Local Government Elections Peoples Democracy Stand Against Fitt and Devlin
Socialist Republic1981Elections and electoral tacticsThe Fourth InternationalPrisoners and the hunger strikesLoyalism and unionismEconomy, the EEC and EuropeElections and electoral tacticsThe Fourth InternationalPrisoners and the hunger strikesLoyalism and unionismEconomy, the EEC and Europe
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its intention of contesting the forthcoming local government believe that aboycott isnot an effective tactic and that inthe ger strike and political status.
We believe that those parties resent Us.
electionsisonly one. Each of problems butit will providea Peoples! Democracy declares electionsinthe 6 counties. We elections we can organise against political and ecogomic exploitationof the Irishpeople. Thisis especiallyurgentata time when we want to see the broadest possible mobilisation around the hunwhich have refused to support the the prisoners and have even att— acked them have gone unchall engedfar toolong. Theelections offer an opportunity for a genuine anti-unionist voice to be heard and the election of an anti-imper— ialist candidates will! be an effec-— ive rebuff to both the British and to those who have claimed torepThe struggie against Britishrule platform: must Use every effective tactic of which the method of contesting the facets of Britishrule must be challenged and fightbacks organised against their criminalisation policy, their repressive laws, their attacks on the living standards of the workingclass, their partition of [reland and maintenance of sectarianism. Wedonot believe that the election of coun- unionist workers. cillorsinitself will solve these platform anda means of organising for anti-imperialist worker's.
Itisover 10 years since PD contestedelectionsinthe North, At that time, standingona Civil Rightsplatform, the electoral intervention helped to mobilise and strengthen the campaign against the Stormont regime and was a tactical success. It has become clear that to make a principle of boycotting elections was a mistake and we hope that our jn— tervention in the coming struggle will likewise heip to further the Political Status struggle.
PD candidates will standon our own platform but we believe that there should be maximum unity of anti=imperialistsin the election. Thus, weare willing to co-operate with any candidate on the basis of support for the 5demands, active involvement in the campaign and abstention from councils until resolution of the political status struggle.
PD wil! stand on the following 1. Defence of the political prisoners and political status.
2. Against partition. Immediate British withdrawal and disbandment of the RUC and UDR, 3. Support for all democratic rights. Defence of ther! ghts of anti-imperialists, trade unianists andwomen. For affirmative action in employment for anti4. Fora fight against austerity measures and cutbacks, and the building of afightback ijn the unions, among the unemployed andin the communities. FERGUS O'HARE IRELAND AND NATO UDA TERROR MULTINATIONALS WOMEN AND ELECTION
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