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Yes - in the same sense that a picket rota, ol closed shop, is a form of conscription. But the is a difference between that sort of 'conscriptio and conscripting people into a capitalist army Strikes, sit-downs, peace camps and marches are Is this realistic? Why not go for non-nuclear ce vital. But on their own they can't hope to defeat ventional defence, at least as an interim deman the centralised power of the state machine on an What defence policy is realistic depends issue of central importance to it unless they ach- whom you're defending against what. The er ventional forces of the British Army have been A revolutionary general strike, arising out of war almost continuously since 1945 — defendi an overall political crisis, might achieve unilater- British imperialism against liberation struggles al nuclear disarmament as part of its work. But a Many of its commanders see the army' special effort to get a 'general strike to scrap the future role in 'counter-insurgency' - defendi Bomb' makes no sense. If we could achieve the the British state against rebellion within tl tremendous organisation and level of awareness country: And former army chief Michael Carv needed to make such an enterprise successful, has admitted that "some fairly senior officer then we would be able to achieve our aims with- were talking about a military takeover in 1974.

Moves to unilateral nuclear disarmament cor Neither total faith in direct action, nor pure reli- well make it not just messroom talk, but serio ance on the struggle within the Labour Party to plans for action. And then we would need defe commit it to unilateralism and make it account- ce against the army. 'Realistically' we wot able, is the answer. What we need is a strategy have to organise some sort of labour movemen which combines these aspects, and links them community militias — against the present stat with every other struggle in which the confidence the basis for our own kind of workers' state. I and political awareness of working class people "alternative defence policy' would not just be can be raised, in the perspective of achieving a blueprint for how to organise the State witho workers' government, accountable to the labour the Bomb, but a necessary part of enforcing o movement and prepared to take on capitalism. U.S. AIR FORCE - HOW we rid Bomb?

By getting a government which scraps it. But that's not as simple as it sounds.

Despite repeated Labour Party conference votes, already the Labour leadership is fudging the issue with talk of Polaris being a matter for international negotiations. Dennis Healey has asserted that he will not serve in a Labour government which scraps the Bomb, and he shows no sign of resigning.

Even if the Labour leadership were 100% committed to unilateralism there would be problems. The US and British military, and the top ranks of the civil service, would use all sorts or dirty tricks to block an as and a -I tad.. 1 - 1.1 • • unilateral disarmament. The g need not only a firm commitn ism, but the will and ability tr manent state machine.

We won't get a government is based on and accountable mobilised working class.

Isn't the surer method, then, action to stop the Bomb?

ieve general strike proportions. out a general strike.

LONDON Save South London Hospital Campaign meets every Thursda at Balham Food & B Co-op, High Street, Balham at 8.00 p.m. jovernment would rent to unilateral» take on the perlike that unless i to an active anı workers government table to the labour n and prepared to take talism.

Isn't this too drastic? What a out countries like Norw which keep out nuclear wea ons without a social revoluti and without even leava NATO?

NATO can accept that Norw is free of nuclear weapons pr cisely because Britain is jar packed with these machines death. To keep this or th small country free of nucle bases is different from di arming the capitalist world second military power.

What alternative defence po cy should we support?

A people s multa, democra - 31:1.- 1military training.

Isn't that conscription?

strike-breakers and uniformed thugs. anti-Bomb policy against the State.

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