way to clarify the situation.
On 20 two days after the end hunger thousand marched through workIng class districts Glasgow.
The march was organised by the Scottish Hunger Strike Action Committee which included representatives from the Movement, the Labour Committee on Ireland, and most of the left-wing groups.
The organisers had decided to press arcao witnunc march on the grounds that, allilvuzi the nunger was over, the blanket protest was still going on. A deal had been made but that did not iccessallly Hiall THE situation in the H Blocks of Long Kesh and the women's prison in Armagh remains on a knife edge.
A statement from the National H Block/Armagh Committee, issued in Dublin last week, went some It now appears that various verbal promises were made to the hunger strikers by British representatives, just before the strike was called off. These included an assurance that the prison authorities prisoners were going to priat they had been promised.
December, strike, movement on the people proveu correct will une support the march attracted. of The started at 10.30am and wound its way along streets where many cocal their support Joined in Troops Out proached the linal stretch 01 che route it she coed list crowd 20-30 waving union jacks and wearing red gloves the Red Hand of Uister. Such strike antics had little effect on the contident marchers who eastly drowned out the Loyalist ravings that the 'Clydeside, Bogside prisoners The decision to keep the streets was speakers from stressed demonstration and of people shouted and still more disu But then, as the march apneed 'progressives Loyalists, symbolising Ilass action.
of and the Polish regime has also flared up would agree to 'turn a blind eye' if the political declined wear uniforms issued by the prison.
The failure of Britain to implement this and other promises means that those involved in Britain in organising support for the hunger strike need to keep their campaigns intact.
One of the most successful of these campaigns has been mounted in Glasgow. From there CHARLIE BAIRD of the Troops Out Movement reports. on the prisoners' side'.
At the end of the march a successful rally was held, with nonay and sondanly crou Those who addressed the rall:
the central tance of united front activity understanding the nature of the Irish struggle.
The need for closer links with Irish organisations was most important of all - - the convince in labour movement that signing bits of have sympathetic prisoners will not open prison doors uniess it is coupled with general point was made that while it was important to support the demands tor bonucal stalus COTING asks loaded