THE MOOD at the recent CND conference was that the grass roots membership want to get more involved in direct action. They want to campaign around getting out of NATO, because they are beginning to understand that you can't possibiy get rid of the weapons and get rid of the bases, and remain in that alliance. For example, the way that that conterence responded to Paul Johns (the new chairperson) when he held a piece of barbed wire in his hand and said that he was in police custody the previous Sunday, having cut the fence at Molesworth. There was a moment there of surprise and then everyone was on their feet. Every favourably to that.
Time and time again throughout the weekend people looking for ways to bring the campaign out, to make it more aclive. But the impression that they'd on ented as that they'd not voted that effect. The way that LilC made it harder for votes business was done reflect the feeling of the I think that for a hell of a lo cambiaian there has there been a lack call vasil of direction and a lack of real commitment direct action. On Greenham single person responded there are going to be a lot of people who take direct action the authorities and being prepared face But the leadership of CND prepared to lead this. They would rather put it ott, put it off, and put it off.
By taking this tack, thev are taking a lifeline away from the movement. Saying that they support neone wier usev because they not prepared to stand with them - that is the position the leadership is In. It's divorced from the camtion has been called Greenham to show that the long-awaited apathy hasn't set in. It comes as a call the peace conference that was ec n manchester were over 700 women attended large gathering to restate OUI ousitiul. give women the ability to come and demonstrate in large numbers, lave UnIC security of working with women and taking Olici their first steps unal probably get them active. That feeling is very strong.
On Sunday, a whole range LODICS will be discussed at the various gates. At the yellow gate is violence against women: and battered wives, and in third being Countres tortured and being raped. At the to be dealing with issues of the South Pacific, British testing and dumping and exploitation that causes Pacific people have to deal WIld 'he blue gate will deal moullalls •com ing down will be They were Since of have arrested There aren't any specific calls for A lot of women moved directions done that nature think not ai C frightened.
ENCLOSE THE BASE CONTACT • this is the second one that is on 12-13 December - there were 2500 women who took The ma jority of those women had never taken any form of action like that in their lives before. They were confronted, very brutally confronted, by SATURDAY DEC. 14th 1985 EMBRACE THE WORLD WIDEN THE WEB AND CARRY GREENHAM HOME EMPOWERED AND STRONG Q the Thames Valley police.
It didn't put those women off at all:
I can remember seeing women picked up head-first Ill. bushes. Instead of rushing away from the scene, they got up, went back and sal down and blockaded the base itself is Thursday.
December is the date of the announcement that cruise would be sited at Greenham: There will be a whole range of indepen dent actions up and dowr the country Getting back to CND, ank ner role das colu be to use such actions to eonicale people that the weapons here the all the time.
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