porter DESPITE the morning's rain and the unrelenting cloud, they turned out in their thousands for the Northern Missiles.
The demonstration started WiEn 5,000 Strangeways, doubling in size on ILS way down Alexandra Park in Moss Side, and in all, about 15,000 came to the Carrival itself.
It was dominated by young people, many local and many who had travelled from all over the North of England. The atnosphere was truly dynamic few people istened to the speakers who were described by one voung woman as the 'old ¿ogeys'. Carnival Against the Kerry, who Salford CND and Revolution supporter, pointed out that most of the hard organisational work for the Carnival had been done by the local Youth CND groups.
Mood But her speech also reflected best the mood of • a determissiles to dent one missiles ailu Government which carries on its war-mongering on Hevel. while it lashes out at the communities like clublille Moss Side itself.
Talking to local kids, black and white together, and to enthusiastic young anti-bomb campaigners not to area bands even listening the everyone echoed the need to kick out the Tories as the first step towards really changing our society.
Harlem Spirit, a Moss Side band, dedicated their set to 'all those who live in the ghetto of Moss Side'.