SocialistAction 1983–88

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

Pat Arrowsmith

· Socialist Action No. 7, 28 April 1983 · p. 7 of the scan · 405 words

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London on 27 April. Below we publish two alternative views.

has been of Greenham Common peace camp since 9 August last year and has been speaking around the country raising support for Greenham. She recently debated Lady Olga Maitland of the pro-nuclear Women for Defence television. She is against Michael Heseltine in his Henley constituency.

PAT ARROWSMITH has been active in from the first wave up to today. She has joined Labour Party and is member of the CND national council and Labour CND's executive.

A number of people associated with the Greenham Common camps have indicated that they intend to stand in the on standing the ISSUCO. we'll party, like what the day. Labour Party?

Heseltine is doing a suave PR job He's going round the country justify ing and expounding lory policies ol defence and I felt he must be forced t face us on his own territory in Henley a safe Tory seat by the river I see it as another way of gettin information out to people about th increasing the possibility people discussing them and coming t the realisation of the need to chang things. By standing in the election th press is lorcea to • give issues mor space than they might otherwise do don't see myself as heading for 'parliamentary career'.

You're one of the Greenham who've decided to stand as a ca didate in the forthcoming election goginst Heseltime. Why w you made that decision?

Henley there is a unilateral Labour candidate and of course ther will be. Labour candidates constituency. So if we use this tacti always standing air lin While I think in the conte of today's politics the Labour Part! the best hope for unilateral disarm ment there are people in the Labor Denis Healey, who'll d their best once elected to ignore t conference mandate.

the dangers standin against the Labour but afte Labour Party did in 196 1974, reneging on conferenc decisions, I think we have to challeng the people in the Labour Party wh might be tempted to do the sarne to Who is standing and where?

Simone Wilkinson is standing in Fin chley tor the Ecology Party agam Thatcher. Jean Hutchinson, 1 think is still going to stand in Leeds again Denis Healey. Helen John has decid ed to stand down in Cardiff becaus the constituency she was standing in

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