IMGpapers 1976–79

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

TROOPS OUT OF IRELAND NOW! END THE

Socialist Challenge No. 111, 30 August 1979 · pp. 1-2 of the scan · 150 words

The scan: sc-n111-aug-30-1979.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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page 1 of the scan

It says much for the sense of values of the British establishment that the killing of one old man [who was one of their own] upsets them more than the death of the 18 soldiers in Warrenpoint. But then the British ruling class has always prized its leaders above those it utilises as cannon fodder. Such double standards make it hardly surprising that its presence is unwelcome in Immediate withdrawal Margaret Thatcher is crying out for revenge - for more blood, more dead. We demand the reverse. We demand an end to this bloody and oppressive war. We insist that there is only one way this will come about: the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of Britain from Ireland.

Let the Irish people determine their own future.

SELF DETERMINATION FOR THE IRISH PEOPLE!

page 2 of the scan

Socialist Challenge, 328/9 Upper Street. London NI 2XQ. Editorial: 01-359 8180/9. Distribution/ Advertising: 01-3598371.

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