Money and elections | Socialist Action 1983

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SO NOW the cat is out of the bag. It is going to be 9 June. All the fuss. about Maggie May and Maggie may not! If you ask me, the thing that finally clinched it for a June election was watching Michael Foot on the box the night of the local elections.

The first question was on disarmament so he put Denis Healey's The second was from Alf Filer, complete with his People's March badge. 'What Labour do if it didn't win the election outright?' Poor old Michael almost fell off his chair trying to duck the question of whether or not he be gUllig coalition with the Alliance. No wonder are doing so bad in the opinion polls.

More positively, ( the Socialist Action tent in Brockwell was huge success. Hundreds were milling in and out all afternoon. Badges T-shirts sold well literally gallons of drink poured down thirsthroats despite the rain.

The paper sold well both at the Festival and on the Troops Out demo ('IRA Marchers of Hate Sunday Express described it).

With the CHUC spread on Bobby Sands, the coverage about and the Peoples? March, it was no wonder sales There is one sneaking thing that worries us. We hope Thatcher hasn't, been hobnobbing with her Metropolitan Police and sneaked a I00k at our Their subscription esty subscription copy of Socialist Action.

We would not liked. to be blamed for the June election, if it was because she saw how much we sill naa lo collect thought she should get in - quick.

Those marchers have before they can link right long way go across the country stoo the cruise MISSIC that Ronnie 'Raygun' Reagan wants slapped on the US bases.

If you have got some money sitting your bank account that you welc planing on glving us in a couple of weeks write out a cheque today.

Help us to stop the missiles fight the election with a socialist victory.

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LAST AUGUST I was in Guatemala. Together with a journalist friend travelling from Cahabon to Guatemala City. scenery was mountainous quite breath-taking. Nobody travels in the interior of Guatemala today because of the war. The road was empty, there was a chill in the air — it felt quite was The Socialist Action 13 May 1983 year Were have heightened social tensions. Last were among banana workers and public sector employees. Reagan wants to use Costa Rica in his regional strategy because it has a strong tradition of democracy, u nas a clean Imagi abroad. Officially the Costa Rican army was abolished in 1948, but in the last few years we have seen a big in. crease in its security apparatus, under US pressure. Reagan has been giving assistance in 'defending' the bordei with Nicaragua — Israel is supplyin‹ an electrified fence for the border The prospect is thus for increasing

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