El Salvador Solidarity Campaign West Midlands (secretary)
CROWD of 300 demonstrations marched through the busy streets of BirminghamR at 5.30 last Thursday, protest the imperialist invasion of The hastily coordinated by the El Salvador Solidarity Campaign with the SuDport of a series of Afro-Caribbean ocaubauus. was preceded by a short rally.
Speakers, including
Paul Mackney, Trades Council President, HUCIU city councillor, and Phillip Murphy from the Afro-Caribbean resource сепис, conaemnca une In' vasion before the demonstraton moved oft around the streets to the chanting Kcalall Thatcher. Hands off Troops Out Now.
A message of support also received Irom Clare Short, Labour MP for Birmingham Ladywood who was unable to attend.
Later the same evening, packed room al Digbeth Civic Hall heard Delia Smallman, an internanomas workereev returned explain the revolution and the implications of the inVaNol. day hand-to-hand fighting went on in st George's, with PRA fighters blockconanow suee winamoured cars — and in turn attacked with the Dellg murderous helicopter gunships.
During the first three days the invasion fighting continued along the main road from Pearls Airport which passes through the nils centre of the island.
By Saturday there were more than 6000 US troops on the island - three time the total numer of the PRA. As Fort Frederick and the capital were taken, resistance fighters moved both into the hills in the centre of the island and towards the south coast General Howard Austin was believed to be with the SECOnU HOuD The Cuban construction workers put up their last stand at Calivigny three miles Port Salines. They fought until only six were left alive against repeated air at-