Socialist Republic: June 1977

SOCIALIST

REPUBLIC

as s.d.l.p. grovels mason promises

MORE REPRESSION

stop the concessions to loyalism june 77 10p

INSIDE;

economic crisis movement for

FIGHT BACK!

Unemployment & Repression ialist republic equal pay

renova political status in the first ations but to meere of agar continual setion and leaving cle lance Bicce 1972, despice the sur- today felt nost strongly be the nest Frorecares, but acove all chronel ing intensity of raida, arrests and attitantly anci-lopardallet sectleds freeden of polfeles| discussion groups were ale art the race, balle barmers and to hame speakins richter polite prisoner in nil the removal of political status The In March 1976 was the culadnacion of a lenethy process of demoralisanti-unionist ghetboes. receding months there wan wally no political activity. on reets; instead a vicious cansectarian assassinations, ite peak with the ass Illing In South Armach round Christras +76, allowed Reea to bring in the Sas murder-squads en the grounds of protecting tha decent citisens against the gunnent, #Elsterization? ws well under way - the SALP were prepared te celk Beits, to the Loyalista; the Coalition in the South echoed the official British propaganda ruchine, openly entertainine so-called Loyalist toonverts! Tike Crate, and entarked on the most repressive batch of repbutch of legislation, ressive in the

MESISTANCE

In thie contest, Roeafa calculated attack on the political prisoners in the 6 Counties was a dieect challenge to the anti-unionist resistances if the Lenaped, LE claar that the resistance had lost its usongst the national ist masses, the process of TUlsterizationt was Lete and that Britain could so on to setting up a repressive governnental apparatus in other vonda, a huge defeat would haw been int- Licted on the national strugtie and the working class throughoat the 32 Couties, Bus now, 15 menths latar, battle to regain policical statue shows little sign of dring. Under the bullier of the eatinen Action Coni sten Jocal comtitties hive been set up in a11 anti-unionist areas in Beltest, providing a denocratic netvork to drak Socal nilicats into activity, with the potential for broadening out into nass anti-repmessian organs of structie,

ACITON ON THE STREETS

In cortain areas, notebly Turt Lodge and st James, local HAC brancles and militants have been directly Involved in Increasingly sharp clashes on the streets against the Bricial Are, Thron hout the Lust year it laa been the Rac which lisa been the constant political and organisational focas for the vanguard of the resistanoes courd for otter strangles and moblisations, In the last few months the anti-mionist people lace on u number or occasions denanstrated cheir opposicion to British oonupatton: - the anti-Poace Merch 1n Peteber, the nass curnout at the funeral of Muire Dran, ands on the St Patrick's Day narobes in Belfast and Deres, Che Easter parade - All chase Ross.

actions hoMe been tied tegether and given colsion and concinuity be the local and central protesta of Che Relatives Action Concietee.

responsible for the ernesleevitalisation of the resistance.

tine the nationalist masses out ef the morass of confusion and dearallaation which allowed Roes te place, and at hea cone chia in tox only any sessible - by oreard ing in action on the streets.

In so coing, the activities of the RáC and those ic las traged off, an he the Rid to the strundle me whoLe have prosed coc ortant point: decline in the level er was andsbarant in the ghetcora-te the ion of the resistanne away fron the rest of tie brish sarline class, population eated, at 0o their basic determination never azain to subrit to the instituticus of the E Do statelet see irpertal- Their confusion one withdrawal fron strucele was the direct result of their excluen tron activity and democratie des Jian-shing osed by the that cha needs of de military shove the al the widest lasers of people possible behind a Clear programe at notion,

POETICAL CHIANISAIIONS

The emergence af the BACal a apontanicus response te this prett tea, which was epidly beconing a barrier to tbe nodibelunes - Let alone che developene - of resistresponsible for settine up the HAT; the springinitially only the Pooples Trac- -racy was lavalved in or panining I the Provog - dil not throw chair the thousition. However, it vas the & publicen priseners in Long Koah who wre dearing the bruct and ir wia their friends and mistime she cank up publicised it, and prosecdes to tuild up an orpinisational appare so, underelly, the Rid has been atus on a local-branch baals, shick sure foml allegianco to se politfor litical organisatico, Fran chit schetine point, the Fac bagated aut

WHICH WAY FOR

RAC

Sheel, In ocher words lie lend sir very inpthat despite the the Vanguand, despite the apparent bellac- So the 6 0os, the anti-mionist vete at so alace detstage did they lose gradual an exclusion hepolicies of the leadhitlonal Itberation Lanediate FiSH TOOPS IS TO BOOCK BAD DENONETHATION struggle denocratic oregnise cion ide clear leader-hip, itiative.

BEHOCRACY IN ACRION

ance, No political organisation us statas in an atesphere of Inserdycampatien for the retention of pol- defend the right or perticipant Itical statas) the sest of the defe organisations bo carry Chair own the leadine anti-imperialist force - only deletes are leved to vote, weighe behind bailding mean oppos- ing comictee on a purely delecte ation, lato a structue allowing the part- mujority of the nilitants are winer delpation of all policical organis- «bo are put into the role of toking The fact that the Rad has cevel- others, For exarple, In nost Lock!

eped its ova independent profile and branches the webers are almost al seratur based ou constant actavlt? soden hereas the person in the can and bas existed for over 4 year ind- 1e a run.

Icates that it cerrespoaded co k specifie need in too resistanoe, dick althor Prori land Sian lein desocratic is possible, not jeet.

sor the revolutieng lefe conle satiary. That need vis abd still 1e for Dorts of organisatioca Praviously de nost nilitunt Juvers vere nore or lask cenpletely uder the inflese of the Praves, not enly an tome ef political idob- Seten ar wores do this, This nears Logy bat alsa in teres of anarist- Son, Dat teday, altocuch 10 true toet thesa militanta scill follow Sepulileon ideas, in their actand practise cher consciousLy intance shanse-is fren piers palitical arsenation, no that ing- Judas Sten Fain. Trey Base tammaeivna Tims on the boliet that enly in astion cal political status be regained, mid that the host of ant particular ormication in te decree of it inolverent in that In that sease it in Lea the and positive deve legraint, in a situation here che policiest organisations ven mable te prorthe vaLua Itself took item independent In- strugle scaiost the troops ondar De cause these militants soro takins up the suntles el pelicical ity which affecte all political beganisations, they ware forded to paise on a decretle basis. They paint to only one conclusions toug stile they Bal cated Me orcatin- Jails of Iccland.

busin, Thus organisations are forced te beat chair politics out in practice to ensum their full represent- But at the same tine chere in a hea cility to policical discussian stic provants to danocratic structures frou reaching their rall potoutlil as a tomas far political dedesate to invol che vidaat poaa le forces, An this is closu compected to the fact that tha vaat question of political direction to This problen can only be solved through a fisht to mike the RiC as allowing the greatest possible about the sap forkend for the stisggle se a hole, and at che sane tine racing spocific proviaive co allow to full participon the one hard gettine at socchea fan children, and on the otter Zocal branchas for won racetir etimes and tee secanted and to consinuat their won political Iller hort of vicil if the RAt is te continue its uctivite and its nilitants are not ta det denoralined, Only the fullest degre al denocracy and policieal Iscussion can shor the anti-untenist nasses that they can have a full vodos in their ain struceles and ensone cheir parciaipation, The enahiring comico.

is a step towards thist while pe presence et the Soul, 1st Menti TrovE in the Turf Loege branch sainly compered of wanen, ahok: the roady accepcability by these militants ar othere the are clearly corructed to setivity in the ditente of policiest atacue and the comes thencelves.

32 COURTE CAMBAICK

The future development of the RAc and the ficie for pelicical statos has been clouriy incientan be the racent course of ments.

The Involvedent of the Turf Ladee sinco peaple of the anda te expel British troops, the outcreak or sia the lecil fac branch took up the its ova organisation, the huge RAt nobilisition for the Porclacise denonstration in Dablin a few weeke ago and the subaequent acceupts by the lill to establish pir magent Links with bodies ie the 26 Cos Like the Irish Cipil Richts Association (ICRA), - all tbese The Mac bus the messons hilit: for Miding a I Counte cano: imin organisation in laholl or ll t This reans prisarily mittee le setson with the Irish Proac in Derry, whose contral demand calls for che fivedan af all political prisoners in Iriah and British Jails, with the Trash Civil Righta Aacociatian io Bustin, with the Calvey Civil Liberties Action Secus, the Batcor Tor toad in Literick, and inieed all these bedies In the 25 Canties shich sore propared to cile nacion in support of che Portiolan hunger-sordkeras continued page T2

On May 19, Minister for Justina, Cooney, announced the setting up of * new committee to examine possible "altematives to inprisonnent", This move is far fron coincidental, coupled as 1E is with the Prisons Ri11, which wns mahed throach the Tail with the full backing or w1] parties, ensurine the excessed us of Jany facilities to house the men of violence! at the Currach and other camps. Follovine Imediately nIber the vate of demands Tor an Enquiry inte condirions at Portlacize and Amnesty Internationalts announcement that it was taking up the case, - few whort welce before the electies, the Entertien is clearly to damp down much at the potential support for a prolonged chapaden and to isalute still sorr the mpression of the arganised Beg ulstlean Movesent fron the direct eperience of workers in the De Countles.

CIPENSIVE ACAINST REPUALICAKS

Tida tiny aincrity" constantly referred to constitutes nearly 102 of the total prison population la the South. Of 760 prisonersmately 200 are plitical pr In the North, the Suuth: ain, chare ate at present up to 1300 to brutal violence and i to brutal violenc backed up by Ene serve as a povertill Idealerie well an legal wor to the active orcanised political nove ment tron the conscious anti-inpertallat separations of the nastes.

