IMGpapers 1980–83

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

'Save my brothers life

Socialist Challenge No. 174, 27 November 1980 · p. 12 of the scan · 618 words

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page 12 of the scan

His name is Leo Green, seven prisoners LUW blocks or Long kesn prison Eilish was in London last week to case for those nunger strikers oucialisi challence aon win a cove or omel left-wing decided The vest vas visit Was inclined LIEN VIcw The sister dying even for the ghouls of apparently bothering WUILL WILL. but rena Lne man is irishi and what's worse an Irish "terrorist' Eilish doesn't see it like Photo: Gil Galvin BRITISH soldiers march under the banner of antiCatholicism.

-ewes, Sussex. Every 5 November British soldier: participate bizarre citizens' own variant of the Guy Fawkes night ceremony.

Socialist Challenge 27 November 1980 Page, 12 that: 'At the start, ten years ego, young men now children or young teenagers.

'And ines SOW regarones MSOr saw the discrimination, and that keep the nationalist people down La new own greno areas.

'No way did they allow peaceful protest. They NO North of Ireland? No in ceremony. the local didn't even allow people to express were altept vicar suvourter you were stooper in the street and taken in.

The men in the Kesh the girls in Armagh, have seen all this and they know that they are where they are as a rest de The particulars of Leo's case confirm such a judgment. When was alNot only is Guy Fawkes burned, Pope. and march behind an effigy of the Pope shouting sectarian slogans.

Guest preacher at the ceremony was well-known Protestant bigot, the Rev Martin Green. LEO GREEN, left, in happier days rested, half involved trouble, ' said Eilish. He was lakell lo a ponce station, and the usual happened.

Bilish described this in an matter-of-fact way, do l il is all cvcryua OCCULI CHICC MOTUE ol Irelana ll is an everyday occurrence 'He was convicted solel . but so is the Local citizens dress in 18th century garb, The army gladly participates. on the evidence of a signed statement. He'd beaten up and forced to sign was inreaten.

didn't sign his family Today that family is going through the agony of watching Leo hunger stuke. alish lears une oul com We have to live in hope, for hope is all we have. Bu it une eno well, Margaret Thatcher said it yesterda won't give in. So it looks as if they are going to die But we will live in hoD until they do die here sno way Leo will call it off: we don't other personally but, they're they'll hang or The one comfort Eilish and the other relatives and friends of the Counce strikers nave is me wave o popular feeling that has been expressed in Ireland or behalf of the prisoners.

the amount of this SUDDUl been Within community the vast mapeople have beer out on the streets, protesting peacefully The For viese have doubled and trebled i number and because they're peaceful, more and more people are getting in more Injustice Whether in the end this will be enough to save lne lives of Leo and the six other tell. perhaps Eilish's pessimism about hel DIOLICE understandable i easier to handle the death of some.

you, if you have accepted the inevitability of Lilal acall DU UnCl emouons cannot be pader 'We do fear that, in the end, he and the rest of the fellas will follow and 'Eilish said nuve to ult lou.

want Leo to die, but we can port him. He feels he has to assist bustice vecuust inal s wny ne is inere, ana y he does die that is what will cause his death.

By the time you read these words Leo Green will have two or weeks left to live

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