The huge success of the Moratorium Day demonstrations in the United States showed that Nixon has failed in his attempts to defuse the American anti-Vietnam war movement. The attempt by certain US officials to witch-hunt the demonstrators by linking them with Hanoi backfired, We look forward to an even more successful demonstration on November 15th,
Paradoxically enough, Nixon's efforts seem to have had much more success in other countries than in the United States. Britain is no exception to this rule, We might say that another contributing factor has been the sectarianism and opportunism of certain left groups in Britain,
Both the Vietnamese and the American anti-Vietnam war movement have stressed the importance and value of actions in Britain, and especially mass actions, When they began the protest movement in the United States there was a very different situation than from today: The opponents of the war were isolated and had an uphill struggle. Support from Britain and other countries helped their morale and assisted in breaking down the isolation.
It would be easy to get over-optimistic about the likelihood of the US aggressors pulling out of Vietnam, No doubt Nixon will try some stunt on November 3rd designed to dampen down the November 15th action, There is no evidence that the US administration has decided to pull out. We can be sure that US imperialism will not give up its struggle to dominate Vietnam unless forced to do so,
At present the only circumstances we can envisage which will lead to US withdrawal are these where it is in danger of decisive defeat because of a combination of military success by the Vietnamese and the demoralisation of its own army,
It is from this point of view we have to view the coming November 23rd demonstration in Britain, This demonstration is designed to show our support for the Vietnamese people and our solidarity with the US anti-Vietnam war movement, By making it as large and as successful as possible we will be materially assisting the struggle to build a movement in the US army against the war,
Supporters of INTERNATIONAL must demand from all left wingers, anti-imperialists and socialists full support for this demonstration,