with the Kurdish movemenr is campietely unverranted You mention in your letter that the IMG has every right to critieise the Kurdish leadership', Surely pis obrin the particular formulations employed Such a basia would hawe existed if QUr TIRI either the /iG had made its support for the Kundish mosement in any way condinional upon the programme of the Kurdiah leadership, or if the IMG's critical remanks had been based on incomect factua!
way to their coffins.
The IMG whoisheartedly threw itseif anta tiis slowy emerging solidarity mov this to inhibit the objective task of parricipating in building a Kurdinh solidarity It is imperatie that ruch a movemont ions may fave with the Kurdish seadership. of the Kurds de broken, -SALEH JAFFAR cpualst nop neiwork, I cin communic.
revolutionaries and recently of our comrades in Chile are a magnificent record of which must he preserved by the revolut1 am very concerned at the apparently LOPA TrESE TITEROBeH habit injects especiafly to the parties of the Revolutionary Left in the criticel months that lie ahead. I would in fact go so far as to predict that su come in our abjectives can only be achieved if the general addiction is eradicated from At meetings, vision of speakers is aften blurred by amoke clouds, and hearing is interrupted by the incessant coughing. The audiences, althaugh mostly quite young, sound by their coughing as if they are well on the Now, with the implementation of Jenkins" new repressive Inpx. a further trightening element is intraducod. All Revolutionary Socialists are threatened by this Act. The Fuzz may be bastards but they are not tooks. How many af you reading this could withstand 24 hours interrogation if the lernsistible weed was withheld? You know you would sing like canaries. And they can hold you for seven days now I suggest an urgent national campaign should be inaugurated now to help our addieted comrades to free themseives of this the very stroagast chain that enslaves them to the exploiters.
Have you ever thought that if ten members of every branch gave it up, and donated half they saved to their branch, no longer would they suffer from lack of funds. And you would foel better, small better, speak better, live longer and above all, vou would be an asset instead of a lability to the cause.
There is oniy one way to do this, and i can telf you it is not easy. Get about ten comrades to sign a paper piedging never again to indulge, then you can help sach ather to stand firm. Hand in all cigarettes and matches etc to be destrayed farthwith, which is the psychological positive action against the anemy. For the firet tivo or three weeks it is heil, and then the pressure gradually subsides Then, with a little help from your friends when you are pulled in for questioning. you can with confidence tell your ingSors To onc o rurane uma. CHELL, Brighton.
I have sent all I las an OAP) can spare-l hope your Fund Drive is a suocées.
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