worth of Ireland In Ireland.
The National Front has never made any secret of where it stands on the irish 1850c. June 1974, at a mecting in London's Conway Hall, NE leader John Tyndall spelt it out *This party has a duty to do all it can to support those Northern Ireland who fight for the preservation of British rule We have gathered here to night to declare our solidarity with the British Loyalists of Northern Ireland.* The NF's "solidarity" has not been confined to words; the number of years to build sup ЕгОЛ Ви ОССи ШЕ O д port in the North of ireland. In loing so, the fascists have aliened themselves with some of the most violent Protestant They first appeared in the North of Ireland in 1973, when Tyndall and Martin Webster visited several areas there in an attempt to persuade candidates to stand in local elections.
They concentrated their efforts in South Down, where Enoch Powell was to be elected as MP the following year. The Front Jeaders met Ute head of an organisation known as the Down Orange Welfare which despite its charity sound ing title was a Loyalist paramilitary organisation, guns uniforms and army-type structures. At the time this outfit ciaimed the support of 5,000 foliowers, What became of these talks is unclear, but in April 1974 the Front set up headquarters in a Loyalist district of East Beltast.
This was followed by talks with two more groups of Loyalist extremists - the Ulster De fence Association and Ulster Volunteer Force, Both these organisations were then indulging in sectarian murder campaigas, killing Catholics for no other reason than that they were Catholics.
When, in July 1974, nine members of the UDA found guilty in a court in Blackburn of arms possession and Illegal gun training police evid ence indicated their close conLEEDS -St. George's Day MARTIN WEBSTER's visit to Leeds Saturday landed him in hospital, unconscious. The NF was literally run out of the town, reports JOHN COLMAN.
The fascists chose Leeds to celebrate "St George's Day', and when their march was banned, they decided to hold a mecting instead, Only 67 attended it.
Nearly tbousand antifascists arrived to picket the meeting at the Central High School, mobilised by the most broad-based united committee that the town has scen..
The Labour Parry Young Socialists, various Party branches, the SOCIALIST CHALLENGE 27 Aonl 1978 page 4 ALTHOUGH the National Front screams most abou lack people, it has other causes. One of its mos opular is the NF's support for the Loyalists in the With the help of information published in the latest edition of the Belfast produced Workers Research Bulletin, GEOFF BELL looks at the Nazis* activities tact with the NF As for the UVF, it made it attitude clear in April 1974 whenits masazine Combat de. clared: Combatt wishes every Northern Ireland and trusts that it may crow in srenRin.
The Front's chief contact and supporter in the UVF was Billy Mitchell, a former member of the League of Empire Layadian Fronte Michell was at the one-time chauffeur of lan Paisley.
He is now serving a life sentence for the members of the UDA, commited during one of the many feuds that take place between Alone stage, the UVF and the WE were mannina to form a joint organisation and they "Loyalist Front" in a number of All of these sinister schemes cameto nothing. The NF wanted the new organisation to be open to Catholic fascists as well as Protestant ones, and this the UVF woulda't agree to, The alliance with the LIDA fell apart when the N/ accused that organisation of operating protection rackers.
Nevertheless, the NF didn't waver in its distributed Belfast In 1974 outlining its attitude: The half-baked campaign agautat the IRA must *We are ar war with the TRA and all necessary force should murder of two be used to smash it. The Army should be given the instruction that to destroy the IRA is its sole task.
MOORE STREET powers opinion.
of Ireland.
of the visit.
However support for the The Front pamphict In section than ever betore.
should stay in Ireland people in Ireland say. should be organised and equipand should not have their order to appease Repubtican appose ZLLES LEE DISSE should be punishable by death."
Recently the NF bas been trying once again to establish links with the Loyalists in the North Tyndall himself planned to speak at a meeting at tbe University in Belfast a couple of months ago, but opposition forced the cancellation Loyalist sion. groups themselves presently going through a series of crises the NF bas a better chance 1o win support from a significant of Loyalist opinion The North of Ireland Loyal isis and the National Front cert control ainly have a lot in common. Hain share a view that Brilain no Catholics matter what the majority of and walls helonging lo families, nearly all of them They live leas than a mile NE from the school where the Milwall NF held its police-protected A len nigbrs carlier, the fascists had visited the same two streets to wrench wing windscreen wipers. and serials from a dozent cars. Loreta Herman, whose taxibus08ld had Nar branch slogars scrawled on his cab.
hi is obviously a worrving thing to happen. This is how it started in Germans in the While lord) Jewish comr mubity set up patrols and guard: to protect synagogues when the NF held its mceting in che boraugh, tleir concern is shared by commenity NF chunts.
synagogue.
London, was daubed with swaskas anu anti-seatitic slogans carlier this month, the minister, Rabbi 1 Baum. Cold his congregation:
•His a neror sickness. Tbere Anny should smash the resiscance to British rule in Ireland; DO LOUCESTHAULSHILE intervene apainst people who whether Africa, Asin or Ireland are all 'Empire Loyal iscs', While the NF's main target is blacks, the Loyalists" main target is Catholics But the link is that both the Loyalists and the NF bave a belief in the right of the white treat those outsice their ranks Pio dischmono ano repres CLUE But if there is a link berween the NF and the Ulster Loyalists, the Catholie people 10 Inc North of Ireland and blacks in this country bave a lot io com After all, the British police's techniques of helmets, shield, "snatch squads" and the rest were first tried out against demanding civil rights in the North of Ireland The connection is best illustare far greater problems in the PORTSMOUTH SUPPORTERS USHEEPIES fans found opposition when they arried at Portsmouth for their side's match aguinst Bristol Rovers, earlier this month.
Anti-Cascist leaflets were distributed ourside the ground in the first activity of the sewly-formed Portsmouth of the ALEU-2Y82 League. Some of the football fans responded with pro-NF and racist abuse, bat other said That's what's needed when handed leaflets.
The leafleting was agreed by 1 100-strong founding meetie of the Deane in the city and may beenme a regulur activity In answer to sections of the home supporters who shout Abother proposal was that inrolving a Rastufurian. Da Portsmouth Trades Councit should be arged to make anti-fascism the theme of its Muy Das clearly need to be well briefed Pat Arrowsmith who has 10 counted how on a rosent trip to Belfast she saw Hritish soldiers 'National Front embroided on Perhapsthat is the real reason WE CRUDES BOISH grown in the North to the extent it has in this country, the British Army is already doing much ol their dirty work for them What the British Army and the National Front share with Loyalists is a common polic towards — as Tyndall put it preservation ol British rule in Ireland.
The answer from anti-fascists in this country is obvious: "soldarity with the Trish resis.
*British troops out of Ireland now!
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HOXTON is holding an evening meeting in a Hoston school in East Loodoo. A counter-pickel is heing planeed. Detuils from Alan on 01-226 0571 during the day on Thursday and Friday. DEREK DAY DEREK DAY, one of East London's most strident racists was sitting on the jury last weel at the Cd Balley: Identified ho was challenged and remove trom the jury for that trial.
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