U.S. prepares to cross 17th parallel

ment united around the slogans and policies of the Young Socialists and the Socialist Labour League for a revolutionary answer to the capitalist crisis.

All trade unionists must now decide to join the October 2 demonstration in Brighton outside the Labour Party conference, called by the Young Socialists around the slogans: • End the wage freeze.

Against unemployment.

Be Sure of Sure your TEWSLETTEI each week Take out a subscription 9s for 12 issues Tame iddress Send this form to 186a Clapham High Street, London, S.W.4 THE mounting loss of US aircraft in the North and men in the South is forcing Johnson and his co-hawks in the White House to make a re-appraisal of the Vietnam War.

The effects of this new strategy will have ominous and far-reaching repercussions in south-east Asia and will tear to shreds the last remnants of the notorious Geneva agreement.

In short, American imperialism 1s preparıng to invade north Viet at its surcensh tac revalu.

What was once inspired guesswork about US policy is now a brutal fact.

This week's issue of the influential US journal 'Newsweek has reported that Johnson's plans to escalate the war by an amphibious landing above the 17th parallel and by the blockade of Haiphong.

This will require By MICHAEL BANDA number of men-far more than anything US imperialism has in Vietnam at the present.

So while Johnson makes unctuous speeches about an equitable call-up of US youth, the draft boards are preparing to conscript anybody—including the mentally defective and the physically infirm.

British participation

And if this policy fails, then we can and must expect increased pressure for British participation in Vietnam. (With George Brown as Foreign Secretary we can expect anything.)

Meanwhile the persistent refusal of China and Russia to be drawn into the Vietnam war prolongs the agony of the Vietnamese people and leaves the door open for further acts of imperialist banditry.

The reply of Kosygin to Bertrand Russell, far from allaying the suspicions of Marxists has in fact confirmed the widely-held impression that Kosygin and Brezhnev are prepared to fight to the last drop of blood of the Vietnamese workers.

However the cynical betrayals of those counter-revolutionary traitors will not prevent the Vietcong from smashing US imperialism and its running dogs' in Vietnam. Liege -three weeks to go THERE ARE just three weeks to the closing date for readers and supporters of The Newsletter to enrol in the trip to Liege in Belgium on October 15 with the Young Socialists.

This is a very big opportunity for any socialist, trade unionist and apprentice to meet Young Socialists of Belgium and other European countries who will be protesting against the war in Vietnam and against the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation.

The number of youth joining the trip increases daily with the Young Socialists' two-week campaign, but there is still room for any Newsletter reader who wants to go.

The all-round cost will be f8 10s from Dover to Ostend then Liege and back. This includes a free meal in Liege and dancing on board ship there and back.

For further details write to: Dany Sylveire, Organiser, 186a Clapham High Street, London, S.W.4.