were, in hearted bourgeois themselves as its such compromisers even louder groans.
more Fitt, ist Fergus O'Hare, bosom socialist, McAnulty. LAST week's local elections in the north of Ireland theory, upkeep of roads. In reality, they were much more important - a battle for the hearts and minds of the two communities in the north of Ireland.
The results of those elections were deplored by faintliberals, respectable Donneas some in the British Labour Parwho her arade The results on the Loyalist side were bad enough news for was a massive swing to the Paisley-led Democratic Unionist Party - but in some ways he results in Catholi areas greeted by The respectable, 'moderate' Social Democratic and Labour Partv suttered losses to the 'nationalistic' Irish Independence Party. The darling Fitt, was trooded by Trotery Gerry , was trounced by pal, Paddy Devlin, another alleged 'non-sectarian Socated by Trotskyist, Join similarily about refuse collection and the Gerry Fitt Paddy Devlin The victories of McAnulty and of the IRSP candidates and of those who made the prisoners' struggle one of LC CCC CCpaign is a vindication for the socialist perspective on Ireland.
This perspective insists that the Irish natonal question primary question in Irish Within that struggle socialists need to fight for their own because of the 'sectarian' consciousness of the Catholic electorate in the north of Ireland! Unity On the contrary. The Irish national struggle is tor the untty, not the division of the Irish people. socausts conccludit on the national question, noi with a wish to divide the nor thern working class but as a means or male securis the unity of the Irish working class as a wiloic Only when the national question is solved will such unity become realisable.
The council election results are pertinent for There are some within the British Labour Party who suggest that all would be different in the north of Ireland if Labour Party organised there, or it there wa İreland Labour Party fully-fledged Northern The spectacle of Labour's spokesperson on Ireland, Dor Concannon. canvassing Republican areas of Belfast for votes for the British Labour Party would have produced inconsequences though advocates of Labour organiswould hoped. Tested However. the theory of organising on 'non-sectarian' bread and butter Issues was tested out in the elections.
tested by Firt, Devlin and Was the Militant's candidates. The results destroy the