Ireland and the Fourth International

Papers, journals and pamphlets of the Fourth International's supporters in Ireland, 1969–1996

Stop Cuts!

By John Magee

In Socialist Republic: Vol. 6 no. 6, September 1983 · scan page 3 · about 170 words

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EDUCATION FOR SOCIALISTS land Public Service Alliance [NIPSA], threatened to withdraw its members from the emergency out-of-hours service and implement a policy pf non-co-operation with the cuts. The union remains wary that management may’

attempt to revive the cuts and has pledged:

to take whatever industrial action is needed to protect the service in one of the North’s most deprived areas.

So what is the alternative? The only solution in the’ interests — of workers is to break with the imperialist domination of the country. This means no more ‘hand-outs by fly by night multinationals and the nationalisation of any firm that threatens closure or redundancies. It means taking over the banks and releasing their huge resources to put people back in work at wages they can live on. It also means deStroying partition which assures the political domination of the country by Britain and divides the working class The workers alternative involves all this and more but a good first ‘step. is exposing the lies of the bosses arguments.

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