USE YOUR VOTE TO SAVE THE SEAT THE voters of Fermanagh and South Tyrone have inflicted a massive defeat on British imperialism Sands as their honourable member of parliament.
The Tory government and the estaosoment press are snockea. Their campaign brand Republican movement terrorists nes in ruins allel per cent of the voters clearly prisoners campai LUCI campaign by electing Bobby Sands. on Ireland Don Concan Labour concall non did everything in his power to sabotage Sands victory. an precedented polling appeal from the House of Commons he asked electors not to vote for sands He claimed it would be a VOLC *tor all the senseless murders that have taken Northern Ireland place in over the last years.' Concannon Is an expert on senselessness. He and the Labour leaders have pursued the same senseless on Ireland as the Tories repression of the Catholic community to defend the artinicial nortner Irelanc statelet. No wonder that asked the Ene ones Labour leadership to support a joint attempt to expel Sands parliament. Affront This outrageous affront to democratic rights, particularly of the people of Fermanagh and South Tyrone, was too even for the Liberal Party to stomach. Aller pressure from left Labour MPs it appears that the Parliamentary Labour Party also told leader of the House of Commons Francis Pym that an expulsion move was 'not on'.
At a press conference on Tuesday Welsh nationalist MP, Dafydd Thomas introduced Sand's election Owen CarNational Demonstration Printed by East End Offset (TU) Ltd, London E2 by electing hunger striker Bobby ron, and appealed against any moves to expel Sands from parliament.
But that is not the end of the story. Sands' life is in extreme danger. alec tion day was his fortieth day on hunger strike. He is expected to live beyond end ot the month if the hunger strike continues.
Support the labour movement urgent. Benn, Heffer and the Labour left should campaign to save Sands' and the other hunger strikers' lives, and for their right to political status.
Favour A consistent majority of the people favour the withdrawal troops from Ireland. Yet they have not supported the Irish prisoners' demands.
The prisoners' case for Prey are ring an TeSt are fighting against bnusn presence in the six figuing for political ends. Counties No satisfactory resolution of the situation in tne north of Ireland is possible until Britain withdraws the troops and allows the Irish people to run their own affairs. The campaign in support of Irish prisoners strikes an Immediate blow at the British claim to rule the Six Counties.
That claim will not be thoroughly crushed until the labour movement mobilses to torce the po entrato me must withdraw must grasp hold of every step hat can be taken towards lal goal.
The priority now is to support the prisoners by coming out on the national demonstration April.
St (Kilburn tube) BRITISH GOVERNMENT. THE BLANKETMEN AND THE WOMEN PRISONERS IN ARMAGH ARE BORROWING THIS ELECTION IN AN ATTEMPT TO ILLUSTRATE YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE PRISONERS AND YOUR OPPOSITION TO THE
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Support the Hunger Strikers Sunday 26 April 1.30pm Assemble Kilburn High
HIS LIFE IS IN YOUR HANDS vote-SANDS