London day, Sunday, hitting the H Blocks been called Democracy and John McAnulty.
H Block centre and outside the rally was challenge this.
had Through that the rally held in the Royal stabulary • Peaceful They Fergus tempted megaphone.
WaLUis When offered down and became abusive.
ended bruising.
The barracks. being Orange peacefully through by the RUC It Catholics side the city centre. CAROL TURNER, a Labour councillor in the borough Belfast at the weekend to take part in a 'counbeing interviewed British television on Monday and generally the headlines.
Challenge of her eventful weekend. The 'Councillors Against Rally' had by Peoples councillors there Fergus O'Hare demonstrations are never allowed to take place in Belfast's city by meeting city hall the an attempt to By 2pm about 300 peoturned up. megaphone Fergus O'Hare announced would a lew That's when the police -Ulster Con- moved in tried to stop speaking The cops had been waiting for us in side streets in jeeps and 'meat they tried to move us on we sat down on the pavement. It was a peaceful protest and we the no resistance.
About 40 to 50 people sat the RUC rough and People lost shoes, had their coats torn, and many extensive RUC arrested 34 it ot us. and carted us awar to Musgrave Street police While we were roughed march was beian adjacent streets seems tha Book only demonstrators are stopped Once in the police station we were locked up in cells for more than nine Southwark, went Irish and Carol tells Socialist hours. Most of us weren't allowed to go to the toilet was no food Illegal . young woman who had also been arrested was was 14 years of age and it is hold this young. She was eventually released after and a half hours.
I was 'interviewed' by a sergeant harangued me, saying shouldn't believe all the 'lies' about the Army, RUC and the H Blocks.
Someone in a nearby cell refused to give name when he was interviewed - insisting he was Tony Benn!
Morale was good in the cells. We sang and chanted slogans, and played guessing games to pass the time Six councillors were ar rested. Two from PD, two Irish Republican Socialist Party members, one from Irish Independence Party and myself. Jokes There were jokes about finally brought us food after more than four hours was unpalatable, about how the councillors being fed casseroles.
The first prisoners were released around 10.30pm. Everyone out by midnight. discovered that the press had made great about a London councillor being arrested Belfast evening paper said it was London leader, Ken Livingstone, who sponsor of the rally. She Fergus O'Hare:
arrested too two stration the Falls Road sonstown on the outskirts of 10,000 people took part. There was no ment from the RUC or the Army because of the size ot the demonstration. his march was pressive, slogans. oil trea mined to carry on.
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there was about the conditions of the hunger strikers sister of one of the strikers spoke of a meeting she had with Charlie Haughey, the premier, 'useless' meone who had come to they Belfast to everyone in Party Is a but non. jokes the success the ValiDatel had tention labour movement the issue or une pollica prisoners was Wing movement Labour Party TUSS Labour/Tory ship on Ireland.
the There was reception to my speech. People came was a wards and said, Saturday day. bail COL the court.
On Sunday it was the ed in We marched up DOCK CHOI cventuall I to Ander- point More than harasscity centre.
very imwith bands and • The people were a wished me good luck for the court case the next day.
those of us arrested on appeared court at 10.30am on Mon Many of the defendants were not even allow. ed into court to hear the charges against us We were harassed and pushed around outside the court as we waited in a cor ridor to hear the outcome were remanded There was a demo of about 50 people outside When the hearing was over we all marched to the Europa Hotel for a press conterence people were assaulted but we succeed demonstrating and allowed into the Europa where the was made that we tried do on Saturday was illegal, then al " rested that morning when we marched through the
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cillors against the H Blocks' march. She ended up being arrested on the Satur- addressing a 10,000 demonstration on