The Labour leaders are going to try and sell out Conference decisions over unilateralism.
Last week Michael Foot moved an amendment to the disarmament section of the party's general manifesto, which would make the of nuclear bases 'negotiable' and dependent on discussions with other socialist parties in Europe.
Knowing the position of the leaders of a number of the European socialist parties this issue, particularly Mitterand's Foot reckons he will be able to hang on to use ses for alone time yet, this adopted.
These should come as no surprise. Healey has been strutting around stressing Labour's commitment to NATO and saying he would not serve in a Labour cabinet which has a unilateralist policy. Most members would reply Healey by asking: 'Is that a threat or a promise.' But Foot is determined to appease both Labour's right wing and the NATO alliance. And if this means defying the decisions of Conference so be it.
These policies will take us further along the road of nuclear suicide. What is more they will disillusion great numbers of potential Labour votwho intend vote Labour at the next election beca. use of its Conference decision on unilateralism.
Obviously this is the season for abotage by Labour right. Vot onl are they sabotaging the anti-nuclear vote, but by their frenetic desire to witch hunt Militant they are doing their damndest to lose Bermondse for Peter Tatchell The and shredding 25,000 broadsheets the cancellation of Tatchell's first bypress conference, all because his broadsheets were printed on Militant's press gave every anti _abour rag and news broadcaster the chance to paint Labour's candidate in Bermondsey as an outsider not wanted by his own national party.
When you have friends like that who needs enemies? The only people who can be root agents are the media and all those who do not want Labour to win either in Bermondsey or nationally.
• But our revulsion should not be reserved simply for Barbie. should also focus on his MastCls and the sick system that they serve When the Nazi regime came toppling down in 1945 Barbie was soon back working again.
This time he served new bosses - the US Counter Intelligence Corps who paid him £425 a month for information he had about Russians. Professor Erhard Dabringhaus who worked for CIC and was Barbie's controller, lamely excuses his employment on the grounds that he was an evil necessity'. The professor therefore lied to the French when they asked about Barbie.
Through his contacts in the agency he managed to get Bolivia where under the name of Altmann he later worked Banzer government. His job there with the approval the American CIA, was to organise cocaine traffiking for the government. Barbie was well suited to this task which involved using bands Para military physically out rival drug peddling gangs.
Of course the press vould like to presen Barbie as an individua psychopath and creature of Nazism. But the Butcher of Lyon was also the butcher of the CIA who had no scruples about putting him on their pay role and protecting him from the French. Afte all if the CIA can employ the Mafia to do dirty work then WHATS wrong Barbie?
In Bolivia a decadent drug dealing military dictatorshipbacked by US imperialism and its intelligence agency soon found good use for his bloody talents.
What Barbie shows is that capitalism will go to any lengths, including murder and systematic torture and is more than prepared to hire mass murderers to do its work. As long as that then it wil produce its produce its Barbies and find good use for them.
On Merseyside the strike is solid with pickets out at all of the depots. 'Labour Party must support us' I don't expect troops to be a threat to this strike as long as we f865 a week to scab