SocialistAction 1983–88

The paper of the Socialist League, formerly the International Marxist Group, 1983–88

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Socialist Action No. 41, 20 January 1984 · pp. 4-5 of the scan · 213 words

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Informer John Grimley, prestige as supergrass extraordinaire than 40 convictions for forgery, petty theit, sexual assault and robbery. After three attempts to join the British army under false pretences, doctors diagnosed him psychopathic.

After bumbling his way through his contradictory evidence scripted by the RUC, the judge was moved to admit he could 'place reliance on Grimley's testimony'. Nevertheless, it was sufficient in the eyes of the same judge to convict 11 people and hand out more than 50 years of prison sentences. the abuses of the so-called legal system in the North, the better. Only a democratic society can have justice. The legal system will be used to pursue the war against democracy as long preserved. Let's not make it easy for them.

Gifford's report makes an ideal subject for local Labour and trade union meetings which expose the barbarity of the Northern Ireland state.

before his had more absolutely no The more exposure given to partition what they were doing about the prisoners" H-block Me Guardian Walker H-BLOCK?

H-BLOCK? NOT A CATEGORY WITH WHICH I AM IMMEDIATELY FAMILIAR....

OH! IRELAND! AH, YES, QUITE:. QUITE.... ¿ LEFTY FROG CAN COMF KAREND

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Socialist Action 20 January 1984

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