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plastic lets in the North of Ireland has been taken forward in several ways. during July. Events connected with the use of this murderous Weapon are Listed below: JULY 1: A High Court Judge ordered thet the Belfast Coroner, sitting with a hold a fresh inquest in . ' Tenis Canavan, | session in the set | soldiers serving in the North were doctoring plastic bullets by inserting blades, nails and electric torch batteries, He also said that half the fatal casualties resulting from plast Plastic bullets were sustained by children, JULY 9: A United States Based to the European Court of Justica in Strasbours, JULY 15: The Irish Congress of Trade Unione overwhelmingly supported a motion urging a ben on the use of plastic bullets in Northern Ireland, JULY 20: Belfast Teachers Against H Block and Armagh have formed a group. celled "The Orgenisation of Concerned Teachers Against Plastic Bullets". Its purpose is to campaign agsinst the use of Plastic bullets in the North of Ireland, STRENGTHENING THE CAMPATGN We can drew one specific concampaign is extremely fragmented, Some groups, such as Purpose, to intimidate and terrorise the anti-imperialist | movement off the streets. Its faturation use far, the British government has ignored all demands to ban the plastic bullet, A united campaign by the anti-imperialist mo is the to the one force that can sove the British ermeent on this issue. It gust be broadly bring up thie fesue at their A Ban on plastic bullets, won by a masa movement, would also help to push political oppertunists such as the SDLP into the-background. The British government le quite Prepared to shed the blood of aur people in an effaert to break our unity and spirit instrument of death is slive and aati who Jt terth.

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The anti-imperialisat es PRIOR'S "roltine devolution" Hill is now law, having passed through all the legislative stages of the British Parlisment and ‘received ‘the Aovyal Assent. “Elections to the new heave been set for When Prior first broke the idea of a new Assembly during the closing stages of the republican hunger etrike, Pe Sore Was. Ee vet ditions for loyalist There were Can enyone doubt today that loyalist mile is once again on the agenda im the 6 Counties? The Irish goverment has been teld in mo wmcertain terms to keep ites nose out of Northern affaires. The SDLP has been told that ‘Eritein will decide on. date in the elections and who not! Once those who beliewed 1 the future of . this gould be secured by fawning to British politicians have been kicked in the Fianas Feil ond ‘the SOLP won't learn from their present treatmente She bane ot Shatter! s Ont. . Whether or pean mee ste or not the SDLP Takes its seats, it al with Fianna Fail = down ‘fo the can learn from the present actions of imperialism. It can No Return to Stormont !

recognise the danger posed by the Assembly and resolve ta mobilise a movement on the atreets which can atop the Assembly fetting off the ground, The "Step Prior! Pledge which has already received the support af prominent organisations and indi= viduals if a step in the right direction but it must be hardened ‘out into more than a Paper resolution.

Once the Assembly gete off the _it will be & hundred times harder ta bring it down, That's why Peoples Democracy have urged that the whole businese, @lections and all, should be boyeotted, There can be no British solution to the criss in Ireland, What we need are @lecticns to an All-Ireland Assembly which, through ending Partitida, can open the road to the defest or rar ge rule and exploite== 4 For all their nationalist bluster, Fianna Fail and the SCLP will never choose this road, Haughey and Hume prefer to be cringing servants of British imperialism than to be accountable to the workers and Small farmers of Ireland. A 0258 Govement on the streets and im the workplaces could not only acd cor 6 Denes ram ing of the road to freedom for the downtrodden workers and emall farmers.of the i a Counties. iy

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