Butcher's Apron’ at Half-mast! Basque Support

The Unionists had siexed on the ‘Butcher's Apron’ comparison with the Unhon Jack as a way of using the standing orders of counell meetings to exclwor Counetlnr me nl Wee T ney hopet ta find ul way ph cerminenthy cexchide Poophes Democracy and Sinn Pein [rom une meetings, in the event they fathed “doat people were averjoyed al tae animist ut feat, but man‘ oo ot sec the implications of the campaign, As¢ Joi McAnuity sud: “The British ond Unionist parties hove a policy of remeving- the democrutic fights of aaitiuno ists. We in Peoples Democracy have showo that thot policy has to be loplemented) ard that fi con be resisted.""

The legal actions pot the grealest publicity, but PI alse corned ona publicly campaign, mounted pretest demonstrations inside the Cinw Hall diself and sought uoived action woth other sovti-wmiensst parties, This led to active sappart trem Sinn Fein amd a great deal ol twisting and turning from the Dormeadiiiens fo:

Cllr John MeAnoility Horison Bowks.

ia SDLP. who at first ignored the issac, then walked our of a ooncil Meeting in SLppurL, then Withdraw ache support.

Wein Pl regard this as an cacmiplory action, showing che vay forvard for a major caimpalen In the fast Issue of Socialist Repablic we we appealed Foe | £11000 to help See ee in our defence campaign. Since then John McAnully = vietory aoe the awarding of costs, has elbowed oe to hee ESN frou thi-. iotal, Bot we still need soney fo mount a real campaign on demacratic rights, At the moment the appeal hus met wiPra-show respeuse.

LONDON SOCIALIST ACTHIN BELPAST PD DUBLIS PO LIMERICK FO DUNBARTON REVOLUTION YOUTH WE STILL NEED £385 TO MEET OLR TARGET!

Mb Avoca Park Belfasi 11 and jis Unioniad lacheys.

weight of apron”’.

The democratic LONG STEUGOLE!

nh defence af Gemoceactic mehr. We inocnd to continue organising around. this. issue and we will continue by sack broad United Franc activity to defend polithead rohes Hone in the name of the executive commiliee of the LE] [Basque organisaiion of the Fourth Intermetional of ihe Spanish state] and In my own, | would like te express our deep solidarity with our comrade John MeAnolty, member of Peoples Democracy [Irish section of the Fourth International] and member of Belfast Clty Council, againsi the attacks on his political and clvil rights by British imperialism Defending the symbols of the oppressed nation, faced wlth the imperialism and is incumbent upon every consistently antideperiallst patria. ‘This takes on sperial significance wheo [eced with the butcher of peoples that is British imperialism, whose flag is Indeed o “boteher's facode canna barbaric reality confronted wlth o hervic people fighting for thelr country’s reunification and Independence.

LIVE THE INTEENATHINALIST LONG LIVE THE BASOUE AND IRISH PEOPLES!

FRANK ROSSA, ell an! Brotaim.

Delegates from revolodinnary wgonkolimns throughout the wold asecmbled for the recent Twelfth World Congress cf the its symbals af domination, hide lie oppreseive and AND SOLIDARITY “As boig as she's in there my oti wih never be away trom thie walls". ‘These were the moving words of Mary McArdle, whose deviate Tis among those imprisoned in Armagh Jail, She was ndidressing a picket of over 3M) peaple gathered arthe Jail-for Unter national Warner's Tiny: They had travelled from all perts of Treland Diher spcokers represented the Chile Support Group, lack Women from Sheffield, and ‘Women Against Pit Closures’; wha pledged their solidarity and promised to retin te Britain and describe what was happening in Ireland, There were dozens of messages of support from orgunisalions intermationally whe ate secking to caise dhe a of eirip-searching al Armagh in their own comotries.

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~ ARMA GH PICKET