How We Can Win

The question facing us 211 is ‘Whay do we do now?" The immediate priori -ty is to publicly show our sorrow at the death of Bobby Sands and. our solidarity with the remaining, three Hunger Strikers. Black flanges should be flown and we can wear black armbands on Thursday, the National day of Mourning.

On the streets, local H. Block Ctte -€sS can organise road blockings and mass pickets on barracks. These activities should be charectarised by discipline and unity and can be used to involve as many people as possible in active opposition to the British. ;

There. is. the- probability of R.U.C. and army raids on the districts to round up local activists. We can prevent this by barricading off side streets and‘ensuring that personnel are there to defend them at a11 tim -€8. This wiil not only provide eff -~ective protection for campaign activists but give an alternative activity for our Youth to involve themselves in, as opposed to thepre ‘sent unco-ordinated rioting. In the past, bin-lid bashing has proved a food militant responseto incursions of any "fret ‘asreas" that we set up.

Throughout this campaign we have pressurised the Trade Union Movement and the &.D.L.P. to take a nositive stand on the 5Demands,. We must now demand that the unions implement th -eir national policy which declares support for the prisoners. We must demand that our local councillors come off the councils till the Pol ~itical Status issue is resolved, ‘Pressure can be stepped up»through picketing union offices and S.D.L.P, Head Quarters, Ona wider plane the electors of Fermanaeh/S.Tyronc should organise 4 mags petition calling for another by-election for Bobby Sands seat and tnen stand another Hunge: Striker which will afford us the opportunity to consolidate the original victory and further isolate the &.D.L.P. leadership and discredit the British and Irish governments.

Alvext¢y ,appeals to the internation -1]1 labour movement to take industr -~ial action against Bsitish concerns and have met with 2 good response. This :c¢tion coupled with similer . moves in Ireland could present the British with serious problems, 4 crucial battle will be to end the Anglo/Irish talks and FreeState collaboration on the Border, In this Charles Haughy had the power to save Bobby Sands. but refused to use it, An all-Ireland demonstration can be orpanised to march on Dublin with the demand that the Fianna Fail govt either take decisive action on the Hunger Strike or resign! The questi -on has «9 be put to every Irish eitizen,"Do you support the Prisoners . _or the Britiza povernmcnt", We can win this campaign. We can —. save the lives of the three remaini ~ng Hunger Strikers. We must prove both to ourselves as well as to the British that we are not beaten and are prepared to firht on tili we win.

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