IMGpapers 1980–83

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

Laurence Scott Mass Picket Monday 23 November

Socialist Challenge No. 222, 18 November 1981 · p. 16 of the scan · 584 words

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Challenge Carr's Hill Industrial Estate Molyneaux announced: 'It Is win a deep sense responsibility that I must state inal une umon Is endangered. To meet that we are taking immediate steps to form a Council for the Union.

The next day Paisley paraded several hundre hooded though nick villages in County Antrim.

rally on 23 November at r ' on 23 November at a 'strange venue pretec as meaning Catholic ghetto All these moves were in response to the talks between the British and Irish governments which agreed to establish an Anglo-Irish council.

Nevertheless, Thatcher government and the parliamentary leadership of the Labour Party the only injury they , the only deaths they mourn are those on Luc Lovalist side in the North of Ireland.

Politician after politician stood up in the House of Commons on Monday to praise Robert Bradford who, was bigot.

Secretary James Prior went on telévision to plead for Loyansts to re main 'calm'.

Such hypocrisy was well answered on Sunday by Ed McWilliams of the Belfast 'Silent Too Long' group, which people killed by Loyalists and the security forces. He said, 'There was none of LS ve outrace wiel three Catholics, including councillor, murdered in North Belfast Lovalists three weeks ago. No-one was looking gicale. because Catholics were killed.

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Address the wake of the Loyalists Certainly seems unlikely that the leadership of the Labour Parti willing recognise this question The party conference may have decided to campaign for united Ireland', but in the Commons on Monday Labour spokesperson DOn cannon was playing the old bipartisan tune. He called for: 'The people of Northern Ireland to sup port Mr Prior's appeal for calm and to support the police and the security forces... we will continue to support the Secretary of The political situation in the North of Ireland, is one that has always exploded into violence or teetered on the brink of violence. when the state itself was Тошное! 1921 British government gave in to une physical threats of the Unionists and created ortnern Ireland agains! the wishes of the majority Until there is majorit rule of all Ireland there will be sectarianism, blood and acaln. political monsters like lan And there will be Paisley. It is in the nature North of breed SUCl creatures, because LOYalISI sectarianism what that state has always represented socialists this country lla ye about the Republican resistance Loyalism, or about the methods that resistance employs, such as the killing of Bradford, full support for the defence of the Catholic community in the North of Ireland and for those who are doing the defending is the need of the hour.

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