SocialistAction 1983–88

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

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Socialist Action No. 71, 28 September 1984 · p. 6 of the scan · 286 words

The scan: 071-sep-28-1984-SA-UK.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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page 6 of the scan

La single parliament without major cuts in our conventional forces which we do not recommend. Our priority must be a mor-on this last senpole, the autors ing on this last sentence, authors can mean only one thing: 'We will spend as much as we like to beef up conventional forces what we promise on privated apon do provided we nuclear free provocative forms weapons for Sive battle along the central front.

There is only members the group have put their signature to document that ties us unconditional Iv to the American alliance.

and deployments one problem with The Left working that in us in full collaboration with that we withdraw aspect the acUS There is not a single line il suggesting that There is not The statement tries to cloud all this But instead SUSPECT Any serious reduction of US power in Europe would require a great struggle by the labour moyements and peace movements of Western Europe, openly challenging US policy all along the line. and presenting the US administration wiln a cnoice berween regaining the in itiative through negotiating sweeping force reductions with Moscow, seeking to subvert democratic liberties in its sphere to regain control, as was done in Greece in the 1960s.

If the document was serious about overcoming the bloc system in Europe, it would make the following demands: the removal of all US nuclear weapons not just from Britain but fron whole of Western Europe; removal of equal numbers of US and Soviet troops from the Central Front (as the Soviet Union has urged in the MBFR talks in Vienna for many years).

of this, the document declares "there is some strength in U=RO%

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