A MEETING of over 60 railworkers attending Broad Left conterenci Saturday, adopted hard hitting resolution opposing Thatcher's war in the Malvinas/Falklands.
'This conference of the Broad Left Rail workers calls upon the NEC of the NUR to oppose That cher's war in the This means campaigning for 1. Immediate recall of the British fleet.
2. Complete withdrawal of all British troops.
3. Re-opening. of negotiations with 4. Argentine political refugees to be allowed to settle in Britain.
5. The TUC to invite the CGT (Argentinian TUC) to come to Britain and meet them. , in line with the CGT's appeal to British labour movement.
To this end, we demand that the paper of the NUR, Transport Review and the Broad Left Left Lines, publish the appeal of the CGT and open up discussion on the war.
.The resolution was only adopted after sharp argument WILD Militant supporters who attempted to delete all the demand for withdrawal of British forces. l nev argued thai our resolution supported the Argentine junta. This has been the refrain of papers like the Daily Star and Sun against war like Benn and Arthur Scargill. Thatcher not fighting the junta, but the Argentine people. Op Thatchei supporting the junta but the Argentine people, par ticularly the Argentine labour movement as our resolution made clear.
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LEFT LINES JOURNAL OF THE BROAD LEFT FOR RAILWAY WORKERS