Ireland and the Fourth International

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

And Ireland

In The Plough: Vol. 2 no. 16, c. January 1975 · scan page 7 · about 158 words

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Local intiatives have been taken in defence of Left-wing and Republican militants hounded by the police under the new legistation. |n Bath, for example, the International Socialists and the International Marxist Group are conducting a joint campaign which includes the demand for withdrawal of British troops. Unfortunately, on a national level, sectarian considerations have led the IS and the WRP to reject IMG proposals for a joint national campaign.

One way in which opposition to the Act is being built nationally is through Red Weekly's Open Letter to the Labour Movement, the final paragraph of which states: “We reject the idea that the violence of the Irish situation can be resolved by increasing the powers of the British state; a solution can only come with an end to attempts to impose a British solution to the Irish question. We urge the broadest campaign be organised in the working class movement for:

THE REPEAL OF THE JENKINS ACT.

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