CeoniryTa project of attempting to revove the most naked and clarine horrors of the prison system for non-political offenders 1l lastrates that strategy. For British inper- South, chis policy 1s ona or concrol ed then, and even nor inportantly scoutegie Inpartance in their efforts nons Ise the espiratiens of che Irish people for 12-County andty and selt

HORTLISINC POR AN ENQUIRY

At the heisht of tho Hunder Strike, support and calle for an Baguiry peristently give, Workers throughout the countiz, Trades Cous ALL OUT ON JUNE L8th cils, County coucils, Trade Union Branches, organisations such an the dAk, Conradh as fortice, Clyi1 Nights Irish Civil Rights Association on ortanisations, adole commities, and June Iith in Cork, is the first

A TRADE UNION

CAMPAIGN

AGAINST

REPRESSION

TUCCAR stands foe seamed withut chane isler that 700: Repeal of the Oilences Again the Stone Acr thise Tanel fom pahis •abolicion of the Special Criminal Court - can word hopele • Trade union acces to gronin: independent Inquiry into prisin conditions: • Atalicion of copital perishnem • An end no rie me of cust pod police sit don- d S00s • An and to medicical restrictines on press and becalcasting.

all out for june 18th

ACTION

bed his way. Fragmented and without a eliar focus, the upsurge was alltalin and its supporsors, North and oved to aleintegrate, what was need In an initiative mitch can mice gait.

co sash che reststance and denoral- all those who atoed out in defense of political rights and seninst stabe repressien. It is the Innedlate and urgent task of all socialist. and Republicans to tight tor an independent, fully representative and rocallable Commission of Annuiry, act- workers novenent North and south Ing with • workers Mandate, with or Without the consert of the State, The demonstration, called by the 111 1

TOCCAR,

K111 and lal: ma speeder quiry. The REPRESSION Has Been Condemned But

ONLY MASS

WILL DEFEAT IT!

journalists, added to the wave of in- crucial step in that direction. * diction and anger; hat still Deoney mint ensure that this demonscrIon is supper ted nenbers and vich offidal homers by all those Trade Indenista, organisations and Licitiduals bacitine cle caul Tor ar 32this vill bot accus spontaneously, but needs to be fourhit for at every - lead, insife the Tabear, Republicon une student serent. It 18 -lear that lara sections of con want an Enquiry, hat there is con- Tunion and lock of alurity on how to get it, socialisti and Republicans must answer that confusion by proslaine a clear perspective, pressing Tiraly toe an independent Comission to be elected tron all there Trade The appearance of TUCER - The Prade Inian co-dreiniting Correctos Against Repression - L) a very welcome daveloprent in the Ticit weinst repression in to 2a CawtL.-, Trod ditterens unions - Local devement o Fuckic services logon, Nataonn Emian el arnalists, Associated sleetitic, technical b Kateril Starte, NEX-TASS, Che Iroat - she Have a track record in their unions as beine totally nainst all copreselya legisiation - TUCCAR propides a central Tocos for ring trade union militanes she ine convinced or cho leed to lame the Cigar aptinst repressien inco too Litour nann/sc, itive aspect af Tuczak is that it hes almact on the allegisnce of the verters free Tuslin, Bellina, Naxen and Linerick vow cursed fion cheir veroplicas in apposition to repression. Iber knew quite sell, as che TOCAR Nay-Pay staberent orphasised that it che trace aron rovereet ia cet to the fore in renisting the oxcensice and too ahe or bhuse repressin powers einst republish activiste and others, in will Le In a poor position to stop enerachent of warkerst rights.

armed with the demands listed below, lan call d a conterence fer July It to oscabllib and extend its bese, SR trace union millance succested that this confernce be boilt around the dered fer a pubiie enquiry. Ibis could provice a there for trade uninnists co identify with and mould priven the conference retting beezed down in the writude argedsatianal squsiblen tast would deselop is the stallen of real palitical debater with this approach and are loo asking for delorecions fran the rareas bedies who have called tor a pullie arcader into prisen candicions to attend an obverses, then be appreached to release a Joins putlic scotent declarime beir Linchess to sit on any corrussion of anguiry ar salar suomissiece to is.

The TUCK confinice should In the blew af the SR, take the initiatin ulic tegin ancile towarde the poetruction of an independent coralson with the full and direct particiation or the trado wien novocut, in particular the ICTU. NElle resolution, hive been Tararded to the LoPsU, Inal, and ICTE confanno there can be little deatt this these will largely namin paper resoluticas.

Coming tier into active preparatic for an independent cosnission el co-

NER TRADE INTON CECUS

Unions, branches, arganisatime are associations supportion the Jeru for an Innected Enquiry, for suck a Cordsadon be be ae= up would, beeves, caly be clie indeial step, Ihe real strucele vill rese in Eulian a use carpale As the foril evenscration prered, around that Camissien, fer roost mation, tor the richt of eutiy to nd for real iccion to der prison. le Take on the Tidings or the Enquiry. - ALL SUFFOET TOR JUNE 15th1

- FOR AN THERINTE INDEFENDENT

CONMISSION OF ENDETRY!

- FOR A 32-OOUNTY MASS DAMPALIN IN

DEFENCE OF POLITICAL PRISONERS1

Lette Primkete Invelvin, trace unten nilitunts The nost pas- The herbers of ICCi larvely azie?

It was dise suerested that those deleracions mine TICAR can plar a vital role in trans-

The internaTlonal economic recessinwhich began in 1973 and ended by mid- 1975 for most of the advanced industrial countries, of 1976. In Ireland since The mistakables INt FEAr 45 In 1927. itemational standands thin fairly Inpressive. perwet Butts Poetinies. as internationally, the new upturn a sewing the seeds of a further recession so too the recovery In Ireland is limited and costradictory. Jocop lorens in still at recession Level; Inflation te running at rate of 14% which is still one of the hichest in Lurepes the Lachester is still greacly strained with a phenomost nacianal debt or t4 billon which eats up 109 of Luna In Interest repammencs - in addicion a substantial part of this I4 billion has to be paid back in tixe next few wearst tinallythe hulance of payments Is showing a huge deficis which will Flee fren E175 a (last year) to 1260 m (this year). The overridire problen of Irish caitalian at che nosent a the huge National Pebt the Excheoner has co cepe with. It is hoped that the beneficial effrets af the ecanenie recowry will emaile the povertnent to start cotting this problen under control. But the worsening belance of paymenta diffelt thrustens this possibiller. The key to avoiding this threat in co improve tho balance of proments or making exports nore competitiv Tils can only be done by keeping coite (lea wages) down. Jast as during the depth of the recession, so too in the recovery, the watchvord of trish capitalism remains Hace Restraint - * fact which only underlines the superficial nature er the recevery.

Maser Fill Meatn Since 1970 che espleyers and povertment have succeeded in inposing a series of National Mize Agreatent en verkers witch have eradually wittled orders.

dosa chete annual real vage increases cheir Elzin honda down.

to the point where laat year mal cartes actuslly fell, This year, on the face of it, annioyers and sorernment seen ant for a repeat prefortunce. Hourly vage and salary rates under the wrent natlonal wige agreement ane Likely to Pise by 8-95 (according to che Central Hank); by puccing in a lot of bours vorters will increase cictra chin total earning by 13%%, But, th excel of inflation vill be 142, Than even taking the figures most flattto the emplayers and povernwe see chat chey vill pay rent workers less than thay die laat year and get a hell of a lot nore work aut er chen st the same time.

Eep Lowers to Chane

LEASEACHE

fortunately the employers and goversome and dried met. sent are hot yet Assatisfaction of The disguiet and the tors of the many workers with current Arreearnt brought a warning Free Lian Congrate (speaking, approgriately chouch at the annual dinner of the Federated Enton of Imployers) that the Agreement would have to be strictly adhered to. In reely the vice-presidenc of the Irish Transport & Ceneral sarieat Union (ITWU), Firtin Kemedy, declared that with the present rate of inflation the Union» adcat have to abandon the agreement and press for tutter distante

THE

ECONOMIC

CRISIS

behind the manoeuvres The Huff of Cosgrave and his cron- Tea was seen called by the buileing The building workers won The ease with wich the building workers won underscores the contatirity or che whole parking class and tha fear of the enplayers and geenent of getting involved in a confractacion that could paik off a whole phose of struggle. In this sitution not anly are the prospects for the presene KVA din bur the possibilities or snocher MA favourable co the employers is even more INtole. It is pot surprising therefere chat whispers ent already be heard among employers about changing the structure of Male and emen of a retarn co celleccive bargainine", It is sor that the fue and the coalit- Los sure a headson clash with the watk- level then it plays Ence the bends ers - cher are in no condition for The problen such a test of strengch. te that the ShAts by slaving dewn che rise in sages has also acted as d pressice to narrow differentials betveca airies groups and cateseries of sockers and the recoiling toro of chis process threatens to rip spurt the whole collaborationiat frarevol of the NATas As the annual Reporte of the Central Fink puta Le 1 uthe altering ef trailicionel relativicias betwien different groupa of 1nook: varies ney also be a petential sauce of costepust pressure". what the emplesers are alring at 1s a mare Tasil, tradenor witch will all- weless rach derands are put forwar on then to buy off with redstiricies, the stronger sections of the serkor's while sticking the beet in all che sere timly on the mass of erdinuy vorkers.

TRADE: UNION UNITY VITAL

It is in this contest that derants within the unions tor a retuen to "Free collective bare ininin mast be judged, If tree collective bare- Movement for a Socialist Republic

IRISH SECTION OF THE FOURTH INTERNATIONAL

I WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE M.S.R.

MAME

ADDRESS

The Secretary, M.S.R. 3B Clanawley Roed, Dublin 5.

