ON Wednesday 20 February a most unusual event will take place in London demonstration calling for the repea! of the Prevention of Terrorism Act organised by the National Union of Students.
Unusual because for the last five years the leadership of the NUS has done all in its power to suppress a genuine debate about Britain's role in Ireland, let alone organise any action in opposition to it.
Many students have consistently argued a clear stance by the NUS, for the position of "Troops now" and determination for the Irish people'. Time after time we were told that we mat out of tune students in the North. Instead the NUS promoted the 'Peace, Jobs and Progress' campaign abasised the need for an end to the aBcd strage and for social reconzaad wtich простій то and the question of opposition to the PTA in resolves this problem.
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'SelfNo picket of The political Tween which of their nu ignored the good. tio speaking no way Nevertheless the constant harassment of union officials and tne detention of two delegation on their way to the last NUS conference led to an emergency main by the Ireland colleges Socialist Students Alliance, the NUS Executive was forced to support it or risk a breach in its relations with The motion called for a national demonstration, a picket of the Home Office, and a major campaign organised jointly by lines the Union of Students in and the Northern problems this presents for the NUS Executive have expucil in te last two every months. Already they have seriously Faber argued that a demonstration mould do more harm than 10. so picte mention of a major campaign has been made. Even the demonstration been organised to ensure that non-student involvement is kept to a minimum. The NUS Executive has decided to exclude all but student union banners, and placards are to be in line with NUS policy The whole tone of the demonstration has bees to focus on the harassment of NUS arld staff engaged "normal' political activity, and on the 'abuses' of the PTA.
But the NUS Executive has: no authority to bureaucratically exclude organisations or alternative political this march. conterence laid down no criteria as to who could and could not participate in the demonstration.
Every activist should build this march, they should build it amongst any and every layer where they can attract support. At the same time it should be clear that within the context of opposition to the PTA individual and organisation has the right to raise any position they like. That right will have to be defended on 20 February The desponstration will assembly a Packlington Colegs, Paddingion Gical a Ipe aud march 1ọ Hydi Park for a rati.
IN 1972 the every prisoners convicted of political offences in the North of Ireland were political granting them "special category' status. part of the (Tory) conceded that prisoners by Thornett Relatives Action But on 1 March 1976, as (Labour)
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