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Red Weekly No. 69, 26 September 1974 · p. 5 of the scan · 478 words

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major issue in re force it to the ain fronts on ist intervene: ist the electoral lational Front: ish issue central to raise central moves towards he same reason: bigger mass mo: appearances of as already threatchester. is standing cand this heightened e record of the and show why it response. We re support to melves, how their response ze in all Labs raise the trish empt to get loI LPYS branches against Powell on of united g for the withI prospective se canvassed to Troops Out' with them the exasperation that LaAbour as trying to keep reland a nonissue durine the election. However we regard their decision to run what can oniy be described as a Bring down Labour election campaign as déeply mistaken The aim of CRA's campaign is to punish Labour for its crimes rather than use the electiens to help create: supporters of the Irish struggle to vote Labour at the lase General Election. We however had no illusions that Labour would be a better government Tor the Irish anti-imperialist tighters.

Out of office, especially in a situation where the crisis in reland will deepen, Labour would quickly try to channel political discontent into their party. One can imagine Stan Newens once again writing to the frish Post commenting smugly on the Tolly of the Desert Labour Cam paign at the previous election.

No, comrades of the ICRA, Iet that is a brutal fact of life in the North of reland today.

politicians outbid cach other every of the British army and how these army of mad bombers.

It is true that many working of whatever nationality, we cannot the working class. We cannot side hust up picket lines. will fight back. In the Falls, ArBic areas, they have continued to leaders about the "peacekeeping isions throughout the centuries.

the backs of the 'peacekeeping" Even Lenin, back in 1921, had to strongly attack the scandalous pro-imperialist policies of the Labour Party on the Irish question.

The answer is that the anmy deTends not the workers of reland but the profits of British bosses. That is why they continue to prop up and aroo courts, interment and torture Meanwhile bolh Tory and Labour time a British soldier is killed in paying tribute to the "glorious" traditions soldiers are lighting apainst a brutal class school leavers are "conscripted" into the British army by the most insidious of all recruitment officers -unemployment. But once they join that army and fight forcign workers ailow their class origins to blind us to hance scen ner OOS CEMO SUSi SIeE Th SHErY BH in the foretront of the solidarity movement in support of those forces fighting for irish self-determination. trol of even a part of Treland, then They aid their own oppressors. If British workers accept the domination of one race by anather, or one class

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