Link the Struggle North and South

_ WHENEVER THE PRIVILEGES OF THE CAPITALIST CLASS ARE THREATENED, IT WILL RETALTATE WITH REPRESSIVE LEGISLATION. IRELAND IS NO A CONSTITUTION WHICH GUARANTEES FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND OTHER “HUMAN RIGHTS” WILL FORGET THESE LIBERAL PRETENSIONS WHEN FACED WITH THOSE WHO OPPOSE THE SYSTEM, JOE DILLON AND SEAN MORRISSEY HAVE PLEDGED THEMSELVES TO A 32 COUNTY WORKERS REPUBLIC, FOR THIS THEY HAVE BEEN CONTINUALLY HARASSED AND INTIMIDATED BY THE SPECIAL BRANCH AND NOW CHARGED WITH THE MURDER OF GARDA FALLON. IN THIS TIME OF CRISIS THE STATE WILL NOT \| STOP AT TWO, IT WILL ONLY | FEEL SECURE WHEN ALL SOC| TALIST REPUBLICANS ARE BEHINE GARS.

THE RELEASE OF DILLON AND MORRISSEY WILL BE A VICTORY FOR THE WORKING CLASS.

PEGPLE WISHING TO ASSIST IN | THEIR DEFENCE CAMPAIGN } (POSTERING. COLLECTIONS, EITC.) SHOULD CONTACT THE SECRETARY, 5 PARNELL ROAD, closely.

Fianna Fail The people of Ballyshannon have torn the rep: lblican mask of Fianna Fail and exposed the fooe of British amperinhsm, This new face has emerged not merely because the ineditional spirit of Fianna Failis dying. as Kevin Boland and his friendiwould have it, but because of profound economic and-accal changes. Fianna Pail fas existed for many fears 25 a coalition of varlows intenssts:the small or national employers, the scnall farmers, and the rural sad urban workers. ost of Pinon Failcsuppart came from these three sections god it was towards these three sections that initially its policies were directed, On coming to power the new party initiated a three prongs d attack designed to consolidate ita base, Firatly in the interests of the national enuplovers (which was ite-main concern) it adopted a protective policy to-shelter weak lodusiry Freani Siciies uke-overd and competition. Secondly asa sop to the small farmers it liquidated the land annuities to Britain (which amnunied to £172,000 0007 ond feoueht a protracted economic wut toward this end. And finally to placute the workers it bepan-a major clean up of the city sums and offered various sucial securities, In this perio! Oe Valera could still evoke the Haine of Connelhy and the reapectabla pres could in tin condemn the Sacobla’ peslicies of “Drelariel’s Lenin’.

What has happened to-change Pinna Pails role eo radically? The answers that ite poley a! pri tection fatled miserably, This was efficially ree opnitedin- the S's with the repeal af the Manu: factires Act. Then after Hs returt in power in S200 hiunehed the Firat Preeramine for onunew policy of direct collaboration with British imperialism. This econemic propramimne was an open admission that fish industry could not éacaned from its wen reaourees and would have ich depenion capital inieetien: Fromm Britaia. Thad fron 1959 to 196% more than BOS ef the ED09.000 500 invested in (rish industry dime trom Aritazin.

These ney developments net unnaturally precipated a break Upot the cluss coslitidn upon las Fig aFail was Founded. The mew commay be aoc], How to Develop the Strugghe inflimerce , Economic expanalon. This Fianna Fail embarked wil urban have ofwaysexisted 24 8 privileged COntacl ws wl:

firaaurice fram with of fhe above weilrers | Sn ee ee es ats Lynch and Colley pained (he wpper-hand. Itiseasy tosee how under this new leadership the unity of the party woul! eventually collapse The compradar facto could peogress only through eallaboration with British imperialism, ahich meant the stimingtion of the small employere, gkighappen. under the Pree Trade AGTeEMenL, a running down of the rural seco and vickvie ec xplaitation of the labour force. Not supiitingly the class contradiction: within Fianna Pall suddenty shurpened and the fiat major crack in the menolith appeared after the ‘Avia Telal' with the Aontacht Ebreann aplit. The process of disintegration is by no means over und itis me secret that Heuehey, far from capitulating to Lymeh, is quistly gathering his forces and preparing for an assault al the mos opportune moment (wich The above outline we hope explains the scab role which Fianna Pailis playing in the prescot Mortherecrisis. We alka hope that if Sereias. a warning againat any Wusions in Bolnrid, Hlaney or Haughey—they are, wherr all is auld and done, only o chip off the old block, Ag fl stunds.the strugele in the Meth is ina political cubdesac. The two sections of the community bave been polurised and tkiongh the plas foo arity ddl recescilintion eam tinue their hollowness: is hecorning reore apparent. Obviously chis Slogan ag it has been put forward today has had litte eficet und certainly the tactics flowing from it have had a retarding The Northern stateled prow out of the direct exploitation and oppression of the catholic population, and the Protestant toilers, rural layer. This exploitation and privilege has heen given a systematic and cobeslve Form by the be made JOIN THE YOUNG SOCIALISTS $4 WORTH GREAT CHARLES 8ST.

DUBLIN rhe Morth will be dealt Orang: Onder which holds stata power though the Unionist Party. Mor until this oppression. and privilege is ended, and neot-uneil the Orange Order and the Cnionist strte which institutlonalises their-oppression and privilege are amashed. THI] it be posible to boeak the protestant workers from its reactionary ideology and support for British imperislisn.

This leaves the sevelutionary viunguard of the catholic minority in a dilemma, Ooviously the limited forces of the-catholic minority, herole though they are, are inadequate for the task of smashing the Orange State machine. The only wiv to overcome this dilemma is to breaden the strugete and tuke in the south as well.

The Possibility for Street: in the South The incidents in Ballyshannon show that this peripective ia not ulepian, In fact a proper evahanon of the situathen shows that itis the only reasonable perapectlye.

Economic developments since the Second World War, the emergence of comprader capltallsin in the South and the decline of traditional heavy industry inthe North has sent the employers and their political agents scurrying cap in hand-te Westminster seeking closes unity. The "Federal Solution’, which ie now in vague, ls British Imperialism’s answer and indeed a very acceptable answer as far aa Southern capitalise i concerned, The longer the etrueele in the North continues, the further away the “Federal Solution? reinains, the nvore difficultle: Southern lndustey faces, Southern capitalism under the guidance of Fiarma Fail has therefore a vested [ntereat ina quick lmperizlist victory in the North and willseck te nid such es victory, not merely thraueh patrolling the border. bur more concrstely by introducing internment of at least highly repressive legislation in the South. Sich a policy will unddubtedby unleash @ depres of antidrnperialist sentiment tf the Free State (as it indeed has already done), uel Lf this. opportunity is selzed, progress con The majorelement in a peegramime for the National strugule as far as we tin Tire Plapeh) are conearned, therefore, must be: SMASH STORMONT, LINK THE STRUGGLE BORTHA AND SOLITH: From this all our other sloeans and derail will flow, La i Ts

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