SOCIALIST REPULIC, In order. co vulnerable to infiatien mention the cost ef distritution.

so if you bate any spare nones, no racter hoo sell, please le co The Blitor c/o 36 Clanklay Road, Killester, Dublin S. aining singly neane wage negoctat- Ten at latividual plant or inton of thie englayers. Soch a procedure sold certainly benefit toe strong: sectian af vorare but would leate the wanker secticas Tae behind.

Fake ef pecting rid or the Not sud the Employer-labour conference must not be contased vith deing away wie centralian polleceive bargaining nation level. The amity and pover of the tools trade union novatent is indiapensille for detasking too incorests e all workers. Relativity Jenands a of course le a polartill veapon for shushing the chains af the Mit tut oв part of n general plen to cefor cho living standarda of 221 acrka thy could love che opposic attor increasing the balance of rorces Tasear of the Explayers ind the Do ernnent.

ASH TRADE UNION CAUCUS

WORRIEST FIGHT Is # bensabeet prodted by send undon centers of toe NUPEMENT FOR A SOCIALIST REPULEE.

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JACK MERTHY ADELESSING

CHE 1H5015

tand has alceady reached eriuta proportions. tors are that the sitiution la Ikely to deterdorate rapidly in tla near future, In the ismedinte tema Harold Binks (Vior President of the Trish Corieress af Trade Unions) told the recent (Nay 2]st) amul madrar ter cinde councils that in the nest tew sonths the nunter of werplosed wanli tep the 126,000 marh. In Che midian toze the picture in jest as bleak.

Acceruing te a surves of the.

ceronia und Socii Roscarch: Institute unerpleymac vill rise to Iu, SE by 1950 Leaving as vitis too and a half tines nore uneployed than Italy, our nearest rival in the B.E.C. In thia situation che ptoblen. of uenplement braks down into cio Farts - preserving extating jobs and creating nev ones.

FICHTENG RENUNDANCTES

Incil now the graeral attitude af the trade unions cowands closures and lar-offs has leen to cet the Thia was an attitude shared by the rank and file whe believed that chair star an the dele quene voul be sboct and fdrly wli-gald.

as the proport lon of permunently bene fits gradualiy scale dove neny workers are beglaming te see redundancy achena se a trap. change in putlcck vas neidected in the spouch of Joce Malhnl] (Ereaident of the ICTU) at che annual Connelly Connerstion when be hit out vigorously as "the practice of selling Jobs for easy noney".

Of course it is easy to noke red tioted speeches over the grave of Corbolly. But can vorkers now tais it that the policy of che Inien Navenent is to restat redundancy?

And what are they to alvocate an an alternativ to redundancy?

In the first place trade union activists shoald ensuee that Malh- "lits "scatinents" are translated into hend policy bo Amediatoly puttine doan resolutions lused un Nr, Mahalia remarko, at thoir branch carmictes, execatives tisdos.

comelis etc. In chat way le will scon energe vether br hot the Chion herschy are Just boving hat aic.

HERENO DF THE

AFLOSEN TS

The mesplogeent aLtaacion In Iro- In the secend place che alternatio to mededany = ind ald the Antica? supped out ith clesure then abvlously stat.

intervention is regalred, fireely in the ferm or legislation to ensure the proper nemes to conpany recards tor workera and to prevent the withdravel or tramster of assets ete.

Secondly, in the forn or direct Tinnciil aid in cases where n Tirs nan geruinely been barkrupte! by employers nicrauseenest, But is it sitely a cuse ef giving noury ta treftietent and wascr- Rous vag lovara sho ane just as likely to squarer such noney" Ang funding of private frits mist be linkod to sote kind of natianalisation where vorkets have n veDo aver minarenent decisions which they feel ane bantal, poses an even broader question wince i decisien wilch alshe be ln the interesta of ene group af In abort any realistie troup. fight azalnst redundinctes poses the necessity tor planned Broduotien-

CHEATENE NEW

JOBS

It is around the need for overall boet redundancy parmenta posalhles planning of produceion that the ficht aguinst redundancies dovotails with incredible stratens for Job creation, But On cop af replacerent far jols lowt werplovei increses and unenployer each year 30,000 new joke (about hilt of wich would have to te in red armunlly Ir angtbing near "nill Ihe new co be achieved in the next decode.

THE USHMAY

UNEMPLOYMENT

enes has to be clearly Ifa timm is threatened And tais vorkera nicht be fumful for anther Whien one realises toit in 1973/75 ( thụ ment ig to be elinnited. che namitaccuring sector) are meeu- expand che stute sectoratth partieemplognent" (i.e. 45 monployedt) te Induscrial prajecta

A HARCE DUCICE CURLIR IN THE 1950TS

A PROGRAMME

OF ACTION

UNEMPLOYED TO CÔNTEST ELECTION

March Six- Deep In Dublin Intest dates avellabio) employnont actually fell by 10,000 in the tumufacturinr sectar then Lt. beecnes ebrious that a comprebensive and de tulled Blana ta axgloit evy Pesaurce atellable nst be pot auto practicn If the accurge of wertpuopas far ar gearonde plancing -s concermed the polier or the conde union Thres it diffinie to cperate.

leadership is ineffectire and toreever danse-eus to norkine class unity net new jade bo arsated bromelly Por axample, Harald Banka calls fora ations?1 Stsca Developent CerporatSon to aler emphasis an nav proticabel Buch a policy esn neen calv one of too chings: to confer.

KENSPAPKR CUFFINE THOO LER

Ebr arented at 1) naw Jogs are to the espense of the privete secter ind what ix te happen ta thase vorkera in the private seccar veow iro po co the vall ss a result a he Stites super-etficien.

ii) the State sactor vill not enor inte corcetitlen with che profitatle private secter mt will contine desil?

to areaa ahen the private sector Asir the quescias irises: Bon vil1 30,000 on che basis of unprefitable aper- In the end tham to ao was around tle challenge of the private actor excopt ca ace up to ic. lad thir пеаля draing up e congreheasize economic and social plan within stick the prinste secter vill lo cenp:1)e1 Naturalie ratioci- ¿netion of kay sectors of the eco.

crn auch as the Fanks and a State conopely ef foreien trace veuld be esseatlal to sach 4 plan, But cho wey te such a plen coull not be the urealistic and politiedily pretatire noas lationelisstieo - c prospect which cartain reformist sectiens el the Teft use to try arsl discredie the ides of a centralized eenamic abc soci-l pasn - but surter ontrol in the Ton ot veto over tanagenest stich vould ensore that the tems of che Nan wore adhered tc.

ANATOMY OF LOYALIST STRIKE

"PAISLET THE SUPER-/L0P" was the headline of a Doblin evening newspaper on the firkt dar of the United Unico- Ist Action Council (LUAC) strike.

It was clear from the outset that this was the hope of ainost every section of the ruling-class in Britain and Ireland. Mhat was not so clear vis the roasen for this unanimity: vas it because, as Jerry Fitt and Inn Paisley neincained, the erriedal Unionist Parcy (OUP) and the british government plane another pover-sharing governent?

The tact that the OF deseribed such succeations as "slander" alkI that the chief Undonet nevspaper te Balrast - "The Newsletter" rapilried out of all propertion a statement ky Fianna Fail Inader Tack Lach about waiting a United Ireland in order to prove its anti- Catholie credentials tells us innedlately that all talk about "sodalr ates" being everyone against the.

strike and Mextrenists" being the sall truculent ninority who suppocted it is groundless. We vill see that the divisions within laylian vere tactical and that they centre around who can best defend the Northern statelet and strenuously oppose all effeets to rid it of Ita sectarian features.

STRIKE BRINGS EXTRA REPRESSTON

Even if the strike took IT days to "rop the significance of its defcat, ar che degree of suppert it achieved, should not be exaggersed.

Secretary Of State Masoo went aut of Ids way to agree to nuny of tine strikets demends when be hed a noet- Luntard pover-station workers.

He prondaed to beef up the Rayal Eister Constabulary (FIC) and che Ulster Defence leginent (CI), stiffen up tanti-terrorist! Tas, and maice greater use af "covert techniques?

This was designimolying the 505, ed to impress these renetionary vorkers livine in the heart or Pai:ley country that Britain was not *gort! on Catholies. One of the main elements of propazanda about the strike has been the that the Rod and the Beits story were not soft on the loyalise thurst engaged in tintinidation! either.

According to Gerry Fitt this has Led tu Inervased trespect for the cathelie community. By AS In the third day of the strike however it had becose patently obelous that the tope of repression the REC was peine to inflict on the Catholic ghettone was not intended for the An incideot In Sandy Bow strikere. Loyaliats had Illustrates this. Hacked a nurber of streets leading When the RiC into the city centrearrived they weat up to the picket Ines and chatted freely. It wan only sal the th canerss arrived that those blocking the road vere ever-so-gently directed to the pare-

INTIMIDATTOK OR KILLING SUPPORTS

As the strike paled sone nonentire hot the Tflopt in the firet veek, uncle strained too much credibility, * new treason one found by the British and Irish vella: Intimidation.

Thia has been a cine-honoured taxof wis the troubles bare plana cion" continued alone with the clair that only a tiny nicority of extresses support illegal para-ailitary activ- The Texperts putting forwand such theoriest never nee to be able to underatand that tim tridation of chis type cus only be successful if thare is none degzee of brand support Tor it, eapec timeciah Lilly when a notorioca-s would i1ke to force Like the RUC stop it, Thus, as with the prerious although loyalist and use toad be Intinidatian was used, that the strike did not ruby to say Most of have significant support.

the Protestant-dorinated factories In West Belfast closed in the first Iew days. Tho taure of Larse, Portadown, Barbiridge, and Ballywena Ince arain the Prot- Losed down. entant working-class deranstrated its reactionary loyalties.

ists who didnt back the spathised with its airs: the Reverend Martin Sayth, Seard Kenter of the Orange Order, scated that he thouslit that the Action Coune12 should walt until arter the loca calling councli elections bifore the strike. This le tha key to umerstanding the tactical diviaions that have threatened the inity of the United Water Endonist Council

IRITISH STRATEET

All loyaliata vart a return of s00rsomE because it cave che Uniendst Boungeaiale graster local contral which allowed then to consolidate their contral over the Protestant working-clase end extend their dear Ination orer the Cacholde runority.

ing with representatives of the Balt- Ir de chas Jogal power tit cile Ies= isin pround valch it rossiles la the relationshin between heatsiretor Is vas argund in the last Issue of SOCIALIST RET- UBLIC Britain is sar actively seeking to satisty chia deraml by coabining un increased level or repressing with the strengthening er Lesalist controlled lecal government and the increasing of 81x-County Since representation at Nestirinster.

