THE ELECTION of five candidates of the Irish Republican movement to James Prior's ill-fated new Stormont assembly is clear indication of the real feeling inside the Nationalist community - a complete rejection of British 'solutions'.
other Republicans, the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SLP) was forced to adopt a policy of boycott of the new assembly. Now all the representatives of the Catholic nationalist community will thus be assembly. first meeting.
in any event, Prior's assembly was never going to have even the power of decision-making that Dossessed OV the average council in Britain.
But his attempt to impose sharing' system has led to further catastrophe for imperialism in Ireland.
The essence of power sharing' always been the allocation of a few seats or offices to community - or rather SDIP politi cians in exchange tor TaCI acceptance Loyalist domination of the The bigotted and blinded Loyalist politicians don't want powersharing because they sion that some system of guaranteed representation for the nationalist comSocialist Challenge Because of the campaign of Sinn Fein and absent from the It is dead as a dodo before it holds its munity means giving away real power. it doesn't The essence of the six-county maintenance of Loyalist and imperialist domination through scctarianism - the systematic exclusion of the Catholic population *rOm Line centres of economic and political The election of five supporters of Sinn Fein to te assemory - including leading Irish Republican Gerry Adams brilliant political coup. It means that the Republican movement 15 establishing itself as much more than ine armed delence of the community. but is effectively challengmonopoly SDLP. Sinn Fein has conOVER five hundred pounds was raised for solidated a base among the masses in the North.
The continuing need of the Catholic community for armed self-defence was Illustrated week by the savage sectarian murders carried out thugs. The time member of the state TRA kidnapped partsecurity forces in South Armagh, whom they later CRECUECU In retaliation, Loyalist ussassins kidnapped Catholic man not involved in politics Joe Donnegan - and so badly beat him to death that he could only be identified by his WHICH followed by the shooting down Fein supporter Peter Cor. or unarmed Sinn rigan 3 vears 300 British troops were sent to Ireland *stop bloodshed stead they defended Protestant rule and the bloodsco nas occi unccasing Only if the Irish people an given their national and rights united Ireland - will the SUMERIC CHU That requires the withdrawal of troops and the right of the Irish people to determine then own future More analysis of Irish elec BOB SEC D.