Army | Socialist Action 1983

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umns of Hansard (the official record of ceedings) on 22 and 28 parliamentary March are devoted to an of assailants' colour, such attention is not given to the sex of assailants in assault cases.

MP Frank Dobson asked the quesvictims of male assault?

The answer Patrick Mayhew was that *information seperately identifying male assailants is not collected the Metropolitan neutralised states Europe was thrown out in favour of a ring of i steel around the Soviet Union. When talking about "altermauve celence we nave la understand that the forces of Nato and Britain ar there defend the capitalist social The British army since the second war has played a reactionary role everywhere it has been used — cypis. Korea, Aden, Ireland, Malaya and the Falklands. Today it is one of the best trained 'counter-insurgency' forces in the world.

But surely even would need to defend itself? Of course, out a socialist Bri. tain not use capitalist army tor this purpose. To defend against provided only disproportionate cost' City Limits, HALIMAT Babamba • came September 1980 Nigera lo om ner nus band.

In July 1982 she left him because of his towards her.

Halimat is now settled in young children, Hakeem and Mustapha.

Halimat says: 'If 1 go back Nigeria, children will be taken from me. I will face the Faced with a foreign threat, WIth internal capitalist-backed subver sion only armed workers orkers be relied would be the very opposite of the present army last thing that capitalism walls Is lor le pcopie le be armed.

Workers' militias could ensure effective and resistance to any aggression.

SOUT advocating mass civiliar La socialist Bri detence in tain is very different to any scheme to 'reform' NATÓ or to make the army more powerful through con scription, relying on conventional weaponry wielded by the best trained anti-'subversion' force in the world.

same violence from my husband.

'I will not be able to go to and no home there • believe mi LOIC my children's home is in this country'.

• For further informaspeakers etc.

LOl. tact Friends of Halimat Babamba, Box HB, Cookridge St, Leeds LS2 3AW.

Compiled Send contribu HILARY DRIVER.

TON Socialist Action, 328 Uppe Street, London N1 2X) arrive noter than aur day a week prior to publicaSocialist Action 6 May 1983

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Stop Halimat's deportation