Belfast 34, Embassy 20: DROP THE CHARGES!
Socialist Republic1981Prisoners and the hunger strikesChurch, state and civil libertiesWomen's liberationThe Southern state and its partiesPrisoners and the hunger strikesChurch, state and civil libertiesWomen's liberationThe Southern state and its parties
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the State? Tit an lee pot of modero ‘iberalien” vathe brish inudition, but of the fight for democratic: righiis vs, the reachionary alliance between the church hieratchics and British ieperialismn. For feminists and anti-imperinlists, sericiks about the hight for womens liberation, the only answer lies in an independent WOMEN'S PORE whose main task is the fight to break the Church) State link aod to pet the demand accepted by anti-imperinlists. Pot ferninists to ignore this aod to hang around the pro-imperialist partics such, as Fine Gael, hoping for a few liberal crumbs to be dropped from the pro-pardicionist( Gible, would be te cot themselves off from the most progressive forces in Drish society lighting for fondsinental changes — the anti-imperialists, Tt would be te condenn the fight for woren’s tights to be caught in the vice-bke grip of that most anclent an reactionary of allignces — uhat between British inperialeirn and the Chorches, At the and of the day the only way of improving the appalling conditions of Trish women,North and South, is to build an independent movement of women, with significant support among Workers aod unti-imperialiats, thatwill taise to the fore the demands of weanen's liberation:
BREAK THE CHURCH/STATE LINK!
EQUAL RIGHTS FOR IRISH Committee has taken an important step forward in deciding that the defence of the “Embassy 20" and the focus for those who support the prisoners who hive been charged under the ‘Offences Against the State Act for cage of the Belfast 34 arises out of the 34 anreats on Juoe 27 as Clirs, attempted to address a meeting miaved in and broke ue thie rally.
it fet, except these who support and Armagh. On Aug. Bth, nine others were also arrested during.a seoom! attempt to held a protest rilly there, We are now seeing in practice the The National H Block/Armagh ‘Belfast 44° chould be a central who bold ther, The ‘Foribassy 20° ane 20 young meno ‘their participation in the July 18th march to the British Esabassy. The Fergus (Hare and John MevAnulty ouiside Belfast City Hall, The ROC The centre of Bolfaat has been used by all political and cultural groups, itichiding Puiskey's DUP, Everyone, the political prisoners im Losig Kesh extengion and intensification of the The Free State rulers nest to cliscredit those who put forward republican and sociulist ideas in order to discredit the ideusthemaclres —and the potitical activity of theae Fitegenild & Co”a loog term strategy clear, The Comtintional Creede’ tor this island i¢ beceenite® incre’ 4! and the attack on the activities of the ant-imperialist movement (the Enibassy 20/and dally harassment of pctivikts) ure part and parcel of an cverall plo He aime to consulidate partition and vodermine the develop ing anti-intperialist movement BEFORE it develops inte a semious challeige to the capitalists’ plans for tls island, The defence of the "Einbassy 20° ond the “Belfast 34° are not siinply rearguard actions in the wake of the hunger strike and the cumpaign for the five demands. Like the campaign for the § demands itself, orpanising Sfound thes casea-provides un Opporbuolty to raise the broader quettons of the ant-leperialiat airiigele, arid to Dhustrate the inherent ndemoerrhe natire at beh
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