Aden: the Left's Responsibility

Harold Wilson has his own little Vietnam in Southern Arabia, Just now we arebeing treated to the usual propaganda offensive which seeks to build up a picture of British troops maintaining "law and order" in face of terrorism, Unlike Christopher Mayhew, who shows his real right wing character in this affair, the left should argue that recent events emphasise the need for British withdrawal, The people ef Aden must be allowed self-determination and be allowed to create their own form of Government, Many on the left are confused by the various nationalist formations. We believe that only the principle of self-determination can be allowed to guide us, We, of course, have no desire to see President Nasser strangle the Adenese movement as he has the Yemeni revolution but the solution is net keep British troops in Aden, Once British troops are out, socialists can then support that section of the nationalist movement which is most likely to carry out a social “transormation, But until then we should demand that British troops leave,