Conor Cruise O' Brien once indicated that even clinical death would not convince him that Charlie Haughey could not stage a come-back.
Newspaper headlines are dominated by the Nixonesque struggle of a man who refuses -tO go. Surrounded by political intrigue and open conspiracy tricks than Houdini. ponucal success over rivals can be put down to one This ability claim to the workers he is a Nationalist and the bankers that he wants to sort out the economy.
In the recent elections. his ratings shot up by Der cent in a week arter denouncing his rival Garret HitzGerald as a Dawn of the and then dissipated this as he tried to hold back the support this Meanwhile the LOL. real business of looking after the shareholders goes on.
Garret FitzGerald revives STee Anglo-Irish collaboration with new proposals on the Constitution.
Two things concern the southern government.
The first is to step up the austerty orrensive -unemployment, attacks on power this would please both the Americans who are the MEXICO: A coming revolution TIM WRIGHT is available to address meetings concerning the growing struggle of the Mexican masses for organisational autonomy and against state repression, the dynamics and regional significance of that process, and the role of the PRT (Mexican section of the FI) in the leadership of the struggle. (With slides).
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The second Is to eliminate the permanent of instability created by the partition of that they reunify with an all Ireland government, •SCI kind of *conBritish government openly running affairs.
The first steps in that are various forms of cross-border cooperation combat military and Donnea resistance tot presence. The Americans are also hanoi Si thatris s de by spreches Patrick's day speeches of the Kennedy's lie a deep feeling that Ireland should really fully involved the NATO Right now both the austerity drive and the threat to. Ireland's self-determination are fesisted strongly by the workers and small farmers of the South.
Although DrICes are spiralling - Guinness now being well over ti a pint, and unemployment rocketing, the SOULLICLE government lacks the ally of a strong trade union bureaucracy able to keep the workers check.
SOLL Gerald government inçent VAT surcharge, immediate TCSDORSO strike action and the national demonstration shoe makers and leather workers was enough to exempt that industry. Occupations and other mili1a11 acton check government plans happen every week.
FitzGerald knows that workers' resistance, attempting at the same time to avoid the complete collapse of the needs outside help. The British government are ofwithout strings.
On the military front Coaooranon is aso wer advanced. Already strings slatols outside of Ireland's military requirements have American guidancea This American guidance is part of the job of shoring up NATO's Western European TanK possible Soviet air attack.
But the irish workers jealously guard limited neutrality they have left. The government was forced to stot ublic talks the British at the time of th H-block struggle. and again over the Malvinas War pressure the Verment break up European 'unity' Britain's war.
The southern government is working hard to future conrontation. Anxious to win LEIC backing of Catholic hierarchy, the anti-abortion laws threaten to be permanently embodied Run the con stitutuion. Despite the fact that abortion is already illegal in the South, this move is being promoted to guarantee the alliance with the church savs to the church that liaison with the British will not involve tion around these sorts of LUCSLEUTES The role of the church will become more important in Irish politics the betrayal of sovereignty threatens to bring thousands of Irish youths onto the streets to fight imperialism Women have played leading role in struggle, and the abortion attack is just one of number measures necessary to boost the role of the family in maintaining "law and order'.
What the Irish need is a workers' - barey able to plan for the future A party that would be prepared to form government to take on the multinationals resist the government that had the confidence to link with the workers m une vorEn to gel rid of the British presence once and for all.
For all their recent sucwhich we warmly congratulate the nationalists in Ireland have yet to work out such If the plan. were to do that, the kinds of successes seen in the Northern Assembly elections could be repeated all over truth.
vans waited on street pected second Police Station to demand Intimidation the police strategy; mass arrest ana une unrear or mass ar rest, their tactic: Every -Hacknev black community has protested Lasst since Colin's death, the police have swooped: their justification, lawlessness and looting.
of those arrested Telated to tnert or looung but to typical demonstraand provocative behavJOUI of black demonstrators appears to be provocative behaviour Task At a Hackney Black People's Alliance meeting Friday, 4 February. Darcus Howe of the 'Race Today' collective spoke of the history of the black movement in Britain. He talked of the early days in the fifties when the black community was too frightened in alien society to do sobiby councilors ane thes more to voice its deep anxieties about police LaCISHI and corruption.
He spoke of the development of Black Power in the sixties and seventies, and the birth of black consciousness and pride. Only minority were active, he said, and most blacks, though discontented, would claim that 'you can't fight and In a tactful display of brute strength the police have once more shown their concern for the Stoke Newington High Street was occupied territory last Saturday with every few yards police standing in pairs while full police corners and others patrolled the back streets. The occasion: an expicket of Stoke Newington an independent public enquiry into the death of Colin Roach.
more!" The anger of the youth on the streets in the cities -or bram and ung growing number of black campaigns bear witness.
Resistance No police intimidation will stop the growth of a movement.
The enemy's response he said, has been to demand more power to the police: *our primary slogan has to be "more power to us and less power to them"!' The Colin Roach campaign, Howe claimed, can only be understood as part oi a wider movement anc as part of the black Nen. Cross March sciousness: . Contributions at the meeting from people involved in the Newham 8 campaign emphasised this claim • ana undertned tne importance of solidarity of all in the struggle against a racist police force.
Control The march planned by the Roach Family Support Committee for Saturday February must be clear statement of opposition to police intimidation, and asserton or une goais Colin Roach cam Darcus Howe ended on Friday night by saying: I'm not fighting for civil rights anymore: I'm fighting for complete and total rights'.
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Roach Family Support Committee MARCHAND RALLY For an independent enquiry into the death of Colin Roach