This politieal career there is nothing he has loved more than to run • anyone who will listen to him • the British ruling class sa rone on al great lengta abou ow be despises and fears Iris Rebade the same point over lectio main Hansa Fall front bench apokes: Charlie Haughey, ron who was involved in t he Many people beieve the fore very long Mr. Lynch wil Hanna Fail and that Mr. Haugh country prepared se with the recond of Charles to be led by a RESOUNDING The Irish electorate answered bat question at resounding Yet at the poll week with a at week pite 1 trymander the constituencie anna Fail was returned with record 34 seats, against a joint 60 its for the coalition partie s for O'Brien, whose suppo for British Imperialism was supposed to be Paried to to relecion He More GMWU backtracks THE GENERAL and Municipal Workers" Union was one of the first unions to appoint a national annual conferetice it decided to abolish the union's special deparmentor women The GMWU national executive is now considering putting a reso ference calling for the abolition of the special five seats reserved far women on toe party balone! executive.
Featuring women THE ENGINEBRING Uman has dendecto devie one but of ever six copies of its monthly journal to problems facing women workers. The June sue of the ALER Journal is wricten solely by Features in the issue include a CONOR CRUISE O'BRIEN, former Labour minister for Post and Telegraphs in the Fine Gael/ Labour Party Coalition Government, began his election campaign in the Irish election with an interview on BBC Radio's World at One. He followed that up with a long interview in the Times.
That is O'Brien's style. During dropped by over 3,000 to 3.588;
while Haughey received 11,000 voles, topping the poll in a smaller constituencySIGNIFICANT There were a number of other gnificant results. Noel Brown no was rejected as an official Labour candidate, stood as an democratic platform and got This Fianna republican views on the national question, was casty Cope of Donegal, with over 10,000 first preferences.
Two other independents, one similar to Blancy and the ober similar to Browne, were also at a Socialist Republic (rish Soction of the Fourth Inter national) received 122 vole In & constituency crammed with in dependent candidates.
More significantly the Bottom Dog campaign attracted the suppart of most sections of the That type of unity is in itself a big step torward At to the wider implications of the clection results, ast promi militants and republicans. rest and the complet rejection of the strong law and order line of Fine Gael and the Labour Party, nail the be that th population of the 26-counties would can a mile trom any Southern involvement in the national question.
If Fianna Fail's leader Jack over lease some of de more blatant least some of the more Jurisdiction Act, by which No bern political prisoners can t thed in the south The other main plank of Fiden Fall's Northern anding tbat Britain names traditiona!
of the Coalition's law and order Fail think twice before following the same road.
PROMISE Lynch also faces the problem of delivering all the other hallot box promises: cutting ment, reducing the size of classes, and giving a -1,000 grant to first-time house buyers.
Everywhere, will probably be fo otten by Flanna Fail now they at they do at defeat et Briet and the retu breathing in the memories of Irish miliCAPICI never went off. also promised Crimical Lav policy Gets outside British suldiers. republicans.
may at least make Fianna unemploy school to recognise their union Defeated Prime Minister Liam Cosgrave — the gun was cocked, Dur THE CONNECTION between questionin the class struegle in this country and Britada's war in Ireland was As London police ssswalted pickGruewicks, peaceful picketein Belfast were arrested by The pickers in question were reason trikers from Eastwoods scrap attend the Troops Out Conference: 2 and 3 July, 10,30am-брiв for White House Hotel, Church Road, London NW 10. A sociul l being held in the evening. Contset Box 10, 182 Upper Street, London biant in the Catholic Big Flame. Andersonstown area of Belfast.
They have been on strike since?
June, when management refused hey were arrested by soldie I the Royal Military Police whil standing peacefully on picket duty on 18 June and later released after stiend.
telfast Sinn Fein commencir on the acrests said: "It is now clear ar British repressive laws ar against Republican activiscs but against I political activist hese arrests give one mic whis and the be ed in Loopen on 2 and 3 July.
The conference aims at rebuild ing the movement in this country trish people and the imbediate withdrawal of Brirish troops from ranches of th pooried by Troops Out Movement as wel 9s namerous political organisations, includin Sinn Fein (Home Counties), th Internationa. Martist Group, and The agenda for the conterence features & speaker from the Irish Front on the current situation in the Nortb, as well as discussion on future activities All Socialist Challenge readers are urged to make every effort to One of the most hotly con tested debales at the confereno was the decision to from amending the SOCIALIST CHALLENGE 22 June 1977 p.8 For datalis of acthritioo in the Niv ira the Manchestar Socialis Chalents Cane Thirt Silver Sarant, Bury.
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