IMGpapers 1976–79

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

TROOPS OUT NUS conference backs International Tribunal

Socialist Challenge No. 41, 13 April 1978 · pp. 11-12 of the scan · 558 words

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page 11 of the scan

AILEAN Poto Ashby of the NUS reaffirmed for варрон Tribunal, Humparlers BE me Mitiant JE the Labour Party announced that they too would fully back the uguiry.

Previously in the woek at the -conferenos itself, the executive was censored for its inactivity on Ireland.

A motion from the Mikile SON Polytechnic delegates extending the mandate work on the tribunal overweiraingly passed, is was the cal to invile one of the Strasbourg 14 to address the conference.

When it came to the stage in the conference A TEMPTAT gency mocions were placed on The agenda a motion which SOCIALIST CHALLENGE 13 April 1976 page 11 At the National Union of Students' conference in Blackpool last week, under a banner which read "Break the silence: Stop the torture', Jane Crawford, secretary of the International Tribunal on British Presence in Ireland, addressed a fringe meeting which swelled lo more than two hundred delegates.

All the major tendencies on the left were present, as well as the vast majority of the Northern Ireland O'CALLOGHAN demanded that the excutive that translate its sponsorship the Coe Tribuna rinin somethine and more concrete by organising a was placed fins on the list Supported by more than 67 delegations for constituency organisations (the largest ever support for motion), the motion unconstitutionally carved up in the steering contittee It world be facile to suppest TOT that what is happening in the was NUS today could be repeated al trade union stupid ta suggest imgact in the labour move ment.

Already trades Comptunist Party are sending delegates to Thus cablished, the Tribunal WIC Pres investigate allegations of Brit solidarity movement the quest respond reports. The mass movement needed Britain will assembled around the demand 'Troops Our experience has shown that such a movement cannot be built MILLIOUL regard taking place There was no movement in Britain on Ireland until civil rights explosion in 1968, enterpency The period of mass mobilisa tions in Ireland and no go areas war when the solidarily moverten in League, teached its portant steps have beep taken SECULE la res ive the mass resistance in that the the Six Countica I street Ireland develop. so will the potenna for reconszecting a Troops Our traditionally dominated by the - Britain. This is not to argue planning apposile.

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For that credibility, in Ircland the yel hold a position Britain, in the won for Troops licieht.

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Troops Our supporters shauld CALENTY TOE Tribunal increases — quite the In the contest of developing united action with forces who support the immediate nopessary to ser up propaganda democratic explain that the only way to defeas repression s to end forever Britain's role in line -Traans Out sun channels. porters need to actively build the Tribunal and go through the experience of the Tribunal with those toroca, who do nor Troops Out* Building the Tribunal is not Out in the • but it is the best way. Already it has taken the issue of Ireland into areas were where hefore it has barely been The events last week at the CAPUTCECAEE showed both the need for the Tribunal

page 12 of the scan

As a massive debate is unfolding in Israel about its The NO's I met at the

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