Anti-imperialism and CND
Socialist Organiser1983 1983-01-06Read it in the scan (PDF), scan page 12 →
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1 UNIL enus. inere is a strong a.botr rarty unilateral of the people who suppor- anti-Trotskyist feeling in nuciear disarmament will ted the sending of the Task CND at the moment and never become Labour I WAS pleased to read in SO 111 about the linking of CND with imperialism and women's oppression.
At a CND meeting recently I asked whether CND should be openly antiimperialistic. A member of the Communist Party said that by being anti-imperialist CND would lose the support toe TRIAUAN nnat nf tha Public 's such as the support At a CND rally I was told to take down an El Salvador solidarity poster by a member of Easington District CND because we "didn't want to appear anti-American.
* have been tuld that Trotskyists within CND are using the campaign. to achieve their own political inda Thaun there is a feeling that the influence of the left is too strong.
Judith Bonner stated in her report of the CND conference that 'the current leadership of CND fails to bring political debate into the open". . Logically CND should openly oppose the Labour Party _ witch-huni. Without the Lift in the Party policy.
Jack Dormand stated in a letter to myself that It is not correct to assume that a policy must be included in the manifesto because it obtains a two-thirds majority at a Party Conference. In accordance with the constitution the final decision has to be taken by a joint committee of the travvual Datcuuve ana une National Funantin and tha Shadow Cabinet ...
How political should CND be? Should CND be openly anti-imperialist and form links with groups like ELSSOC? Should CND be linked with women's rights issues? These are issues that should be debated.
GARY SCOTT Secretary of Easington District CND Dear S.0, We invite readers to send us their letters, up to a usual manimum length of 400 words Send to Socialist Organiser. c/o 28. Middle Lane. London NX.