Fighting back - the P.D. view

EE ee ee OO aed =f . ity * WORKERS... OF . COUNTRIES, UNITED and the for sOcieliag fevolution’ ta) create the Sociales United States | = a mri Se LT , 1973 page V7

FIGHTING BACK - THE P.D. VIEW

Working people Mave acthing tc hope for and nothing to Gefand in the EEC The Common Matt @ @ Capttaliet inatlutiog: sel up ic unite the ruling Chesaant of EurGpe and coordmate ther m1 aliacks ON working pecple. i ta the Europe of the muliinational Lei poreilona ani the banks, the Europe whith expiois the oolanial world, the Europe allied miinarily ‘with WS imperahan arks & partner in its crimes agelnsi. : humanity. Peoples Democracy | te nationalist qoul-capitalist Ours ts the insane French steel workers and tho sree . ghouid press for miners sinking to defend jobs, of the Greanham Cormmon women and the militons who have patos ised against Muocieer misaiies, of he taht Sobdernasc, Europe which mourned Gobdy Sands and Nia comrade Punge strikers a8 iheir yan. Aas the irish =Sechon of the Fourth international the worldwicie rare.

Olulionary orgenization, Peoples Cemoracy campagrms in these European. electiang with the banner of iniernatonadiiet solideraii cali of Eurooe.

WITHORAWAL |

FROM THE EEC

When ireland joined the EEC in ihe irish people wero proses proaperity for all.

instead membership ef the EEC nas thrown open the econany to the plunder of the mualiinaionals and the peeeuetios of imi genous industry. . The capitalist parties Fianne Fail and Fine Gaal, also pledged thet the EEG would hasten the day of iraeh unity and end the dominatwn of British imperigism. But the EEC fee proved 4 ia:thful ally intorai to Brilaii's we apsinst the fadionsiist pecoie of ithe 6 Counties. Membership fas aieo undermined the efforts of irien to ronal embroiimont in the imperiniizt miltiary aillance “NATO, Bath the Coalition parties and Fiannn Fall have indiated — ja ee to hatter Cherries Guy os Hope as, ‘the Getence of E woos’ None ci ihe promises made by the capitediat parties have besn .

delivered on. instead there hag Soon @ heady growth in em Omploy acti, y and pression. The EEC hes nothing eis to offer. Working people immediate withdrawal from the EEC!

AN ALTERNATIVE TO

MEMBERSHIP

the capialis! pertees tell us that whaiever the problieans of the EEC, irctand hes no choice but & reman within h. This is a tle! The European. countries cutsi¢s of ine EEC have been eble te negotiate trading agraements with the EEG without entry. There it no reason why treteand could ne* . adept the SAMS OPPTORA . Mo! a Importantly an ficaierid irco of the chaing of GEC membarship wouk?! bo in a ' position to esiablish now reiationa based on equality with the couctica of the ‘Third Vvorid’ and with COMECON - the economic locsration ef the workers’.

states of Castenm Europe and the Sovist Union. Such agree ‘ments would atimulate mutual wade and aliew ua to take into aocounl the international distribsce te war work’ necessities in the most cificient and. cheapest fashion, thus ensuring the emootivest and moat — sc slag ai the tiving ali of furmany.

FOR THE SOCIALIST UNITED

STATES OF EUROPE!

Of course tnis allernniuve would Gemnand 4 break with ine interests of the Capiiatia( class. Working paocie im ireland would have io iwn the promise of the 1914 proclamation, that. The Owrfer _ Of freland would be vested shored - Wish people, moO @ reality... i would mean the buitding . ot socialion in ireland a an equal partner in aé - Européan-wide pianned socialist economy which . Suid ensure the even daveiopment of production withoui the Wrational inequalities and wmmense human sulfering that European capitalism has Scaitered 8 = tir @ughhoul

FOR A UNITED INDEPENDENT

IRELANDI

-To open the road to a socialist ireland requires ihe total defeat of imperatiat domination of this island end the overcoming ut the Gtvisions impoced by imperlalism On working people. That's why socialists aré¢ enthusiastic oypponenis of Gritish rule in the Worth and why we reject the sotalied ‘New irciand Forum’.

, Ne Forum report Makes it clear ‘that the capitalist parties and their allies in the . worker's Movement ara prepared to make ‘with Gritish “imperiahem in order to maintain the institutions of partition - a main Duiwark- against the rise of worker's revdiution in ireland.

This lg the reason why Sinn Fein was excluded from the Forum ang why it will be excluded from any Conatitutional Conference.

