The benefits to both groups should be enormous, With a constant influx prisobers, the 28182001 imprisomment will be lessened, and a united front against the prison authorities guaranteed.
It will probably take a while to get adjusted to this new development, but as most of us come from the same working class background and we are all anti-imperialist prisoners, tbere should he litle difficulty.
ELESLTHS was been for those sympathisers. We had enough to cat and a little to drink, as we have a few expert peleen makers, around.
VERY POTENT Poleen is a very alcoboßie beverage made illegally (which ACIL BISC better) from yeast. potatoes. fruil and many orher ingredients. It is usually brewed in the ISBECU area to avoid confiscation by the police. Those LEUNLL making il are liable to a beavy fine or even jail. We were lucky We weren't caught!
But Christmas waso't all extra food and niceties, and if we had been dependent on the priSOn SELL OTIE WE have had a very poor "holiday IOCCE Terry George, a fellow comrade was refused compassionate parole for bis grand OLICI WICHE EILENO he was on the last six months of his six-year SCUECHLL MeQuade, who had only 17 days left of his eight and a haif-year sentence \ CHAIRDE COMRADES sinn Fein, Britain, wishes to make the following statement GODEL LNE SauEnOn aat nas given rise to the probability of two separate Bloody Sunday was refused compassionate both leave to soc his 8H-year father who was seriously ill. No doubt the Christians in the Northern Treland aNe A curious interpreting the Christmas spirit of joy and goodwill.
HARASSMENT
The prospects for 1978 aren't all that bright for us in prison All we scein assured continued harassment, a detwould erioration in living conditions, had it and another year of oppression extras from those who occupy and Those of us in Long Kesh always comfort ourseives by comparing Dur position to those in H Block, who are being denied political status for the same allegod offences for which VC WEC CARVHO"
These three hundred or potent OSOCINZIC DOBETE TEBEH yards from us. They live in the Most Lespicahle conditions clothed only in a blanket and confined to a cell for 24 hours a day.
The conditions in which we, with political status, live leave a Jot to be desired. and cold; the authorities seldom repair them, and we are plagued wIn lEake in rne iFDI This year will be one intense strugale would anti-imperialist prisoners.
struggle outside the walle will ABOCOTLE - as long as there is a British presence in Treland. I will probably bea long drawn out affair, bur the determinДП CT TAUC L E DAISr will ensure that this will be the final struggle for che liberation of Treland.
TAUTS Tiefuich Ar La out position is meaningless without raking a position of solidarity with the forees acteally, fighting the British Stare in Northern Ireland.
We appreciate the difficutties ment union, Britain on 24 January just one month after he was held in under the Prevention of Terrorism TOMMARLOWE.
Flynn ls one of the main she House of Commeni te the House of Contmons. office launching of the International mecting marks the public way of Tribunal on Crimes Apainst the Trish People, which will be held in L.ondon later in the yeat. Joan Maynard MP will be apotber speaker at the meeting, to be held in Room Commons at 7,30pm on January. of is HL SUnLAM UFACTE national Tribunal coincides wilh the saaouncement of the verdict by the European Court in which Britain is being tried for torture — for a lew of the rastaly imperialist forces in Ircland. The verdict further embarrass wilet In InE weeks has suffered a number of set-backsinis wareffort.
SUCCESS Most recent was the row over the statement by Irish preauer Jack Lynch, thar Britain should indicate its willingness to leave Ireland some tim . Le nOts aTE reaction was truly accused Lynch Terenoe , while the British press rooling - lod by failed Irishman Conor by all accused the trish premier of The all sarts ofevil Vet Lynch's remarks were no thore than restatement of the traditional party. One of the reasons they LOJAL such because British policy in Ireland is going through something of a minor crisis.
On the military boast of Masoo and Callaghan Socialist Challenge replins:
WE AGREE that all revolutionarles in Britain should have a position of solldarity with the anti-Imperialiet forces involved IWo SH Uei. GUE IuAti
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New Year's day has been a memorable and historic one for us in Cage 13. For the first time, Provisional and Irish Republican Socialist Party prisoners have been moved into the same cage — a demonstration of the unity which repression by the establishment can bring between republicans and socialists in Ireland.