Socialist Action - a Fighter for Irish Freedom in Britain

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Sociallat Action is 9 new labour movement weekly.

Launched in March, our most immediate objective & the fight to kick out the Tory goverment and replace it with a Labour RCeinen | commibted bo wtialist policies, We don’) andetestimace the problems facing the Britis: working class in the battle against the Tories.

Many workers are dissuact ed from fighting attacks Fon the wiions, om the | welfare services anid ori | living standards because af unemployment aod the cowardly role af the right wing labour leaders. Bul | there is a large and militant | minority in the fahour movement, fn CAD: in the Pritt sue? emit the Tories atlacks and against the sabotage of the leader: ™ ship. Our puper is addres sed to that minority with the objective of organising (vem as.a natlonal current.

That 6 the importance af campaigns such as Sock is fora Labour Pictory, a canipalpe whrict seeks to Tink op with all these fighting the ‘Tories to win a Lahr victory, Likewise the paper will fight to build the broad Jeft currends inside the unions te camPalen aptinet incomes policy and for the demmoeritisation ai-the unions. A crucial part of this is support for the siriggle of the nationalist population apainst Britain’s occupation of the: Marth. Our paper will fully. report the ant-lnperialist clection canipuipm in the North. An important part of this is petting ont theviews of the aitti-imperialise move ment bo the Bridish labour marement, We haw pik pee Dee ee ee ae PD supporters in the first 3 ines of our paper. We beliowe this is a fandimental task of our paper. A debate has come to the fore on Labour's bi-partisan policy We want to make sure that thivtissne is put-at the centre centre of attention in the election campaign While it is vital to defen! the Tories and Alliance, we do nathave any iflusiona abet the character of the neo Labour povernment that would come te offic. But it would be a-mistake to conclude that the aut: come of the election: & irralevant either for British ot Irish workers. The temo al of Thateler in itself weld be u body blo fon British Imperial, Secondby, the itumerous policy uns ind democratic reforms within the ]abour Party, and the experience of the Wilson-Callaghan governments means that the left will have an conference decisions, a8 the Foot-Healey team Bould, But the advances of the lefi have also created on opp. ortunity to take forward the cause of [rish self determination in the labour movement, We sipport the Lalaur Committes on Ireland's initiatives to raise the issuc of Ireland in the labour moventent. That means petling out the opinions of elected representatives af the nationalist population, We want to build a darge labour movcmont delegation to accompany Ken Livingstone on his next trig to the Morth and support camipign which take advantage of existing Labour Party policy, fot example against Bul our moediwn tern rrotery ia to break Labour from Gi-partisanahip and Tia policy of Troops Ont How, We wan toowin the . wi . a ns i 5 * i

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