'WE HAVE WALKED', have walked, 60 miles, 60 miles, 60 miles'. This *Jobs demonstrators for nuclear disarmament outside the Labour Party Conference in Blackpool. Along the route Blackpool, the marchers hospitals and schools. response.
While right-wing Labour Party leaders claim that socialist policies are the cause of Labour's problems, the Youth March brought home the Fact that the majority of people in this country are against nuclear reyouth this majority is overwhelming.
They marched to the by the Labour Party and trade unions in 1983 In Blackpool the NEC bent OVCT backwards associate themselves with the march which even the not ignore press i broke an hour early They may have expected starry-eyed young dealists. but they were young who'd learnt a lot over the spelt out kind of action necessary to make reality of the Labour Party paper committment to nulcear disarmament. This included opposition lo hunt in the Labour Party because the marchers understood that the witchhunt is aimed at silencing people like themselves. Of we have walked. we was the proudchant of 150 youth marchersfor as they joined 3,000 Manchester to visited factories, They got a fantastic course this was a little too much for the Labour Party NECI But even so the staicment was circulated their meeting and members, a clear majority, signed those "delicate' questions register and withdrawal from NATO These 19 thereby committed themselves to and strikes against Cruise and Trident missiles 1983.
They backed the youth marchers call for scrapping all nuclear weapons to be LICTEECE manifesto.
And surprisingly perhaps they supported ihe marchers' opposition to any attempt to remove suicies from the Labour these Party.
So on Sunday Michael Foot representing the NEC the TV supporters of unilateralism in the Labour Party I will be the first Yet Monday the NEC proposed a witch hunting register to the Labour Party conference This hypocrisy was not lost on the marchers. Nor may none on conterence de eter unemployed 19 year old to Michael Fol: Phans very well said, but can we trust you?' ine conclusion or Ene "No"! their is sky high despite Michac Foot's double-talk.
The march taught all of them that now the mass movement is driven into the Labour Party then the elt can De toreca to spean out and the treachery of the Michael Foots can be exposed.
I ne youth marchers won't waiting for anyone in their fight To change the LPYS and the Their confidence comes please ponte people cone toe roule and the dozens and dozens of shop stewards commitELTS ches that made the march possible.
They will be reporting their conclusions back to the shop floor workers and who have sup ponca mem.
Their message will be "don't trust the left to fight on your behalf- only if we take our fight into the 620O1T Party standing the mass struggles can make the left break from their the Michael Foots, Dennis Healeys and Frank Chap ples of the Labour Party and TUC!
Despile their sponsorship of the a Young the Labour Socialists National Committee were notable for their absence throughout. He works for McPhersons Labour Confarance.
that a Labour government carries it out.
to come togathar." got a big response, a lot of donations and lot sympathy. like the bombs. The two issues together. Whilst the national leadership of Youth CND pulled out all stops TO HOCHISE forces tor SLEE the LPYS leadership did nothing.
The lesson for the ma chers is that the LP must change, and only it it does change will it withstand the right-wing witchhunt and the youth march way demonstrates exactly how Brian Marden (Chair of Bury and Radcliffe LPYS).
I've never been on a long march before. We've got to get an overwhelming majority for unilateralism at the That's only the beginning of the job. Because we will have a hard fight to make sure The next step is the demo against Tebbit on 16 October. We Need a 'Jobs not Bombs' contingent on that. This march has made it easior for the LPYS and YCND Lee (Coventry YCND)
It's important to go to the Labour conference. there that the march can have its biggest impact. /ts along the lines of what wa of are fighting for from the Tories or Liberals.* Mike and Andrew (Preston), and Gordon (Chorley). Mike: I'm on a youth scheme. That means I'm general dogs body. Its scum work. I don't like that and I don't march is a good way to bring the truly young socialist movement can be built.
That is as a tramcmis sion belt from the mass CREASE ACCE weapons, the rebellions of black youth and the fight against and low pay into fight socialist alternative in the trade unions and Labour Party. Committee Executive Committee of the LP: 1. The Conservative bring Cruise missiles to Britain in 1983 and many opposition to all nuclear weapons. nuclear 2/3 majority as a whole.
NEC to reject any attempt to stands on the policies of CND. British withdrawal from NATO weapons will not be ed.
the youth march for 'Jobs not Bombs' have marched from Manchester to Blackpool. We are here to lobby the LP conference. Organised by the Youth CND and sponsored by the National LPYS, the March wishes to put the following points to conference delegates and the Nation.!
Government plans to The LP trade unions are committed to Therefore we call upon the Labour Party Conference, the LP NEC, and the trade unions to organise massive action in 1983 to mobilise members in demonstrations and industrial action against the introduction of cruiss and trident missiles. If the powar of the Labour Party and trade unions is fully mobilis. ed then nuclear re-armament can be stopped. 2. The Labour Party is committed to unilateral We call upon con ference delegates to ensure that no futura Labour Government is committed to carrying out this policy. As the first step we are fully in support of those fighting for the necessary at this conference to make unileters nuclear disermament oart of the Labour Party's manifesto for the next general 3. We the marchers, give our fullest support to all of those campaigning for nuclear disarmament in the Labour Partv and trade unions This policy has tremendous support in society We therefore call upon conference and the remove this policy or the people who support it from the Therefore the marchers stand opposed to the attempt to implement the register which will have the affect of instituting a witch-hunt against some of the most committed sup porters of this policy. Finally, the march itself This includes The CND believe that the threat of nuclear pushed back without taking Britain out of the nuclear alliance on which the British nuclear re-armament is basOn Sunday night, after the demonstration, youth marchers went to lobby delegates at the Imperial Hotel, where the NEC are staying Management called the police and the mor chers were thrown out. Ken Livingstone put on a yellow jacket and police tried to throw him out.
Joan Lestor and other NEC members intervened to say Ken was their guest. The youth marcher then asked if they couldn't be guests also. So Alex Kitson invited all the marchers in as guests and they slayed at the imperial drinking till early in the
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