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organisation to reject Labour's new "Prevention of Terrorism civil rights and liberties."
The opposition to this Act must now he extended into every section of the labour movement, because it is the working class who will eventually suffer the brunt of this reactionThe Tories are of course smirking with ill-concealed delight. After all it was their brain-child, prepured under their orders 18 months ago. Now it is the loyal Labour servants of British capitalism who are doing the Tories"
The police are delighted with the Act. They see their new powers as an effective means of waging a terroris ing offensive against the Irish community and the British opponents of imperialism's war in Ireland.
No doubt the police are rubbing their hands with glee at the provis ions in the Act which allow them to detain suspects for 48 hours, and up to seven days with Home Office per mission. This is the time that experts consider is ideal for "breaking a suspect. This means that they will be able to worm more 'confessions" out of innocent people. Those with Republican or left-wing connections will be especially subject to this The ruling class is licking its chops, savouring the new powers to prosc ribe organisations and casting longing eyes at sections of the left. They also see the witchhunt atmosphere as an excellent opportunity to tip off the police about subversives' in their factories who are organising the workforce against the employers.
The working class movement must not wait until the repression peta in full swing before mounting a fight back. The fight against the Prevention of Terrorism Act must begin now before the police feel confident enough to start cracking down on all and sundry The delegates at the NUS conf erence also understood that the labour movement will only be able to fight effectively agrinst these police state moves if it puts for ward an alternative policy on tre land to that of the Labour Government. Therefore the NUS has called for the withdrawal of British troops from Ireland Unfortunately, the NUS failed to come out for immediate withdrawal of British troops, limiting themselves to demanding that the troops be confined to barracks "pending complete withdrawal". Nevertheless the demand for the Immediate withdrawal of British troops is now more urgent than ever, and must be taken up by the entire labour movement
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The NUS delegates at the Margate Conference correctly den- ounced the Act as being designed to make 'dangerous inroads into