The year has almost come round full swing since the declaration of the State of 'Emergency' by the Indian Government on zo June 19/5. since the declaration the Indian Government has instituted a spate of moves which can be seen as a desperate attempt to solve the problems of foreign and Indian capital and landlords at the expense of the working people of India.
Of course the Indian bourgeoisie welcome the new situation: new restrainis on labour such as siastino us promised minimum annual Donus of one montas oav une uruno or orice contros rom cerain kev commoones ne reduction or tax rates on intra corporate investment; an easing of import controls for the export industries, etc. All these investment incentives would have been harder to implement in pre-emergency conditions.
The response of the working class and left groups has been stifled with repression and ine treat or morisonment, arnougn not whony successtul. Owing to press censorship, the news or illegal strikes that nave occurred cannot be circulated widely.
Indira Gandhi has also made changes in India's internal security law - an amendment issued as a presidential cecree. Fis aves une Government te power to imenson policar cissioents to up to one year without disciosing charges or evidence even to a court. As a result of this, previously released dissidents can be re-arrested at any This change indicates that certain features of the "Emergency' are beginning to take on a more permanent nature. Inis in any case will not artect the 50,000 to 60,000 mainly 'Naxalite" political prisoners arrested since 1967/68.
The Campaign for the Release of Indian Political Prisoners (CRIPP) was launched in order to get the support of all socialist and working class organisa tions in Europe (in Britain particularly) to fight for the release of all political prisoners in India, who languish in ah, witnout tral, uncer innuman con ditions and suffer the worst forms of torture. orren leaving mem with serm anent physical and mental injuries. Todav. one does not nave to be connected with the "Naxalites' to be slung into jail. Trade union leaders and workers who try to fight for even basic democratic rights are not tolerated by Indira's regime and end up in jail.
CRIPP is at present involved in mobilising the support of all socialist and working class organisations, women's and student organisations tor a demon stration to be held in London on Saturday 26 June. We would ask those who wish to demonstrate their solidarity with Indian political prisoners to join the demonstration and to come to the ad-hoc meetings fortnichtly on Friday evenings. Our demands are: release all boltical orisoners, nait orison Kill ings; end all torture. - SONIA KHAN Tor ChirP, zz boundary Road, Londor NW8 - tel 328 2332. LOOPHOLES holes. Since the embargo was never made retrospective, for example, it permits the supply of spares for equipment already purchased. The recent shipment of tank spares through Jersey falls into this category The Labour Government also continues to allow British companies to sell licences and patents for the manufacture of British military equipment in South Africa - such as Rolls Royce engines for the Impala fighter. In addition, the South African armaments industry is free to buy British technology There are numerous other loopAfrica.
Above all, the British Labour Government remains firmly committed to defending British imperialism's vast holdings in South Africa - a country where over 500 British companies have more than £2,000
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BELFAST, 6 June: This city, to whom violent death is no stranger, stands stunned this Sunday morning after a night in which nine people died and many more were injured. This slaughter took place within the space of four or five hours, and took the form of a series of bomb and assassination attacks.
The papers have labelled these attacks as "tit for tat', but this description obscures the plain reality that the victims have predominantly been Catholics. Since the appearance of the Ulster Service corps (USC) vigilantes on the roads JOHN MAGEE reports from Belfast last weekend, Catholics living in fringe areas or bellast nave known nowing but uncertainty and fear in dread of the knock on he coor than justified by the escalation of Loyalist violence.
Yesterday's violence has an added significance, coming only hours after revelations that the Offical Unionist Party and the Social Democratic & Labour Party have been having secret talks aimed at finding some agreement on the future government of the six Counties. The Official Unionists' partRed Weekly 10 June 1976 ners in the Loyalist coalition have been enraged at these talks, and have roundly denounced them as 'dilly-dallying tactics as Ulster is being destroyed".
these talks were taking place, exposed in a statement from Paisley's Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), gave the green light to the Orange paramilitaries in the launching of a further round of murderous attacks on Catholics. It is a fact that been undecided on the issue of support for the United Unionist Action Council and the USC, all the paramilitaries have spoken with one voice in giving their backing to these bodies.
fare, regarded as the most 'respectable' of the Loyalist paramilitary groups, and headed by one Colonel Brush, ex-British - PETIES MOTE Army and a leading member of the Official Unionist Party. Colonel Brush is also election agent for Enoch Powell in South Down.
statement of 25 May, there has been a concerted campaign of bomb and bullet attacks on Catholics and those that dare to socialise with Catholicsoffence in Loyalist eyes. Last night's Undoubtedly the announcement that while Loyalist politicians as a whole have Revelation This includes the Down Orange Wel Since the Paisley Baird "Save Ulster' out of the North?
-- a capita carnage, coming only weeks before the big Twelfth celebrations, is not only a warning to Catholics that nothing less than total surrender will appease Lovalism; it is also directed at those in the Loyalist camp like Harry West and Orange Order chief Martin Smyth who budge even one inch in search of an agreement with the SDLP.
As the DUP made explicit: "There can be no compromise on basic Unionist principles.' For the SDLP's part, there is no imit to cner cao culacion to che forees of reaction in the North Last weekend, at a seminar in Dublin, Paddy Devlin flew the kite of a negotiated independent North. Devlin was pre cise in his definition of what the SDLP was seeking: A joint party government based on an agreed formula between the UUUC, the SDLP and others which will enjoy financial support for the limited period until such time as the British presence and influence are phased He was not so precise on what the content of any agreed formula might be, but the revelation of the SDLP's secret talks was accompanied by informa tion that the SDLP will now give full support to the Royal Ulster Constabu lary and Ulster Defence Regiment, both abjectly sectarian forces. It is once again being confirmed that for the price of a few token seats in an Ulster government. the SDLP are prepared to offer up the Catholic population of the Six Counties as sacrificial lambs for a Loyalist Ulster The defence of the anti-Unionist working class is now posed as the central issue in the North. It the sec toral interest of any one organisation now stands in the way of building: united resistance movement, then that organisation, along with the SDLP, will share the major responsibility for the gruesome assault which the Lovalists are presently threatening against the Catholic ghettos Integral to the building of defence against Loyalist aggression must be the removal of those forces that last night allowed free passage to Loyalist bombers and gunmen -- the British Army. While British troops continue to be allowed the run of anti-Unionist areas, there is an open invitation to the sort of car nage we have witnessed during these lase seven days I we ox counces.