IMGpapers 1976–79

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

The 26 counties— where Durex is still banned

· Socialist Challenge No. 114, 20 September 1979 · p. 15 of the scan · 875 words

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Lynch. One of the milder comments was an editorial in the Daily Express ot 29 August:

response to terror has always been up to reality and started to make a against these psychopathic thugs. The real remedy lies in the hands of Mr those who blew up Mountbatten were 'cowards', so too Lynch didn't have "the guts' to do anything about them. The fact that there are more repressive Lynch, but at times it was stretched to truth', said the 29 August Daily Mail, is 'that Ireland's mediocre politicians and Mountbatten freely' into the South of Ireland; such an observation would hardly fit the image of the benign British Empire.

essential ingredient is an Uncle Tom base Empire. And there he was in the Dally ded: 'Speak for Ireland, Mr Lynch.

speaking for Ireland meant that Lynch should follow the He went on to tell Lynch • Brien. that he should also emulate former whose government O'Brien until it was thrown out of office by the its repressive policies.

of the ruling class's view British society. The papers read by the working class ranted and raved in the racist manner. But the Guardian, the Financial. Times, even to an extent the Daily Telegraph presented no such for erise. Vulgar seal very well 11l business to discuss.

blithely pointed out on 8 September: Ireland is still quite convinced that it can defeat the IRA. The only fly in the outment nearly ten years it still doesn't know 29 August: 'However loudly people in Britain might clamour for greater military effort or closer co-operation from the Irish government, there are few security loopholes that the Dublin downplayed its usual jingoism and problems which had to Rather surprisingly its 2 September edition asked: 'Will the Conservatives grasp the Loyalist nettle which stung helpless inertia? Britain, after all, is bought a load of contraceptives and travelled back to the South. border they were stopped by customs officials, who confiscated the packets of pills and condoms but found it toc embarrassing to take the intra-uterin‹ Contraception was effectively banned contraception has South of Ireland. Voluntary groups have set up clinics to give advice and aid. In the urban areas this has meant limited access to fertility control for a significant cross-section of the female In August of this year Charles Fianna Fail government, introduced family planning legislation which he claimed would provide a 'comprefact his eyes were fixed firmly on the Catholic Church, and it will mean implemented it would actually restrict Privilege would be made available by doctors object' to providing such advice and opt out of the legislation.

allow doctors and chemists to refuse considered unfit for family planning and single women. Contraceptives would be expensive, and worst of all Medical Card holders — about 13,000 women who are entitled to free medical care Action Programme in Dublin points give people a stigma about sex. gives no protection to a woman's right to contraception. Rather than give the service, it hands the service over to private enterprise. It gives doctors the right to control female sexuality.

head-on by running a caravan service should be providing. In braving the law these women face fines of up to opponents in the Knights of Saint organisation does not want women to have any access to fertility control.

maximum penalties for all those who dare Catholic nationalism will enjoy a massive revival when the Pope visits Ireland next month. He is scheduled abortion. CAP will be holding a press TO international campaign to explain the real problems that Irish women face have been forced to accepi natural that give this type of advice have been 'But these methods of contracep hypocrisy of the Irish government ark Anne Speed — of the Contraception Action Programme and member of Peoples Democracy: the Church - everyone knows that thermometers grow on trees!' government realise that debate on contracepțion lies the issue of abortion. Already rumblings are to about the referral of women to Britain climate for women's needs considered rationally. Pious hysteria is already being whipped up by the suggested that drink should be given up for the weekend - the next thing we'll hear is that the same should Irish women themselves to ensure that their needs; their bodies Ireland as in Britain we have to build a movement that can make a reality of the slogan: 'Not the Church, not the UDR training Defence Regiment? The answer is not but personnel will train at an army camp A joint meeting of representatives from UTOM branches in Glasgow, met discuss coordinated activity, includ ing a protest campaign aimed at the presciet meeting decided on mass leafleting in Dundee to alert the local population to an organisation which has included Funders be a national tour by Mary Nellis, the founder of the Derry Relatives Action 1 t0 'troops out now debated at the 1980 Scottish TUC.

demonstration in Glasgow next year, Ex-soldiers group against the war in Ireland was formed in London last week. This follows the success of the ex-soldiers contingent Immediate plans for National Union of Scha Stake and radical eaters a selle i leo

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