Against the phoney nationalism of the Forum Peoples Democracy tights for:

. + *% ial ‘ Rath . " ae } bs | ~y a> * rf Then ry se ris, \ ! <° MNnmediate withdrawal of ihe Uritish Army, JAbolition of ali repressive laws.

Amnesty for all freedom - @AI-tretand elections to an All-ireland parliament. GA Government of workers and wihall farmers who will break aff iiks with imperiaism and puild elhances with the working People aNd Opples.cod masses of the world. é

A WORKERS PLAN TG SEAT

- THE Crisis! ~* The June 14 elections to the European Parliament lzhe piace cHudst # Drutal anti-working class vilensive in the EEC countries.

The Capitalist class is. trying to make working people pay the costs of the economic criaig of iheir Oankrupt system. To" achieve this, governments and employers have united to force inrough factory closures, cuts in Waves afd social benefits and cvICHONS Of small farmers from their land; they have created Noassive unemployment and Crtwent feds of millions of working People ito poverty. At the same time these governments have Muunled @ tig offensive against rade unum end democratic Fights 1 Order lo carry through ineir uusternty policies. The HiGchons we seitted to give logilimeacy to these attacks on working people and their Ofganisations, to rubber stamp ine austerity poticies, the Siting of US nutiew missiles, the feprassion, ‘Vniie the uniting and CO-Ofdinating its éNachs on working peopte, the workers Tiwana in the EEC COUNTIES féemains divided. The luaders of the movement Carry Gul Class Colaborationiat Policies, ttehing 16 find Common. ground with the ruling class in their own countries instead of committing themeetves to capitalist class is. ping 8 united responee by the European working Clase to fight for common objectives in all the Countries.

tt is the tailure of the Dreseni leadership of the workers movement to press for such united action,to co-ordinate an an iniernational level the Struggies of working poopie that has ieft Ford workers in Cork, Ranks workers in Dublin and Limerick, De Lorean workers in Jeltast to fight alone. it is this jailure which aliows muitinational bosses to Play off workers in one country against their sisters and brothers elsewhere. Tie decision of 50 miner's unions in Paris on May 20th to give full Support to the British NUM shows that international co- Ordination of workers siruggies is nO pipedicem. There are 40 APHION trade unionists in the EEC and if mobilised this force could impose & workers pian to beat the crisis and defeat the capitalist austerity policies. Such a plan could’ be drawn up ‘through Convening a European Congress of labour with broad represeniation gf - factory Gelegates end the rank and file.

A. bette Sivategy could be developed te win the demands which era: already widely Supported im the international workers movement: BA 35 hour working , si 1). week with SA nicctlve orocrasme of useful public works. ees Protection ef weges from the ravages of inflation @Opening the books of muftifhationals Who - tiweaten redundancies and the nationalisation under workers control of firms threatening closure.

in = these elections — Peor oy Wit Grovidde & vaste in with - automatic increases with rises in the cost efliving, ples | bassis, struggiet ites wnterests of working people: a WOILe for trade unwrsists buitling {0 Gefend jobs and iiving Siaxiads, for women siruggling fOr equality, for youth fighting tor @future. We will bo @Quing the need for working peuple to Organise independently of ‘the Capitalist state and its Political Parties, Weowill be explaining te need for a mass antiimper :alist workers party that can unile ali —s- tnose fighting 6xploitation and Oppression, Peopies Democracy is a smaii Party Of revolutionary marxists.

We have very tittle resources.

We don't have the means to stand candidates in these ¢iections. in this situation we have Gecwied to Call jor the eiection of Sinn Fein Candidates in all consituencies and to participate in its Campaign.

Movement will oppose this. They will atgue that Sinn Fem ig Ol & workers party and that their Programme in the election faulis short of that argued by Peoples acy. To do this is to miss the whole potential of the political movement of republican Militants. Sun Fein is a revolutonary organisation, and only these willing to supcori .

development of the national revolution in ireland can ‘hope - “a co] teed when fey argue tor iS xtension ic ‘a workers We have decided to call for & voie lor Sinn Fein as the clearest way in which working people can record their. opposition to the capitalist EEC, to the austerity policies of the ruling class. A massive vole for Sinn Fein i$ the best way in which working 8 Can jet the Forum parties w that the national righis of ‘the irish people are not for sale! = =The election..of Sinn.

Fein candidates will. send a.

Message to Europe that working people in ireland reject the Europe of the for the Europe in the workers of -