PLANS FOR THE 23 MARCH demonstration in solidarity with the lib eration struggle in Southern Africa are proceeding rapidly. Some 30 national organisations are now backing the demonstration, seven trade unions have agreed to citculate their membership about it, and conting NAME.... • AND THE WOMEN I LONDON ***************************** BILE ~ FREE SHREW TWO!
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system THAT'S NOT FARITY -SOMETHING DIFFERENT < 2B appressed. Collaboration with Apartheid This docision is a scarilal. Does the Labour Executive deny that anch coll aboration is taking place! As the organ Nuts of the demonstration hove pointed The Labour Goverament has announ ced that the Simonstown Agreement HUT DO CHOCO HE SHERE DICTE South African Government However.. it is clear that it will be replaced by an arrangement which will be less public, which will allow for continued military collaboration with the apartlicid regime. Recent reports suggest that the Govern ment will continue to supply spare ports for military equipment and aircraft to South Africa This needs to be exposed as does the arrangement for joint training of South African military personnel on courses in Fritnim and top level exchanges between British and South African security This collaboration together with incr cased NATO interest and activity around the Southern Africon coastline poses a serious treat to the emerging independent strengthening of military tinks with Soudh Africa is also a Leat to the ireedom struof Zimbabwe, Namibia and South Afrien Is the Labour NEC then in farous of bolatering the white racist rugine and helping it shoot black workers down in cold blood!
POLITICAL SUPPORT If the Labour NEC is not prepared to break with this most blatapt case of Labour's support for the white racist regimes, what stand are they codne to take tawands the Governent's equally pericious political and diplomatic supp ort for South Africa? Are they going to back Callaghan while he belps ongineer a sell out of the strugzle of Rhodosa's black majority and warks to gain accept ance for the repressive South African reg Ime throsghout Altica, leaving the apprussed South African blackes to fight bare handed against the vicious apartheid Such no imperialist stands are indeed the polity of the Labour Goverament But they are in no way in the interests of the labour worecent. The sickening capitul adon of tie NEC to these policies muy leave them contentedly on the same side as the Government but it is the side af ricism and Imperialison.
Maily Labour Party miltonts and local Party organisations will be disgusted by this decision. They should expreas their Feeling by passing resolutions denounc ing the NECsdecision and committing themsalvus to mobilise in force for 23 March. They sould show that no matter what side the Labour Goveroment and the Party NEC is on, the workers' move ment slands finnly on the side of the The demonstration will take place on Sunday, 23 March at 1.30pm, assembling at Hyde Park Corner. For further inform ation, leaflets ate, contact: 23 March Mobilising Committee, B9 Charlotte Street, London, WIP 2DG. tel 01-580-5311.
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