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their knees. • Unilateral nuclear disarmament and'removal of all iment and removal of all nuclear bases in Britain luclear bases in Britain • Nationalise the top 25 com- • Natinnalico the ton 25 rnm. panies, return social spending to 1977 levels in real terms. 35 hour week, withdrawal from the EEÇ, expansion of NHS, education, house-building. Renationalisation with compensation only on grounds of proven need and without gain to the recipients • No incomes policy. Repeal of Tory anti-union laws • Women's rights, including the right to control their own fertility • Repeal the Nationality Act and Immigration Acts Victory repeal of the Police Bill • A united Ireland. Repeal ine rrevention o i errorism Act, ban plastic bullets • A socialist foreign policy supporting liberation movements abroad • No formal coalition, no informal deals. End the witch-hunt • A Labour government that carries out Labour conference decisions.

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From Labour CND THE SUCCESS OF THE CND Easter demonstrations once again shows the strength of public opinion in favour of unilateral nuclear disarmament. It is important that the Labour Party takes a public lead in campaigning for disarmament.

Too often in the past, we have left it to the peace movement and we have not made clear political demands.

Labour CND calls on Labour Parties up and down the country to step up their public campaigns to show to people who have not consistently voted Labour and to young people voting for the first time, that the Labour Party is the only party with a commitment to stop the arms race, refuse Cruise missiles, cancel Trident and close down the nuclear bases.

While we welcome inoce cec. tions of the Campaign Document [the draft recently published on which Labour's election manifesto is to be based] which clearly support party policy on Cruise and Trident, Labour CND is alarmed at the suggestion that • Polaris should be kept as a negotlating tool. This is totally contrary to the vote at conference to reject defence policies based on nuclear weapons.

Composite 51 stated that we should abandon nuclear weapons, not bargain with them. Labour Party leaflets and publications have said no nuclear weapons.

The next Labour government should begin a non-nuclear defence policy by de-commissioning Polaris immediately it takes office. Scrapping Polaris should not be subject to negotiations with third parties or it may never happen. Labour CND urges Labour Parties to campaign for party policy on Polaris.

There is some ambiguity in the Campaign Document on the bases. Composite 51 clearly demanded that all nuclear bases, both British and American, should be closed down by the next Läbour government. It did not say take nime, go slow, delay or compromse. Time is something we have not got.

There must be no loophole for the bases to remain. Labour CND calls on all Labour Parties to demand that the nuclear bases are closed down as soon as the next Labour government takes office.

Labour CND believes that the Labour Party's commitment to stay in NATO has caused much of the watering down on Polaris and the bases. We will continue to fight for a change of party policy on NATO. However, composite 51 does not depend on getting out of NATO to achieve unilateral nuclear disarmament.

The unconditional abandonment of all existing weapons and bases together with a rejection of Cruise and Trident would give us a full and unambiguous policy on unilateral nuclear disarmament. This is what we voted for at the Labour Party conference at Blackpool. Composite. 51 gained a massive majority. We cannot settle for less.

Picase join us in demanding a clear statement to scrap Polaris and close down all nuclear bases unconditionally. With this commitment we can go on to win the general election!