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The Irish Citizen1972British troops and the occupationLoyalism and unionismBritish troops and the occupationLoyalism and unionism
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. Six ‘Countios. And trade unionists will not accept demands for an end to internment unless these are unequivocally linked with the right of the nationalist minority to determine its own future.
ISC’s demands must be raised atunion branches and shop stewards meetisigs. Speakers are available to explain our programme. Delegates and observers will be welcomed at the conference. Those who are totally opposed to the role of British imperialism in Ireland must make it a priority.
Special Branch well-being of the Catholics m the North, bet rather from the knowledge that if these pogroms were allowed to take place they would set the South ablaze and threaten British capitalism there.
Therefore this backlash must be contained, and this would mean bringing the British army into armed conflict with the Unionist regime who provide the finance and the legitimacy for the backlash.
But Whitehall knows that any clash between British troops and the Orange Vanguard will have to be suppressed by the British army. This would lead to the disintegration of the Orange monolith which has been one of the main props of imperialist rule for 150 years and which Heath hopes to continue to use as part of his strategy for exploiting Ireland.
Thus any political solution which is offered, although it may tamper with the super-struc-