LABOUR CND will hold its 1984 annual meeting this coming weekend disarmament policy in the Labour Party. During the last nine months there have been moves in the party and in CND to dilute the firm unilateralist position of the party.
The best-known of these was the Kinnockbacked move by the nanonal execulve to remi the TGWU resolution to 1aS1 year's reaffirming the commitment to remove all nuclear weapons from British territory within the lifetime of the next Labour government.
This failed. But those who believe that the best way forward is a step-byto win the step approach.
non-unilateralists, nave not given up hope of sufficiently watering policy to achieve these ends. a crucial time for Labour Party conference was overturned at the nexI, all in the name of iust such a popular alliance precisely shows that such an approach leads in the opposite direction to that intended.
Softly, softly catches no monkev at all. But it does give an opportunity to the "multilateralists' of the Denis Healey variety to slam the party door on real opposition to nuclear weapulls This is what's at stake at this year's Labour CND ACCUSE Last year it was Labour CND who fought strongly to keep the commitment to unilateralism, and who helped build that support within the party. It was exactly that success which made it SO some CND and Labour Party circles. Role This vear. it is quite possible that those same will organise CND gets no таке Sul C that chance to play the same role in 1984.
That is why it is so important that every Party member who is also a national CND member should turn out for the an nual meeting on Saturday 28 Aori in County Hal between !lam and 5pm.
That is why resolutions like the one from Scottish London which makes clear the priority of the unilateralist commitment, must be CND meeting. And that is WiV executive committee candidates should be chosen on the basis of their firm support to maintain party policy. neutered Labour CND ea The alternative ecutive committed disarmament by degrees the backdoor road to ditching most popular policy.
Scottish and London Labour CND resolution:
THIS AGM further visible Deuce movement Labour CND will therefore:
Labour government;
ticularly now in the Greenham going action against cruise; PEACE CAMPAIGNERS have been on the march throughout Europe in an Easter weekend of protest against the missiles. In West Germany, over 100,000 took part in anti-nuclear demonstrations, the biggest of which saw 60,000 at the Mutlangen US Army