British NUM boosts Central American solidarity

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general secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers has confirmed that he will speak at the labour movement conference on peace, self deterreconstruction in Central • The conference is sponsored by the national unions and will take place at TUC Congress House on 28 February.Heathfield told the organisers, wish to express my own and my union's commitment to solidarity with those struggling for their liberation in Central America'. Such solidarity is vital, writes CELIA PUGH.

up Reagan, to deliver his Rambo promise to rid Central America of 'the Commies', the Nicaraguan government fears that the US will fabricate a border incident with Honduras as a pretext for the use of US ground troops. The Nicaraguans believe that both Republicans and Democrats will defend information bulletin Agencia Nueva Nicaragua is cautious about Democrat pro• They say: 'What the Congress members apparently cannot or do not want to understand is that by limiting the scope of their investigation to improper methods and "errors", while leaving intact the ideological foundations of Reagan's foreign policy, they are opening the door for desperate, reckless acts aim ed at generating a "patriotic consensus" around an emergency situation, such as that achieved in the October 1983 invasion of Grenada and the The Nicaraguans argue that their best hope oi preventing US invasion is a movement of opposition in the United States and around the world Nationwide demonstrations are planned for the United States for 25 April as part of a campaign to make the price of intervention just too high for the US administration to consider. The labour movement conference in London on 28 February can strengthen our solidarity efforts in Britain.

Speakers from Nicaragua will be joined by representatives of the broad unity organisation of , the UNTS, and the liberation front, The labour movement conference provides a chance to consider how the British labour movement can answer the calls for solidarity coming from the people of Nicaragua and El Salvador. • Labour movement conference, 28 February, Great Russel Street, London WCI. Delegates f6, Observers f4. Registra tion forms from ELSSOC, 13-16 Borough Road.