Soviet troops entering Stalingrad movement with Central America.
transigence in the latest round on the military 'solution'.
At the same time, the "moderate' US intervention is in disarray. The Contadora group is wrestling over whether to rewrite its peace proDy the Sate Department, the State Department, whilst Socialist can't make up their minds whether they're going backwards of forwards.
Spain's Felipe Gonzales denounces Nicaragua's elections, whilst Willy Brandt halfheads 30,000 strong solidarity demo in Bonn Solidarity The big question IS how the solidarity movement can measure up to the raised.
'NicaTown Hall tial It showed ble, numbers people terent of the Central meeting. but they help unless they people this: to the active SUD port practical • movement ple.
There several positive signs. Firstly, the campaigns themselves recognise the weakness and are discuss ing ways of extending their movement base, through calling regional labour activists meetings, and maybe committee to MODEL RESOLUTION send the party leader and spokesperson of foreign elected President of Nicaragua in response to the invitation made by FSLN representative Carlos Nunez at this year's annual conference. Reagan's re-election have underlined the challenge which faces the solidarity First the Mig scare', now the US encouragement for Duarte's inof talks in Salvador, make ever more blatant Reagan's reliance build up greater pressure on Labour Party policy.
Secondly, reconvening NICA (No Intervention In Central America) as a national co-ordinating body can help to bring together the initiatives of the dif ferent campaigns coherent programme of tion.
Thirdly, and of most immediate importance, CND has demonstrated a vital new interest in Central American solidarity Not only did the recent conference pass an important emergency defence of Nicaragua CND International Com mittee is now sending a representative to the re convened NICA, leaderships of both CND and END have decided tr endorse the plans for Central America Anti War middle of next year.
No decisions have yet been made about details, but activists throughout the peace JCaL. should spare no efforts to ensure that this conference happen. become the main focus for the solidarity movement over the next six months, culminating in the biggest organising conference we have yet seen, with a central emphasis on movement youth participation.
Plans for a mass lobby of parliament and picket of the US embassy at the time of Reagan's inhelp to build it.
Labour Party we should also be pushing for Kin nock and Healey to attend the swearing-in of Daniel Orteg: as president of week before Reagan (see mode resolution).
None of these larger schemes will come do the bread and butter work getting out the facts, raising people's understanding and enthusiasm for the gains being made it Central America, and rais ino ther material aid fo the heroin trough twose revolutionaries gains.
This CLP/YS/women's section urges the NEC to affairs to attend the swearing-in of the newly January, in