the next Labour government is UNDER THE LEAD ERSHIP OF MAGLE THATCHER THE BRITISH ECONOMY WILL FLOURISH!
I have been a member of CND's national counFor the record, although we do have dealings It's not a question of: Full-time officials, yes When it comes to the Labour Party we are not 3 THIS NELESSARY PERIOD , OF AUSTERITY PRESAGES 1A BRAVE NEW WORLD FOR BRITAIN!! MY HARSH BUT 50 LET US NOW (TO FORWARD AND... ER. "FORWARD.. UM.. WE AH. SAND LET he improving content of S 176). It was great to se page, only tw pages v cue cavour tall. and cruise missiles down to ine rien DEODOTLIOIS DU why the deal of ea the death Lennon 'one of the most talented of Lennon Drilalll d musicians neTt nor there, but please don't millionaire do-gooder mula turn multiworkme class marlyl wille Lennon certain! had working class background class certainly compani will une Terests of a memo onall strongly object to the use of
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'Revolution in the Caribbean and Central America
CND leaders are not deluded GLAD to see your support for 'The rebirth of CND'
HE: - AHFUK! Lennon as a martyr?