The last week has seen the most successful tour ever by Sinn Fein councillors to Britain. Sinn Fein councillors were officially received by Haringey, and Manchester councils and by London Education Authority. literally dozens of police women's committees, and spoke at tens of public meetings.
This is a big step forward for what must now be one of the top priorities for Labour's left - to place British withdrawal from Ireland firmly on the agenda of discussion politics.
This year's Labour Party several issues move to centre stage. Opposition to US bases and British membership of the right of women's conference to elect the women's section of the NEC, the of constitutionally recognised Black Sections are now firmly at the centre of debate within the party. But the while attracting major publicity, only just over 400,000 votes at party conference and only one major union, the NUM, voted for it This calls for a determined push to build the Labour Committee on Ireland and to fight to ensure that Ireland gets the central attention it deserves from the labour movement.
Two developments urgent and possible. The first is the historic proposal, to be put to the Sinn Fein Ard Fheis, that Sinn Fein candidates should take their seats in the southern Irish parliament. establish Sinn Fein as a truly 32 county Irish political force against both British rule in the North and those who support that rule in South. It will still further undermine the British government's claim disgraceful decision by the Dutch courts to extradite Gerard Kelly and Brendan McFarlane to Britain. This is the first decision ever by a Euro pean court to extradite Republicans into Britain's hands. It follows the new extradition treaty with Britain by the United followed the signing of the Anglo-Irish Accord.
Sean MacBride from Amnesty International, Bernadette McAliskey, and Ken Livingstone all visited Holland to protest against the threat of jected that Kelly and McFarlane should complete the life sentences imposed by British justice. It also acknowledged that both would face harsh name — by the British. Yet due to British governsouthern Irish government, the Dutch Supreme Protests against the extradition of Kelly and McFarlane have to be stepped up, labour's links cuilding the Labour Committee on recall is now a priority for the entire left.
'campaign left' in the Labour Party is a top priority.
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THE LAST 10 days have seen the greatest campaign of racist filth that even this Tory government has ever managed. Thatcher decided to launch from Tory party conference a stream of backward attacks on every subject you can imagine — against sex education in schools, against gays and lesbians, and even against single parent families. But, as always, it was racism that was chosen as the key campaign.
Asians flood Britain' was the headline in the Sun on 15 October. 'Asian flood swamps Britain' was the headline in the Express. Every racist button was pushed to bring out fear and intimidation throughout Britain. The press responded at the call. '3,000 PRINCESS IN T Airport musker Socialist Action 24 Oct 1986