Honopalised Unioniet repthe OUP: resentation on bott bodies prier to the Hay 18 CouncIl Elections it was fully behind this plan.

ignoring che LOVE and Cleating 130 candidates for the 526 seats 1t hoped co aut-unbeavre its exand win the battle for partaars loyal iss Inadership. PaisLeyta Denocratic Caionist Party (NOP) retaliated by joining the Action Council set up by Kenest Baird's United Dater Intoniat Party (UNe] and an assorted maber of para- Entil the electrene of the Crininal Law BELl (ELB) and the State of Erersenas the only oppositioo to the escalation of State repnession in the South sue coming fron those who were already comitted to a more or less global opposition to british Irperialian.

But since the CLE and the energency there bis been a gradonchance, In the Indelil gosse (fror 1969 ta 1974) the repression was justiried in the cantest of refarning the Subsequently it Six Counties. was seen as a naans of placating the extine Loyalista and tore- -telling thede recurn to powers

CRISIS OF PENSPSCTIVE IN THE

RULING CLASS

Teday the era of Sunningtale and power-sharing in over; and as che Leadera er the SEP and the Northern CatheLie rdddle-class have repthe current eatedle pointeday out. British policy of muckine tine is in fact wouring den the Trederste" camp and velghing the acales in farour ef lesalian. The credihility and legitinitsey or the Southern statela repression is The repression Le under strain, beeswing to appear in Its true light, not as a detence of "denocnatic progness" but no an unquesttoning reapense to the dictates cr Sections of #riciat Incerialisa. the milling claas see the doneer of this and are "sounding off" to propar their defences for the futares At the same time the lover middle belasa (petty bourgeoisie) vo are threatened in inpertal isn bat who, characteristicalis, had Musinns in collaboration with their eter are taking tright and sounding the Wit it vouda bo an exconatiog te say that the southers Tourreoisie are beginning so ane suffering a crist, of confidence Direct getion in with rogant to their mpressior yel- rial scoppens h acles it is nene theless in to say that. the Initial atares of aust a avis is does exist. Thin crisia can be observed at Targ arterent levels, it che highest level 1l can be seen in the ron- Flict betveen the Calinat and the President, leadin to 0 Zuls1alts milit direc to th 5o Sti Ly tH fran get minstr In the ulta.

THE CO

Comper ection shara guard antary ed ver rote j481 C have gather

COTCL

trying thia e pat cod

FRE

resIs subsequent Linit the Cra by the Su Tall th in Fianne forn of a grinch Втен кі Cuence Party the puarile Loft scored te c In nobilising the the quascion of t of thia tha crisi throuch the oppos such organisation Comissian for Ju (a frent for the the Glener and Reconciliatio Tor Sacdety, Work Christi, the Ir Civil Liberties 0 array deberal is These hawe been! Tines with Its e3 brutality and sor the Pertlae ise li el local goverme iciary ate, him

WORKIND CLASS 16

The Elserdantatio class has emateo the elenentary a stincts of the Ti en by mall grou titlin, Linerick The swaloning is lested in the mur and declaratians branches, trades Tassociat lons atc Ive of de Irdah

eups, sone of then filiated to the CET. • failure ina a reverse because wile Deltaints Icy vas pushed further there was no tRetur - and it was procisech una to pull the rue the Masen-OUP strategy back pover via the Westal Dovernt axia. atla the CUE Called te its position in the althe Balance of forces Lit back into the clutch- It can guly contes! by alvine pith the Bir. see by analyaing the res-

ELEUTION RESELTS

the I975 Convention El- CUP and Due held cheir vote bat both the Vanist Party (VIP) and the split from it over trolelont, the LUEP, declin- The ovenill loyalist on Just mater sos to a riflectlen af th In the not all. L events the me vould i the best poettion to support, but only under ViC which the dup 1a There wal no stror. derabat Cnionian la n - the Alliance Party pport by absorbing the

STATE

ter the and the piacad on legislation. "Wish- Court. is takes the he Labour on of che 1 success and file on Cutside asses itaelf In the meuntine, valoed be he Triah and Peace Ic hierarfar Pasce re Incerporatad r Peace, Rex eistion of di the Att- British IgorisTian in by the Irish of Carda have decisiva atly around Up till nov trika severrecognised its ex-Jodies, their voices. be ruling wn tien where erialiat ineking o the sucTein et induate lady been takeze rally refi solucion ide union i2n, tenant 1 the mancutis of Trade old Fruliner/NILP vote vidle losing A Lot of groued west of the Bann.

On its own neither loyalist party can control nost of the countle but together they can restore thair iron grip and the atructures of the statelet vill push then in that direction. The only altemative tor the OUP is an arrungerent with the Alliance Party which hovever han to he prised apart fron the aDle. Such a rife hes been opening since the fall of the power-sharing executive in 1974 but thin process does not appear to have reached the point vero At lance cit be formully Integrated Into the loyalist block. Son at local level would speed this process 4p, especially if the security Assue is played up- Weat or the Barm and in other areas with 4 Catholie najoricy the C0C res aina Intact, and che OUt relucalna Itself by aupporting the policies of the DUP right down the line, I extra pover 1e to he given ta the councils even the possibility of a Catholic mujority must be miled out - the author of the retors which stripped the councila of nost of their powers, Machery, now wints 3 councila based on belfast, Coleraine, and Craizamn in order to "gut away front the diviaions betvoen Fast and Weat

REPRESSION

government offensive Inions was foroed to pubilely dec- Jare its opposition to repressave In addition to these, nass cultural orcatinatione such as Conradh na Queiler and the GAl have been used lately an vehicles for expressing popular discontent with the growth of repression.

VANGUARD+ POLITICAL LEADERS

as these developnenta continue to unfold, them exista a fairly large vunguard, (comprised not Just of lepublican atrata, but also or the far left which now ban a credibile 1° as yet anall influence in the trade unions) with an underatanding of bow the repression is connected with the manoeuvres of Ireland, Given the ete of lux that exista, the intervention of thin rangard can Inpor talle. the caneuend lis nat rode ss a petential

SOIP IN TROUBLE

Where does this leave che BDLPT In the elections its overall vote did not change signiticantly hut sectarian it mobilised vers near the hill Catholic vote in a number of strongly Republican areas ae thet it now deninates a muber of com cila wat of the lam alone with Newry and Hourne. to do this befora because of ubstantion, boycoct, or support for send-Provo candidates such as flu- Ityt in Fernannch. a lot of ground ageinst Shese currente and alse crushed some bourgenis Lalependente who tried te mount a challenge on tiede right.

Even the threat of a DUP/OCT colit The increased support was not ret- Lected in a Jump in their overall I Tote bartle because of the faet tha In sone areas they did not put up enough candidates to take advantage of their cains - for Inatuise Gerry Fittis tee surplus gave a seat each to the Repubi Joan Clubs and the Alliance Party is there vare no ather Sile cantidatos in che area - and partly hy a decision not to contest areas that had been fourht before but where there was In aplee of this the politieal resule of all the factori wi have mentioned leads in one general direction: n reneved attack on the

SBEP,

layer and guiding focce too a meas upsurge in defence of denocratie rights, concent to aperate with ics ova forges and with its own leted ar conscioussess. or the vanguard is imartant, but alibe insufficient to mobilise the broad runs of working peoples Ke amount of exbortation and sloganeer- Ing will dnw the masses into act- Ion at the sane lovel az the vinmard. The musses can assinilate a full anti-isperialist consciousnot by havine it shoutes at the nore pollelestly aware, them her their own experience of Hat Im Thug the key task of struggle. chase who it already consciously anti- mperialist is net to arouse the messen by militant example, but to draw thea into strugle threach the appropriate arganisation l chamels, Itica denands thet da nat lose sight of the inexperience of che пиляет. should buse ourselves on the baciowardness Not the russes since mooris all sectalists are acted shat che conscinutess on the Fise anti-imperialist direction, point is to such a way as to mole cantact with this elementary conscisusness and to propel it fonard.

