TS Peter Graham (holding banner) nittee statement ffered a severe blow with the GRAHAM. The Fourth death in the current stage working class has suffered y of struggle against British iod of political activity a member of the Connolly ved towards Trotskyism, Workers Group and a ra Workers' Republic a period of stay in Britain th International and played t of its British section. His cal production of the articular will be remembered al Marxist Group. Comrade lysis of the Irish Revolution the I.M.G. against the titudes to Ireland, and in ation in its activities in solidle murder of comrade Graham by the Briti... and under the direction ade Graham returned to I of the Fourth International. y complementary to his work Y. Saor Eire and all those im and the Irish bourgeoisie. active role possible in ting gainst British rule fence of victims of the and the reactionary Fianna le in this work, and his a recognition of his activities an and working class movend from all militant sections ended his funeral. Comrade section of the Fourth • success when he was established the crucial role ubt, have been played by e assassination are extremely has been condemned by all ent and by the organisations circumstances, and in view the gravest suspicion must government and the police s to the relatives and friends is severe political loss we ith comrades of the the Marxist Discussion ction of the Fourth work and memory of Irish politics. ments denouncing these slanders. the funeral as a token of their respect. The Official of the "International" with fists raised in salute.
The Fourth International greatest tribute of all-the carrying on of his work.
Forward to the Irish Workers Republic Long Live the Memory of Peter Graham published shortly by his comrades in Dublin, show that he was beginning to be able to express profound political ideas simply and clearly; he had tremendous organisational ability, and limitless energy; he was capable of inspiring those around him, and was an excellent speaker. In addition to the qualities which made him an exceptionally able political leader, he was also a trained physical force revolutionary, who had taken action to assist the people in the North in 1969. Such a combination is rare, but is of tremendous value in the context of This combination may give us some clue as to why he was assassinated. As yet there is no concrete evidence as to who was responsible, but there can be no doubt that there are powerful, and reactionary forces within and outside Ireland who would want to stamp out the potential which Peter represented. Of one thing we can be sure, the propaganda put out by the Irish bourgeois newspapers which suggested that the death was a political assassination carried out by the Republicans or Saor Eire, as an attempt to use his death for their own ends.Both the YS and Saor Eire issued statePeter's funeral was a vivid demonstration of the unanimity of Irish republicans and socialists in regretting his death. Members of both wings of the Republican movement, of Saor Eire, the Socialist Labout Alliance, the Labour Party, the Connolly Youth Movement (Irish YCL), as well as the YS and supporters of the Fourth International, formed the 300 strong cortege which marched in four columns behind the hearse. The Provisional IRA issued a statement regretting his death, and stating that four of their officers would attend Republicans supplied the Starry Plough flag which draped his coffin. The oration was given, on behalf of the Fourth International, by Tariq Ali, and was followed by the singing As Tariq Al i said, "there are not many Peter Grahams in our movement", and his loss is not only a blow to the building of the Fourth International in Ireland, but to the Irish working class, which has lost a leader of great potential. But we know that the Irish workers are capable of producing more militants like Peter Graham, that the setback will only be temporary. The fact that he had already succeeded in forming a firm group of young revolutionaries committed to intervening in the struggle in Ireland and applying the theories of Trotskyism to the building of a revolutionary leadership in Ireland is an assurance that his work will be carried through. We who are left will never forget him, and while we pause for a moment in grief at losing him, we are quite determined to pay him the Forward to the Irish Section of the Fourth International The following statement was issued by the Eastern Command of the Provisional Republican Army:
"We deeply regret the death of Peter Graham. Whilst he was not a member of the Republican movement his death has come as a severe blow to the National resurgents. In 1969 he was instrumental in providing aid of all forms to the beseiged people of the North. In witness of his stand at that time, four officers from Northern Command and one from Eastern Command were present at his graveside today."