outcome of the rapid path of rearmament which the United States started on in the mid-1970s. the movement against the missiles. Mis Western Europe was right. The missiles were the weapons which were being placed in Europe. They were also a direct part of the United States war drive By building the mass against the missiles the labour movement in Western Europe placed itself in the best position to fight against all the effects of the US war drive.
This was seen at the time of the Malvinas war. The main opposition lo ed the Campaign Group of Labour MPs, Labour Action for Peace, the Campaign for Labour Party Democracy and the LPYS.
this country. launch rally in London as soon as possible in May.
model resolution, co-sponsored by the Campaign Group Labour CND, MPS, Labour Action for Peace cand reprinted page), which calls for just that is being circulated for this year's Dally ference. Present policy oncommits an incoming government removing nuclear bases: a policy which would have had zero effect on the US air-raid against Libya two The immediate devastating mass tion which came in response the United States bombing of Libya the complicity prime minister Margaret Thatcher, shows the possiblities which exist for mounting a campaign centers bases dust d thatall bases must gọ. opinion poll after another has recorded big majorities against the attack.
Labour Party canvassers, on the doorsteps for the forthcoming local government elections, confirmed that so did the thousands who took to the streets to demonstrate the immediate wake of the bombing of Libya.
Protests have been led and organised by activists movement, joined by local 08OU1 members and trade unionists, as well as Central America solidarity campaigners and AnApartheid Movement activists.
It is from among these activists that the biggest possible campaign can be built, the objective etfect The West from the left wing of Wal ballle The same pattern was seen with the attack on Libya, when again CND led opposition to the war More directly the success of the United States its West allies in getting the missiles real InTO Was defeat for the working those in the class and all 'third countries fighting imperialism.
The United States had aims military build up. The first was a rapid expansion of conventional use against semi-colonial The meeting also agreed to hold a drive plans Central leadership Issue draw to broad of the But so other leaders nothing apologetic tack.
economic incriminal Libya sion of Thatcher Kinnock perhaps ISSUC year's the Kinnock The their the begin to drop one policy.
after another: on full countries. The second was build up weapons to put pressure on the Soviet and more specifically on its bureacratic leadership, to cut off aid to semi-colonial countries.
The events of the last weeks have shown how the victory with the ability to install the Europe. Every commenLalon has noted how the Soviet leadership failed to respond to the attack on Libya. Gorbachev has continued to subordinate everything to gaining an control asi coulca with the United States and Soviet criticism of the bombing of Libya been muted in the extreme.
i ne present situation means the focus of the anti-missiles movement is also changing. Initially the Stater Concal trated the ting the missiles in Europe It built up its conventional armaments but held back from using them The invasion nyasinn 1983 Grenada in was the first time the United States was able since Vietnam to directly attack a semi-colonial country - although ever here the issue was clouded for many eople becau the criminal activities the Coard gang in In these years the US was also undoubtedly con cerned if moved rapidly monial revolutio the col lution, the anti-missiles Europe would grow to uncontrollable proportions and the US would suffer a tremendous defeat in Western turope through inability to site the missiles With the attack on Libya, the missiles now in place the United States is moving to direct use of its military forces arallist those struggling for their freedom in the first to suffer US attack, But the US's final, doctrine' publicly State using armed against movements, US The US is movement pose That means single part CYCl complicit with The against the US bases threat to Nicaragua opposesNATO.
strengthening Nicaragua Solidarity Cam paign, linking it to the lett wing of CND and growing opposition in the Labour Party to NATO, an open campaign bases leading to Labour beyond, can aid everyone oI lnese struggles By placing in the centre of politics the issue of the bases every aspect of Bri with the United States will be called into question. • Reagan's lies on Libya and 'terrorism', see p8.
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European states have been openly complicit in that policy ever since the 1979 NATO decision to install Cruise and Pershing nuclear missiles in Europe - and the speeded up the conventional weapons pro- gramme in Western Europe which accompanied it. massy movement in
THE US BASES Out Campaign was launched last week at a meeting in the House of Commons called by Labour CND and attended by Labour Party organisations and campaigns. Those present includ-
paign is a drive to commit the next Labour govern- ment to throwing out all United States bases from
US Bases Out The meeting agreed that the basis of the cam-