Peoples Democracy Pamphlet
Socialist Republic1981The Fourth InternationalNo public scan is online for this item; the text below was read from a privately held copy.
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The political aims of BritishImp— erialism, heavily reliant on the the Humes, Fitts andDevlins of the world, arelaidout. Re-establishing partition as the central factor which drives Britain onwards with the method of repression placating Unionism andLoyalismhas always been secondary to Britainremaining the real mas— ters andincontrol.
The pamphlet states the major ob-— stacletolmperialist strategy has been the resistance of the anti-imperialist movement, whichfrom time to time has succeeded in mobilising masses of Irishpeople against particular offensives.
The Civil Rights movement, Northern Resistance Movement, the Rent andRates Strike were the steps on the road to the fall of Stormont and the winning of political status. The pamphlet emphasises the masscharacter of these movements, an essential ingred— ientit stresses, for the success-— ful conclusion of the prisoners! struggle and the path onwards for the anti-imperialist movement.
After 1972, the mass movement declined andfragmented, and this decline lastedright through bh? leadit to success. self!
JOAN BRADY