remained in a serious condition' Socialist Challenge went to press.
Her condition is now said to be stable' there appears no mediate danger to Michael is said to be 'improving'.
The attempted tion of Bernadette and her husband last Friday is a chilling reminder of the dangers which Irish socialists face every day To be part of the resistance is to be a target for killers in and OUL of uniform.
For the past 12 years Bernadette, more tnan any otner single individual, has identified with that resistance. She #spired others to take up the struggle for Irish freedom and justice, either in Ireland itself or in the many countries to which she has travelled In that respect she has proved one of Britain's greatest enemies in the war, just as she has been one of Britain's OSI steadfast and 'very streets and as as an MP ten years ago, nadette has and minority in imher Energetic McAliskey Although assassinaretired energetically the many struggles thrown Irish British imperialism ment. The been supported by countless cracy, socialist sympathises votes in the campaign, Irish political prisoners.
propaganda strike bv these orisoners. Ber. nadette emerged as the leader of the National barricades of again take versate She was Recar Berarticulated the member feelings and interests of the op pressed and exploited Catholic cracv the North of she lost her parliamentary seat she never throughout politics. She participated campaigns and up in the of the fight against publicly In 1979 she stood as a can. didate for the European parliacampaign boycotted by the Republican but most actively Peoples Demothe Irish revolutionary individuals organisation which with the Fourth Bernadette received 34,000 recovery.
which helped to build support for the ford to lose With the start of the hunger page 6.
H Block/Arinspired thousands to to the streets against British policy.
Bernadette has been a of Peoples Demothe Irish Republican Socialist Party, and the shortneesencen Socialist Party. Today she is outside any organisation but her closest links are with PD She has spoken from many Fourth International platforms the especially in the United States, Spain, and the Basque country During the 1979 general election in Britain she came out favour Socialist Unity candidates.
Recovery Socialist Challenge joins many other socialist newspapers, organisations and throughout the world in wishing Bernadette and Michael a full and speedy Her inspiration is something the frish resistance can ill af Background to the shooting,