Pershing ETYMOLOGISTS among our readers might be interested to know where the Americans got the name of the Pershing missile from.
American 'punitive' in 1916 to deal with Pancho Villa's guerrillas. The expedition numbered 12,000 men plus horses and artillery.
ern Mexico, unable to locate Villa's forces, the expedition was withdrawn, failure! Pershing later went on to be the General in command of the US expeditionary force in Europe in the First World War.
• we caa •DIl missile is as little successful as General Pershing's Mexican expedition ...
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team for the National Nuclear Corporation, told the Sizewell 'B' from the problems of the reactor would building Sizewell 'B' company designing the rest of the plant learn from inelr past inistakes.
earthauake tault and back to front. Four of Bechtel's plants are among 'those having the most severe accidents in the last lau yvald plant - at West Valley. years leaving behind 600,000 gallons of high level waste in leaking tanks, radiated fuel in storage ponds. *6 April-9 April Kings Peace' (021)-458 7481 ace Co tre i Women's Peace Group, at Sheffield Centre, 8pm. * Wed 6 April Meeting, 'Nuclear Disarmament and the Labour Farty . At the Memorial Hall, rickering, N. Yorks, 7.30pm. Speaker: Bob Cryer MP. * Thurs 7 April Film, ine acam smita centre kirkcalov. * Thur 7 April Aberdeen CND meeting discussing END. Starts 7.30pm at 24 Adelphi (off Union St), Aberdeen. «oI Aoi canoago agans mne ams rac Na tional supporters meeting, Newton Terrace, Glasgow G3. Details contact (01)-278 *8-10 April Nuclear Free North Atlantic Conference Mitchell Theatre, Glasgow. * Fri 8 April Film: 'Guide to Armageddon', organised by Orpington CND: At 7.30pm, New Village Hall, High Orpington, Kent •M Ann veeulng.
At Moot Hall, Town Hall, 8.00pm. Speakers, prospective parliamentary candidates for the tuencies: Rav Allen (Lab). Geoffrev Williams (Alliance). John Stevens (Alliance), plus Francis Barker of Colchester CND. *Sat 9 April GLC Bunker Party, 7.30pm Riverdale Hall, Lewisham. *Sat 9 Organised by Nottingham YCND starts 7.30 at Clarendon College, £1/50p unwaged * Sat 9 April Conference for workers in the Electronics industry concerned about peace. County Hall, London SEI. Contact Dave Guiness (01)-272 8896 *Sat 9 April Meeting. 'Britain and Nuclear Weavons' organised by Hull END. Speakers Bruce Kent and Kevin MčNamara Road, Hull.
zNU ANMHIMAmerica - tromhiller to Mxi Phoenix Cinema, 52 High Road, 1.30pm. Organised by London Region CND ZNDIIADInADerocer CNOOrDIC speakers from Greenham Music Hall, Union St, Aberdeen ue r aioni lvieelint. the Bluebell pub, Lowgate Hill. Starts 8.00pm. OrganisGeneral John J Pershing was the leader of an expedition sent into Mexico been a total make sure that the Pershing Il director of the joint project public inquiry that lessons learned advanced gas-cooled implemented This may be 'so. But will Bechtel, the American These mistakes include building a plant on an installing a reactor vessel They designed the first private reprocessing It wn coee eov ıx Norton CND 'Festival for Meetings, films, music. Contact Pete Williams , 'Eight minutes to Midnight'. At Friends Meeting House, 'Cruise and Nuclear Weanons'.
Colchester constiRock Against Cruise Missiles Rally.
with bands, speakers, refreshments, etc.
MP. Details from Hull END, 372 Beverley London N2, starts meeting with Common. 7.30pm at The 'Civil Defence in Britain'. At tended the Laböur Party This was summed up by the conference's invitation to a representative of Hammersmith North Constituency Labour Party to the SOCOK after Howell. explained: 'Uur VOLCU whelmingly to reject the aiclals from the expel Militant. Now we are asking for support for our campaign to reverse NEC's decision. bv ing other CLP's to take the salmie stand as Hammersmith North and Islington Central.' The LPYS committee also issued important statements ing YS support for Lne Peoples' March Jobs.