JONARTS A MASS ANTI-IMPERIALIST

HOLEMENT

The resnakening of the rassest wotiangerialist consciousness in che South, is The reperal rights (c.. Self-Determination) Saw not even baan raised ian as a shole, Thece bas been widespread response to pression arcad the Crirtial tok Bill and the Freergency Lawl and to Porticular Instances of ic (ear.

police brutality and spicee con aleions). But even here, it lus not been oo an on-going basis nor has dE taken the fear or mussnobi Lisations. contiened face IT It had failed The party geine no hope of a seat. Mason in Having 1ala Basionat Land; the assalt on the chettoes with Southern Foreien Minister Tits- pronised by Mason combined with = Le has been amora looking, This salt activies and on the bust of pol- This is pes to suy that ve spot. of the musses is now and adving in i enner- The put forkand deenda in such as chis, as yet uneven and hesitant, questions of denocratie PolItical 6 Nations! La apposition to repress-

DATE CARROLL

Gerald and the loralfats about local governnent retom'; in the south the ruling class is preparing a carpedo lodest Artieles 2 6 3 of the Constitution which express support for the concept of a United Treprohible paradlitary murder canpaica will alse have ita reprecies-

TASKS CE SHE RESTSTANCE

Tha Tailun of che resistance to forse ni effactive to chad of strangle going beyond an incredsingly ater- Ile nilitarist is leading to an even greater division batvean it and the Catholle messes now putting more trust in the SDIP. Mhile ace of the support it got probably ref- Lected a desten to throw veieht behind a single force aftar the atrio it was also a resile of the wilitant verbal pose adopted be the party since its last conference. In other wands tha Catholle aiddle class 1s still capable of politically hage annising a reneved desire to fight Unionisn. If this scranelebold is co he Sroken the reneured of chai struggle must concentrate ba-ceb- Mildine ics lie with the masses and che most effective vey te do chia la t. put the SOil on the When it talks it must be challenged co take secion, ita blutt hes to be called, Forbal condereut- Sona cane cheaply Cron the senths of the likes of Paddy Devlin and Seamus Mallon, A villuable appertwetty to bania doing this was lost becruse tbere was no revolutionary pres- Paletone if ic is ca roll beek the Fleed er reprenaten and it vill be made no easier throug errors Stopping the recepsitien: af layilian - now raduced to two main blocks - neana tearing the struisjacket of constitutional nationalien off tha adsority as a viole and showing those parts of it shich rerain contitted to descraying che statelet root and branch that they must take action weich geta the support of people vith a Lees aranced anderstandine of the causes of che troubles and thas shattors thair recordat 1l1ceians.

To fail to see this is to fail to churt en adequate pourse for tae struggle in the beat poriod ant witness a farther asian of the resistance halpleaaly.

NOW COMES THE CRUNCH

female teles equal pay:

METHORS OF STRIDDER - SERIOUS VLIRNESSES

#sagpointingly these those striker vere seen by the Post Office Voukerst Unien (PON) Leadership as a Deals of forcine che Departuant er Posts and telegraphs Into yet another series of talks, under the Civil Servive Arbitration scheme (4 bode under tbe than of the Tegartent and no doubt a use ful "delayer" ut any conclusions to these talles). it no stace, ventin stilles seen as an adequato or paltahie nethod of forcine a victory far tie sonen. The strike carmittee which plased the role of "support-buildine" body for the series of strikes, and bond Little decision mylcine Influence, nost of which war left to the Powt branch committee; in addition it seemell hesitant in summonine the support and active involvement of other sections of the POWD membership throughout the postal service. There call Be little doubt that the traditional probileas of wonen vorkers? lack of confidence and experience (farther accentuxted.by their involvement in male-dominated unions without access to their ove nouadred meetings) reflected themselves song the women telephonists of furcher entrenched the Regenny of the 1Ü tra-conservative leadership of the

PONT,

GOVERNENT AND EMPLOTER RESTSTANCE

These vere bot the only pressures at work on the sonin, They vete subjected to a massive barraze af propaganda fron the governnent and che Employers. The resistance to che womens! elain his been fserce, Brien, with Conor Craise Minister for Posts and Telegraphs, as the nain orchestrator of the compaden, Kot only did he (also a member of ITCH No. 2 branch which has put desar a motion to its annual conterence calling for full support on indastrial action on egusl pxy) declare againat the wunenst right so take industrial but be also attempted to carr actian pletely distort the worens? clain.

This was countered in a sall my Ly the wilton themselves and their supperters ic Irishonen United (Ixt) she produced 400 posters for macional distyluten which delon the real and truthful aspects of dar veners dain. this is for coul muld have far-reaching effecte on pay in the pay officer has found that the vork pertormed uperydoors la equal in value to that perforned by it takes oo skill, physleal or nenwiking contitions. There comendation cotlutions that are continaine on behalf ou have been campaigning for equal pry aloce about series of one-day striken in support of orarion liss asine!,

BASJ5 OF RUSTSTANCE

total collapse. Thua action on equal put under che hat- Jonel Vage Acreatent. ephonists, vould inclicitly smash Pullie Service as equil pay is conand if wou chrough the pressure of heek tha atraitjacket of the Nt.

so at the level of geferneat and "contrei" ci the aconers this aqual ions. the buce problons of manplaymens, are frot the frontsthe most imediute and significant.

For the FIE, victery on equal po for the telephanists ions of von vorters, has sharpened theie possibility of real escap paye an far back fer FaT, thes Аст, tasically how to avoid aqual pay.

In the industrial wear, this decpay for cqual work, with the nolatenance of a 200s at distinet night allowance, and got as Cruise Tor the nicht allovance te be paid te day vorkaest It 1a cr course no surprise bo us that the resistince of both the coverntent and che verplorers - as represeaced his the Fadersted taten ef Erplorars (PLE) should bove seor He Newaive and persisten. Both are caught in the esp at sappercing ac scenary which is clearls sufferie severe blovs and headies Tenda The response of ger ernment and employers his boon te follow a policy or cut-bacis 1m State expenditure ond save restraints are the entereo on "ahomaly" Des inscreases in the public service, and the virtual bamine of industri:] cloin, 2 victory fer the yosen telthe enharge an pay increases in the sidered an "actee under che Matindustrint action, seld zuccesstally alain has wide-ceaching inplicat- The Coalitian, faced vich and ensuing sectal unhosal, le attmutine te squash a mounting press orking class on al the issue or equal pay leine snareness of the afrees, place could have do large sectdetemination be detent the 1974, In preparation 1975 legisiatien co concl Anti-Discrimination Pas circulated a document on went advised the establishment of specifically the inplicatiana o strasing here, real equal pay stica would Solicitly nean a shelle ro-gradina of vanenst traditions jobs, Baere taries she typlete woulil then be elassified as skilled workers, egael pessibly to plunbers and ficters. Le nest instances, save for a taw sall victordes, the enclovers have been successful in using this nethee. Think vat would harren one beth those votes whe here accepcad calbot even started to seek equal pay, it the celephonists acre to win a straight equal pay claim! Het andy anone wollen, would there be great dissatisfaction, but anong large sections of male workers who soulf Dealian that vonene! law and une qual pay bad In fact acted as a welche on their level of posa what is corious Iron all thia is che urent need for all militance to 12c clade unions and kenans novadent to understand the strategic inportance or the fielt for equal par, as part or the averall rightluck against germ erent policios an ecegonic issues and on equal ripts for seen.

If che Colitien - or for that noccer Fiana Fil and other partses and In lyldusie saling votes - stand in favour of ecual spits fer ven, they must be forced te comit themseles to implementine coo of che nost basie, the right to aqual par- Also, ealy a detemined effert culminating hopefully in victery, by soma porkers, on aquel par car concretely anaert their might.

te a job, and the proper wages Niaand condicions of that job.

hard reactionerdes who deny vern this right, in "tines or aconcrde recessied" or indeed at any other cine can be put fimly in their Unity areog women vorkers in struggle is also vital and the first attents of IVE in condunction with wuen from.

"The Irish Prosa", Kinarcinta (12 NEAKS ON STRIKE) and the selephonista to diacuss tia in a positive atep in the right direction.

HER KOMENSE CAUCUS

ONE YEAR AFTERTHE COUP

UKRAINIAN WORKER'S OPEN

ARGENTINA

The shole of Latin Anerdes 1a mapidly condne ander che heel of che military boot, and siice the bloody coup in Chile in Septerber 1973, cs meat significant setback for the popnar masses has been tho nilitary oup in Argncin in March Tast year he ailitary teta, under Deneral Jorge Videla rapidy showed Its repreative nature. Wagee vere imediataly trosen and prices alloved to sour, in the first year since the coup the purchasing power of sages has dropped to nore than half, All trade unlon and political activity has been there has boes a dramatie upsurer In murders and kidiappines by Fleht wine teach squades Trade unioniste journalists and priests have been anongst those killed recently, th graily "score" of one yearts military rule has been 5,000 people billed and 30,000 or nore political prisoners rotting in the Juntato Jails.

TURTURE

The experiences of the Irish missionary, Father Patrick Nice, at the hande of the Argentine security forcos are futiliar, He cold a press It ir nome tai the West no hear the authantle volce ef a Soviar workar, If is even more none la read fine hand aber the demands of the Soviet working clam, The document belte la sharefore of special importoses.

It wal written by L.M. Siryl, a Seviet Ukrainion worker from Odess, and oddressed as an open fetter to Leonid faziner, general secretery of the Cormuriat party of the Soviet Uhian, The circumsnca under which. the document wat written ore exceptional, Siryt want to emigrate free the Soviet Union because his materin condifion it abysral and no amount of protest to trade union ond other officials hos incroved In, He feels he has no ocher choice.

But whet is remarkoble about the berter fi that Siry) democli his disgranent wik the policies of the party and the govertment." Hit fit of comploint la long, and many of his demands caula fom part ef = program for palition mewolution. • . • We are aking you to lesten our emigrafion for the Seviat Union as soen as posible to any of the fellewing courties: Canado, the Uhited Stales, or Australlo.

On Februery 16, 1976, we wrote a letter addraund lo the Twanty-fifi Congress of the Communiet party of the Soviet Union in which we outlined in great detail our llving cond tiers and declared our unillingness to continue living under them. Wa also wrote that it wot impearible to survive on the 30 rubles per person estabilished as the nom, which is mupposed to mast minimal living requirements. Bur I can't have even that. There are eighe of ur - myalf, my wile, and our sie children, Our combined income is 195, plu a 36 ruble supplement for there children under the oge of sight, and 13 rubles from SOTIZ (cial welfore) for the infants.

