Linking arms with our real enemies

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"ONLY a week before thousands of Argentines navies would mean the death or maiming of •'The Tories and some of the PLP are behaving had converged on the presidential palace in the first major demonstration against a military gov- also be the risl. to 17,000 British people in Ar Falkland Islanders in the cross-fire. There v as if we lived in the 1880s, not the 1980s. "Obviously the Falkland Islands should be ArgNina itself' . He argued that the islanders v entine, but that doesn't in any way mean that I 'Yet on Friday [2nd] many of the same people probably prefer to be resettled in Britain or "I'm also no pacifist, but I won't go along with linked arms with the same security forces who had previously beaten them to the ground, joyously the Tory war-fever. I won't give any credence to waving Argentine flags' (Financial Times). Thatcher, and the labour movement should Meanwhile the British labour movement - or demand that the gunboats are immediately at least our leaders - has been linking arms with the same Tories who threw millions of us onto the Ron Brown, MP for Leith, told Socialist Organ- Reg Race MP told us: "By the time the fleet dole queue, and waving the Union Jack. iser: "There's a groundswell in the PLP support- gets there, the Argentines will be firmly dug in.

Labour front-benchers in Parliament have tried ing Thatcher's war plans for Argentina. I think If a decision is made to mount an attack on their to outdo the Tories in jingoism. John Silkin made it that's extremely dangerous and can in no way position, it will inevitably mean a substantial loss his chief complaint against the Tories that they serve the interests of the labour movement here or of life, including the possible destruction of Port were not keeping the navy strong enough. Michael in Argentina. A war won't help the Falkland IslFoot was more shame-faced, but still plainly supp- "I think what the labour movement must call for "I don't agree with the PLP leaders going along A few left-wingers dissented. ''The Labour with so-called public sentiment. A war between Party should dissociate itself from Mrs Thatcher's Britain and Argentina serves only the Tories. KillWing and injuring people for the sake of out-dated landers in what they want to do"

Frank Allaun, speaking on BBC Radio, said: gunboat diplomacy won't help anyone - least of Yet Reg Race also said: "I think that Michael 'To fight it out between Argentine and British Foot's position can be supported, in the circumernment since the 1976 coup. orted sending the fleet.

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