No. 31 The brutal invasion by the imperialists and their lackeys in Caricom should surprise no one. Reagan has declared war on the peoples of both the Caribbean and Latin America for daring to try and determine their own future.
To carry out that war he has used subversion, assassination and now bloody warfare. The labour movement must side unequivocally with the peoples of Grenada and insist that they, and they alone, must decide their own destiny.
That is why the Labour Party and trade union leaders must start a campaign for the immediate withdrawal of all imperialist foreign troops now. To fail to defend the people of Grenada from imperialist intervention is to acquiesce in the crushing of their most elementary rights. If the imperialists get away with this in Grenada then the next step will be Nicaragua and finally Cuba. South London Movement Rally America!
Friday 28 October, 7.30pm Salvador Moncada, FDR/FMLN Fennis Augustin, Grenadan High Commission Francisco D'Escoto, Nicaraguan Ambassador Tony Benn, LP NEC Terry Marsland, Tobacco Workers Union Alan Sapper, ACTT Lambeth Town Hall, SW2 tion.
No US military force will guarantee the liberties and the social and economic welfare of the Grenadian peo ple who have struggled to win their freedom in the teeth of a US-inspired economic blockade. The invasion will not secure peace it is a war against the Grenadian people. It is now the urgent task of socialists and progressive forces to halt the invasion and to demand the withdrawal of US and foreign troops from the region.
It is proof of their preparedness for direct intervention in the region. We condemn the reported participation of British troops in this exercise and demand that Her Majesty's government cease all cooperation with the United State's attempts to distort the independent political process in Central America and the Caribbean. We urge Her Majesty's governmen to support the initiatives for peace in the region by the Nicaraguan government and the governments of Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia ana Jeremy Corbyn MP Tony Banks MP Bob Clay MP Dennis Canavan MI