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Loyalists wreck Bernadette'

· Socialist Challenge No. 145, 1 May 1980 · pp. 11-12 of the scan · 690 words

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page 11 of the scan

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week's reported the soames. of (Army/ uCDIC. appears to consider Britain in its Irish colony.

depicted thern Ireland disagreement. 'June the four ty in disguising this.

With no power 'I hate it', posals to a referendum.

Gary secretary Humphrey Atkins have now collapsed in mutual The government's imminent Green Paper will find difficulThatcher seems likely to try and impose a solution. The most probable variant is a developed government, sharing, but limited powers and a bill of rights. The Tories may then put such proInevitably such a policy will fail. The IRA will continue fighting, the British Army will see its problems, LOYALIST thugs wrecked a rally in Glasgow which was due to have been addressed by Bernadette McAliskey. The meeting, on Wednesday of last week, was part of a tour on Ireland organised by the Socialist Workers Party.

Two successful meetings had been in Edinburgh and Dundee. although the latter was picketed by Loaalist bats ede pas Centary Pastor Jack head Reformation Society'.

The rally was to have been held in Maryhill Community BRITAIN has been found yet again of violating human rights in the North of Ireland.

Glasgow, after 30 Loyalists stormed the hall, using bricks, batons, smash doors and windows.

Devlin- Unfortunately, which the SWP had organised the rally aided the Loyalist's efforts to wreck it. The SWP kept the venue of the meeting 'secret', which meant that local Troops Out porters were unable to discover location and had difficulty obaining UCKeL discover the location, who would have gone to listen Centre, Bernadette were unable to attend Last week the European Commission Human kons concenned oruann (ol diseriminating against gays in the Six Counties.

This followed a test case DrOlUU Jeff Dudgeon Use Tas. veteon lOUk Britain to the Commission for refusing to extend the 1967 Homosex Keforn Act to the North of Ireland.

The Commission has now upheld Dudgeon's complaint and the issue is now likely to but it had to be cancelled thus and boots to the manner in and far left supWhile the Loyalists managed to many people and to I IC such activities.

oo to necooexa co o Human Rights While the Commission's decision wiemans Tory government, it is the last which is Laboll KUVETHIC chielly responsidle Tor Telus ing to extend the 1967 act In February 1979 the ther of State for Labor becrelan Northern Tre ne Mason, did announce his in tention to rectify the anoma ly. isne TeD I was hysterically opposed by most backward Loyalists, ler movenel Sucdhie me ıne a First International. 1867 Glasgow meeting minimising meting. The 30 or so people who di attend managed to keep the door closed but could not prevent th wrecking operation.

The only way to challenge of the Loyalist tnue Scotland is to organise openly an build the biggest possible support fo Troops Out activities. The fact that thousand people marched in Glasgor for troops out a year ago shows that i is possible to mount a substantia campaign for free speech on Ireland co-ordinate the physica defence that is necessary to maintau by lan Paisley. At the time the Labour government was rely. ing Unionisi 'VULC.

Westminster to survive. Accordingly the of Unionist pressure g8y reforme ardiropped. previous accasion when the European Commis sion comdemnet BalElI Irish policy was when it pro nounced that Britain had Curettedinu ucla1971. The European later changed this verdict dre or-lalucil Socialist Challenge 1 May 1980

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