Conversation so far:
What is the Democratic Defense?
Tatchell's book.
When was this book released?
published in 1985.
What was the book Democratic Defense about?
This outlined how defence of the United Kingdom might be assured after the nuclear disarmament that he and the Labour Party were then committed to.
What was his views and beliefs behind this?
the British military was still organised on an imperialist strategy of basing troops abroad rather than on a strategy of defending the UK itself against foreign attacks.
Did he try to do anything outside the book to help his views?
Citing the problems that the British army was facing in Northern Ireland, he argued that their long-established methods were ineffective against guerilla warfare.
What other things did he argue about?
for a range of methods to liberalise the regime in the armed forces so that troops could be allowed to join trade unions and political parties.
Did he have any other views or other rights etc he argued for?
withdrawal from NATO and for the establishment of a European Self-Defence Organisation, independent of both the United States and the Soviet Union.

Question: What was his views on the Soviet Union?
Self-contained rewrite: What was Peter Tatchell's views on the Soviet Union?