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The butcher Di El Salvador

· Socialist Challenge No. 237, 11 March 1982 · pp. 1-2 of the scan · 654 words

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SUNDAY 28 MARCH HYDE PARK LONDON VASS MURDERER and JS president Ronald Reagan should be kept sut of Britain. His inritation to address both touses of Parliament is in insult to the labour novement and all the working people of Briain.

It is Reagan who is slanning to station Cruise across is Reagan who is presiding over the most nassive CaTCHICITE programme history welfare serrices and living stanKEEP dards of American workers decline.

It is Reagan and his administration who are pouring millions of dollars of military aid into Central America to support the corrupt and brutal dictatorships in El Salvador and Guatemala.

Every day more evidence emerges ne arootes ted by the US-backed Salvadorean army against ordinary villagers and workers of Delegations Amnesty International, the British Council of the US Congress all say the salane thing: mass murder is being carried out by the military junta and its death squads.

Raining Salvadorean peasants helicopters, and Spendi Tride billions Cruise, missiles is what Reagan calls 'defending freedom and stopping communism. In reality at defending American interests. Reagan is the enemy of the people of Britain and of the whole The Labour Party snould demand that he is kept out of Britain.

If he does COFFE Labour MPs shoul boycott all the ceremonies marking his visit, including his ad dress to Parliament.

Every trade union branch, every Party constituency and every trades COUNCI should say it loud and clear: the people of Bri tain don't want this barbarian in the country But in all probability the Tories will go ahead with their invitation in the face of mass opposi tion. Reagan will then be in Britain on Monday 7 June and Tuesday 8 June. CND have changed their demonstration on June Greenham Common to London.

Hundreds of thousands must come OUT OTtO the SUTCET behind the slogans No Cruise. Trident, Hands off El Salvador!' But before Reagan arrives we need a huge turnout on the demonstration in Lon don on 28 March called by the El Salvador Committee, at which Labour leader Michael Foot will speak.

The freedom fighters of El Salvador have just launched a new offen siallenge reader hold Every Socialist be on the streets in London on 28 March to sup port their struggle and keep Reagan out union leaders who hardly know what a ballot is unless it's paid for by the Tories.

This dispute is not about parliament. In case you haven't noticed, Militant is searching for socialist parliamentary elected through the Labour Party. Whether thev also demand flying pigs is not recorded.

the dispute is about the fate of guardians of freedom like Judge Denning. who was elected by no-one and publicly proclaims his right to overrule Clean off the bullshit. and what do you find? You can't be "democratic if you defend yourself So can we expect an inquiry THEO the Labour illegal strike to free five dockers 19722 Will SOGAT'S Bill Keys, who calls on trade unionists to break Tebbit's law, be up for the third degree? Well, maybe.

For a battle for Treedom is going on - led by the workers of Laurenc Scot and Plessey; by black youth and women; by everyone fighting oppression. The Tories are throwing the state's full weight into this battle with laws that would look mild in a police state.

The rich want a safe Labour Party. They want it to abstain from the fight tor freedom and bow to a Times, speaking on their behalf, is elling the Labour Part that only on this basis wil their presence in government be tolerated That is what the witchhunt against the Militant means.

The Labour right is saying "we accept. That is what the "truce ACCES sav!

freedom. have message for them. want freedom and democracy: want socialism We defend Militant

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