The perimeter of Burghfield, the atom 'nuclear valley' (Secretary Labour CND)
CND's city centre demonstrations in Glasgow on Easter Saturday assembled around 20,000 in horrific weather, which included a blizzard half way through the proceedings.
The march began with a five minute 'die1111 of 4000 George Square, which simulated me eneds or a mcca explosion. It continued with a march to Kelvingrove Park for a rally.
The keynote speech was by Ruddock who angrily threw back Heseltine's claims that was playing into the hands of supposed 'enemies'. Prison "The government is increasingly frightened by CND's support. It 1s looking at every possible way discredit public response we are getting.
She reiterated CND's determination to go all the way in opposition to the generation nuclear missiles In an before the demonstra speaking or a tado force speaking 'a task force of 3-5000 people prepared to carry out uncomfortable and unplea sant tasks and prepared to risk being arrested and going to prison'.
The Glasgow demonstration was widely representative of the movement of Scotland and the North of England Unfor. tunately however ners from the Faslane If cruise does come to Britain this year it will not be stopped by 3-5000 volunteers, how commendable their 11U actions.
the movement is capable of mounting the mass direct action which will be needed.
As a first step Labour CND members in Scotland intend to build a bi initiate the March for Jobs.
On Easter sunda 2000 people demon the strated outside the British Polaris base Faslane. Addressing the demonstration Margare Morton of Scottish CNI set a cautionary tone of She argued that wir or against missiles would not be over in 1983. CND stood on a programme of complete unilateral therefore needed to prepare for a sustained consistent struggle for this end
who Socialist Action 8 April 1983