The Bowler-hat Terrorists
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this is similar to the process carried out at the chemical plant at Flixborough. The dangers involved are perfectly obvious. Yet no adequate precautions were taken and workers who worked in the factory and took the risks did so in the interests of profit for their employers.
The “Nypo”’ bcard were prepared to run an uncontrollable process witli the explosive power of a small where profit comes first. atomic.bomb. And processes just as dangerous are carried out all over Britain and Ireland. It may be possible to attain safety in these factories but this would involve great expense and has always been of secondary importance in a world We might be disgusted by the hypocricy of Cosgrave and Cruise O’Brien when they attack the ‘men of violence’ while supporting the slums. presence of the British Army in the Aftermath ae ee ewer ro UTGU,
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This article which will be appearing in Unfree Citizen in 2 parts was written by a group of Internees in Long Kesh. These men have spent several months discussing politics and their political ideas with each other and have now formulated their conclusions on Imperialism in Ireland into this articie.
They asked P.D. to publish their article and we welcome it as a Marxist analysis, far more revolutionary than Eire Nua,on the root cause of imperialism in Ireland.