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French Printers Strike Against Eviction

Red Weekly No. 179, 1976 · pp. 10-11 of the scan · 828 words

The scan: rw-no178-dec-16-1976.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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page 10 of the scan

CUTODd than capitalist WOrlO. because mne oureaucrac can use its control over state-owned industry to effectively exclude workers from earning their There are reports that no fewer than 20.000 workers were sacked for political reasons from the main establishments of country after the June strikes. lisT ot Tactones wouta be enuress, but to give one exampie, we know that in the Baltic ports the shipsacking s of between 200 ana 400 protests, workers aolece.

DEADLY This second move to re-establish its authority has backfired on the Polish Stalinist regime: aner retreating on me orice issue, has had to retreat on the field of Strong and courage protests within well as protests from COUTEY ine naran communist rany nave ec to me reese o some or tu Ursus and Radom workers put on public trial in the autumn Some of the workers have been reinstated, and the overall erect ot ine reoression nas oeen reverse ot what was intended.

Instead of teaching those who try to meddle in politics has thrown up a potentially deadly Dolhicar movement acainst bureaucracy.

The publicly visible part of this mavement is the Committee other disturbances" -INC for out ine occupying massive working class mobilisa argest silene 1 was able to impesta cor le ano a solid strike ot rar ulsion of the workers. And after two days the CGT attempted tc d reordg fo Prime Miniter Ray Mond Barre, justitying the police action, the workers in that time caused 338 traffic blockages, 31 violent ocupations of buildings, 30 attacks on carriers, 224 incidents This alone indicates that the struggle has been freedeni pane rasd thas at stake. Bul tre weake CO no mcd ni voinh aiaM WAluaon ou Oue SI3ded SO3DIn0C leadership of the struggle has been its consistent failure to take up this workers of -Tn€ militancy in tne covertmieut no simple cooperauycs occupied ohcantee landlards fled.

page 11 of the scan

Ine constitutional alemnauye ie anu-unionist massos to paper over its contradictions. The Social Democratic and Labour Party was formed six years ago at the height of the civil rights struggle in the North of Ireland. It saw Itself as mass acuon aru Precominantv an election machine i nas awavs tarec on nauonans!

one si he fon i oreion alitel congratulates armed struggle.

that a number of prominent members Seamus Mallon Ulster .Today they are more isolated than ever. At one level there is the lates SDLP themselves are a bit distrustful these days of both Britain and the z0 county Government decause tney reruse to coerce te boyanısts ire m a hay aie reducea tn ie rouce Moromen, wie Pay bain, reduced to another leader, condemns both the Peace Inmonnolll em coupian CiucIoDee A1P0 AuT 182l20 1S0M UEAAI10B ot the sas into Norin beltası to orotect camnolcs Mallon, another prominent SDLPer, demands the expulsion of the SAS.

disorganised expression of 'moderate WAre DuD ICy acmiteo Tor tne Tirst time declaration of British intent to withdraw and a negotiated independenc was defeated by only 153 to 111 votes — a slender majority which led to the conference breaking up in disarray with the compromise position o carrying out a study of negotiated independence for the Six Countie But this wasn't all. To the horror of the party leadership it was revealec had already had talks with John McKeague and the Central Coordinating paramilitary front] on the issue of independence The Loyalists are very clear what they mean by 'independence': the while Paddy Devlin Movement and British Army wuhe Deamus member put it, number of clues presented at resouon comanamed Committee [the joint Loyalist "moderates'.

MIKE PINTER restoration ora covalisı oaniamenı oasec on me Loyalist morar ursie Consiabularv and Uster betance Reoiment. Wilh a cenerous finsncll hand-out from Britain to maintain the "jobs for the boys' Protestan state. Official Loyalist opinion is only against the idea because it would mean the legal dismantiing of the British link and the resulting their own innuence amiost an aumosonere or comunuous ualawims Kut tor ine «isorunted Detrv-oourceo sie in ine oolr iris raDian them, they have to do it without Britain. When it gets to this adva Stace or utooianism.

with the Loyalists because we will support the forces of the state". Sma Fitt said he This growing disintegration of the SDLP is evident in another wa Over the last few months tens of thousands of militants have bee marching in the streets and organising in their areas around the deman political status was not even mentioned at the conference. It seems th auodancun Due UAnono110 10H DUIM010 1810 Ou UIO UOOS ABUATEC RED WEEKLY 16 December 1976 11 loss o the consequences don't matter; or, as one SDL .With incetencence or vister nere will oe no oroole ne state louid be Lort lt doretand this position . But the SDLP are so fa Catholic ghettoes tha

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e called off the strike, falsely claiming that guarantees eAme ury.

Britain, Government and, most importantly,

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