Cuba! Defend

The Newsletter, vol. 6 no. 270, 27 October 1962 · scan page 1

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the USSR!

• RE you ready tor invasion of Cuba and La nuclear war? The American imperialists decided to risk one. did not consult they did not even ilt their allies in the government. They conspired behind backs of all the numan beings thIs planet to take steps which may eventually lead to the end of life as we know it.

Kennedy's blockade of Cuba is an act of brutal aggression against the Cuban and Soviet people which must be universally condemned and fought against by the international working class.

Do not underestimate the gravity of the situation. The Daily Express of Wednesday, October 24 reports:

•President Kennedy spent the day by his emergency "red phone" as he brought the US into readiness for the big showdown ...

Deadly cargoes

It is from this 'red phone' that the call to end the human race may be given. This telephone connects the vast fleets of nuclear bombers which circle the Soviet Union and its allies and can summon them into action, with their deadly cargoes, at a moment's notice.

We could well be near this moment now.

The Daily Mail writes:

Washington and Moscow are now set on a collision course with virtually no room left on either side for a face-saving withdrawal' Correct, but the responsibility rests on Washington. It is US imperialism which is the aggressor. Kennedy's arguments for war are a mixture of falsehood