December 11:sti the Day before!
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NGA: 4-page pull-out inside ranging measures to forestall this have been implemented by the There has even been the threat that a court-imposed administrator might be installed in the NUJ STAY at home on Saturday 10th and watch TV. At 9.15pm IT V is showing "The Day After'.
The film shows the effects of a (small) nuclear war. The day after, Sunday 11th, there is a women's demonstration against Cruise missiles at Greenham Common. It should be the biggest yet.
Although the Greenham. demonstration is women-only, men are asked to help by organising creches, and there are local mixed actions on Saturday. CND is calling for a 'Refuse Cruise' day, with workplace protests, on Monday 12th.
"The Day After' created a huge stir when it was shown in the US on November 20, though it is soberly factual and even somewhat underplayed.
Defence Minister Michael Heseltine is demanding to appear on TV straight after the film in order to reply.
In the US, Secretary of State George Shultz gained such an appearance, and straight-faced told viewers that the horrors they had seen showed why they should support President Reagan's "efforts to reduce nuclear armaments"!
CND conference last weekend voted to step up campaigning for industrial action against nuclear weapons. And last week Rolls Royce confirmed that they have scrapped work on a part for Trident because of a boycott by workers at its Hillingdon, Glasgow, factory.
It's still the day before' '. We can still stop Cruise.
*CND conference: see pages 3 and 5. For details of coaches on December |11, phone 01-251 3133.
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EDITORIAL Socialist Organiser, December 1983