Given the present crisis in NUS, ference was two Wobased une nOnt should be seen in alliance sections Contract certainly SLOGAN own crave our inat or-ine in Northern Ireland'.
Shella Kelly Wales Road, London NUS backed those who tried to call of French students' action executive of the NUS civen both. Share in: student union set up in the of the Czech invasion in 1968 international nanonlal Their approach stems dents. division workers movethroughout the Hauonal Coorumatons.
privileged secur THE LAST TIME that the issue of oppression in the North of Ireland made it to the floor of NUS Con Campaign in Britain on the issue of years ago.
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Irish freedom was promised, but was scandalously ignored by the broad Ler-dominated Executive Harassment of the Northern ly, minority has increased ever since then. So has the number of deaths. Now the Broad Left has finally decided to organise a campaign on But it is not a campaign against the policies of the British Governpaign with the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) around the slogan Students for Peace and Progress This campaign makes no dis- summer. tinction about the responsibility of students to wage a campaign in Britain against the oppression of role. • Al behind bureaucratically controlled East European student unions tor exambie, Ine suooort Nus na.
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-TO! NUS? In concrete case or ine -rench stu we would have built links with the whole student movemen via the strike committees and the -NOT US with one section or tne movement In general we would be tor ar international movement but one based on firm opposition not only I imperialism, but I forms of bureaucratic anomier colnir. - Ireland. Instead, like the British Government, me executive treats the Nortn of Ireland as just another part of This campaign has never been discussed or decided on by any conference of the NUS. Previous on issues like the StalinistDackee repression in noia.
Executive have avoided taking a poston unaer the cover or naving *no mandate'. Now, with no mandate', they plan to prepare a joint campaign with the British Government-backed religious bigots of the Peace People'.
A month ago, students at Kent University organised a conference to build a campaign against BritIn ireland une NUS Executive did not even bother to send a speaker to report back from the NUS fact-finding delegaton tnat visited Ireland lasi HARASSED The delegation had plenty to report back. Delegates themselves were physically harassed by the "security forces'. In addition the democratic organisation of delegation could have laid the basis for a genuine mass based campaign of action against the Government's But all events since show that the Executive only saw the delegation premmmary step toward building the 'peace and progress WEEKLY SPECIAL SUB OFFER FOR STUDENT READERS Get an introductory offer to Red Weekly at reduced rates! The next 10 issues of the paper will be sent to your home address during the vacation and your college for the start of next term for £1.00, (postage included).
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The Better Life for All campaign, which is the basis for the NUS campaien. has the support o the Tory spokesman on Ireland -Airey Neave. However, far from this being a lesson for the Broad Left, they now propose to take Inel collaboration turther by as with the like of Mrs Ewart Biggs, Wile or me assas sinated British ambassador to Ire Thus it is left to rank and file students to launch a campaist against Britain's presence in Ireland. The Coordinating Committee set up by the Kent Conference with its policy of Britain out o Ireland, self-determination for the Irish people as a whole, and troops vul now, proviucs ine best torum to do that.
They have huge tasks. They shole be supported by every socialist student.
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