TUITE TRIAL; Irish courts

Bae Our bodes -a 3 Hiinghs y i lose ‘the battle. But FO believes building a massive "RO! vote will lay the ground for resiatance to further attacks on democFatic rights, “cool the courage" of the right ‘and cause the government to consider their political future with caution before launching any further @ttecke, In other words, We are on the defensive. The balance of forces is weighted against us and this campaign gives us the opportunity to. push back the right.

As we stated at the head of this article, the Anti-Amendment Cempaigen has scored some initial successes. But even adding all these up in no way constitutes a atrategy for building the campaien, Signs are however, that the present leadership is attempting to develop one.

ELEMENTS OF A STRATEGY So Zar, the campaign structure is basically Genocratic with a delegate Structure allowing for political representation (2 Per action group/organisstion), monthly meetings and open meetings between ee at a Senos Peoples Democracy contriuted the following basic framework to a recent delegate meeting. This was approved by that meeting eel further strengthened by similar motions from a gumber of action groups.

- Winning support in the labour movement and in the working clases areas, An Action Programme was adopted centering on ==-Hational Rally at the end of October =-International solidarity coordinated. activities =<-Mass Lobby at Dail on the day of referendum vote 3. An open conference was agreed to assess the campaign in October/Novenber , 4. Building support in the six Counties, especially among the SDLP as a particular enbarragament to the Haughey goverment was aleo endorsed a5 part of the campaign.

DEMOCRACY -- AN ON-COING DEBATE Some differénces remain -namely about political repreSentation and its implementation within the campaign, Several delegates, particulerly members of the Commnist Party end a sumber of, feminists, resisted the need to extend this to the steering committee... They argued that it eould hinder the campaign by long drawn out report-back and Was Unnecessary, This argument arose as a result of an IRSP member being unable to take her place on the committees. PD and the IRS eae ee thee oo TRSD by the Special Criminal: Court in Dublin, Brian Barron, the BBG's correspondent in Dublin described the outcome of the trial accurately. He polnted out that this event marked a high point "in Anglo-Irish tollaboration".

Collaboration “is the key word. Of course it is not the word: Haughey would use to describe hia 'special reletionship’ with Margaret Thatcher. But collsboratiop is exactly what it is.

HAUGHET'S HYPOCRISY When the Criminal Law (Jurisdiction) Act was being deb ated in Leinster House in December 1975, a woolfercus opponent of the legisiation was none other than Charles J Haughey, the present Taoiseach. eg ee ear pa Haughey's hypocrisy s poe en. Leaders of the Fianna Fail party Beve behaved like this always. in the latest in a lome lime of Fianna Fail leaders who have no qualms about playing the — republicen card when it suits them -- and who are just as ready, when ft suits thes, to imprison, a even execute real anti- rialistsa. The commitment of pig Mans G the rhetoric used to gather imperialists: goes org votes at elections.

AN IRONY OF HISTORY This is a curious irony of history: almost exactly lO years before Gerry Tuite's trial, one of Haughey's Rencuik De Valera, ordered the redecesgors, a certain Free State Special Branch to break up the wedding party of | Gerard Tuite's parents. The Ghrdai were searching for ‘Tulte's uncle, r E ody, a well known Republican activist in the counties of Caven and Monaghan at the time.

In the ensuing gun battle Patrick Darmody was killed end another wedding guest was injured.

gailing of Gerard Tuite, i+ is Clear thet the Fianna Fail leopard has not changed its Spots; it isan agent of British Imperialism.

FIANNA FAIL WORKS FOR BRITAIN The imprisonment of Gerard Tulte and the escapers from Belfast's Crumlin Road Jail Shows that the Criminal Law (Jurisdiction) Act is now being used by Fianna F4il, at Britein's behest, ta Strengthen the border. This latest plece of repressive legislation, a hangover from the Sunningdale Agreement, is eolely for use agsinst Republicans. This very point was Gade by Sen MacEride, Senior Counsel (SC) =-- who legally represented Gerard Tuite at the Special Criminal Court -once Judge Lism Hamilton had announced the verdict. MacBride pointed owt that the Criminal Law (Jurisdiction)

that vote =—- but de fecto won the argument when an ICCL absentee was replaced by another ICCL member, We can only conclude that the IRSP seems to be a victim of political Hostility or prejudice. However, these are issues to be ironed cut in the course of this and many other struggles, They do not negate the need for unity in action againat the Amendment which Peonles Temecracy is committed te. to + Held * Julie Livingatone, LO years on, with the ren. * Stephen McConomy, old ‘3 years.

Counties. Act will not be used to bring to justice people guilty of crimes against the nationalist people of the 5 Counties. It will not, for example, bring. to Bai following people:

Caron Anne Kelly, 72 years 1k years old , * Wore MeCabe, 30 years ole and a mother of five childV1 years The killers of these four people all wore the uniforms of the British Army, the AUC, or the UDR. Hundreds of others have suffered in exactly the same way over the paet That is not how the Gardai and Special Branch see things: every day, they pass on information about the activities of sotfalists and republicans in the 26 Counties to the Uniformed murderers of the 6 Heaughey!'s 'comcern!’ for the suffering of the nationalist minority in the North ie therefore aH fake, Fisnne Feil act in Britainta interests through operating the Crininal Law. (Juriedietion) ACh. The British are delighted at the jailing of Gerard Tuite snd the Crumlin ef represaioan ageinst Republicang, the Unioniat beckwoodamen are not satistiedthey want extradition and the return of the death penslty. Paisley even suggested that Loyalists should imitate the Taraeli Aray alaughter in Lebanon, and-sattack Cork, following the exemple of Beirut, REPRESSION WILL NOT STOP THE ‘FIGHT: FOR TRISH UNITY The nationaliat minority will | ! only*"get its democratic rights in a United Ireland. Tampering with the internal adminiatration of the 6 Counties will not change this fact. Repressive legislation does not alter this reality. Haughey often says things like this { "Northern! Ireland has Failed az a political entity', for example), ° Iz Haughey really believed these sentiments he would end: callaboration with Britain, Recently the IRA resumed ita Sombing campaign in Londen.

After every explosion like thie right wing politicians issue hypocritical condemnations and suggest that represelve legislation is justified because of these actions, If that was true, how is it that 7 years after the pessing of the Preverrtion of Terrorism Act the TRA can still set off bombs in England? The reason is political; the bombings happen because of Eritish miarule of Ireland.

Even The Irish Press, a Bupporter of Fianna Fail can Bee this... The editdrial in ite July 26 issue correctly observes that many people in Horthern Ireland da nat conaider that the IRA bombers ae Neo mr ie Rois !

daily think of relations of their-own either in Long Kesh or recovering from some form oz violence erising cut. of the troubles, be it a plastic bullet, a Castlereagh interrogation, or some such," The writer continues by expressing distaste for the haughty arrogance of the current British policy, It if suggested that if.

Britain wants the Dublin government only to have se security role, and no politioal role, “the two edged nature of this sword can very easily be made apparent in any future negotiations over cross border security."

This coyness is in one senea rather pathetic, tah. it is interesting to see such an suthoritative setabliahment newspaper openly speculate in alway that ought to worry the British government. It shows how unstable the political situation is, and shows that the anti-imperialist Tovement 18 in & positian ‘to make gains.

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