"civilising mission' 300 years ago, the story has been the land together in some "federal solution' and allow the the British imperialists is beyond their control: the protestant ultras still see the only solution to their problems in terms of blocking any steps forward on the part of the Catholic workers.
Labour would have liked to draw the whole of Iregovernment of the South to police the whole country in the interests of British capitalism. The loyalist strike smashed this dream.
Since the steps towards a 'federal solution' were destroyed, Labour's emissary of imperialism in Ireland, Merlyn Rees, has turned once again to the trad itional allies of British imperialism in Ireland - the loyalists. The whole idea of 'power-sharing", however vague, has been dropped; the security forces have been massively increased; the loyalist para-military groups have been allowed to recruit to these 'official' bully-boys and even further increase their control over them.
The imperialist policies of the Labour Government are beginning to turn an appallingly bloody situation that the only real solution lies in British withdrawal and Irish self-determination.
Moreover, such laws constitute a powerful new • Irish workers. We should also remember that the con spiracy laws were first revived by the state to dea with alleged "bombers", but they soon found another target — the Shrewsbury pickets. The Irish may pay the price for these laws today, but British workers will receive the bill tomorrow.
Militants in the trade unions must act now. The right have beer able to make the most of recent events precisely because of the confusion in the British working class on the question of Ireland and the struggle of its workers for seff-determination.
HEO нескі •5 December 1974
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STOP THE MOVES TOWARDS A POLICE STATE!