and the Stalinist bureaucrats of Eastern Europe or China. Jaruzelski bases his rule on smashing up the organisations. The lilass exclusion the "lasses from political involvement is a life and death question for the bureaucrats as the crackdown on Solidarity nas snown The Grenadians put their contidence in masses. They encourage conceivable form of mass ol callisallull ul callisa. tions their OWI elected leaderships and finances. The defence of the revolution is not seen in a retreat to so-called 'socialism in one countrv' but through its extension. They see the defence of the revolution against imperialism by politically mobilising the masses the Grenadian people are armed through Ine militias.
How would you define such a leadership which encourazes and mass involvement? Which alis as if thev had read Trotsky's thesis from the Platform of the Left Opposition to 'make the state closer to the worker. peasant and the washerwoman'? Which promotes class independence rather than class Which sees defence of the revolution through its intenanonal extension. Surely, this is our general framework.
You can't lead revolution through all its ing the fundamentals of Clas me snee without sort socialist strategy. It seems to me inadequate to define each of these revolutions in Nicaragua, ceptions' as we defined the Cuban revolution. In my view, the only way to deline them is as conscious extensions of the Cuban revolution.
What has been the role of the Cubans?
Without revolutionary Cuba, the Grenadian revolution would not exist.
Solidarity with Grenada Conference Saturday 8 May 10am to 4pm Speakers Workshops Films Exhibition The English Centre Sutherland St., SW1 (Tube Pimlico and Victoria)
S844442 Public Meeting Bernard Coard Grenada Finance Minister Sunday May 2nd 11am Ritzy Cinema Brixton (Tube: Brixton)
Organised by Caribbean Labour Solidarity... that any direct attack by The calls the three giants Cuba, and Grenada - • will bring forward solidarity action Cuba. The perialists hesitate as much or this as the hostility of ineir own working class lo any military adventures.
The Grenadians have obtained some aid NEVIS There's no Cuban banks or factories to exprofits the Grenadians. Aid from the imperialists is always used seek political and economic advantage.
Cuban aid is geared into Grenada's struggle for self-sufficiency. It makes them independent, dependent.
BARBADOS TRINIDAD •• • murdered when the foreign troops If Steven had been a resident of the Falklands and if the troops who kill. ed him been Argentina then no doubt he would have received the sort of posthumous fame reserved for war heroes. As it was, Steven killed nol Falklands, but in another and an even older colony — Ireland. He was murdered by troops Consequently. the world's media paid little attention Steven's death. That is not surprising. After all, death by plastic bullet is becoming so common in the North of Ireland that is hardly even newsworthy any more.
Eleven people have died that way in the las couple more were killed by rubber bullets, the weapons used by British troops the plastic Of those who have died. ine. half have her Literally have been it e They Shoor Chudren, recent pamphiet on JUST OVER a week ago Steven McConomy was murdered by what his community regard as foreign troops, the forces of occupation of their island. Steven was 11 years old. He was fired plastic bullet at him at point blank range plastic bullets (published Information on Box Ivor Place, London NW1, 50 plus 20p postage) quote Jonathan Rosenhead of the Society for Responsibility in Science on the 'cavalcade of injuries' plastic bullets inflict: 'eviscerated eyes, nanas fractures of the leg head wounds requiring 40 stit ches, injuries to the kidney; liver, groin and throat.
Following the death of Steven McConomy the National Council for Civil Liberties called for a ban on the use plastic bullets. Lord Gifford, who has conducted an inquiry NCCL into the death of plastic bullet 15-year-old Paul Whitters. who was killed the police April concluded: 'Once "'=: cd hell isilly to und For instance, the family of Carol Ann Kelly who wa killed a Diaslic bullet fired British soldiers. Carol wa from the loca a shop and had a carton o milk in her hand when the killers struck.
The NCCL call for a ban on plastic bullets unlikely to evoke a sym pathetic response trom the Tory government. Simila calls have been ignored i= past inDecemb Secretary James Prio: even rejected a request fe a review the use plastic Indeed These hullets have been given to the Britis: mainland police for use i 'riots'.
As consequence some have sought to ra: the issue elsewhere. Fo: moment last week l loc ed as if they would be so. cessful when, last Wedre day, the European Par scheduled take an emergent! deba calling for plastic bullets or al memte: sate
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& ANGUILLA ST.MAARTEN
caribbean GRENADA & Venezuela
•BARBUDA I GUADELOUPE § DOMINICA 2, MARTINIQUE SI. VINCENT STE LUCIA
İsianas. Socialist Challenge 29 April 1962