IF YOU out of Southall station, turn right, and walk a little way down the road, you come to the new South- Rd primary school, which is due to open at Easter.
At first sight it seems a perfectly ordinary school. Until, that is, you go round the side and find a radio tower.
radio complete dorield for munication cles.
of primary schools. IS the structure at the North-west Thirty below ground, thick steel doors, our would-be fry The equipped and" the latest radio telex equipment.
The HQ is connected to the Fylingdales early 20p each & 11½p postage Bulk orders (over 20) 15p each, post tree Orders to: PO Box 50, London N1 2XP Socialist Challenge base, warning which gives the officials the four-minute warnino that the government won't be giving the rest The bynkers will be staffed Ical alle central ficials. The regional controller (the Ealing town clerk) will have absolute authority in the event of an attack and there will be armed police, based in the bunker to back up his orders.
Opposition to the bunker has been fueled by a recent decision Ealing's Tory council spend a further f45,000 to ally Suwae.
Ealing could cessfully local dalous spent on under-fives the ground so can start impunity.
meeting representhe trades council, and Ealing Cheques/postal orders Tower Hamlets History Society I won't die for Thatcher Cheques/pogtal orders to:
Hackney Socialist Education Group - 5 February 1981 Page 4 of- Protest ATKINSON to fight for unilateralism.
of Amazingly, after the LICI the TALS and Tens of of any case CND must the and the see in the of after all, do (yet) explode discoveries nt 1c thA i the politics it is the of our present system of allances that the Illall direction of our foreign Dolly.
'positive neutralism' Untortunately this concept was profoundly ambiguous could the rejection of pro imperialist policies tha had been Labour governments.
Paul Smith CND's new pamphlet, Nuclear for Britain, is part of its campaign to 'win a majority for nuclear disarmament'.
The arguments that author Betty England puts forward on the so-called Soviet threat, NATO's strategy, unilateral have a lot to commend them.
She demolishes the 'red peril' threat by quoting the recent government defence White Paper: 'We have no reason to believe that the preSoviet leaders deliberately planning to attack weapons, who belief 'that the would totally country and almost all of the inhabitants in it.
danger to Britain in any war would come precisely from the LaCE that nuclear arsenal. Unilateral and This is part of the case put forward for a unilateral rather than proach to disarmament. There is also the failure, so far, of inTernatona nuclear weapons.
BeTTV the need for Britain to re-align its foreign policy, to ally with alC the non-nuclear rejection Carter's drive.
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expressed phlet retaliation destroy this words, the main and ths Britain possesses a nuclear national thousands apposite 45, Labour attempts to limit ty 1o England points to club. This that abandonment of Britain's nuclear weapons implies a major political shift in all aspects of both domestic policy and foreign alignments, including of NATO and and war That means that the camvalei dransi nuccal weapons has to become part of the fight Tories and their The pamphlet is subtitled need unfortunate therefore that oniv the last two paragraphs of the 22-page pamdiscuss action shoul says.en Things says: have now reached a stage...at which it is possible to carry the argument to the whole population perhaps in twelve mon to win a majority for this year. country. To help in that job is the object of this pamphlet.
The case against nuclear weapons is well to the fore in politics. Tens of have marched against nuclear weapons. Comadopted at the Party's 1980 Coll ference, has committed the parunilateral disarmament. On 28 March there is to be a labour movement conference against the missiles. "message to the 70 per cent who are not yet convinced. This means more public meetings, film shows and literature, more active groups..
Where is this activity to be directed? •...the tremendous potential support which exists churenes, youll organisations, in the women's movement. Above all, perhaps, it means consolidating the victories in the labour movement.' It also means a major national focus for the fight in 1981. Where is that? Crucial CND's national counci has posed 1981 as a year of consolidation. Regional carnivals, local activities, the Scottish and cross-Pennine marches; these are to be the stable diet or the campaign over Using the argument that the centre must catch up with the branches and that it would be dangerous to peak too soon, CND's leadership is in danger of dealing a serious blow to the momentum of the movement.
The pamphlet reflects this lack of direction despite the fact that it says 'the coming year is going to be crucial. Things have started to shift in this country but the battle is by no means won.' The number one priority for 1981 should be a fight for a missiles againse on following events are listed by CND If you have film-show demonstration public meeting or other anti-nuclear event, please send the details to us and CND February: CND student conference North London Poly, Holloway Road, Lonaon. one delegate cach La student union or CND student group March: Labour movement conference in Manchester. Delegates will be accepted from all bona UHOI and Labour Party organisations from each Labour Party branch or consumercy trade union branch, counci or SIOl stewards committee, at £3 a delegate 11 April: Youth CND place outside headquarters. This will be ioined by anti-nuclea demonstrators several countries.
Information Sebastian Halliday, PenCoordination Committee Laneside. Woodtop Hebdon Bridge, West Yorks.
April: March across the sky. Disarmaacross West acmonstrauon: Yorkshire, featuring flares and fireworks Organised by Bradford END c/o Ruth Overy, Albert Wyke, 9BS.
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