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| + | #{{note|ram}} Robin Ramsay '[http://www.lobster-magazine.co.uk/articles/rrtalk.htm The influence of intelligence services on the British left]' A talk given by Robin Ramsay to Labour Party branches in late 1996. This is an adaptation and massive compression of the pamphlet The Clandestine Caucus written and published by Robin Ramsay in 1996. In that the sources for most of the claims contained in this talk are to be found. | ||
Revision as of 19:53, 29 June 2006
As Robin Ramsay puts it:
- In the postwar era, as part of their attempt to manage the entire noncommunist world, the US, often through the CIA, funded social democrats all over the world. They ran a wide spectrum of anticommunist groups in the youth, student and labour fields. Peter Mandelson's World Assembly of Youth was one. The Americans promoted the development of the Common Market. The CIA funded the European Movement.[1]
Website http://www.euromove.org.uk/
Contents
People
Vice Presidents
- Rt Hon Kenneth Clarke QC MP
- Rt Hon Baron Kinnock of Bedwellty
- John Pinder OBE
- Ian Taylor MBE MP
- Rt Hon Baroness Williams of Crosby
- Ernest Wistrich CBE
Elected Posts
Chair
Lord Haskins of Skidby
Deputy Chair
Marie-Louise Rossi
Treasurer
Robert Moreland
Executive Committee Members
Elected by the membership, except those by the English branches ('EB'), or nominated by the National Councils of Northern Ireland ('NI'), Scotland ('S') and Wales ('W').
Three representatives of the Young European Movement will also be nominated to sit on the Executive Committee.
(In alphabetical order)
Paul Bongers de Rath Katrina Bull (EB) Rob Coppinger Margaret Daly Wayne David MP Andrew Dougal (NI) Jeremy Hargreaves Richard Laming Alan Leaman Anne MacKenzie Stuart Sue McGuire Kenneth Munro (S) Les Parkes (EB) Alison Parry Bill Powell (W) Lord Radice of Chester-le-Street Tony Shepherd Veronica Stiastny (EB)
Branches' Consultative Council
Elected by and to represent the regions/nations as specified (In alphabetical order)
Janet Aram - South West John Churchill - Wales John Cowan - East of England Collis Gretton - East Midlands Barbara MacLeod - Scotland Aine McGuire - London Sue McGuire - North West Bill Morehead - North East Les Parkes - Yorkshire and the Humber Paul Sandars - West Midlands David Sloan - Northern Ireland Veronica Stiastny - South East
Secretariat
Director
David Stephen
Staff
Anna Arki Jonathan Church Nella Hodgkinson Ben Jones James Marsh
Notes
- ^ Robin Ramsay 'The influence of intelligence services on the British left' A talk given by Robin Ramsay to Labour Party branches in late 1996. This is an adaptation and massive compression of the pamphlet The Clandestine Caucus written and published by Robin Ramsay in 1996. In that the sources for most of the claims contained in this talk are to be found.
