On 29 September, 14 supporters of the British Withdrawal frum Northern ireland Campaign will appear in court in London on conspiracy charges. Other BWNIC supporters also face charges as a result of activity against the presence of British troops in Ireland. Over the past few months a defence campaign has been mounted, to which we urge all readers to give their full support. The following information on the latest developments in the campaign is taken from the 20 August newsletter of the 'Defend the 14+' Campaign.
the Incitement to Disaffection Act; also now with an offence of attempting to incite civilans to moite soldiers. Do cause of the distribution of a political leaflet to civilians! Another supporter, Alix Otten of Manchester, is charged with attempting to incite to incite toc • in ner case pecause or movement with a complicity statement in support Two more people have also been summonsed to appear in court to answer charges under the Army Act, concerning helping AWOLs Penny Strange.
The British Government are happy to use the assassinations as an excuse to back the RUC and demand their acceptance in all areas.
The reintroduction of this force to Catholic areas would be a major step forward in the direction of giving local control back to the Loyalists.
All these elements are supporting the restoration of law and order' in a re-vamped Unionist regime Loyalist 'law and order' based on repression of the Catholics. It means support and cooperation between them and politicians such as Paisley, who played an active part in the formation of Loyalist mil itary groups in the late Sixties. The UUUC as a whole retains close links with the para-militaries.
VULNERABLE And it means disarming the antiUnionist working class, politically and militarily, leaving it open to increased harassment by the Loyalists and a continuation of the murder campaign. This makes it increasingly important to build a movement in Britain for the immediate withdrawal of troops. The Army is both acting as the protective umbrella under which the Loyalists are regrouping, and at the same time ensuring that the Catholic minority is left largely disarmed and defenceless from the Loyalist attacks. It is: Box 69, c/o 197 Kings Cross Road, are open meetings of London defence tact national address for details.
for the campaign -• Howard Clark and information, produce leaflets, etc. ations should be made payable to the BWNIC Defence Group.
Finally a diary of events:
Crown Court.
will be going from Manchester in the morning.
Miller (T&GWU); Joan Maynard MP; Eric Tomlinson; Paul Foot; Wendy Jack Dromey (NCCL); and George Anthony (AUEW).
Liverpool Defence Group, Box 1934, News Irom Nownere, 46 Mannester Street, Liverpool 2.
side Manchester Magistrates' Court (Crown Square, off Deansgate) from Group, tel. 061-225 0103).
tel. Nottingham 53587).
at 3pm outside the Home Office in Whitehall.
from 9.30am.
to the Home Office to hand in their statements at 11.30am.
of the Catholic Church. and involves such things as soup kitchens where food is freely distributed, and sermons which denounce the torture and arbitary arrests What of the organisations of the working class? How are they shaping up to the situa tion? Unfortunately it has to be recorded that of the major parties only the Communist Party and the Movement of the Revolutionary Left (MIR) exist even now in any real sense as organ red weekly 11 CH