After deductiona For tase, trade-unlan dues, and acconmodutian, anly 100-190 rubler remain!

do Hot want to repeat mylf, But as numerous In general, accossions have written so the tride unions, to newspapers.

the Supnene Soviet and the Central Cannitioe of the Communiat porty of lee Sovies Unien, but you hove no heiped and do not consider it necessory to musly, Regerdlen, 1 wit pain certain Tsura again, Ase non-party officer, worker, and trade-urien menber since 1932, I officially duelare my anyone (hence the murbers) argentina cenference in lendon recintly how be had been picked up by a group of arned and rusked den in a working cLass suburb of Doenos Alres, on 11 October Last year, and taken to a palice station where, baving identsried hirself, he was asked no further questions but savagely beaten

LETTER TO BREZHNEV

disgreement with the policies of the party and the goinment on the following questions 1.o.) Wage Increcans one very small ond limited, As icy any in our pey office, you won"t get more than 140 (robles a month!. 5,1 Piece rates and tariffs are often revised, Consequestly.

he barely makes 5-6 rubleso day, almeet the rondard fariff. However, thare is no improvement in working conditions. The hechnelogy is olegyr the same, and there Ta alway o lack af esuipment, I hove lo bring my own rools Is work. If seers that mom want ond Nood It being scinezed out of the workers, but thay are being seid lam.

2. 0.1 Since 1961 presence r'sen sharply in our country: In ana state riores by 30-40%k for groceries such cu mas, eggi, land, butter, and other high calarie produch. Prices on the coliedlive fum narcat have also rain - 14-2 Nmen for sagshables, fruit, lard, honey, one other produche.

b. The amount that can be purclosed in rores is rationed in the Fellowing way: 2 klias of beeod, 1 kilo of flour one macaroni produens, 1 kila of siger, 0.5 kiles of fols, buter, c.) Meat, bulter, potstoms, comoti, cosboge and inany other lima are often noe swallohie.

d.) Many grocery sores Have bees closed duwn, while on almost every corner "Vodka-Bear prores Pose apened, Our children ane baing raised on alcohs/ 1.e.l With regard to relief for longe fomilius, unfarhinately thene is rose. While lining up we show our bocklah diaplaying cur notherhood medale,* This wen'T even set you milk in the sore, Thay tall us, Show me where in pour booklet it lt written thet you have the right to get groceries withsut waiting your tum, and more than the regricted moint, "All we con do leshrag but shoulders, If's toe.

Whene are there rights for lange forflies? Thare simply ove Maybe we should pin the odels on our cret ond let none, the children lock at them Insteed of eoring. What's Fre un of having them? Housing for large footies is nst glean in good feith, according to the law. Hit Is given, If in throug bribes, or an the balls of i give you somebing no one else will take. "As o rule, these farillies are belly trected of achel, at work, and in daily Fle.

b) Poor medica service, "arsulasons" don't respond is calls, and the doctor hove en indifferent allitude. (Poor service, sosr medio heatment, poor food in haspitals. j Hase crave in Secuchaa ar people killed under torture and cos traced ly a Fran there, he was tuben to un larty barracks, together with an (Arcontina sirl who had beec with hin and subtitted oo witer torture and the same treatment in the sane roon Mand the whale of the tollowing cas, I coalit hear her cries of poin", be said.

WORKERS RESIST

The worling class of arcencine, without doubt the most aelly organised and conbithe in Decle serica, has malaged however to respond to the savage militiey regin Despite the Intinidation by the arty and the death agaeda, workers have organised strikes, po-slows, and sabotupe and Tightine stopperea.

est anuinet the anti-trade union measures, and in solidarity wich dignissed, Inprosoned or kidnapped workers, Straterically nost important industrles and sectors of the econony: civil righis. we nulianal codes of alf levels.

the car nanufacturers; De ateel nakors; the ports: the electricity generating industhy; anu the tanka» when be was arrested, beaten up again this general resistance to the coler electria shecks, The g1r2 has given et terror is the nose serious problen facing the niticacy coverent today, If the verters ucceed in farcine the Junta to ate was on tie question of trade unden richts, 1t -ll give hope so sillions af vorieleg people +11 over Latte: Amries.

ILL NEER DOG IORNENAIIONAT SOSED-

ARITY IS PRESS SINGE

The Pearch Incarnational Ima carpaigned vieorously for the celpase of our con rade, Jese Paes, L tride antea leader fren Cendols and vire-piesideuris1 candidabe for the P.S,T.

(Socialist Vorkars Party - surpath- Ising ergentitlee of the Poach These have been orcanised to suppert | Toternational) in the 1873 eleccices demands for wage increases, to prot so hes been in prison alace betone the coup and in in grave canger of executian. We wish to support, havever, a campulen of solidarity with all political prisoners in Argentine and for the internationel Actions have been centred on the isolstion of the Arguetine Jutes

JAN SCS._

It's fee in en upty Grand Insulsitor?: if the potter behaves, he will cure himne F.

6.) Teare is no Ero-cial an hence for mecleine ont prescriptiona - you son in aned ise alone, do nor age with ma crore of incivicua Biberties ond Truador for religion. Thane one name igious publicat on, bacla, jpumas, revssages, areadio one telesian program. Chirches and menamar as are closed summer on preteet one bu Ing new one is mply cheon of.

b Our trade un on hove bean manged into zoe arganization suberdinated to the party and the governient, ever thaugh there one longshcruman'i, fremen 1, sellace", metollungiets dic. unions. Coch hat it own fatera ans snabemes.

The trade utiers should defend the sister of workers bafore the party ond government, They should have the right of collective protest and to demand age increas, is well as better working cundition and vocations. The leading bocies Of trade unions should be elected be, designated by, he warkers themseivel and not by the folfibera. The race unigra and the parly should su independont of one oncher. This is especially obvious in the local city trade-union corminees were, for maample, lists of acceproble condidater lockers.

drinking budales one prepera: sy the forty and given to the losal trade union them ind haloe crogies that neg wtis chosen by me mode-union moating.

= Then type or eleccions we thou erection are heid som here, iccally, on in hipse: bodies. Sonawers, of o party gatharing, a friend of the booter o locks wit tonsp and norinche his chief. He praign him one ay pioze hire ar the ballet, There is only one console or -e be i, 1a there in't anybody te chocun from. And even if a cacen depuly ino me Societ INPRECO should crime, they sire HEr low right and fire apportunity to selp the secole.

d.] Our citizees are de-iad the right le demoniore sfrike, and protest ether ways. Corolain do nor help.

e) Clizens whe disagres cre persecured by the millie. the KOE on at work by toe bosis.

Thic raspened ta me, For my damonds no reis tha simidare uf living and woges so what we and our childen would not heve to po hungry er walk berefoot or go without clothes, a fat It woule be paulble ho pay for sensel ens orhe necesires was preeculed.

They don't allow me ho work to war no the fill skill group. They don' hire my wife to clabe afficer of the cry-docki.

They don't give me a cise te bourd a ship for ob-sed, Blime Iskingly or seisury they cal me an 'eney of the pesple?

and an anti-soviet alement, -d wha sos this? "he brase!.

F-I Rebere and acond the fists of the motional repuel is, in particulor Umina, Educelius - icoals, Unisensitias should be in Ukrainian, State institutions should alse conduct their business in Ukrainian, The republes chould hove their g.) Stop me compoign of pectecution ano dander of voris.s intellectuals, wier, and sork Sela-e-ityr, Sek-umar, Toe dakhinco, Bokovsky, Valertyn Morea, N, Strokata, Dayuba, and Koransky. Give them the right to epper at meeting and len the people decide 7 hay am right or wrong.

Fres eil pel itical prisoner to the Sonet Union. Down with censorship si moil and publicarions.

continued pase IT

Le turull anuas, ti trold cosalthe ae Custseacht na Gaeilee ar cearta sibhialta Chaeilzeodr!

Isthulr na huaire, nu cearta a bAf ie itf nee E baint uithn. rialtas I lir na rableld

BELE

neraladar Gaellgeolr1 aE SOmASEe Ar Ard deiridh an Chonirtha, chein tabhachtach ar ehlac an An And rian a diirt ur chốir sn theim a chur as sin anach ar theachrtas ariion cearta sibbinlta do Chacilgeodel co utl sin bef muateln coftlanta i niluaiseacht na Gaeilge cur choir diriu ar Caeilegoird n: Gaeltachta acus man bacali le fooilcoedel "neanalcreacha" in Oalltaehta.

Nfor thoic wh dedine soo gur Mfidir le feachtas cearta femeốr tarllcoiri na cire (idir bacltachta vu calltiette) a carra aeus a aonei-r son a scoarta oideuchais, sa cheras scürsal teilitise agas nur win de.

Is tof feachtan den tsort freisin, an phobaEt gceltine al is téidir Iéirie inh sce réasunta ansobir. *acafocht a tusir fte leirich an NI Chiennaith agus Doml a Lublila1, an tacafocht a fuir na micléin doine oga a rinne leirsin acus tha sa OPO agie an lidisio e nicleim Lastmich de RTia an polisai seo. Ach enerslodh Sacht le déana1 ag ce go railh butll den an Conradhy Chonrath painteach iontu apis po thtunireadan tacafocht Nit Conradh Na- Gae Llee, ashach i lnfishar cearta agas bri ar rola1teo1vf seus daoine mór le ra nà sta ar aiớl acu to dil seo.

LIFERATION CROLP

30n are weup drews ath na acu AF Ghellgo. ce Isteanna afach ar leibotaineadb rialtais chorsa

SCO.

fel.iir t-cafocht Hall, nar co bihuil ni hell- Is Ian Conpods Lidie co-ordaithe calthirlik an wedidfocht a bhd an 500 flintacht an batl so cuid mhiith dem recid- ar Ti an sachas внірн! stachas achtach seus char ar aceiall an zoanraih. bbae ieniri 1 foin cuf- Ta roinnt Paihilic.cht sech rocadh n5 nuch 10 cha Nalre

MRANIHO PRON THE COVER OF BELLUR,

MAGAZINE OF TRINITY CALLEGE WOMENSE

GLOANS EAGHT NA GAENGE

look, ir makes A an easnalocht is no anus is ta feachtas a leeith um, Conrath E feinyan Stac Te an biel elle, ann freinin, sculetl an lanal bel cheienhe Socht ni-dleathach.

see is feidir lela Is cair ao lmein s Maelicieri mhsith 2.an sásta an 111 m beriseadh coacta. nboz dh 1xt. 60%5.

