The British press is waging a hysterical at the Provisional Their front pages and special inside soreads are full o Lile those is any sing he pee bom 'calm heroism' of Major General Pringle as he was cut free from his bombed car They illustrate his great humanity in his immediate concern for the fate of his pet black Labrador, and compare the 'callous inhumanity' of TOTS Pringie probably cares more for his dog than for the Irish people. Certainly the conditions endured by the prisoners in Long Kesh were far worse than any animal is subjected to.
Yet not one section of the British media, during the course of the hunger strike, thought it important to explain the conditions in Long Kesh. Not one of them described the filth, the cold, bad food, the sheer misery and boredom.
one of them described the terrible suffering of those whose death took 60 or 70 days of starvation.
While ten men died for the right to be treated as political prisoners, Army, the RUC and loyalist assassination squads harassed and atracked their upporters. Yet there was no protest the British press, no denunciation of the callous and inhuman against the nationalist population.
in tnis siramon it is understandable that the Republican movement may feel against targets in Britain.
Yet the hunger begin to move sections of the has argued before that we have big new upportunitie: build • olidarity rnovement. The statements of «en livingstone in particular, as wen as hose from Tuny Benn, have stown it is mossle the Erirish labour aro that it e the une r Socialist Chalienge Ze October 1963| grisiv detalis or sing une praise of ine *terthe brutality used strike campzion dic Socislist Challenge Irish pathet its ment.
Fags 12 Aftermath of the Chelsea nail bomb change those policies from outright support of the Tories.
A bombing campaign in Britain could reverse those gains. The effect of such argue for support for the nationalist population who are popularly identitied with the Provisional IRA. The weight of Diakarud Brike darting sons omit the working possibilities of arguing for support for the irish struggle by putting off many who tentatively want to question what Britain is doing in Ireland. Irish activists will face increased possibility of harassHowever understandable military actions againsi military targets may be, this is a mistaken tactic to pursue the opportunities withdrawal from portunity to do this will be at the movement the WIt and Britain.
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