Dump Fitt Campaign

Torturers: The 'Dump Fitt! campaign and petition launched by PD after his attack on the hunger strikers has generated a great deal of controversy. It has been labelled a diversion by Sinn Fein and has at the same time started a frantic censorship by the llrish News! - bastion of the Catholic business class in the North, This censorship, and the need to convince anti-imperialist militants to involve themselves in the campaign has generated some difficulty for us. However, even working at a low level, we have obtained 3,000 signatures in the West Belfast area and we hope to boost it to over 13,000, Events since then have proved the Importance of this work. The lack of response to Fitt's attack enabled Hume and the SOLP to hold firm and devote their time to pressuring the prisoners to end their protest, and to continue negotiations with the British. Haughey and Fianna Fail were actually able to meet Thatcher in the middle of the hunger strike and negotiate a new sellout toimperialism, If we can successfully repudiate Fitt and turn him out of office it will be a shattering blow against imperialism and its native collaborators, We need he!p to deliver this blow, Those in the West Belfast area can help by contacting us and arranging to canvass door-to-door, Militants in other areas can help by sending messages to Fitt either at his Antrim Road address or to the House of Commons calling on him to ree Any public representatives expressed support for the Prisoners should be asked to support the call. Copies should be sent to us at the Connolly Bookshop, Avoca Park, Ander sonstown, Belfast. «+++ See also page /¢.