NORIED " Fight the ban on Labour CND | Socialist Action 1983

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has ecutive meeting on Saturday 4 November.

The pretext for the decision was an article by walter Chair of Labour CND. Wolfgang Vice. in Briefing TIte Bulletin at this year's Labour Party conterence.

(Labour CND Executive, personal capacity)

The article pointed out manouevres by Nell Kinnock to get the Transport General Workers' Union's unilateralist resolution off COLL ference agenda. Instead the Labour Party should endorse the freeze demand. CND Exclosed down the elected executive of Labour CND — the organisation of CND supporters inside the Labour Party. The decision was made at the executive members first tried to veto the article then, WON published, gave an official apology to Kinnock But the reasons for the ban on deeper. executive moving Shes co all of their intention of abanCND's policy of unilateral disarmament in of the hope that a Lavoul bilateral be disarmament acreec talks. That's has already been closed down.

target because Thompson has put it: left fundamentalists vigorous defenders of unilateralism' The ban on Labour CND is a declaration OI war on the left-wing of the peace movement If the Executive of CND are allowed to continue along this road they Will SCYCICLY Callag This ban must be 'THIS conference supports the Party for resolutions passed at recent disarmament.

AGM as the Labour CND Committee.

(Labour Party branches resolutions cruical of ine crasire of Lavou Every branch and GMC should pass a resolution demanding the ban because it denies the right of CND supporters in the Labour Party to organise Every CND branch should support the emergency • to con ference against the ban.

Emergency resolution for CND work Labour CND has done to build support in the Labour Party conferences supporting unilateral nuclear 'We deplore the actions of the CND Executive in superceding the elected Labour CND Committee and appointing an interim committee. The conterence connittee elected by Labour CND'$ are also requested to pass • CND and send them to the Labour NEC and the CND Executive).

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IN AN unprecedented attack on the democracy of the peace movement the CND National Executive