TORY MPs can lash themselves into a frenzy behalf of Republican prisoners in British jails.
hunger strike Their lives were saved, not by the "humane' Roy Jenkins, but hy the mass upsurge of solidarity which followed the death of Michael Gaughan, The fact that the streets of Kilborn, London's main Irish area, were packed with thousands of people last Friday night, paying homage to the little-known Gaughan, made it clear that the death of one or both of the Price sisters wouk have created mass outrage.
One permanent victery has been wonit is dilficult to see any future Home Secretary permitting force feeding A six-month campaign clearly establisted the brutality of this form of torturo But without the aubelievable courage of the prisoners in refusing to give up their hunger strike, and the tragic death of Michael Gaughan, the campaign would REAL SUrEECE A turning point was the protest by a group of doctors, which probably m fluenced the decision of the prison doctors to stop the force-fooding. Red Weekover "TRA style' uniforns in London, but the concessions granted to the Price sisters, Hugh Feeney and Gerry Kelly, are a major victory for the campaign on In essence they have heen given political status, and a promise of return to the North of Ireland in the next few months. There can be litile doubt that without these concessions they would have died on Dr is proud to report that a key part in this initiative was played by members and sympathisers of the ING in the medical profession Wilson and Jenkinsmust have watched In distreas as, despite the ending of the hunger strike and tho pouring rain, the thousand people marched in the Irish Political Hostages Campaign demonstration last Sunday, Maureen Moguire, the secretary of the TPHC, made it clear that tho campalen would connue to fight for all of the Irish political prisoners now in British jails, including Pat Arrowsmith, an Ene ishwoman imprisoned for hor opposition to the British Army in Tre The significance of this militant de monstration was expressed by Will Roos of Coventry IMG. Speaking at the rally, he said. The knowledge that there will be ibiss demonstrations In soldarity with the prisoners is the only guarantee they have that their demands will be granted, and keep Jonkins from making these concessions conditional on the IRA de-caculating the frosdom struppk in the North of Ireland'
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