SocialistAction 1983–88

The paper of the Socialist League, formerly the International Marxist Group, 1983–88

Evictions won't end the camp!

· Socialist Action No. 53, 13 April 1984 · p. 12 of the scan · 276 words

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ACTiON CND HAS put out the call visit takes place just millions of Group ABOUT women brought Greenham Central London on Saturday in which kept 100 or so police running about for three hours.

Meeting in Leicester Square the women formed a chain wound their way into Piccadilly Circus, Covent Garden, Trafalgar Square. Despite repeated attempts by the police to break the demo up women kept reforming and reappearing in different places.

Singing the songs of the camp and clapping their hands they brought issue of London.

Some of the women attempted to blockade the roads around Trafalgar Square the wollcl formed a chain The evictions at Greenham will not end the peace camp. Morever, it is clear that the actions of Greenham women all over the country will continue to force the issue of Cruise and US bases to the forefront of people's attention.

What is needed now is a coordination of the groups all over Hally that support Greenham so the energy and commitment of the women involved can make as big an impact as possible.

24, International Day for Disarmament, is the next major focus. There will be regional actions up and down the country. On the Isle of Wight a peace camp will be established outside the Plessey works, one of 20 firms in with Trident contracts. At the end of the week the hope to organise a mass meeting with the workforce to discuss the issues.

This kind of activity should be repeated up and down the country on May 24 to back up the women at the camp, who, despite the evictions, have no intention of going away.

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