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Ireland little change from Labour's front bench

Socialist Challenge No. 238, 17 March 1982 · p. 13 of the scan · 466 words

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In Britain we get used to But in autoDe ane around the world there Britain's big political CONS other vanced' country has waged a twelve-year guerrilla war against nationalists in its UWI. territory?' Balfe described his role in the Euro parliament of keeping up the pressure on Britain exposing the torture, the abuse of human rights and the plastic bullet murders.

Clive Soley MP, two to labour's Cancannon, made it clear that he was vith full shadow cabine approval, whose views were aptly summed up by Alex Kitson at the Labour conference: want the troops off the streets, just as soon as the police can cope. ? In other words atter the troops have defeated the naTHE MARXIST PAPER FOR LABOUR & YOUTH Tony Benn already in retreat on Ireland tionalist population can talk about solutions.

The problem is the army cannot win, inere can no solution short of an end to partition in Ireland.

Nor do the Anglo-Irish term goal of Irish unity through peaceful and consent. So far they are nothing but a smokescreen for joint repression.

The Southern Irish government is no more infrom both Fitzgerald and Haughey.

The Americans also have an interest in the stability of Ireland. They have a lot of money invested there and want to pull Ireland into NATO to strengthen Siriance. The Us gosten- Western ment may well have been the brains the Anglo-Irish talks, which is further proof of the fact that they have nothing to offer the workers of either country.

The role for the left of the Labour Party at the next conference is to argue for a complete break with Tory policies. Whether Anglo-Irish talks, plans to export the British Labour Party to Ireland winning 'fake' unity of the workers around 'bread and butter' issues: there is no solution other complete withdrawal Britain.

The next Labour government must be committed to pull out with no guarantees to NATO, big business to Loyalists. That is the only realistic way to take a step Lowares peace and freedom in Ireland.

needs to break through this hollow 'interna tionalism' The reactionary foreign policy plays a central role in their to hammer the working class.

In our fight against the Tories and the labour right (18 wing we snoula araw in spiration from the strug gles of youth throughout the world. The best way to show Enis is by bulding ac tive solidarity movements with the Polish and Central American workers. The LPYS should: to • Build the El Salvador demonstration on 28 March Turn the CND demo on 6 June into a massive show ot opposition visit Britain.

Such actions will do more to help those fighting Central America and the Carib. bear and arallis bureaucracy in than the narrow sectarian approach of Militant.

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