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Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1980–83

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Socialist Challenge No. 153, 26 June 1980 · p. 11 of the scan · 365 words

The scan: sc-n153-jun-26-1980.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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page 11 of the scan

troops.

organises itself.

prisoners time basis to staff this office.

experience co-ordinated movement.

Some in TOM have suggested this in the past but it is inappropriate for an organisatior like TOM to insist that before anyone can joir its ranks they have to fully support the Irish prisoners. This would narrow the appeal of TOM and give it the appearance of a politica party with an increasing list of demands, rather than & movement based on the single issue of Irish self-determination and its practical implication, the immediate withdrawal of British - Finally there is the issue of how TOM The IMG is suggesting that TOM is put on a sound organisational footing. This means the establishment of a national of. fice and someone who would be paid on a fullof other campaigning organisations, such as the National Abortion Campaign, suggests that developing such a servicing centre can make all the difference when responding quickly to events and developing a Ireland as a whole to come This is because the whole record of the British government's and the army's role is not to stand between the two Contes. • endorse the view of the Loyalist community; • 021 the North of must stay whatever the people of Ireland as a whole feel.

As far as 'persuading human beings' is concerned, the British government in the past ten years has adopted rather extreme methods in this regard — like interning its opponents without trial, torturing those interned, and "iltreating' suspects at the Castlereagh interrogation cenHow is it now possible to "persuade' the 14 people the British Army shot on Bloody Sunday in Derry in 1972?

John: The government's forthcoming initiative must, in my view, be judged by two criteria.

First, whether it is likely to secure the agreement of both communities. Secondly, , will it enable the minority community government of the area as well as the majority?

We cannot credibly dismiss meets my criteria I will support call to end bi-partisanship imthan what is being put forward the Northern Irish state to exmust do is to decide decide how and in what form Tories, on the other hand Whatever the details of the

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