Hearse on the current situation in Lebanon, in issue 257, took up the tactical debate within evacuation from Beirut Accompanying position taken on these disputes by comrades of the Revolutionary Communist League (the Lebanese section of the Fourth International) who took part in the armed defence of West Beirut.
unity of the Lebanese national liberation movement and the Palestinian resistance around a three point programme which included 'the rejection of all capitulationist solutions, especially the withdrawal of the Palestinain resistance from Beirut. The articles by Phil Hearse and Roz Kaplan supported this position.
tion is not that expressed in the two signed articles and we refer readers to our editorial statement on page 2.
and in subsequent weeks the authors of the original articles will have the right of reply.
soy responsale in 'Socialist Challen and Hearse's articles on Beirut.
By arguing that the PLO would be better to Hearse down with a fight CADrESSOS poisonous, a-political and totally romanticised view of the class struggle. Are we involvrevolution become heroes change the martyred heroes, of the PLO fight and desire to announce the 'defeat of the PLO and the SOSEROn liberation movement? Didn't remese several tactical retreats finally defeating the US government and The letters from GL Youldon and Lewis Emery, (SC 253) on CND Labour movecorrectly out that plans drawn up for alternatives to arms production can be an mportant aspect of the overall anti-missiles campaign. Socialist onanenge in te past has been an ardent adof such native plans, COnCIOLO BACHIDIOS workers control in industry with the future potential of wider planning in socialist economy.
The they both put forward for supporting such projects, 1owever, completely miss the point Farguing the halleng within CND The leadership of CND is currently at an impasse Their multi-class, гаnonans approacn lo unc campaign, counterposing a morality of opposition of nuclear weapons to the ac tual political needs of the ruling class of this coungetting them The only guarantee of VICtOrY CND to organise a political opposiSocialist Challenge 4 September 1982 Palestinian and Left resistance on the material highlighted the The LCR issued a statement calling for the Socialist Challenge editorial board's posiBelow we publish the views of our readers driving out US troops?
Can't Hearse tell the difference between a set Kaplan urges that The PLO fighters should abandon Beirut. Not bad advice someone who isn't there. Her notion sondant Palestinian and people is to criticise the PLO for not itself wiped out. Hearse and Kaplan are doing imperialism's pantinga cornered PLO work Israeli onslaught. 'Socialist Challenge' as a friend, who needs enemies?
D KELLY JO' BRIEN East London
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