FIFTEEN years after the maccabe occcr Sunday in Derry when paratroopers shot dead 14 unarmed demonstrators, Most omne Sunoe demands of the civil rights' movement remain unfulfilled. Nationalists still face discrimination in housing and jobs. The North of Ireland still suffers a perverse system of justice known as the Dipiock systell.
Since 1972 repression has greatly increased — the Prevention of Terrorism Act, the Emergency Provisions Act, the use of plastic bullets, stripsearching, and shoot-to-kill peperations, to name but a In the last year the number of soldiers operating in the North of Ireland has increased. The number ol sectarlan killings has increased. Along the border with the rest of Ireland fortified watchtowers are being built at an alarming rate.
Alongside this, poverty has worsened. The number of jobs available for all sections of the community has declined. The economy is almost Luil otelll.
tsere cernom the above that Britain has no positive tole lo pldy ll Ireland. The restoration of some sort ot normality in that country begins with the withdrawal of all British troops whether soldiers, the Ulster Defence Regiment or the RUC; and self-determination for the Irish people as a whole We urge you to support the demonstration we have called on 31 January in Sheffield by coming, sponsoring, and sending HONCV EO COVEL LIC CUDO. Leaflets, details of buses for the JUsLeis allc demonstration are available from CBWI, Box 353, London NW5 4NH.
John Campbell, Committee for British Withdrawal from Ireland IN Socialist Worker 13 December 1986, Mike Simons wrote:
'Unfortunately France's revolutionary organisations are still virtually invisible to most students.
"The two main far left organisations, the LCR and Lutte Ouvrière, are actively involved in the student movement but neither has an independent presence. Neither had paper sellers on 'hursday's demonstration, nor were they present on Saturday's memorial march.
RUEL 'The LCR publish a daily strike bulletin. It contains information about the movement but never argues what is to be done next. Even after the vicious attacks by the CRS (the riot police) it made no attempt to explain the nalate ore ske In order to encourage among European Iconolal organisations, we think it is useful to send you the following remarks for publication in your Several years ago, the LCR set up an independent youth organisation, the Jeunesse Communiste Revolutionaire (JCR) which regularly and actively intervenes in the different social movements of young march against the bosses. people. The student and school student movement was a huge movement that was independent and wane was dwo cicw generation that abruptly entered into mass political activity. Certainly it lacked experience but it clearly mistrusted the traditional political organisations. Among other things, this movement strongly defended its unity and its democratic functioning. local general meetings and in the national Couluualiuls welt obviously not visible to those who only saw the street demonstrations. Nevertheless there was an independent presence in the sense of independent practice.
Throughout the movement the JCR distributed a daily newspaper, 50,000 copies of which were printed, now to be directed £10,000 fund tacts with those party has already raised f67.
pear in the next issue of Socialist Action. choice (ticket number 09264).
need to find the cost of the prizes. With the conclusion of our Xmas raffle, all energies of Socialist Action supporters need towards achieving Our East London supporters have decided on a mixture of initiatives to raise their £1200 target. Every supporter is being approached to donate a days wages. A fund raising badge has been produc. ed. A dinner and dance is planned with the aim of raising a substantial sum and also renewing conthey have collaborated with in struggle, like the Wapping printers, the miners, anti-apartheid movement activists, those involved in the defence of Nicaragua and active in Irish solidarity. The rest of the target will be achieved through a number of socials and similar projects. A Xmas Nationally to date, £1384.50 has been donated to the fund drive. A full break down of this will apGill Crozier from Bristol won the first prize of an Amstrad computer or video in our Xmas raffle (ticket number 01280). Eve Turner from Southall won the second prize of a subscriptin to Socialist Action and a book of her £1400 was raised in the raffle from which we , All profits will go to the running costs of Socialist Action. Our goal had been to raise £1500 in profit so we made about two thirds of our target. In general the ticket proved easy to sell given the first prize. However as it was the first tiem we had run such a raffle some supporters started too late in the day. Congratulations are in order, however, to Leamington who made 100 per cent and our North West London supporters who made 108 per cent of their target. We will print a full break down next week.
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