Red WeeklyRed Weekly No. 72, 17 October 1974MOVEMENT MUST BACK 'TROOPS OUT' DEMO
Red Weekly No. 72, 17 October 1974 · p. 12 of the scan · 130 words
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page 12 of the scan
The following appeal to the labour movement has been issued by four Labour MPs who are backing the 27 October "Troops Out" demo:
We, the undersigned, consider it essential that the Labour Movement takes up the question of the British presence in Ireland. And, in view of the fact that the British presence denies the right of the Irish people as a whole to self-determination, we support the call by the British Peace Committee and the Troops Out Movement for a demonstration calling for the "immediate implementation of a policy of political and military withdrawal from Ireland' and having the leading slogan "British Troops Out WILLIAM WILSON, MP. (Coventry South East); JEFF ROOKER, MP. (Birmingham Perry Barr); MAUREEN COL OUHDUN, MP, (Northampton Morth); STAM THORNE. MP. (Preston South).