SocialistAction 1983–88

The paper of the Socialist League, formerly the International Marxist Group, 1983–88

IRISH

Socialist Action No. 158, 6 February 1987 · pp. 10-11 of the scan · 436 words

The scan: 158-feb-06-1987-SA-UK.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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page 10 of the scan

There are 38 Irish prisoners in British jails East, 18 per cent in the North West and 12 per cent in the West Midlands. The table based on the 1966 census indicates the huge differentials between the Irish born and those born in England and occupations.

Thirdly, direct British rule in the six North East counties of ireland maintains, and is bolsteieu vy, a golesyue level of discrimination against the nationalist people of these six counties. A study from Belfast in Republican News (8 January, 1987) informant North elections. indefensible that any organisation in the labour movement such as SSiN should use these gangster tactics to prevent a current witn which it disagrees from organising.

Campaign Student's aims are to build support tor the seltorganisation and the demands of women and black people, against all witch hunts of socialists from the Labour Party, for lesbian and gay rights, for British withdrawal from Ireland and for a united Ireland, for removal of shows that the in the six counties is 12.4 per cent. This is just 1.1 per cent above the average rate of unemployment for Great Britain'. But the rate of unemployment for catholic men in the staggering 30.2 per cent - nearly three times the British level.

Only the social conditions which British socier nooses on le Black communities is comparable to the results of British colonial rule for the nationalist areas of West Belfast, Derry and so on.

fighting racist immigration legislation and a determination to build an active campaigning women's organisation than the do on the question of the election of the five seats on the NEC Please produce your evidence that Militant historically opposed the Labour women's organisation or stop repeating the old lie.

Anne mccule yui

refer to, the initial timetable proposed by an officer was rejected! It waste cal dullill uf three months would be necessary for a thorough discussion. You appear to believe that the quicker the consultation e the fewer involved anc the less time for thought, the more successful you would be in getting your all US bases from for breaking all links with apartheid, for a democratic secular Palestine and against US aggression in Campaign Student is fighting for NOLS to affiliate to Labour Left Liaison and its constituent campaigns.

This platform makes Campaign Student a clear alternative to other NOLS and bull beats is NUS. SSiN's politics are quite counter to the above. For instance, at December NUS conference SSiN opposed the right of women students to elect their own representative onto the NUS executive.

page 11 of the scan

Socialist Action 6 Feb 1987

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