As early as January many of us on CND national council raised the ques tion of Reagan's visit for the world croonlc resolution to organise CND's annual ullllil. We even acmons alul coincide Reagan's visit and the European elec— for no cruise, no Trident, TOlI US bases. for That was defeated in favour of europe. a resolution, supported by the Communist Party, for actions at Greenham and Midiothian instead. But even that was a trick. It was dropped immediately atter the national council. it was simplv d cvice lo stop any achlons agamlsi keagan's visit.
But the movement is bigger than the national council. A loose grouping called Action '84 put out a call for nonviolent direct action against Reagan's visit. More than 150 representatives of CND groups from around the country crowded into GL.C's County Hall to lay plans. An impressive national network wac coon eczemec oco Recoa CND themselves started to organise a demonstration tor y June CND called for a national demonstration. Many CND groups, areas and regions started to book transport.
leadership? panicked. Decisions to condemn mass weapons east or west Finally council came to WUl collalcll with nuclear-free now wanted tWo within two weeks of each other. CND's national resources were still to be put behind a Coventry demonstration on 26 May calling for no nuclear CND national ADHI senses. The become a nationally organised action. h a.y Unite But in a fit of pique the right insisted on the same status for the Coventry march. trom a hatred of mass action. thei national marches Joe ence finding a simple message for what we stand for which is acceptable to broad ecod s or e oba n ov rez neans winning an alliance including th SDP and 'wet' Tories However ruling class circles are also re-discussing; much has already been made of the new Europeanisation of particular moves towards the Western European Union film is now on general release.
role in revealing the Silkwood story was David Burnham, as the reporter who uncovered the Serpico story New York city police.
subject of Oklahoma senators keen to defend the Kerr-McGee corporation, one of the state's leading companies.
when Karen was amassing information sent reality One of the people who played a key who came to fame of corruption among the For his troubles, Burnham was the investigation by Burnham discovered that in 1973-4, The full extent of the cover-up over safety precautions at Kerr-McGee is not brought out. After all, the factory provided the fuel to get a fast breeder reactor on line. Karen was fighting not just a tin pot local management at a small factory, but all those in the nuclear in. dustry pushing this project through. By personalising the conflict as one between her and local managers, the full sinister implications of the conspiracy force through a nuclear energs policy are somehow lost. With the ex