among other things That's LCND organised a fringe at the recent Scottish Perth, CNID chair Jov Hurcombe (also a vice-chair of CND)
invited to address the LCND annual meeting.
Activists at the AGM noted that Labour's comWILL Cal defence was within context of continued support for NATO membership - which means a continuing debate is needed to sort out Labour's policy. SCOTTISH LABOUR CND held its annual meeting on 26 January in Glasgow's city hall, considering the ambiguity of Labour's defence policy posed by Defence and Security for The annual meeting passed a resolution pressing concern that 'the document:
• continually insists support for NATO, from its origins an aggressive US dominated nuclear pact;
• asserts that only nuclear bases the thus allowing the continuation of communications facilities like that at cozell that are an integral of nuclear war-fighting strategy; • fails to make a clear expenditure poses non-nuclear defence impacily as creased conventional defence spending. exDelegates considered that these flaws were as 'potentially disastrous' 1983 manifesto. They reaffirmed their determination campaign full programme within the unilateral US disarmament and full withdrawal from for the nuclear alliance.
The annual meeting also considered me lack Or active support for LCND GUIDOT Young Socialists. especially important as youth are a big component in the anti-missiles moveWell.
Campaign Last year's sucess getting through the Labour Party conference a resolution seen to be largely a paper victory. Electing members to LCND committee prioritising meeting at this year's Scottish conference to build the 1-2 June YCND anti-Trident demonstration were ways overcoming is pro This is blem in the future. - was active Of MINKERS