IUIE FOR WOHEN?

when you eut out the

CARTOON PROH COMARN NO CAFIEEK BUMPHLRT

Ta df Lé coachites a afocht & Formeidr Cone ElesoLid na cire. Is coir, de torí sin, roimt lélr- - ragrd ar Tud nu tire. sithe sdra Beade poltilfocht ague eugre timi arthu roinh re. ta se cruthalthe an suL-leaanna ra hrhull tacuiocht Elt traht othe an don te il et ecatee sach agus an Incht cecafociitr a сни піт ingr tisdir Je gheathas coir de Cheaesdela GioLlee a lacath ionta, Colate @odiochta fisimnta bhunu a eagrdch teacatas natsifinta Thebeu TaS zairandi: or foca arthu tandfecat puericcatai teana ella Morich luche Cheiaealh dif, afirteach com malth le eugsufochtaf The terthcorine someral alaction telea B-ace in ae atnosphare of sevele repression for the Irish varking class generalis, and tor Fron the soren in per ticular. homing of Spame flih and withtramal of che bablin Corporwtion grant fron cha Prolect Arts Centre te che defent cr che Pan- Lly Planning BEll abl Coseravets atatenent in le Mande that he will net favour or sponsor chanros in the law au conte ceptien, some ire belne pashed fran the openines preffered to then in the expansion- The detemination of che coverunent to withhold the besis democratie rieht of Fousl Pes nons wauin the recensity far suren to sale theie roices heard in the coning election, and co detind ch-t they ane not farced so bear the heuet er the econonic receasion.

The alterastive hele one to voren by the refomist vonenls organisations (konan Flect, Natong!

Political Suaociatico) is "Veto fer varen - Ie k Tour Toice cá bhfuil a thrial P ously, little pattern Urish Bits'!! fiam cheaiich taccachs ne taeilae. parshlschcis. sin,

SHAN O THANE

WOMEN AND THE

ELECTIONS

HoNna", in terte of say solution? in saciety. 2.u.1 Fag. JIN nivas, departed. Viile sone of tw wien ranning politici parties, in persieular PIne 0ocl, Iet they maim 20 criticism cf their parties polutridla ahesdl sise thelch nirteach prthoadrai coinci fitia a buon trelsim ae tod ra cfiv.

Tá se alunlges oralices sisialsich Nebhldideachar ar Etacalocht a thab airs dielleanh Cionlatisich ahea-1o- Tuiaand Treisir. täbbacht na Chesien aguacuichr no leFireame traid in agbaica on Itd Nrl Tarea irid, ar at ghlcniseseht frich-us piciilach 1 gecitinne sensunh le (uslaracht nn Qaelige so troid Tha pose che pro:den artling nore weren elected to the Dill and changing the numerical balanse of ferces "co avon chings u", luc 1s chia Suiy-y lt is ene of placing the cart beiore tise herse since the blocks te vonen parcicipacine at all levels of sociats ane povernent, are social blocke witch perpetuate nenens" secrodoey pluce Ondy a false sense of cquality can te achiered vichout didatieay chaneing che baada diserindnacion arairel woen in social life [ e.s. the deniol o1 divorca, cestl seept_on, harsery faillirdea, etcel. This is substastiated further whoe we socies tisic pose venen politiciens dascacers or sisters of rale pollifeians now deseased or fer election ane daine se as Iepabcents, sest ano nordnaaa ef toc atticudes on Issues concernine centime d opposite paen

Peter Sheridan, writing en Theatre & Politica in a new rugasine of cultured eritteion, Thu Gone But has this to say abone INdIC theatre: "what the policical progressives of the early sixties graduntly cane to realise was that their playa (ained at dislodging the qua) were being played in status. established theatres that thensalves were helping to fostar and perpetuate the very nycha the plays sought to destroy, Matiences were solidly middle class (pot of neeessity reactionary) filch meant the Total disentranchiserent of the vorking class. So it vas piage about the vorking elues, prosented tor the midle cinas, In the hope that the aristocracic legialativo class might Listen. "The nost radical chanen in the mid-sixties was to forsake entirely the concept of a play for a particwar building, to get away tron the Ladtation (In tems of the sudlence played to) Inposed by Tantabllah- Although In literature the technical apparatus is mich subtler than the very solde questien of a particular bullaine, there are sin- Daricies In the relationship co palitica. As with theatre. point is bot the political directly story welters, novelista veite of experience fran a level and choucht which is dirtarent Troo the level it wich they Tom political views. The central radical tendency of literature is not its ability to express "cornet! politioal sentiments. but to draw on resour ces of the alternative world of the inurination and reveal facets of the fabrie ef meryday life boyend the aliensting scructures or our society. Very often this separation of levels rusults in corflict betueen then; cha narrow and alienatine confines of social and political structures bear oppressively on iraginative world che creative, with its rich Coxtite af potential. Society sotential, redaces to the want slave, cag In a sechanian And se Is no sueprise to find the tend ency Long writers to be anti-estah ishmenty co be radically dissatisfied. venenta Fights, and indeed have no election) adoint prozran or donuss which they will agree te jointly fight for. Even in the maledanisaDed policica parties, chay refuse to fight for positive discrindiation in favour of wonen, preferning to rely co the lav of the martit that the best peoplem 111 code up: tops. Most heve no reoped of Tiehting en somens issues, and the vosents cag is more an afterthourht co Divancine their polditcal careers. The sa @portunists hame Lictle to offer to advance the position of Iriss

THE NOMES NONSMENT

Vhat attitude should the worens noverent taka towinds the election then? Because the worens movesent Le noa-eclusive and incorporates a wide ruray of political vies, it cannot project support for way particular candidate. (te la norable that che V.P... barina pledged support for all candidabed, refused to support Ite Ki Chânmeide in the last But, -tille ure to extend numan expression nay paintles to a certain extent the political serwarle for a classless sociaty and an end to exploitation and apprasa- Son, there da also an appasite Tendency at vock kriters, whether they like it or nut, privileged posicion in society (which 1a not to say time they sne treated well be society or the state), Hostly of burgeois onigin, they write for a bourgeois pubile.

mental and theatre going traditions, Sven Tproletardeniaed writers operato a reans of prodiction oned by and inberited food tle Of course, a job and write only after the vorthe key ideas shortking day Is over. privilege many wisters enjoy 1e that ef pursuin their esto racher chon icnatice and explicacion of vage Le bour . Tras Witte, Looking ing That!. marvelloun It Is to feel detached frow this sechantim, thi coesteeli" (2) The edel irating dom and of separation fron thi "five-cichcan can be But it 1. 1se illusory Where cas. 1. tes of a radical polities stance are concestine constituencins e.t. Labour, Socialists, Independents, Rupublicans, thes should be prensed to support car demands on equal par, contraceptian, coul socint wellse pasmints, divore ate. Longside thin "establistent!

candidates must be lobbied and entarassed wherever ties pay at nectines, church satee etc.

The autonanous vonents terenene is pledged to ricit for che independent needs of varen alicever is in governnent. IF arganising in the different consticencies and dendine that the candidetestske a posi-cian fer or against our denies, * can vin papular airing far the adatessa or those derands.

For in the final analsis it i our eve ceterningtioned stronght vich will vin us tha heade ratts which the coverm ront and Dail has denied us comnistautie,

HER WCHENS! CAIRHE

THE WRITER AND

SOCIETY

the deive of Licenarsaurce of potence. the possibilities ef of production witch, constrainta. occupy Mur ques some writers work at mless, to stock of Literary portrayal of an the wille Sriter whe But a practical toese interava sufferin the al- Henry Miller: enge the forms geois charucter production, Colo on working Class; bet over elves overthrow can they be pontent veakenine the the ruling class, sense of freereal enoach. and a all tines pursue revelacionare neverent. elation Tien each other. a unifying precess bere. Decame writers are involved in a particular forn Lt any other fam, is subject to certaia social Those coestruits co, articles, la particular, 1 intena in the case of revolutenaries lead to the renunciation of vizing - as in the instances of severel South Anericans fron Valleje to The ariter inherits culture u property of the boureroisie. Tha response ar raldeal, is voy efter.

to tramait adseal political ideas through their writing. but a centradiction of this approuch is that they ane af the sane tire transmitting the means of production which are essentially bourgeois.

In practloe, the effect can be to render revolutionary sentiment.

incorporate chen Into saclilly acceptable the eatertainment. Thus a brilllant capitalist oppression can becone Sander. in aesthetten ly pleasing ehject witch does nothing ta challenge mality of the oppression, And the audience is bourgecis, there on the relatie is a revoloticosty shad steadinal dales to forkancine class. There are no easy answers to 5. o. Merk out a constitution which will guerantee the righte ober of problen, which exist net celly for arilers but fer ether bitellectuals as sel3, But revolutionaries must surcy chall- Withile Witer they are working, mast subert the bourtheir means of Intellectials cannot role of the cannot thomeisa helther merely ideological Bend or tor asple, propagating revolutionis 1lose ta Marsant studles elite the univarsities Revalucionaries must t we action ma innship with the serkin. clams The alere say seen genesl, abstract and grantiese; but I hope in future articles to trit some of the questions redsed down to earth and to cent with chen in a more praction and sodiate war.

cocticed tron page 3 this stab of affairs is reflectee in cho tyriad of small anti-rep- Passion and civil riekte groups that huve sprang up periodically aracad varteue isabes and br 1sdegray them Is a need to begin soch a process would wentually celiate do 1 cernon beganisationd stree ace board on a conpretensive prosrans of civil ind debeccatic don- But to Tact 1i the be of the soll greuns already in else.

ence have succeeded with real mas notilivetions and randilly decone dot- point; clearly also all arounds,tunet in that the steve kind of antry is not an anedlately real- Isable perspoctive. Campaine oreanisattens set up on different 15awes and and in dir orat localities ned social millous still hew a see- detention, Such 1s the vog torind al rol. to play in helping to eapease the hellent amming of the In partiealer, tho reader my object that it is all very well te talk abouc "in aceive relatienship with the working class pavelecionary neverene! Sa time Trench er Italian scatext, but the Treb Lefthen failed to escoblish any russ creditio One could else w listen earth it is Cust parte cen do te Weabert the beargemin chatacter ef their neans ef praduction" And en recacion co me mentions of "revolurionery intelertuna", one night tersely deranda Mot Setellectuals, - let Lione revolutianiry Well, I Toge to deal wish all those peints and nore in future to danl Kost with che acoiss that.

these encaged in Latellectoul prodaation ham to intomution and Icorledgo, and her that run le breught to bear on the strugeles of che verking alass.

