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deadly work of the coast of Libya, the US navy and marines were engaged in Caribbean manoeuvres including practise landings off Puerto Rico. There is a mass of circumstantial evidence to suggest that this excercise was a practise for a possible in‘ vasion of revolutionary Grenada, the year old revolution is under constant ary fronts from the United States. The admiral in charge of the operation described Grenada, Cuba and Nicaragua as ‘practically one country and a politico-military problem’.

Hot on the heels on these developments comes the South African in vasion of Angola. The United States refusal to condemn this aggression indicates its preference for leaving Namibia under the South African yoke. Statements of ‘concern’ about the alleged presence of Soviet military personnel in Angola, also suggest that _ the U.S. is looking rer a pretext to intervene directly in Atrica.The urgent task of the hour 1s to mobilise international public opinion to defend the right of self-determination for the Libyan and Grenadian peoles and to make soladarity = Angolan peoples azzamsx South African ageress0s. While the Sixth Fleet was engaged in its tiny-island in the Caribbean whose two La threat on economic, political and militALGERIA with the In recent weeks the true face of American Imperialism has been displayed with all its mighty arrogance.

Almost within sight of the Libyan ‘coast the huge American sixth fleet provoked an air battle with the Libyans, as part of the USA’s openly declared plan to destabilise and overthrow the Libvan regime, Napies ITALY AD Pm MEDITERRANEAN S —EEE—————— The meaning of the Reagan administration’s huge arms build-up is made abundantly clear by these events. From now on the U.S. is going to reestablish its pre-Vietnam role as world cop, using its military muscle to to cow and intimidate anyone, who dares oppose the United States and its reacionary allies. ,.

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THE PEOPLES DEMOCRACY bases itself on the following points:

We 2eree that the central political question for the Irish people is the political, economic and military domination of Ireland by imperialism and that the central task for the trish revolution is the solution of the national question through the ending of partition and achievement of political and economic independence.

We are united in our rejection of the claim that any lasting solution to the oppression of the Irish people can be found within a 6 county framework, and in our rejection of any ‘right’ of the Loyalist minority t© continue partition.

As Marxists we believe that the capitalist state must be smashed and replaced by a workers’ state and soi SOCIALIST REPUBLIC that only the organised working class can provide the motive force for doing this.

We believe that a crucial area of capitalist oppression is women, and this is especially so in Ireland, given the history of clerical power here. Women are oppressed as a sex and even a successful revolution will not automatically guarantee the elimination of this oppression. For this reason, we unconditionally support the right of women to organise independently to fight for their emancipation.

As Marxists, we believe that the working class has the ability to successfully challenge and defeat imperialism. It produces the wealth of society without being able to control or distribute it. It is potentially stronger than any other class because of its ability to organise on a mass base, combining its economic strength and its strength of numbers. We accept that workers have the right to defend themselves against imperialism. However, we do not accept the ideology of militarism — the belief that armed groups can substitute themselves for the masses and win freedom for them.

We believe in the building of an organised and experienced leadership, in a Marxist party based on the Leninist thedry of party organisation: the centtal feature of which is democratic centralism.

The organisation is internationalist. It commits itself to holding an organised discussion with representatives of the Fourth International on the question of affiliation to the FI, Members of the organisation may hold individual membership of the FI. of success. Well, comrades and friends, its fund raising time again. Since we inaugrated the fund raising column over a year ago Socialist Republic has come out more regularly, expanded its coverage and increased its size. We want this improvement to continue. Your help will increase the possibility You can help, not only by buying and reading the paper regularly, but by making a regular contribution to the Fund Drive. We do not have the sponsorship through advertising provided to the capitalist newspapers which act as apologists for British rule in Ireland. We have no intention of being courted by the defenders of the Status Quo. As the name of the paper implies, our only appeal is to those who want to see the creation of a 32 County Workers and Small Farmers Government. Making a financial contribution is as direct and as political a way of aiding the struggle as as taking part in the H Block Campaign and other campaigns. This is specially relevant to readers of the paper outside Ireland.

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