In Portuga. members of the national parliament observed silence and the newspaper Popular Daily asked: 'How much longer Britain retain the •lomous distinction of be ing the only country in free Europe to hold part of the continent as a colony.' Other press reaction in .cluded the comment from the mass circulation Hin'never had such an incident occurred in a civilised country, while the Hong Kong Standard criticised Thatcher's continued inIn Mozambique, the paper Noticias said that it simple and . indisputable fact' that Bobrefused to handle British goods for day. The Massachusetts state legislature followed the lead the Jersey assembly and passed resolution hailing Bobby Sands' sacrifice and conLICI government, while the York Democratic congressman Mario Biaggie called the government 'morally bankrupt'.
Such ther the judgement of the world on the death of Bobby Sands, and the judgement also, in the words of the French Communist Party, of 'Mrs atener the English Conservative and blood after che assassina- hands covered tion of Bobby Sands'., of the Irish people.
claim that the criminals in face of the massive sympathy for Bobby seen here in the past week?
Nearly a fifth of the entire nationalist population north or marched on the Sands funeral processions.
The enormous mass of people completely jammed the Falls Road. It is doubttui whether it would have been physically possible to assemble a larger crowd in west Belfast.
But the British forces tried to humiliate even this vast assembly by diverting the march around a group of about 30 members of the Loyalist para-military Ulster Defence Association There could hardly have been one of the nearSands' sister and mother follow the coffin ANGER is continuing to increase and spread throughout Ireland in response to the Thatcher government's contempt for the feelings What else but contempt is it to continue to Republican prisoners are display of Sands that has been ly 100,000 marchers who did not leave the funera seething with hatred and bitterness towards government so relentlessly determined trample their feelings under foot.
Heroic Bernadette McAliskey summed .must have been the teelings. Of many when she said Bobb heroic sacrifice and the response of the British government have assured the continuation of the struggle against Britain for another generation at least, if we do not win in this one.
Bobby Sands, MP
Unexpectedly large demonstrations throughout Ireland marked the day of national mourning for About 10,000 people marched in Tralee, about 7,000 in Sligo. As many as 5,000 came out in Limerick, their numbers swelled by workers at the Alcan plant - the largest walked out en masse during the demonstration.
In Waterford 3.000 took part in a rally calle by the trades connel and the H Block committee In the southern border counties most businesses and industry closed down. There was a general shutdown in Drogheda, the major centre between Dublin and the A rally of 5,000 workers accepted with acclamation call for a Crowd The Dublin area has been slower move, among • other things because of its sheer sin But there are signs that suppor hunger have quite number of youth between the ages of 13 and 17 They made up about 60 per cen of the crowd who gatbered in Dublin city centre the evening Sands died.
Elsewhere in Irefind's • capital 3000 young wome workers the Jand clothing factory walked out; many bus drivers an clearners struck, altogether about 30 factories shut down. Naven, near Dublin, the mines were closed.
ple throughout Catholic ghettoes hav been drawn into viole forms of protes both by their feelings of and by what appears to b a deliberate policy of pro vocation by the police and army.
Streets are littered with barricades and burnt our vehicles. The nights are turbulent with the. sound firing of rubber bullets.' But so far these uncon trolled I protests have had the effect of mainly wear. ing out the ghetto popula tion Such problems were al alleat Committee held here Sunday night Bitter It decided that decisive task at this stage i force the government and unions to support acti protests, and thus open the vay for mobilising the en tire Irish peopl agains imperialist repression.
Following the meetin the H Block/Armag Committee annouikt that it intends to supp candidates against leadur government figures in the southern general election.
As the temperature rises in Ireland the exten sion of international sup port becomes more important, to assur can win, and to help sto over to futile outbreaks of rage, or bitter resignation - sociallat Challango, 14 Max 1991, Pega?
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All photos: JOANNE O'BRIEN Derry sit-downs back the hunger-strikers Bernadette McAliskey at the funeral
Burnt In Belfast young peo