The Brussells Vietnam Demonstration

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Some 3,000 persons marched in Brussells on October 16th in observation of the "International Day of Protest" against U.S. military intervention in Vietnam called for by the "Vietnam Day Committee" of Berkeley, California. It proved to be the biggest demonstration in Europe. It was a united front demonstration that included all the left wingers of the Brussells regions ~members of the new Socialist Workers Confederation, the pro-Moscow CePe, pro=-Peking C.P. and left-wing Social Democrats still inside the Socialist party, all marching together. The parade was headed by Pierre Le Greve, MP, of the Socialist Workers Confederation; the Liege member of parliament, Frangois Perin; two senators of the C.P.; Ernest Mandel, editor of the weekly La Gauche; Jean Godin; and leading representatives of the youth movements supporting the march. The main slogan of the march was "U.S., Get Out of Vietnam!" and its mood was one of solidarity with the Vietnam revolution and hostility to the policies of American imperialism and the support it has been receiving from the Belgian Government. The march has already had a very significant and important result. The congress of the Liege regional federation of the Belgian trade union move= ment, which met October 23-24, passed a resolution extending fraternal greetings to the Vietnam Day Committee and expressing its solidarity with all demonstrations against the war in Vietnam, The regional federation represents 100,000 workers. The stand taken by the congress is of tremendous importance, This is the first time thet a large trade-union body in Western Europe has solidarized with the appeal issued by the Vietnam Day Committee.