The Struggle Is on
The Plough1973Partition and the national questionLoyalism and unionismInternment, repression and the courtsLabour, the left and left unityPartition and the national questionLoyalism and unionismInternment, repression and the courtsLabour, the left and left unity
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This is the time of the lull before the storm. Whitelaw’s powersharing Assembly hasn't got off the ground. He has seen the centres Parties fail dismally at the polls. Now he is faced with the oppressed minority back on the streets in large numbers. They are not content to ‘leave it to the S.D.L.P., as the mobilisations around the anniversary of internment showed clearly. On the other side the loyalists, far from Oteng weskened and fragmented, are confident after See etechon success. and are already Sarteg fresh attacks on cemority areas. in THE GRIM REALITY Given this situation, where can British imperialism go from here? Whitelaw is, of course. currently trying to draw the S._D.LLP. mearer to Faulkner's moderate unionists, ussng the RLULC. reform as 2 belt. But whether they well come or not, Faulkner himself dare not come closer im case he pushes the rest of his Party into the weiting arms of Craig and Paisley it is fairly obvious this ‘patching up’ will not work.
There is really only one course left open to them, they must physically crush the minority’s resistance, and destroy the |.R.A. The ground for this is already being prepared, both in the 6 and 26 counties.
DEFEND THE GHETTOES, FIGHT COLLABORATION Now, in this pause before the offensive, the | minority must make its preparations, The | Political Hostages Release Committee is the first broad united front, for a long time. It showed that the groups concerned could work together in the face of the common enemy in spite of their politicial differences. There must be struggle to build this at local level, with defence committees to o- 2 = Pray reinvigoration of the street committees, This struggle has to be fought in the 26 counties as well. Silence will be "interpreted as agreement with the collaborat r Cosgrave, and his repressive tactics. Each Se. bh ee gat wx & » Oe aay es Fh ni > 32 county basis, MON & special court trial, each internment should be fought by all forces opposed to imperialist interference and growing repression.
Westminster is fighting on all fronts, the campaign against it has to be fought on a 1. THE NATIONAL WAGE AGREEMENT 2. PHRC AND ICRA 3. AFTER THE ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS 4. MARXISM AND RELIGION 5, THE FALL OF ALLENDE 6. WOMEN IN STRUGGLE Because of the long delay in Producing this issue of The Plough we have decided to make it a twelve page special.
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