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

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Socialist Challenge No. 66, 5 October 1978 · pp. 12-14 of the scan · 960 words

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page 12 of the scan

Subsequently measures intervention of the British Army August 1969 and soterament in 1971 only sharpened the anger of Carbolics and produced a formidable military campaign with considerable The whole movement, political and THIS TH Bloody Sunday, January 1972, when I4 peaceful demonstrators were shot dead by the British Army.

The original demands of the movement were reformist — for civil rights - but in fact they struck at the very Toundation of the OSTEL T system of Protestant privilege which caables the Unionist hourgenisie to keep the support of the Protestant masses And the constant pressure of the mass movement stripped away layers of mystification which had disguised the real nature of the Northern problem.

Thus, by shaking the old Unioris repime to its core, the civil righis movement forced the British Army 1o intervene apenly on revealing The power behind Stormant Tacade.

The continuing agitation quickly exploded the myth that the Brilish Arms as an impartial farce, holding the ring berween Catholics. Protestants as the troops were used more and more obviously drainst the Catholics.

There was clarification in another direcion when the Düblin go-erment's lack of response to the attacks Catholic phetsos in internment Sunday in 1972 shuttered Norbern Carbolies Nosions in the Southern politicians and tught them Mao succout from Dubli governments in the future.

The greatest deny lication of al came with the suspension Stotment parliament in 1992 when it became clear tha: the final obsracie te equality for Carbolics in the Sin Counties was nol Ecionist admination, bEt the British connection itself obvious tbat the Brilish too relied on the Protestant Usa keep their control over the North of Ireland and would not dismantle the sister of Protestant privilepe.

But the suspension of Storment Socialist Chullenge 5 Ocloher 1978 Page 12 bke the despite periods of attrition and war in weariness they have prown immensel the Compared with the apathy and lack of self-confidence of minority in thousand: Lav politicised in the last ten years after The most profound experience was the establishmens of No Gie areas in the ghettos of Belfast and Derry in August 1969 and 1971. In Derry in particular the RUC and British Army were liaby excluded Begside and Creaman areas for an entire controlled by armed members of the HICA Unfortunately made to cake advantage of the poEtical opportunities chit provided bul nonetheless.

Russia it 1905, the No-Cio areas have set an example which can be followed and developed when reaches a similar pach again streets The course ofthe conflict has also the thrown up many now organisations engaged in anti-impenalist scruggle, notably the Provisional IRA and the Irish Republican Socials Paris and. in a country Communis Party was notoriously weak and groups to the leil of it and Virtually non existent.

MR have cablished a long record of sclive involvement and have been able a certain poirts to play an haporact, even decisive role in Le strugale 21969 Mereover a high proportion of the and Boody agitation of the last decade has been the carried on through unired organisations and the practice, if not the theory of united fronts is highly develoned in the Six Commies Had ise acher important effect: 1 has wateria: spasmodic response in the prostood bigateu South of Ireland demonstrated by the immense crowd wiich burned the British Embassy in Dublin after Bloody Suaday showing the potential suppor which exist ihere for the anti imperialis: struggle exposed the fallary of many of the non-Marxist decade One Catholic the 1960 lens been deeply little effort WILk like the soviets in the strugsie Catholic parartilitary even men:

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The ecocomistic vies that the national question was irrelevant in the Norti: of Ireland and that the probles: could be solved simple by ignoring the national question and appealing to Protestant and Catholic workers on a case basis has been discreditod to Even governent surkeys have

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page 14 of the scan

Their tiehts were prolonged struggle, and those through but two people tone a speaker trom the platform) Incited onto this briet suegests, represent the reactionary within the Carbolic Church

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