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Socialist Press no. 227, 10 December 1980 · scan p. 12 · about 340 words

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Rally brings Fund to £1815 need a huge force-possibly much as 30 divisions.

They would be met by a barrage of active and passive resistance within Poland.

And there would be economic, diplomatic and military reprisals taken by the imperialists-including still greater military spending by the American warmongers, the complete abandonment of arms reduction negotiations, further restrictions *leading the fight in the car industry and the trade union movement in general for policies that lead towards full-scale mobilisation to bring down the Tory government.

In every instance our movement is able to offer practical guidance based on a body of experience.

As the possibilities grow for a fight to defeat this government, so does the scale of the betrayals carried out by the labour bureaucracy.

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The tasks of a revolutionary movement therefore multiply.

We need to go forward in the next twelve months to develop and expand every aspect of our work in Britain and on a world scale.

We need your help. We need donations-however large or ', London WCIN 3XX. Printed b sarily represent the views of the ' or even an abrupt end to trade, and even steps by the imperialists to further arm the reactionary Afghan guerrilla armies, arm the Chinese, or possibly blockade Cuba.

Such external problems would add to the mounting internal pressures on the Soviet Already Brezhnev's gang is Continued page 2 small-to our £850 Monthly Fund. We need to expand the sales of Socialist Press, Woman Worker and Red Youth.

We need above all to grow as a movement: we urge every reader to consider joining the Workers Socialist League to help us take forward the fight for action against the Tories.

Now is a time for decision. Let your decision be to play an active role in the fight to defend the working class against the most brutal government and the most treacherous leadership since the 1920s.

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← Contents of Socialist Press no. 227, 10 December 1980

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