The was involved in revolutionary politics. The Communist Party picked him up as a result of his interventions on the shop-floor. He soon broke with them when he discovered that they supported the 'no strike during the war policy, and were against the Party, a sympathising section of the Fourth International. His experiences there clearly show deep-rooted Americans. It was only many years later, with the rise of the black consciousness movement, that the left started thinking positively about black history and culture.
Denby was Workers Party for his refusal to take a group of blacks around him into keeping in touch with them. There is a lesson for the left here on black autonomy versus large number of blacks also went through it. Af one time Denby even recruited about 100 blacks to the SWP in a matter of months. His wife was also a militant worker, and she has contributed two of the chapters.
not really comparable, the two main themes of the book - arguing for black autonomy and our own most burning needs.
Raghib Ahsan captured while fighting a war of With this fact established it is easy to understand why people such as Mick MeGahev. president perialism"! of the Scottish National Union of Miners, and Gordon McClellan, genera secretarv or ine com munist Party, support Charter 80.
The Communist Party, SWP, supporters of Charter 80 have consistently refused to recognise against British imperialism, and ine struggle or the irish peopie Charter 80 gives them an oppor navo moul calls lol lullai act rights' without recognising the armed anti-imperialist struggle of The prisoners are not fighting for "human rights' or 'humane conditions': thev are tighting to be recognised in their true status By denying - will lt blanketmen of Long Kesh and the women of Armagh jail are lignuing, and if necessary willing to die for — Charter 80 is helping British imperialism keep its grip on reland. by making small con cessions the Charter 80 campaign hopes to clean up the image o The article omits any mention of the struggle of the Irish people, led by the Republican movement, and in a war situation where there are only two sides it sides with imperialism, only asking it to be a This is useless as imperialism is by nature and necessity brutal around it Charter 80 its backers hope to disguise this fact. In effect they cover up for British imperialism.
The article does not outline 'The Case for Charter 80: 11 shows instead the case for complete British withdrawal, Irish freedom, and the defeat of British STEVE MILNER, Edinburgh.
Geoff Bell renlies: in fact. thi •demands of Charter 80 are exactly the same as the five demands raisea by ine prisoners lemselves They are also the demands raised by the National H Block CamThat is why Charter 80 is not just supported by the organisations listed above. but also by the Provisional Republican move-