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by York City Labour | Socialist Resistance no6 | page 16

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talked to MICHAEL LETWIN from New against the War (NYCLAW) in London on April 3. weren't accompanied by direct industrial action - the most effective way to oppose the war: In Britain, it seems there is discussion about this but not much more, whereas the German, Italian, Spanish and Greek unions are managing to take limited industrial action against the war. TC: Here there was some limited, symbolic action the day war broke out, mainly in education. I think it was mainly the students and school students who gave workers the confidence to say "well if they are going to do it, then we can too!" But certainly there was more talk than action. ML: But in the US there's not even talk. What is interesting is not that so little has been done but that so much has. A year and a half ago we were very few union voices speaking out, whereas now where you hear labour voices talking about the war, they are opposed to it.

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