was its size. Despite the weather which could have hardly been worse, despite the decline in CND's organisation, despite the efforts of all enemies of the March, and despite the absence of such erstwhile supporters as Mr. Anthony Greenwood and Frank Cousins the final rally was as big as any in the history of the anti-nuclear weapons! movement, It is a fact that © this movement remains the one which is most capablé of bringing people out on the streets. There is no other movement today which could even think of calling for a three-day march,
During the worst weather there was usually no fewer than 5,000 people marching. We argued over our loudspeaker than if only a proportion of these people would join us in the struggle inside the Labour Party important successes would be a*sured, We met some opposition to this srgument and it remains an important task to convince marchers that just as they are prepared to trudge through rain, hail and snow they must be prepared to undertake another unpleassnt job: that of struggling within a party whose leadership they disagree with.
It is the job of the left to elaborate a policy which gives the marchers some perspective of success and which is sufficiently dynamic enough to attract them into the Labour Party. That this must be done without at the same time antagonising the bulk of Labour Party supporters who still want to give ‘their! Government a chance, goes without saying, We have to convince the marchers that moral gestures are not sufficient and that the struggle has to take place at the point of power.