THE ULSTER UPSURGE At Queen's University, Belfast, the mood is militant and though the civil rights activists are still in a ninority they are gaining new recruits every day. En fact the pace of radicalisation has surprised man alitants who say that only last year they were dubbing Queen's University as pollically the mos backward university in the United Kingdom. It was the students who were largely responsite 10t king off the upsurge which has frightened the complacent, self-satisfied government of Capta ence O'Neill, TH atinue to make badly-timed (from THÉIR point of view) statements such as the one made by a M Roy Bradford, Chief Whip and possibly a future Minister of Education. Mr Bradford boldly declared that the University authorities "clearly stand in loco parentis to the studeats" and implied that militant students should be disciplined. The fact that ampaign is designed to overthrow the Government'. Student activists told the Dwarf that if th Vice-Chancellor and his coborts attempted to curb the civil rights movement the 'whole University would explode." Better late than never.
he political significance of the rising in Derry has not yet been fully grasped by revolutionar odalists in England, mainly because the unfree press has tended to avoid reporting details of wha actually happened in Derry. Not many comrades realise that a part of Derry was barricaded and a sign roudly announced: YOU ARE NOW ENTERING FREE DERRY. The Derry Commune lasted for 6 lays. 6 days of freedom from police oppression. The citizens of Lecky Rond are determined that there will be no repetition of the incident when groups of drunk policemen came and stoned Roman Catholic houses. Despite the provocations (and there have been many) the leaders of the Derry Communards and Eamon McCann in particular have seen to it that all the slogans and demands are litical. Crude anti-Protestantism and religious chauvinism have played no part in the upsurge u is makes the struggle in Derry the most significant political action which we have see decade. reeted by large numbers of working people including homeless squatters who had occupied Derr Town Hall in protest against the housing situation.
The spirit of comradeship which prevails in Derry and which has united the students and a large section of the workers shows that despite the distortions of the unfree media student activism does have an effect on people at large. Free Derry Radio is still in existepce informing citizens of what is going on in the police state which the Labour government subsidises.
Whether or not the police should have been burnt is a separate issue should all declare our solidarity with the "booligans".
against the Ulster police.
reland office in London. It does exist. Perhaps the best time would be on the Easter Sunday as w ould wean away many CND marchers and abso get a contingent down from Belfast. More about th in subsequent Dwarfs.
militants are likely to gain even more support if the Captain's supporter tas upset Mr Bradford is that, "The presen When the student marchers entered Derry after the Long March from Belfast they wer The burning of three police vans in Newry has led to the unfree press debouncing the civil rights archers as hooligans and unfortunately the rightists in the movement have joined in these attacks.
many militants point out that he police were quite pleased that this happened hecause it boosted their battened Image somewbn nd that no policemen tried to prevent the burning. Be that as it may in the face of reaction we An eight year old girl was aiso seen in Newry with a lighted piece of paper in search of police tenders which just shows the depth of the feeling for Bruce Reyholds.
The craft of the thiel bring precious little grief to the man with the big cigar.
He reads about crime while going home to dine and emiles out of the window of his car.
So his Rembrant got lost? -TO esel OuE De COS he 'll increase the price of shoes in every store; if the cash goes from home then a servant must phone and simply tell the bank to print some more But if even that thief for his aperiti wants a | louse with gardens fifty miles wide, and by way of entree ontrol ofe lich Shiekdom on the side .. vith a totten The Mister Cigar knows the lad has gome too far and he calls his Politicians to his side:
Dearest Colleagues of mine we have o draw the line: the thief is wise and it is time be died So remain simple thugs. stick to prostitutes and drugs, rob u factory, or gut some stately homes; but go for his Law Mister C. declare war, and he'll nourish his police dogs on your bones.