YCND hits back
Socialist Organiser1983 1983-09-08Read it in the scan (PDF), scan page 2 →
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MEMBERS of the disbanded YCND National Committee have been organising to get YCND reinstated.
An emergency resolution has been drafted to go to CND's December "conference, calling for a recall conference of YCND.
The committee set up by Bruce Kent as the 'safe' alternative to the YCND NC was formally set up to organise a recall YCND conference. But in fact the committee does not seem so keen on holding a conference.
The reasons are obvious. On the one hand a conference which elects a new National Committee and makes policy can only constitutionally do so if YCND were reinstated as a recognised 'specialist section' of CND. On the other hand, it seems likely that a recall conference would elect a very similar NC - since Kent's brand of politics are not widely supported amonst youth CND activist..
Meanwhile a Truth Kit is being compiled to answer Bruce Kent's allegations; it will be sent out to YCND and to CND groups.
Two lobbies are also planned: one of the TUC on September 8, and the second of the CND council meeting on October 15.
Already London Region CND has passed à resolution supporting YCND and condemning the witch-hunt; it is important that supporters in other regions do the same.
The fight against Kent's witchhunt can best be carried through by continuing and stepping up the campaign to build and strengthen local YCND groups. in the longer term the longer term.
The Daily Express, under the headline Cutting the Labour Link', ', made it the subject of its main editorial comment on Tues-