IMGpapers 1980–83

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

Mansfield Irish march witch-hunted

Socialist Challenge No. 204, 2 July 1981 · p. 6 of the scan · 416 words

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on Ireland.

witch-hunt has been launched against the demons tration's organisers, Labour Committee on Iretrated by the local and backed by the right wing Labour council.

The Mansfield Chronicle Advertiser the demonstration Sed Sack Ma March:

the Labour council refused to allow the rally to take place on Labour Party has said it the Labour will Socialist Challenge 2 July.1981, Page 6 THIS Saturday, 4 July, sees the latest stage in the campaign to change Labour Party policy A demonstration and rally will take place in Mansfield, the constituency of Don Concannon, Labour's spokesperson on Ireland.

The The demonstration press partisanship as Labour's headlined be demands 'IRA Mans- Irish political prisoners. Hysteria council Mansfield sacking of which has hysteria, counter-demonstration, and even Michael Foot has slogans the call for break in Labour-Tory bi on the sacking of Concannon Irish spokes support view is the call for the Concannon created the which the MP has fuelled, by saying that the march amounts to 'intimidation'. He has further slandered the march organisers by saying these people threatened they were going to do to my wife on 4 July'. Nonsense This complete nonsense. target the Labour Committee on rally policy. The committee's troops should be withdrawn from Ireland is shared by 69 pe cent of Labour voters, according to a recent opinion poll in tne wally siar.

Neither is Concannon correct in his claim that his are totally in line with Labour's policy on the political prisoners When visited Bobby Sands on his death-bed hunger striker he was total Tories' hard-line attitude. Yet Sands' Parts national has called for concessions UHC SUICIS The • Labour Mansfield has had some in Duceeos LCI by the Irish issue.

Support Case Mansfield 1S strongest area of support for the type of policies the campaign is putting forward lodge Concannon told in the phasised which and since restricted death the Labour cacculive debate on right in attacking the accusing the com"personalising' m octobe ICAL seems that hardly the Hicalstillle miners' is among those who have threatened to join the counter-demonstration.

should be emthat the LCI, is ar organisation meticers to the Lad individual Party, has spent the bulk of its activities on attempting to promote a policy Ireland within the party. A climax of that conference where a major debate will take place on A further LCI demonstration there would be the SUCH for committee to take. In the the democratic right to demonstrate must be defended in Mansfield this Saturday.

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