New Betrayal

BEIRUT: As the date for the Assembly people will be subjected to a daily Party’. They claim to be the only party ‘truly’ representing working people, the only party interested in social and economic issues, the party which shuns religious or what they call ‘sectarian’ politics. But their manifesto shows just how in the name of rejecting sectarian politics, so-called, they have come to accepting partition, British rule i Jreland, and uniovist sectarianism!

In the name of ‘socialism’ and ‘workers unity’ they proclaim the benefits of ‘devolution’ in the 6 counties. They want workers to forget about 60 years of unionist wule - 60 years of gerrymandering, (of discrimination in housing and ‘the sectarian record of the RUC, the murder of Catholics carried out by Loyalist terror gangs, the | presence of armed British soldiers in Ireland. They say that to raise these issues is ‘sectarian’.

By using this logic they accept Priors plan. While pretending to criticise the Tories they are in fact the only anti-unionist organisation have said that they will take their seats if elected, And what will they do when they get there? The stated aim of the Workers Party is to build a ‘centre-left ' coalition. How can there be a party, and socialist party are boy»means is working alongside the unionists. They say that in order to elections draws nearer, the nationalist barrage of propaganda from the “Workers North, jjobs. They want you to forget about to have welcomed Priors’ plan and who councils! centre-left when every other nationalist cotting the Assembly. What this really WORKERS PARTY TO COLLABORATE WITH UNIONISTS -improve the economic and social conditions of the workers they would be prepared to work with anybody -ie. the most right-wing and pro-capitalist parties in Ireland.

But just how far could the Assembly improve the lot of working peaple.? How can an Assembly dominated by a Loyalist majority find in favour of working people? Will it eradicate unemployment? Will it build more schools and houses? Will it remove repression and guarantee democracy? On the contrary, such an Assembly will make it easferfor Thatcher to implement her anti-working class policies. [t will make it easier for the Tories and Unionists to defeat the anti-imperialist opposition in the The Workers Party have made it clear that - if they were askedthey would take on the chairmanship of some committees. If James Prior wanted to interpret their support for a particular measure as cross-community support, then they would accept this! In other words the Workers Party set them -selves up as the ally of the British government and the Unionist parties in trying to make this Assembly work! Last year during the hunger strike, PD took on tharelected councillors of the Workers Party. Their policy then was to oppose the granting of the prisoners 5 demarna’s. When the dust had settled on the local council elections, the Workers Party fad last every seat they Aad an the Last May the anti-imperialist movement pushed the Workers Party towards the dustbin of Irish history. This October that job should be finished!