STEVE MAGDUEE

Nocas! 11) Pater Sharian: Author or No Entrys, directer of Thebile Honest and "ter!. Ite Crane Bus Raineronin, Palmerstove Park, ance huhLin By one-vesr suo: 33, you bet past the editarii? sore or articles an well vorth reading. henry Miller Pron Droolin", continued from page 9 (spelogies fer the print being sidewayst) b.) Work out concrete lows concerting freedom of speech.

of the citisen to be fose and which will put on and to the Only in much a demeerle and fleurishing county will we activities of the KGB. Let the KGB chole after foreign e.)Ensblish a low cancersing freedom to enigrate.

alonoge sereices rather than hunt ofter thair fallow pressy auerbly, demerumations, and serikes ogree to live and raine sur children.

Odeas, Noverber 14, 1976 citizent-disidant L.M. Siryl Ta-Boss Their cale : present is co assetele too pasie ruterial ehe is a precondition for buildine.

sonine maNe anti-imperialLit But within to tracevork of this Sociallets and Hepublicace man set the brocess cr andrication in necioc intatively, by pointing the istancon petine betveen the sarious duands chat une being entand and to getting mittee ection going dorever practiest and passile - the puntiediot.Son. af the Harcoy Derenca Cosmittee in the prison confinlons, beine a case 1n Sons concerned vich che datence of civil righew must cone cocether to detond the Irish Republicon Scolol- Lic Party, to tight viacinisation, police brutality, and Seven Paye tor all Soclalista and Repohitcacs.

BARA MICEVET

The Bottom Dog Sponsors Candidate willean candidate the "lotton Dog", vill General tence The rick last constituency- Joe Harrington, fervent with the suppoet of a nunter of a mater of left-wing and repub- Iican tendenciea as vell as individal ailitants around the supporters of the "Betton Pool are intervenine in the eleccians vich candidate beesuse they consider it is necessary to tilse the isaves paper has concentrated which the in Septenber an since it was set up do bot see Parlinent They 1975. as a neans of achievinr social 3st support for спроїдло; арешит шо а caploynent. and repression; in sup?ort of voments rights and in saliastrussle ef the antiurity with the unionist minority in the Borth.

The Issue of wamployment ill figune prondnently in the capeign an of between 7,000 thousands of vorkers haw been macked in such traititional Industries as Danus, Clover Neate and the Linertek shoe factory while in the nearly Shannon Industrial Estate, since the beginning of the latest recession, sany multi-national flens off throuch rationalisation learine the "how-house" of nodern trish industry with a 255 employtest suckines occurred guletle, with no trade union neverent.

one notable expeptian co occupied the foctory in order to save the Jobs, no support was the Irish Transport & General workers? Union (INUKU), union involved. "eim would take ice toll" and In a sense of sheer frustratien and iselatian, the workers acoepted defeat and so the Damus case, instead of beconne the landruck of organised serkers effo te to save jobs became Instead Just nother nate in the saris List of closed devs industquated maybe be the union afficialden in sere research survy on unapiosent in che The Batten Dog candidate will be vorking class campaign againat unemploymens, The Joverument, hother Flanna Fall, Fine Guel, or che National Cealicion, is incapable of solving unemployout, as they ane wuble to take the necessary palities steps to af the country to provide jobs instead of atimulating profits.

campaien for tull eiployment met beein from the busis of defending existing employnent which may be threatened. Unless the working class develops the know how, Leadership and ability te successfially richt redundancies, it can only be utopian co ive" Liste of arena, in the ing full employheat, only fron the 1s going confidence and strength gained fran fisting to defend jobe, vill workers be in a position to demand "Botton leg", the aatian.lizetlen under vorkers contral of natural rescurses and the economy. The Boscar Por will use the election carpstan to increase the awareness and consciousness of workers in order to begin the long needed fisht back against but by using the eraddong they corE closures ant redundants crane with this it witl also be concent- Patine on buileing support anens workers for campaigns againat voge restraint and for the separation of the undens frest state Employer Labour such as the such as the FiE and the Chaner Connerve. This type of cellusion In in the fast has hrought noching ta th vergers bur denoralisation and an erosien of union denocracy, as union official: wen tand eithe disputa or clincaconed closure have on the independence and strength of the workers erganisation,

NATIOKAL SIRUJOLE

be brought abour, tise position of vonen in society vill play a major The vast array of discrindiation against votel poses the need for vosen to organise to break out ar ly defined role In the bone as bouse

VOTE FOR WORKERS ACTION

minstream of acciety shem oil and smelters tor provid- the sale of contenceprivs is illeg oppresand position. ocher areas of pocential wealth in 1976 was shenly leadent a the Mockera Vision la shev 2a povere structuras On the Sational queation, Canterence, end bosses organisations Leg by che slapan ith stisch ranning a candidate. i solution rather than concentrating ara long with ming scher necialist Because te Battor Deg supparters de celd clearly disconor itself fron not see the econoric struggle as the the Linerick Seciallet Condidate, only ama in which social change can lay icem, rola in cheir election interventions che "richt of che Probestout come cherie position of second class cici- Ireland as an integral part of the By sentencing venes to a clear atruzzie for socialien and opposes child nindars and serviend and reactionary statelet in the 6 machines for their hasbaads, capic- Counties, whether it be a Leyalist - Vote for a socialist republican alien keeps. women asalated rior the icularlese in the 2 wampion-whene al asd see the deminens of Church It nevest child, loyall-n.

for tha retention of yeren in this For working ingLenent equal pay tron tan Ls5) recent actien by the Post Of ice Ву оретing up their election carpalan co oppressed layers much us wonen, the Betton log hepes to avalat in the strengthening of organtsed resis- Conce to attacks on womenst rights and other weal sections of seedety, a resistance whieh will centime regardless of what coverent in the Bette nog's poritien is underdesire. concentrated the campaign will be Tougit "a sacialist legublican" cantidate Logen was adopted at the newcing an Loyars. of the Batton Dog witch decided on The rousen ter the sleean was to show which type cr warkera* republic botcor Doe sappert-.

and republican allscents threshout the country vere fighting for a 32 Meanin to desert its cant tate his electoral plattom as a means of solving the Natton question aetlen. unity in the North to opt ter a state of cheir avo chongine", The Batton Doe sees the unificatien of ally atcerpe to mintain a sectarian state or one lotegrated vith Hrital mir la part- Over 50 years of partition has shou in asclear i runner as possible the "denocratic nsture of Thialisa or Tha horton Boy has not accepted the nev trendy and libered culture et C.c.

O*Heien and his fellow-trevellers wilch la one of regarding Britsin as no lengar having un imperiallet Too many interest in Trilald. historical and hand policical faces sar otherwise is Tiwland partion with 15,000 Bettish troops in eccap ation In the North and in the 26 duncies the ferves of che state stronger nunerically now than at an cim since the stately Causation, has an anenployment figure of 200,0 has & wide open aconny vito n strial base whataoever, bas the ver record of the Eat.C. coustidea on t this certainiy 1 rights of women. not the criteria for a state free - Tine Batto imperistiat donination, Dog will use the opportunities stic the election carpaden wili give to danand che abolition ef repressive legislacian an the South which ialed directly at these supportins the scruggle of to anti-linionist nority in the Narth ask 2uл 00 wed na well against the Trade Unio Horement ahoald the coreenron: so

A FIGHTER

These then are the mi areas aron which the Boston Deg Carpaien vill The candidate Joe Harringtio, represent in a cleat these struggles. le has been an aesive socialist for many years a: Bas partiespeted fu the bullding of an active anion rembership 1h S.F.S Shenner, which bad sorossfully Tought err ror over 12 years als He has attoret at smienination. experiecond "the hard reality ef che dela" because of hia concistent ca being sacked his union principles. in two occasions solely for track union activity. Se, by reine tar workera in the Joe Marcinton, Linetick Boat Consticuence 7AW NE opportunity er striking a lion Brainst the acci-vorking class policies of the Coverunent and taylody wishing to augs art the Hotton Dog cangulen in y was, finnelil or otherwise, steul:

109 CAMIL

continued from page: unian arancies, In includine trade this way the issue of the political prisoners, and eventually of the Bricish occupation, vould be an ongoing campaign for the encira Irish Such a carpalon vorking class. would eche the seeds of democracy town be the RAC in Belfast and be devated to mobilinine support for At the sue tine, the Rac, vello on pretending to be a broad ranging auti-inperialist front that can debiliss NIl anti-impertalise toroo around a sat of anti-inperialist demands, must sue that the cuestion of prisoners fits into the broader franevart of the antiinperialiat struggle. Consequently it must as far as possible, while not subrergine its oveidentity, associate with and suppore the denands et other aectors of the imperialist struceLe

MIKE PINTER