IMGpapers 1980–83

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

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Socialist Challenge No. 258, 28 August 1982 · p. 5 of the scan · 346 words

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says Paul Atkinson, YOU HAVE probably never hearo ot Genera Bernard Rogers. Well he is not all that important, except in one respect. He is a man who can decide whether or not you become a nuclear cinder! General Rodgers the NATO supreme commander in Europe.

Wed win on yi and viewed him on most insistent that NATO is only 'defensive' and what it is doing is defending 'freedom' agains the 'threat USSR.

vow it you are one c the 0.00 olitici risoners being torture in Turkey or one of 12 million unemployed in the EEC, General Roger's platitudes on freedom must have hollow some would say cynical - ring What's more he is a man prepared to do his job, come may and is be me the in dead is • than being and he will 'press the button' if his conscience dictates.

General Rogers Terracel US nilitar academies like Nest Point who teach a simple ethic which was well put by the military who burned down a village in Vietnam and slaughtered most of its inhabitants and remarked afterEast Manchester CND wards was necessary destroy the village in order to save it.

He told his TV interviewer he would use 'nukes first', saying this is our 'deterrent today'. This somehow contradicts the idea of Mr Healey and Mr Shore that having SLO•S them, because if anyone using side used them no one would survive.

This stuff probably sends shivers do n your spine doesn't then it ought to. Perhaps you dismiss e-assurin yourself 'nutter'. Well I have bad news for you. a 'nutter'. He is a class conscious serving member for capitalism, who will burn you and millions like you to frazzle if he thinks it will be the 'interests freedom'. That freedom for imperialism to exploit the majority of the world's population.

Our youth march on General Bernard stop own will not stop but it can help to build a so. Make sure you an organisation VUL ports it - after all, you can hardly fancy an eardeath. and very painful

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