IMGpapers 1976–79

Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1976–79

No nukes explosion hits Torness

Socialist Challenge No. 96, 17 May 1979 · p. 6 of the scan · 439 words

The scan: sc-n96-may-17-1979.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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IF YOU HATE THE TORIES, DONATE TO THE PAPER AS THE last occuplers left the site of the planned Torness atomic plant in Scodland last week, one of the construction workers fashed his anti-nuke badge CULTUVEr.

Five thousand people from as far away as Brighton and Exeler, as diverse as the SNP, Hands off our Wild Life, the Anti Nazi Leagoe, had that weekend pur the anti-nuke movement on the Britain.

The atmosphere was like a rock Testival - ascing hippies Day playmate Arthur full frontal, with a graffiti defender When Scargill sent down one of his lackeysto deal with us, he explained in the course of heated Yorkshire miners were ignorant and bad to be Socialist pin-ups to read their paper!

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On the evening of Saturday 5 manive meelings took Day march. place to plan for the ocupation Some wanted to remove around the site argued for though ir were a matter of equipment Dihers said constituted 'violence" and was morally rather than tactically For those of us who held the most disturbing thing was that some of the amarchists unilaterally decided to subotage equipment in the compound — not holding accountable either the Torness Alliance or the majority of the ocupation.

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As Scargili began to speak at the rally, at least 50 women stood up and began to chant: 'Scargill is a sexist, he divides a result the the working class, women hold up half the sky, we're not just overcoming divisions in the movement over lactics without democratic decision-making.

disturbing tise jeering which met a proposal by some SWP members to send contingents to leaflet Dunhar and join the Edinburgh May The Scottish NEM and TUC are opposed to Torness being buill and want a moratorium on new nuclear stations. When Labour was in government this was used to justify a strategy of lobbying Been in the Departnent of Energ With Tory David Howell i Piers Corbys leave little to imagination: try Mujesty's pleasure.

Corbyn was lound guilly of resisting the mass eviction aquatters in Huntley Street. He bas been belled until this Thurday for reports. Piers would apprecinte it if as many friends as possible could turn up at Marylebom Magistrates Court on 17 May for his sentencing-

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