IMGpapers 1980–83

Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1980–83

Russia: no right to nuclear weapons

Socialist Challenge No. 246, 21 May 1982 · p. 11 of the scan · 392 words

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RICHARD ROZANSKI in his article about the LPYS Conference (SC 22 April) writes: "The defence of the workers state against also means defending the have nuclear very depressing statement. distortion of socialist theory to end up 'right' weapon!

A nuclear missile is a technology. tists and produced by men in faccortes. It costs a lot in money, and lives too, in exploiting the earth's resources needed to produce them. Even to consider the effect of one weapon is heartstopping They indiscriminately and horribly kill all people, old and young, handicapped and well, animals. They put the planet at risk RAJ-END Our flabby union jack now hangs slack.

We forget the ack-ack guns of world war two ran out of flak decades ago.

That shabby flag (and all it stands for) is just a flashy rag no longer fabricated in mills of Accrington, but manufactured where this scrap of cloth no longer flaps its flaccid vanity -in India, Taiwan, Sarawak.

The union jack is just a load of cack.

PAT ARROWSMITH 21.4.82 destroying guts, they right to tions.

this thing!

What a nuclear vantage. delivered to of actual of the Hiroshima and bombs 37 vears later. and these were tiny comparison YOTI today the 30,000 weapons has an advantage.

the of structure nature, and through radiation worming into our skin and blood and sane. will kill future genera- CND How can there be a right to Nor is there any sense whatever in the remarks by Richard Rozanski about the arms race and the US adSteven one weanon The its target the effect CND will would be crushing, not only in terms Opening. also about psychologically. Look at the effects Nagasaki to modern real US has ahout to the USSR's 10,000. In terms or numers the us In terms of the Bath VINCE WAN future of the planet, talk of an advantage to one side or the other is inconcentrates on the technological object the bomb Its not a deterrent or a defender of democracy; it's a monstrous product of some really sick men, capitalists and communists.

young socialists who learn about what's hap They will see that CND is something beyond methods of government or different uses of money. It's about waking everyone up from a nightmare that's true possibility. The nightmare of the destruction of all PETER ELLIS 2995-

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