UNDER PRESSURE from the popular anti-NATO movement. Spanish president Felipe Gonzalez has now set a date - - February 1986 international circumstances' Meanwhile the executive of Gonzalez' Socialist Party (PSOE) has approved a foreign policy statement to the forthcom.
national ties membership of and the Common Market.
The intention is to deepen involvement in the Atlanex mility Tinkl alliance, and explicitly the longed-for membership of the EEC.
The policy stalemen presents being pean democratic to 'collective - for a referendum on NATO membership. Thirteen criteria are given to shape this, including that the date must be 'opporune for the government, in the light of national anc security. It highlights the connection between ioin responsibility in matters of security political cooperation in the European context.
According to the document, within both NATO and the EEC it is possible support initiatives 'which favour Europear responsibility in matters of security'. Like the British Party's own defence policy the PSOE document holds out the hope of winning some independence the United States within The PSOE state their intentions of prohibiting the 'deployment, stockpilin and transportation o1 nuclear armaments' on Spanish territory. But the Socialist Party leadership have not moved to sign the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty and have blocked resolutions local councils calling for nuclear free zones.
When it was in opposition, In the PSOE said: is fundamentally millar, organisation. The Common Market basically commercial and economic. If we joined NATO we would be subject to the decisions of the bodies of the organisation, to the directives authorities....If, as is probable. towards nuclearisation of' NATO continues, medium term in Europe it would be almost impossible for Spain to remain an exception if it joined.' office, the PSOE has now revised its posi tion.
The Spanish peace movement is posing these moves by thi Gonzalez government and is finding members, trade unionists the socialist youth organisation.
The attempts by the Spanish peace movement the Socialist government pursuin pro-NAlU immeasurably strengthened if the peace movemen throughout Europe steps the against the North Atlantic nuclear Activists in the Labour Party please take note!
PREPARATIONS FOR CND's annual conference are well underway. And what preparations they are!
the-scenes activity to ensure that the leadership get the sort of conference they want. Whether it will be the sort of conference the membership wants it quite another matter!
First off, the Sheffield agenda does not represent the priorities for next year: namely, stepping the campaign against the MISSICS Following decision by national council to hold a mass lobby of the Warsaw Pact embassies on 8 December instead marking the fifth anniversary of cruise deployment!
Student CND have now called a mass sit-down in Trafalgar Square.
must demand that the 8 December action is ditched and that CND nationally throws its full weight behind the Student CND initiative.
But must do more than that. It must full backing For months now there has been much behindin December to mark the anniversary of the announcement of cruise deployment is just wnal Is neeaca revitalise the camp morale of the women there. Ana sucn an acuol will help take the whole peace moveneut well on its way to continued action analist LIC missiles 1985.
Emergency resolutions on this December must flood the ALVISIS should leave the leadership Colou about what the priorities tor atter conterence reallv has already submitted emergency resolution to country at Greenham flight expected at any time. development of the cruise base at Molesworth tional their arrival.
• Student CND and Greater London CND to give maximum publicity to this event. Student CND says:
niversary big feeling for anti-cruise demo at this time.
protest to make our voices heard Student CND, (phone 01-263 0977). Cruise missiles have now been deployed in this Common with a second The US government has agreed to a massive military budget for the Opinion surveys show a majority of the public are opposed to cruise and therefore it is vital that we continue to highlight our opposition to their deployment. Conference therefore regrets that the October national council voted not to hold a naagainst on December, despite the importance of this the anniversary of the government's announcement of Conference therefore calls on all groups to supRegion CND to commemorate this date, and instructs Refuse Cruise 12 December Assemble 6pm in Trafalgar Sq.
National CND has decided not to mark the anof the cruise decision in any way Students and other groups believe that this decision is wrong, that the national organisation is out of touch with the membership, and that there is a Student CND has decided to call a demonstration on 12 December and appeals to all groups to support this so that we may truly speak for the 55 per cent of people in this country who oppose ruise. The demonstration will take the form o ivil disobedience in central London, a symboli • Further details contact: Martin Butcher, c/‹ 11 Goodwin Street, London N4
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Socialist Action 16 November 1984 Labour CND emergency resolution