IMGpapers 1976–79

Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1976–79

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· Red Weekly No. 170, 1976 · pp. 10-11 of the scan · 635 words

The scan: rw-no170-oct-14-1976.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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page 10 of the scan

Red Books is now in temporary pren at 182 Pentonville Roud, London NI, • NEW PLEKHANOV EDITIONS Lawrence and wisnan nave lUst DrOUnT OU new editions of two works by Plekhanov which nave been unavariable tor some years. The Hole • 1930s FIGHT AGAINST FASCISM The October issue of Searchlight has a major feature on the historic battle of Cable Street -as in Marxist literary criticism. In so doing writings of Marx and Engels and Plekhanov, Trotsky, Lenin, Don an and rent i is notewormy mat cagieron telect: ne view mat marxist merary crucism can Dr HUNGARY 1956 Despite une cruciar role olaved ov ine muncanan revolution or 1800 in Intensitvine the crisis ol stalinism, Inere is remarkably little in tne wav of iterature on iRis toDic. Allison and Busby have helped to fill the gap by publishing a major study of the 1956 Hungarian revolution BARGAIN BOOK ON FANON we have stocks of a wul-ccale and origina study of Fanon by Irene Gendzier.

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page 11 of the scan

On Tuesday 14 September, Kleran Nugent, a 19-year-old from the Lower Falls of Belfast, was sentenced to three years Imprisonment. His crime was opposition to the rule of British imperialism in Ireland. Kieran is a Republican. From March 1972 all Republicans convicted in the rigged JOHN MAGEE reports from Belfast after 1 March this year, he has been refused political status company of other Republican prisoners.

has been denied all visits, even from his parents. Political status Political status the British Government. But because Kleran's "crime" was committed courts ol the six counties nave been recognised as political prisoners b Unlike his comrades also confined in Long Kesh, Kieran is refused the Instead he is held in solitary confinement. For the past five weeks he has lain in his cell with only a rougn blanket to cover nim up, with no mauress curing ine day, and with only a bible for reading material. For refusing to wear prison clothing he was only won after a long and bitter struggle including a 37 day hunger strike by 40 Republican prisoners in 1972. It reoresente. a malor asin tor me an Unionis womers ano a numanne defeat for British Imperialism, which had been forced to admit that those it had labelled 'gangsters' and 'murderers' were engaged in a political LAST SATURDAY, Noel Jenkinson was meant they were generally free to organise their political discussions.

polical status is a key issue.

and the loyalty and dedication of all concemed people.* Andersonstown Co-op Imprisoned, none of us are free.' murdered, either as, a deliberate act or struggle. For the prisoners themseives it was no mean achlevement. 1 own dally routina deciding what time they got up and went to bed. They did not have 1 carry out prison work or wear prison clothes; they were able to organis Now, once again, the British Government is trying to 'criminalise" e struggle in the Six Counties; to withdraw the rights the prisoners har gained. It is an attempt to isolate the prisoners within the camps through that isolate the resistance outside. Therefore the fight to retall But the struggle Kleran Nugent has started will not be easily wor Dolours Price wrote from her cell in Armagh jail: *It is a light that will within the prisons will mean harsh retaliation from the priser acres and the British troops who are stationed in the prisons, unless there is It will be difficult, but there is no alternative. The slogan on the wall o deciares. wnieone person make to the future of his country.

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