immediately and publicly renounce all claims to sovercignty over any partiot Ireland or its coastal waters.
Second, Britain must immediately disband and disarm all of the locally recruited pro-imperialist forces such as the Ulster Defence Regimer, Royal Ulster Constabulary, and RUC Reserve, and withdraw all troops from Ireland, Finally Britain must relcase all political prisonens, amnesty, and abolish all repressive legislation.
As socialiss, we believe that these demands are attainable and that the development of normal class politic throughout the whole country will follow such a development. Every republican and socialist organisation in this country supports diese demands, and in our opinion the vast majority of lrish people would also support them if given the opportunity AL organisations we have found an almost unanimous desire for unity in the struggle against imperialism. Unfor tunately, this desire for unity is no reflected in the leadership of some of the organisations involved. At the very point in the struggle when unified action is absolutdy essential we found leaders more concerned with maintaining their own positions or influence, or in puriting faction fights and vendetta against former comrades.
Al the very point in our hissory when a thorough and all embracing re assesstucne of tactics is so vital to the success of the struggle, we found leaders unwilling to admit or concede the sightest possib lity that they ever made a mistake.
Some say char the civil right strategy as 1969 15 democratisation of the six county state is the central demand. They expoc Britain to intipose a Bill of Right on a Loyalist majoricy whose position of marginal supremacy rotal denial of ovil righis to the Nationalist minority. They say that the most revolutionary demard in tretard toduy is "peace at any price, and they prove their point by marching with the most reactionary socicty Ir should also be said that the elitist and conspiratorial approach substitute for the development of a poople's struggie. The wonder, is that cracy]; Alistair Renwick Movement].
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Seamus Costello, a founder and leader of the Trish Republican Socialist Party, was assassinated in Dublin on 5 October. In tribute to comrade Costello we print an extract from an address he made to the Labour Movement Delegation to Ireland last year. The IRSP'3 first ind most important demand should grant a generai rank and file level in all attitudes of the Eerie overall strareas and тинціс expounded in 1968, ang still valid and that the histor workine depends on che elements in Trish The vacuunt.
VICIOEY SOCIALIST CHALLENGE Publlc Forum Ireland: the struggle continues asocialist perspective Guest speakers: Bernadette McAliskey (Indepeadent Socialist Parts]: Brendan Kelly [Movement for a Socialist Republic]; Fergos O'Hare [Peoples Demo[United Troops Oul Friday 14 October, 7.30pm, at NUFTO Hall, Jockeys Fields, off Theobalds Rosd, near Holborn, WC1. after so years of struggle some of those involved are not prepared to Te-assess their strategy and tactics The presence of Brifish troops in Ireland is but one manifestation of the imperialist presence and must be seen in the context of the ovcrall relations ship between Ireland and Britain. Some aythat Britain would really like to withdraw from Ireland and that she i only waiting for a suitable opports mity to do so wiibout losing face. The Tack is that British economic interests call only be Fusraneed Throught her continued miliar: and political pres: crice, and through the maintenance of partition which has been the instrument throuch which the working class in both parts of Ireland have been divided for almost 50 years Even if Brilain didn't have 10 protect her own economic interests in both parts of Ireland, she would still be under Iremendous pressure to stay and protect interests of American and European multi-nationals who control Targe sections of our cconomic life.
Almost every sector of our economic tie is row subject to exploitation by Beltish and other multi-national con cerns. The most obvious areas are oil, gas, mincral resources, insurance and banking companies, light engincering. textiles and artificial fibres, motor assernbly fertilizers, fisheries.,thie construction industry and the brew As revolutionary socialists, we are conscious of the international implications of ourown struggle. We repard our struggle as part of the world-wide for the emancipation cof worling class people. Our contributton to that sluggle must he lo creare an independent socialist stute here in Ireland, and at the same time extend solidarity to all genuine revolut ionary movements abroad An inder pendent socialist stare based on the and traditions of our own working class would be un inspiration. not only to the British and Curopean classes, but to appressed peoples everywhere, We are confident that the momen tum of the last seven years can be maintained and that even if the Jeaders of the various revolutionary organisations are not capable of giving the necessary leadership, new leaders will energe from rank and file level to fill Too many sacrifices nave been made for us to fail now So let us more forward to LABOUR MOVEMENT CONFERENCE ON Organised by the Leicester Troops Out Movement 12 November, Highfields Community Centre Details Paul Winslane, 7 College Street, Laicester.
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