«We need each other just outside Nicaraguan territorial waters, the senate, Republicans, ternational law.
There's no doubt that the Nicaraguan revolution does not have many friends the senate. which continues to vote financial assistance to ine CIA-backed contras working from Honduras. But even some tine most Republicans understand that the Us is getting a bad press when it 'state-backed terrorism' in Lebanon and elswhere, then proceeds to carry out a brazen act of state-backed rorism itself.
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context of the Abortion Amendement recently passed in the South to give the 'unborn' equal rights to the mother needed to get women Lovemen. ne menonent was part of the backlash, allackie trace the 70's equal pay, balliace. contraception.
The Amendment probably the biggest attack unleashed by Church, and backed up by THE SECRET MINING of Nicaraguan ports, carried out by exile 'contras' working from a US ship has resulted in Ronald Reagan's first big defeat in the US Congress over Central America policy. By 84 dominated the expressed the grave embarrassment felt in the United States that Reagan has been caught openly committing an act of war, in defiance of inby the Senate, proposed by Edward nenneay. was "non-binding'. In fact, the first phase of the mining of the ports has already finished. Ronald Reagan remarked it's nonbinding, then we can live with it' In a letter from ultra-reactionary Senator Barry Goldwater the CIÁ Director William Casey, the dilemmas of even the Friday evening's mixed rally at Irish Women's Conference 'WHY has it been so much worse for Irish women — we are far behind our sisters abroad, what is it in Ireland? The Catholic Church in the South and the reactionary Loyalist ideology in the North, that is organisers of the first 32 County Irish Womens Conference in Dublin since 1980 must be congratulated for bringing together over 600 women from all over Ireland, to look at and debate these politicians in 50 years.
But their victory was empty because many women have started organising, women, often for the first time.
The Amendment Its eftect women as well.
Womens Department. the participation in most staunch anti-communists were starkly revealed Goldwater said: 'The orescent na asked us lo back his foreign policy. Bill, how can we back his foreign policy when don'i know what the hell he is doing? Lebanon, yes, we all know he sent troops over lnere.
i mis Is an act violating Internatinal law. It is an act of war. For the life of me I don't see how we are going to explain it'.
Everyone agrees that it is impossible for Reagan to organise a full scale attack during election year. The CIA SLIalCoy colDuess been to try to keep the pressure up on Nicaragua. waiting for Reagan's expected re-election for the all-out assault.
Nonetheless there seems to be some confuFalls Road Centre in Belfast, their contribution to the discussion the welcome al c steps forward.
The feeling in the movement Ireland is overwhelmingly one ol county women to support each other.
Partition, which affects every aspect of life North and South of the Border, Is al last being tackled the movement. the largest workshop was on Nannona Gueston Feminism' even have unpopular debate. but with Margare Ward, who wrote Unmanagable Revolutionaries, and Rita sion inside the administration about precisely what US policy objectives in the region are. In a recent in terview argued that the US objective was to 'restore democracv' br forcing elections But elections are now being held November. joint statement last week US defence secretary. Caspar Weinberger, Secretary State George Schultz and CIA director William Casey publicly denied that they even had plans to invade any country in CenTa enda In fact, there are "two the administration on this question. The 'hards', who are pushing for an • Invasion are led by Casey, Fred C IIke, undersecretary of state defence policy, and Nestor Sanchez, deputy assistant secretary of defence.
O' Hare, head of Sinn Fein Womens Department, Was in e most important events of the There has traditionally been an uneasy relation. ship between women outside the Republican move ment and feminists in the Republican Hovelicill because the political make up of Ireland is different tries In both North and South, Willg are entrenched in an impregnable all under the pretence parliamentary democracy. And in both, the Church holds positions of power In the North, women face the continual harassment of the British Army on the streets are are arrested, interrogated abused. You can see why The doubters are led by George Schultz, doubtless smarting from the drubbing he received for his fiasco in Lebanon.
But these divisions in the administration are tactical and can change rapid.
While the debate about policy options continues, the real military build up continues with the now well under the way Operation Grenadero in Hon duras the CIA overflights of El Salvador and Nicaragua.
Whatever the White House wets' mav think. It be extremely difficult to acheive any of the US policy objectives in the region without overunrowing me in Nicaragua. Nothing less Inan a lull scale Invasiol will achieve this end - and that is the trump card for Casey and his friends. the first Anti-Valium group was set up Bellast.
movement in Ireland, and in opening up the discussion among women on Ivationalism and Feminism, dire gaining strength.
Watch out for the proposed Lesbian Conference Anti-Imperialist Womens Conference that women agreed they wanted to organse lo cor• tinue the fight.
This strength is going to needed The Criminal Justice Bill in the South is another piece of the government investing £10 million another prison for more OI them can be locked up. US trained contra