British Fire on Civilians at Newry Border

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That’s a very small contribution to the struagie as a whole but it still requires self-discipline and overa it is of great importance.

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PD. BOOKS “Songs from the Barricades” “| published by Peoples; Democracy, has a selection of 26 of the most popular street ballads based on the Irish struggle up to the present day. Included are such songs as ‘‘Jack Lynch’s Army”, “‘Bogside Man’’, “Broad Black Brimmer’’, ‘’Tom Williams’’, “‘Over the Wall’, etc. etc. Price 25p; or 31p post paid from Connolly Bookshop “Blood in the Street”’

There are only a few copies of this boak left. This is an account of the events of Bloody Sunday by two eye witnesses Fulvio Grimaldi and Susan North.

Price 40p; or 48p post paid from Connolly Bookshop up to almost a mile. On Sunday 7th June there was yet another “incident” on the border near Newry. But this time the attackers were British Army khaki and the targets were civilians — day trippers going to and from the Omeath seaside resort. At the B.A. checkpoint near the border an the Fathom Read, traffic wes being deluberately held up — the Brits had confimed it to one lane onby and had only ome man dome the searching of ail cars. People began to get annoyed however — for most were on their way home — when the queue had built Many left thes cars te protest at the delb2rate delay but had hardly got within hearing distance of the officer in charge when he ordered his men to open fire. Live rounds were fired over the heads of the people and forced them to end their protest.

Such ‘crowd-control’ tactics the Brits know well — they have made use : ~ but we now have a new supply. ~. : T :

“Behind the Wire’

Coming out next week is this pamphlet which deals with the personal accounts of life in British prison and concentration camps in Northern treland ky two members of Peoples Democracy. Phil Mc Cullagh describes the mind-wrecking boredom and terror of the daily routine in Long Kesh_where he has been interned without trail since August 1971. Michael Farrell describes the course of his and Tony Canavan’s hunger strike ordeal in Crumlin Road Jail while sentenced on a trumped up charge of breaking a law that only Orange and UDA men are allowed to break.

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of them right through their hundreds of years of occupation in Ireland. The most frightening example was in Derry on Bloody Sunday — only then the shots were fired into the crowd.

But the 45th Marines, the Regiment responsible for the shooting, will find that they won't be let off too easily by the people of Newry. The ‘Marines’ have only been there a few days but haven't learnt the bitter lesson every other regiment that has served in the area (including the Paras) has been taught. The anti-Unionist people of Newry have been solid in their support for the struggle against British imperialism and its troops. Their determination has not been shaken or disillusioned by the deaths of many of their people at the hands of the British Army and it certainly will not be shaken by any arrogant display of terror by heavily armed troops against unarmed civilians.

“Starry Plough Badges”’ n badges have been out of stock These badges are all individually “Battle for Algeria’

The story of the Algerian fight for Independence, how the Algerian people won political freedom from the French Colonialists after a long and bitter struggle very stmilar to that which is being waged in ireland against Britain to-day Michael Farrell, concludes with a chapter on the similarities between the Algerian and Irish situations. Price 15p; or 21p post paid from Connolly Bookshop.

“Struggle in the North”

The first edition of this pamphlet produced and published by P.D. was issued in 1969, the second in 1972. It covers the background to the present conflict in Ireland and deals with the various stages of the struggle from 1969—1972.

It is essential reading to anyone wishing to understand the present situation.

Price 15p; or 21p post paid from Connolly Bookshop If you are interested in joining the People’s Democracy anu fighting for a Socialist 32 County Republic, fill in the form below and send it to: Belfast: Connolly Bookshop, Avoca Park, Andersonstown Rd. Belfast 11.

For tre past year our Starry Plough The book, written by P.D. member Starry Plough Flags “This is Free Belfast’

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OR POSTAL ORDERS THE PEOPLES DEMOCRACY — What we stand for The People’s Democracy is a revolutionary socialist organisation, fighting for the establishment of a 32-County Workers Republic in Ireland. In that fight we have learned through our experience of the struggle in the North that there can be no progress made until the age-old problem of the domination and exploitation of Ireland by — British imperialism is settled.

We therefore support the war of resistance against British contro} in the North and have agitated and will continue to agitate, to back up that war — north and south.

Because both states, north and south, are capitalist controlled we recognise that the 26-Co. government — and indeed all the Leinster House Politicians — support Britain in the continuation of partition in Ireland and actively promote this by their policy of repression in the 26 Cos. Consequently we see that the Struggle for National Liberation and Socialism must be fought here as well. Our activity is based on our experience and Marxist analyses of the situation in Ireland. We consider the anti-imperialist struggle should be fought to gain the support of the working-class people of Ireland and the People’s Democracy pledge themselves to achieving through the struggle for National Liberation — a Workers Republic of Ireland.

hand-made in Ireland. They can be had from paper sellers or from the Connolly Bookshop.

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FLAGS. Full size ‘Starry Ploughs’ 5’ x 3' — £1.00 ; This long playing record of the songs of the barricades is now Price £2 or £2.18 post paid from PLEASE CROSS ALL CHEQUES DUBLIN

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