A PEOPLE UNDEFEATED is a new pamphlet produced organișation Peoples Democracy. Author John McAnulty analyses the last ten years of struggle in the North of Ireland and examines the roles played by anti-imperialist movement.
The following extract from the pamphlet — its conclusion -flavour. A People Undefeated costs 50p and is available The Other Upper Street, London N1 2XQ (add 20p for Ma ten years of struggle in the North? The What conclusions can be drawn from over first and most obvious conclusion is that the Northern state is inherentv irretormable and that any "solution' conunuaon or paruwon ın any guise 'devolution' or an "independent Ulster' involve continuation oppression.
It also needsto be said that imperialism has no progressive role to play in 'peacekeeping' role means in reality bloodshed and death, its reforming role means poverty and destitution for the • OI the demonstrated clearly the client nature of the 26 and the bankrupicy Dublin governments' independence of imperialism.
We must also say firmly and clearly that today, as at the beginning of the struggle, all the elements exist for a successiul revolutionary overthrow of imperialism and capitalism — bar The missing element is a revolutionary workers' party that in grasping the entwined character OI the struggles liberation and socialism will be able to mobilise Irish revolutionary the various organisations in the gives a sense of its general Bookshop that involves the be it - will of injustice and Irish people. The have also claims to a political for national the Irish working class throughout the 32 counties.
Despite tactical gains the imperialists are as far as ever from any solution - in fact, the overthrow of Stormont represents a strategic defeat that they have not yet recovered from. Both North and South the economic system is in crisis — a crisis that imperialism hopes to solve by gutting social services, cutting back wages and crushing the defensive organisations working class. imperialists have not been successful and Irish workers show a willingness to fight back that offers great opportunities for a revolutionary Learn The resistance movement defeated and continues to lead the fightback in many areas of struggle. But the situation is one of stalemate, If imperialism has no answers the anti-imperialist movement as it is constructed has no programme or strategy that will lead to victory.
This programmatic lack from imperialist repression but from internal contradictions within the movement and can be traced back to a failure to link up with the organisations of the working class in the early 1970s. However, objective changed and the economic and political crises are beginning to 'march in step opportunity of making those links and building a mass movement in all 32 counties.
There are other causes for optimism. The Irish struggle has not occurred in isolation but against a background of the mass upsurges against capitalism that took place all over the world beginning 1968.
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conditions have and offer the ramine These youthful perished.] struggles have fallen away to reveal a deeper and more determined movement. After defeats Asia Middle struggles with the working class imperialism today is a weaker animal than it was ten years ago. Ireland's strategic position gives us the opportunity to be in the lead in the coming upsurges all over Peoples Democracy is proud of its history in the struggle and we feel that by analysis, discussion and self-criticism, as well as through bitter experience, we have avoided and the dangers sectarianism. We feel we have the elements of a and strategy and that our supporters will not only have the opportunity to help close the long and bloody imperialist domination but also to take part in the world-wide struggle of the classes that g will decide the future of all humanity.
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