SocialistAction 1983–88

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

Release Sarah Tisdall

Socialist Action No. 53, 13 April 1984 · p. 12 of the scan · 521 words

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tain for a mass demonstration Week before people go to the polls in the Euro elections. aim of his visit will be to show united support for American nuclear missiles in Europe.

of hundreds of thousands against Reagan can make it clear that whatever the heads of state may claim, the majority of European people against deployment of nuclear weapons. It can be a show of mass support nuclear free Europe from Poland to Portugal'.

This is all the more necessary when the manifesto of the European Socialist Parties - signed by the British Labour Paravoids opposing nuclear weapons in Europe. So CND's June march will also be a focus for the left-wing of the movement to mand that the Labour Party campaigns on the basis of unilateral nuclear disarmanent and links up with other Parties campaigning against Euro-missiles in the EEC elections.

9 June can be an enormous of opposition to the missiles and Reagan's war policy. It should be the top priori ty for every CND branch while the must be won to give it official support. JUDGES on Monday turned down Sarah Tisdall's request to appeal against her sentence for leaking information about cruise to the Guardian newspaper.

The Judge described her actions as 'gross breach of trust', saying she He went on to say: It is a serve her dangerous arrogance tor anyone, either a Foreign Office clerk newspaper, to decide which laws they are oblig ed to obey and which they are not.

In fact, of course, the only arrogance in the case that the ministers, the judges and the newspaper.

ministers arrogance in believing they can send people jail for emarassing them publically. The Judges for benevilig they have the right to send ths as an example. And the thinking it hide its own hypocrisy by allowing Sarah to be prosecuted.

The overwhelming majority people country are opposed to the American cruise missiles being stationed ICTe Sarah Tisdall, in leaking Heseltine's document, was not threatening state security but simply acting in the interests of the majority of the population.

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CND in particular have an urgent responsibility to initiate a campaign to tree Sarah. It should begin im WILL public meetings, lobbying, petidemonstrations. The Socialist Society meet nas a begindig, bur meeting London now the forces with some powel something must take up the cudgels.

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