Nevertheless what was remarkable at this conTerence Wars une c cuol by the LPYS leadership the mua ullly delegates of active ticipation in the mass campaign against the for example, the day after 100.000 people, women, had demonstrated Green am couiiol the, YS treated to lectures about how 'pinning nappies on fences won't SLUD Bomb' and 'women-only activity divides the working class'.
hll cuergenly tion tore for YS supGreenham DOIL OI call for women's day of action on May was overwhelmingly rejected on recommendation national committee resolution TOO Was arguing for full YS volvement in Youth CND. Instead a motion was passed demanding that Youth CND fight for the election of a Labour government, and pointing out that only socialism can end the arms This kind of Methodist preaching sidelines to the real mass movements, typitiec policies of the /S leader ship. Worse, however, was the attitude to oppressed sections of society. NEARLY TWO thousand working class youth atYoung ference at Bridlington over Easter weekend. The Labour Party national executive committee was represented at the conference by right winger Dennis Howell. One message he'll be able to take back to London with him is that Labour's youth is united in rejecting the witch hunt which he and his friends have orchestrated within the party.
agreed Dennis Campaign formed the basis platform uniting Labour's ranks inDenis the general elechon supports programme and will fight UVC to see it NEC to (Militant, 1 April)
How is it that Militant Dennis the agree? Quite winn- because both politely nore the fudging in document on what are undoubtedly the issues, namely nuclear disarmament, inCodrawal Prom the BEC! comes policy national Sitting through veekend it is quite pbviou pledg- why, despite hundreds of the thousands of youth involved in actions against the Tory government, the YS membership has grown so painfully slowly. thumping about the socialism won't convince such youth to join the YS. of par- Minority Tories. But what was most encouraging about mainly year's conference was the emergence of a significant minority who was break the YS out of this sectarian ample, the inge meeting was attended ov meda volla. understood that if resolu- want CNDers and supporters of to Will Treerna LOTHON socialism, participate struggles there 1s the Labour Party committed OI UnC So demands.
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On floor the BIC campaign agains witch The! Socialists conon the with the document this implemented' Howell can simply ig. the decisive unilateral this Tubrhetoric merits of this want to They young then you have in their and show that wing of the LPYS able to link up witt the left wing of the Labour Partv and win thousand. number of of youth to the YS through meeting conterenc delegates a united argued discussion ference represent amendments topic.
NEC the revealed combined 29, strong anole lllall) supporters .ed around.
Hundreds ates has stickers La large within with Peter coming Ine o aLIoSu into long the rights has debated time in ferences, Liverpool demo organised by LPYS — why not support YCND?
years there is a wing of the women and gays. in a row, there was no on gay arallist pay yuull rights at the YS coneven though LalllDalkl "This document branches had sent in a only string of motions on against on this an election year men, YS leadership seem to tnink inat tne issuc or gay rights is too hot to navy handle. But there was a legislation feeling even and importuning. rigpps should not only ae that 'Young should discussed but campaign- against sentences of deleg wore the Gay YS 'Gay 16 OK' their - and Gay YS organised Iringe meeting tation.
Tatchell on Tatchell said 'For too issue of gay not been YS tion on even though very much longer Photo: JOHN HARRIS participation in campaigns As Steph Grant, OxCND and champion- ford YS candidate for the ing the struggles of all op- NC put it, 'We need a new pressed people, including kind of leadership in the YS.' of consent law specifically discriminates He said of Labour's document: makes weak CoLuL Cs discrimination.
The manifesto should be pledged to lowering the age of consent to 16 fo: Legislation to the armed extension forces and the merchant repeal of soliciting lesbians custodial be DIulcLlcu Lale lesbian mothers should be pro tected against removal of children. on the Photo: GM COOKSON • grounds of sexual orien.
The success of Gay YS at the YS conference shows that the YS leadership will not be able to retain their backward posigay rights for
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leadership FOR THE eighth year the age