Haughey and Hume aid British imperialists COLLABORATORS WILL ANSWER

The British Government and the news media in Ireland have tried to portray the ending of the H Block and Armagh hunger strikes as a defeat for the prisoners and their supporters. Despite the fact that major concessions on all five demands were promised, an attempt is being made to confuse the public and withold the reforms, Thisis only to be expected, The British Government has to save face and try to regain the initiative against the anti-imperialist movement.

The fact that Britain feels compelled to act in this way undermines the overall success of the H BlockArmagh campaign. The largest and most sustained all-Ireland mobilisation of anti-imperialist sentiment, in the last decade was put on the streets. The struggle in the prisons smashed through the pretence of "criminalisation" and put before Irish and world opinion the reality of Britains' Oppressive policies in the North, The campaign has proved that widespread anti-imperialist support exists, that united action is possible and effective, and that a new and higher level of political awareness is emerging amongst the Irish people, Britain's new campaign of deceit and vindictiveness aginst the prisoners is aimed at rolling back these gains, The major cause for concern amongst socialists and republicans is that this counter-offensive is having some success, The prisoners have not yet received the promised concessions, and within the anti-imperialist movement there is a degree of paralysis - even acceptance of Britain's propaganda that the whole campaign was a defeat.

The success of Britain's counter-offensive is not entirely fortuitious, It must be admitted that the H Block - Armagh campaign had a number of weaknesses which permitted Britain duplicity. eat, coming weeks. room to manoeuvre. Fianna Fail and the SOLP worked behind the scenes to enable Britain to make concessions In such a way that they could easily be retracted, The H BlockArmagh campaign did not mount a sustained initiative to expose this But at the end of the day Haughey, FHiume and O!Fiaich et al were only able to Cause confusion, not a defA renewal of the H Block/Armagh campaign for the implementation of the concessions will call their bluff. Fianna Fail and the SOLP must answer for their role in perpetrating the sufferings of the political prisoners, Were they liars or simply dupes of the British Government? = that is the question, A hard hitting campaign by the National H Block/Armagh Committee will force them to answer in the the responsibility is in our hands, All militants should remobilise in defence of the five demands, Bernadette's words must not be in H-Block/Armagh: Back to the Street We are Not Intimidated IN THIS ISSUE:

SLP AND H-BLOCK AGRICULTURAL CRISIS DUMP GERRY FITT ABORTION CAMPAIGN

& Limerick Chronicle Harrington brands Remy pro-Loyalist SOCIALIST REPUBLit PAGE 2 Tuesday, November 18, 1980 this week criticised for bis tae Se ALD. JIM Kemmy «as “pro-British and proLat week Ald Keamy This week one of the people critesed the city comediion who beiped to organic the who head sepperted the petitions to the Brith govaadonal H- Bie He accused them of to the “degradstion of the erament In Limerick the debate goes public wer in ray Pineda H-Block before the men Irnhean was pathetic.

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Ireland's destiny. He claimed that Ald declared, “that hiding behind the fecede of ‘democracy for the Loyalist majority’ will not obscere the bretel consequences his politics hold for Harrington the Nationalist minority and for the Irish nation.” fact that he never made the Nationa! Question an issue in his election nNvalqns was borne out by the 30% positive response to the HBiock/Armagh petition in Garryowen - his Own area. Obviously receives support for reasons other than his "Cruise O'Brien" politics. Thes would be (a) his work on behalf of individual tenants over the years since his days in the Labour Party; (b) his radical image boosted by his connection with the setting up of the Limerick Family Planning Clinic and his (mostly) past tirades against churchmen and (c) his prominence in the local trade union movement, There is no evidence that he receives s significant support on the basis of his antierepublicanism and there is

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