DO with LABOUR AND IRELAN EDITED BY MARTIN COLLINS 6. ANTI-NATO forces in the Spanish state organising. On Şeptember national coalition called the 'statewide coordination of pacifist organisations' (CEOP), which unites virtually all the country's anti-nuciear opposition decided to launch an out-ofNATO campaign.
The issue is at the centre Spanish politics because the government, which was elected on a pledge to stay out of NATO, is now cam paigning to get Spain in. It has pledged a which is likely to be held in March.
Opposition to NATO is widespread because the regime is popular memory, and because the Spanish state has not yet been in NATO.
CEOP campaign of demonstrations and protests, rock festivals and other events of which the hich point Is to be a mass march on Madrid.
It has tried to ensure unity by setting up a panel of spokespeople from the various bodies supporting These include both Communist Parties, Workers Commissions (the CP dominated federation), several far left innumerable activist anti-nuclear and pacifist organisations far the. Socialist Party has not even entered with CEOP, USCUSSUIl dominated UGT cold number of UGT leaders and a handful of socialist MPs were among 100 pro. minent personalities who recently signed an auver sponsored by the Movement for Peace, Disarmament Liberty two weeks ago, insisting that the referendum be held.
It is not certain the I will be held.
Spain's right wing want to ride rough-shod over the Spanish people. Conservative leader Roca says a referendum would be unconstitutional! Still further to the right, some forces wedded to extreme reaction unhappy about going into the Com mon Market, and about for isolationist tics is one of the reasons Gonzalez is fearful about losing a referendum.
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However, the French revolutionary newspaper Rouge exec that: "Though SOS-Racisme has underestimated the place And movemen the and has committed errors, particularly by not providing any means for a joint appeal for joint organisation of the march with other anti-racist position of all, and for an understanding that unity multiplies forces and does not just add them nouge goes unlo sa.
will regard the division as the result of nonca manocuvico all there is a risk that they will reject both initiatives. calls for the widest possi ble united effort at local level to, ensure there is a single, gigantic march in
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