IMGpapers 1976–79

Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1976–79

Prison struggle

· Socialist Challenge No. 20, 3 November 1977 · p. 7 of the scan · 310 words

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CYNICAL Combined with all this was a cynical attitude tawards whole question, When the troops WEIL IN CAMOLES WELC OUTSKID dead on the streets of Belfast. Theit outrage was shared by Roy DISSON HODUES MUSEO Northern Ireland, who is busily attempting to brand these same republican prisoners as criminal gangsters, Helfast's answer to the Matia.

Such myths have always played a key HELE treatment of political prisoners, in particular Irish political pris oners. Engels writing to Marx in 1867 about the execution of three rish republicans in Manchestet complained: "Every thing is being weekly every law Faciate the Brital represid in force had been Ireland. He wrate: 'Not content with depriving them liberty, the English Government most savage way imnginahle!

L new pamphlet, Prise Strus le, written by republican pri 107 years later listle has changed Frankie Dodds, beaten to death "A terrorist university" was how Airey Neave, Tory spokesperson on Northern Ireland, reacted to the recent This Week documentary on life in Long Kesh. Neave and the pundits of the capitalist media were outraged at the determination of republican prisoners to organise resistance even behind the wire.

Moyne and Patrick Teer Britain's existed.

TORMENT done to transform a political the daily grind of prison life, th brutal assaults on the except that of brute suspended of their British Labour crew with human"

farce by Betish soldiers. Paddy Crawunder duress -after being refused medical ar without warning by British sold iers. That's Long Kesh's roll of death; one tor every year it has witnesses.

defense ol Ppe The repoblican prisoners detail sabulary absence searches and accompanying : inmates, the insence of medical faciale the degradation of relatives and friends who visit theis. One brief status.

mell of being a prisoner of Government: Call an a suery ell medical officer; they call this camp They also call themselves in-

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