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· Socialist Challenge No. 190, 26 March 1981 · pp. 1-2 of the scan · 645 words

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see pages 7, 8, 9 and 10 9 April.

Haig.

Salvador.

Already have bolster squads.

the making.

Salvador.

to Britain.

front. The ding bids it to which is noises Chair:

Speakers:

Representative says that Britain will be 'staunch, valiant, and true.

veteran Korea and Vietnam, now masterminding the US's intervention in c the ous Green Berets other military 'advisors been despatchec to El Salvador, together with huge amounts military hardware the and A new Vietnam is in to the working people of E General Haig should be given a warm reception when he gets Reagan Haig, the United States is bolstering its role as cop on US defence budget is being pushed through the roof.

The administration is in the process of rescin law which foraid to the UNITA forces southern are trying overthrow the left-wing government in Angola.

The US government against Michael Foot M.P Dr Salvador Moncada It's not surprising that Haig should choose this country for his first trip abroad. Thatcher of the notoriand military death the crush the and every Africa, to menacing Cuba.

March and Rally Saturday April 25th Stan Newens M.P.

Assemble 12.30pm Speakers Corner march past U.S. Embassy to rally in Trafalgar Square.

America's ally

And Haig has said that 'anything up to and including an "Communist Meanwhile, the daily civilians and tionists, the El Salvador military junta is far from SECUTE The supported by the over whelming population, expected second offensive soon.

need for solidarity with struggle Salvador to be stepped up, to isolate the junta internationally US tion.

Picket Haig!

nursuay yo .30-7.30pm, US Er bassy, London WI.

the El Salvador Campaign, Chile Solidarity Campaign, Liberation Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign, and New Jewel Movement Support Group.

Ken Gill Led Sulliva Eric Heffer M.F C. Labour Part Fenner Brockway General will do SLO takeover"

despite slaughter of guerillas majority of are launch There is an urgent in and to intervenGrosvenor Square, Organised jointly by

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Social Democratic leaders OWEN, Rogers, most significant political 'revolution' in British politics.

that Roy Jenkins' his own words, then crash?

political arena.

1968 marked a political turning point in whole of WeN Europe. general strike in use tone or sukes blan showed that the political situation in most of the main West curopean communes was being transformed by the end of the Williams and Jenkins regard the creation of their new Social democratic party as the event in Certainly, only six months ago, it seemed unlikely dream of a centre party would, in 'take off'. Yet it has. Does it mean that the two-party system is doomed, or are we seeing the emergence of a party which will take off and The answers need to be sought by looking at the underlying processes which are re-casting the British the and of the tive vative class bloc with the Liberals -the 'Lib-Lab pact' The possibility of a recurrence of such 'hung parliaments' opens a tempta tion to institutionalise a system permanent coalitions via proportional representation creating a big Liberal-Socia Democratic bloc which would effectively 're-centre' parlia mentary politics It would be foolish to assess the possiblity of the introduc tion of proportional represen tation as being a certainty. Ob. viously the two-party system i an historic gain for the bourg cose effective mechanism of governWe can be sure that they will be reluctant to abandon this system without exhausting the possibility of forcing Thatcher to change course and reinstituting right-wing control of the Labour Party. thinks, the bourgeoisie will noy Democratic abandon the Labour Party to control of the left. vigorous fight back by the right wing is under way. led by Hattersley, and aided and abetted by Foot. The adoption by the NEC of the 50 per cent for MPs

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THE US secretary of state, Alexander Haig, is visiting Britain on

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