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Socialist Republic1983Partition and the national questionPartition and the national question
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Dublin anti-amendment action groups ough the 26-county midlands. goal was to build support for the We asked Mary O'Connell, campaign group, about the tour.
"The tour was successful.
Tullamore, and Athlone. ion groups have been set up and we held well attended public meetings. SPUC were obviously expecting us, they seemed to follow us around. it back-fired on them, ermination of the campaign."
tour, told Socialist Republic:
Our information jolted people into of SPUC and the issues at stake." recently sponsered a tour by bus thrcampaign in areas hitherto unorganised.
activist in Dublin North-West action We visited Birr, Mullingar, Ballina, Roscommon, Several actBut We won new supporters and strengthened the det~ Pat Corconan, a PD member also on the “This means we have action groups in nearly every county in the 26 counties.
realising the real reactionary nature moment the majority of — Limerick workers voted to accept the redundancy agreement the struggle was lost. There was no way the situation could be turned around.
While certain political tendencies like R S (Revolutionary Struggle) argued that the occupying workers should be fully supported, it was clear that only a disastrous confrontation between workers would result. Many of the majority who accepted the final deal were understandably determined that nothing should endanger the agreement. PD argued that notwithstanding the heroism and determination of the