Photo: GM COOKSON (Socialist Challenge)
Thornett (WL). Von McClary (Irish Republican Socialist Party) and Lily Fitzsimmons from the Relatives Action Committee were two major speakers at the meeting sponsored by the Troops Out Movement last week. Over 300 people attended and other speakers included Tony Cliff (SWP), Tariq Ali (IMG), Alan protests. THE National Front is pressing ahead with its plans to organise a demonstration in Glasgow or 15 March under the slogan 'Smash the IRA'.
Speaking to the press last week NF Scotland organises, Raymond Skinner, declared: "Ulster is British and it's going to stay that way, and he added that the defeat of the IRA is a major National Front aim' By taking up the anti-IRA theme the Front hopes to build its organisation among Glasgow's extreme loyalists. Skinner has specifically invited all 'Loyalist patriots" to attend the march.
This is an all or nothing attempt by the fascists to win support in the West of Scotland. Until now their efforts have been thwarted by timely opposition from anti-fascists and by a 'no platform" district council. For instance the Front's public meeting in Glasgow's Kingston Hall in 1975 and their election rally at St Bride's school, But this time the opposition to the fascists has been position adopted by Glasgow Glasgow, both met with massive slow to organise. labour movement has itself a poor record on Ireland.
attitude before committing themselves to against the fascists.
a counter-demonstration, anywhere near the Front.
a recent meeting of the Anti Nazi League pointing out that anti-IRA attitudes.
Both the labour movement need to be aware that the Front's support fer that presence than it does about the Front.
CHRISTINE BEATTIE
MAIREAD NUGENT All the photographs were taken by the prisoners and were Perhaps this is because the Scottish • Last Thursday the Glasgow district council reaffirmed that all council facilities were banned to the NF. The council appealed to Strathclyde's chief constable to ban the 15 March demonstration. The Scottish TUC and the Glasgow trades council are also waiting to see the police If there is no police ban these bodies seem likely to back but, not one that marches ause of this reluctance to organise, the nature of the *Smash the IRA' platform has hardly been discussed. However the Troops Out Movement did leaflet the racism of the NF was fully in line with its anti-Irish and movement and the anti-fascist British presence in Ireland says more about the nature of -MARIE QUINN Photos from: AN PHOBLACHT/REPUBLICAN NEWS smuggled out of the jail.
In the exercise yard