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LPYS backs Youth March

· Socialist Challenge No. 259, 4 September 1982 · p. 4 of the scan · 459 words

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OFFICIAL support from the National Committee of the LPYS gave a tremendous boost to the North West youth march for 'Jobs not Bombs'. Ten LPYS branches have already backed the over the country.

the march organisers office (the ofice is moving in the next ew days to Manchester Jniversity Students Union viere tree racines nave seen offered), Jim Coutts BOOTST Challenge, this political breakthrough. The esponse that Young CND already narch has in my view quaranteed success in iny case. But it has been a attle to get real and pracical committment by the _PYS leadership to ine _PYS policy of full supsort to the campaign of (CND.

This decision (by the National COLLILECC neans that every YS branch in the country can se discussing the march. iven where they cannot marcher, they hould take a report back na send us some monev Sut even more important he YS now has a chance to ive a political lead to the hole labour HOYCHICHE in how to build a mass acion campaign against weapons and for obs the support is there.

Iction is the key. We are iving ZOCUS 3EOI housands of peoples' feelabout Britain's uclear arsenal which obiously has priority over ODS 2S a 25 Thatcher is oncerned. The YS should e right in the lead of givcies have sponsored and offered support. If the rade unions reaction ha been even more positive with the North West TUC, the Lancashire Association of Trades the Stockport, Bolton and Manchester North District Committees of the AUEW and more than a dozen far signed up. And of COULSC CND support involves virtually every part campaign the North West, and at every level.

Mass The four day march is designed to link up with the lobby of Labour Party Conference called by Labour CND. On its route through the North West marchers have receptions TOT Leyland and at British Rail works at Hor wich. Trades Labour Parties and CND's have rallied round in Bolton and Preston to provide the welcome that will gratefully recieved at the end of each days march. But, looking the leneth of parts of the route speakers will have to work hard to get a standing ova tion!

The march organisers have COLL OLLCU fair share of problems most of which stem from the short REMEMBLR YOUR HUMANITY this in the Peoples March? What should people wear? Even if you can't make the march, join the lobby of the Labour Party Conference called by Labour CND By Alex Warner

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march, offering to sponsor marchers in many cases. But now the march organisers expect a flood of enquiries and offers of support from all

1g practical expression to Manchester sept 23 › Blackpool sept 26.

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