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Women in Ireland
always played a part in the fight to free their country British domination. Today in Armagh jail they are suffering sexual and physical abuse because they dare tp fight for a free Ireland 'The executive done everything it can to stop us discussing the torture Irish women in prisons under, control, they censored women's mailings and tried to take this subject off the of the women's conference,' explained Helen.
But Armach was discussed "The majority of the women at the conference Tel. strongly that we should be supporting our sisters in Armagh not only their fight against sexuall harassment but also in their fight for political status, said Stephanie.
Anna Summerskill, Keele, thought that shouldn't support terrorists and give any credibility to their campaign for political status but we should protest against specific sexual attacks.
Francis O'Grady, Manchester University and a ENCINOC of the Women Ireland Group, argued strongly against this. The reason their sexual harassment because they were fighting a war in the North of Ireland. She explained that Irish women the police under the Prevention of Terrorism Act.
He was taken to Luton police No charges have yet been laid.
Higgins' arrest follows a week oi Dolice harassment. Over weekend he crossed on the ferry to Belfast to dare organisatibu. tone . DrISOn welfare organisation mini-bus was impounded on arrival in Belfast. It has subsequently been Icicascu On his return to Luton, Higgins picked up by the police held for The police re erser him to co to WOrk .. hilt threatened to arrest him again. The next day Higgins' daughter's house was by Ine police and Higgins was again arrested as he made his way home after work to lie Higgins family. In 1977 Willie's son, John, was charged under the PTA and served two years in prison. On was immediately deported. THE executive of the National Union of Students, in its search for a new and respectable image to appease the right wing in the NUS, want students to return to the days of the welfare, entertainment representation was the ABC of student union life. But they have had a lot of trouble in achieving this with the NUS Nowhere has the antagonism between the CP-led executive and the NUS Women's Campaign been sharper than around the issue In the early '70s the NUS had a policy which supported the liberation struggle in the North of Ireland. But today the executive has not only backed down from supporting campaigns to protest at the arbitrary arrest of Irish immigrants in this country, it has also deliberately tried to stifle the attempts of the Women's Campaign to protest at the torture of women prisoners in Armagh Helen Bevan from Manchester Polytechnic, Stephanie Green from Goldsmiths, and Sarah Veale from Oxford Polytechnic, take a dim view of these compromises when Irish women lives are at stake. They talked to Socialist Challenge after attending the recent have are fighting not only against their subjugation as women but their subjugation as a nation.
The two issues could not be separated.
Francis also alluded to the hypocrisy of the supporting struggles in South has Africa, Chile, Zimbabwe refusing to do anything about of brutal torture on its doorstep.
If the executive has its way have future conferences will not be allowed 'external students like Armagh.
Women at the realised that the campaign would not be seen as a prority by an executive that supported the proposed new policy for NUS. The women's conference passed a overwhelmingly the 'priorities put forward the commerence 'Women students gained political awareness on "women's issues"
NUS and they soon realise how their oppression relates to other forms oppression, national oppression,' Sarah.
Women don't seem to agree that the way students should deal the governel is by respectable. The executive had better watch out.
LATE at night on 9 April, 60 year-old-Willie Higgins, an Irish car worker at Vauxhall's Luton plant, was arrested by Higgins' arrest is the latest in a Bedfordshire. Un taster Monday Provisional Sinn the members, Reilly Mac och ain were charge witt after being held for seven pollce custody under tne riA It has been alleged that connected with the recent burnings or nonday and Wales.
Five supporters of Hands Off a journal ealtea by inc Revolutionary Communist Group were also arrested on 6 April for Reilly and Gerry under the PTA. They will appear in Troops supporters picketing Leicester jail, where Jim Reiley Gerry his rolease in March last year he are being held, on Wednesday 16 and in but to conference women's motion condemning said Republican Volunteer reading the 1916 Easter Proclamation in Belfast's Milltown cemetery