FOUNDED 1933
Organ of the Connolly Association
Page 2 FALKLAND CRISIS Page 3 LEEDS CONFERENCE DEMOCRAT Page 4 E.E.C. DISASTER Page 5 No. 460 JUNE 1982 20p SHERELGA CASE Page 6 IRISH SONGS
Page 7 BOOK REVIEWS REPUBLIC Page 8 DONALL MGCAMHLAIGH Irish CND supports URGE Taoiseach EXPRESS (| ARRET Fitzgerald had once " again underlined his grow- ATTACKS ing reputation, both within and IN SOUTH outside Fine Gael, as a politi- cal ostrich by his casual dismis- IRELAND sal of the threats to our neu- trality in the context of the .^'.LEADING article en 1 h Falklands/Malvinas crisis ac- tnd ITINK ill liK' cording to Daltun 0 Ceallaigh, day Express newspaper accuH •! Vice Chairman of the Irish the Irish Government of "delib- Sovereignty Movement, Mr O Ceallaigh was speaking at a ATLANTIC erately and with malice" pltinL- ing a knife into Britain's Lack. meeting of the Irish CND in S a resuft of action by the Irish Government a fresh attempt was made to end the Dun Laoire on the theme "Ire- land and World Peace." Mr A war between England and Argentina and have negotiations restarted. The article referred to the Colm Power was in the chair. description of Britain as "ag^n v- The original proposal made by Ireland was that a ceasefire should be ordered. But sors," hy the Minister for De- Economic sanctions against Ar- the English Government objected and said that any such thing would be vetoed gentina were not called for by the fence, Mr. Power, and to In- United Nations, he said. They Instead therefore the Secretary-General of the United Nations of her neutrality by usinj. th land's support for the lifting were sponsored by the West Euro- was given a week to approach the combatants and try to arrange E.E.C. and public opinion EEC trade sanctions against A:- pean grouping of NATO, otherwise a truce followed by talks. alarmed by it. gentina, and said the attempt by known as the EEC. The British Prime Minister saw them as part This effort at peace-making resulted in violent anti-Irish OPPOSED Irish diplomats to press "a half of her Britannic trident aimed at reactions from Tory MP's. And Mr. Gerard Fitt M.P. disappointed In the event Ireland and Italy baked initiative" at the UN Se- Argentina along with diplomatic many who respect him for his past work for civil rights by making opposed the renewal of sanc- curity Council was unhelpful and military actions. Garret Fitz- an attack on the Dublin government which had the Conserva- tions which were then discon- and incompetent. gerald would do well to listen to tives baying like a pack of hounds. tinued by these two countries. (Mrs Thatcher's speeches in the It continued, 'but the Irish British House of Commons before WAR PARTY gentine ship outside the so- Unfortunately it seems likely know full well what they are making naive statements in the The war party regarded the called total exclusion zone, that the Falkland war will con- Dail while dazed by his own Euro- Irish action as pro-Argentine, Irish public opinion, which had tinue for some time, and there doing. The Irish Prime Minister, idealism. and the motives of tht Dublin been favourable to Britain a: e suggestions that the Argen- Charles Haughey, is more con- 'Contfnued on Page Five) action were never explained. sharply changed. tines may try to enlist Cuba cerned with the wider shores of and Russia, who are at present his own republican support When Argentina invaded the Matters were not helped by wisely keeping out of it. Falklands the Irish delegate to the disclosure of Britain's in- than he is with justice, or prin- BY-ELECTION U.N.O. voted for the resolution volvement in the sinking of an Tough British politicians talk ciple, or the obligations of which called for evacuation and Irish trawler (see page five). about victory within a week, European solidarity. DISAPPOINTS a ceasefire. This was criticised the fact that the military men in some quarters, but it was In the earlier stage Ireland are sending ships all the way 'It is for that shabby purpose pointed out that Argentina was had joined in the E.E.C. sanc- back to England to have their that he has chosen to make life tions against Argentina. There HAUGHEY in breach of the charter and if armaments changed, shows that as difficult as he can for a Bri- U.N.O. was to mean anything was much criticism of this as it this is not the view of hard- A N TAOISEACH S ploy to loosen tain grappling with a frightful military action on a unilateral was held to jeopardise the prin- headed military men. Tony Gregory's half-Nelson on and intractable problem. But basis must be opposed. ciple of Irish neutrality. There him was defeated by an electorate has been a long history of This is likely to be a lone; the! e will come a time when none too keen on giving unreserved When the Rritish sank an Ar- attempts to entice Ireland out and costly struggle, and to re- the problem is resolved and the power to any government. call the words of a British ships have returned home. That Prime Minister who was forced In the final count Fine Gael's will be the time to take in the into war against his inclina- Liam Skelly polled 21,388 against lessons of the crisis. That will Eileen Lemass's 19.206. She had PLASTIC BULLETS-NO BAN tions amid great public rejoic- ings—"They may ring their be the time to remember the indeed come top ci lie first count ^ORY barbarism was illus- ties have been killed by these with 17,095 to Skelly'.i 15,777. bells," he said, "but soon they'll hypocrisy behind Charles trated once again when the bullets since the beginning of be wringing their hands." Haughey's smile." Surprise of the poll was the European Assembly at Stras- last year. Worker's Party with 6,397. Non- bourg voted overwhelmingly to party John Halloran polled 785, condemn the use of plastic bul- Studies have shown that the pushing Labour into fifth place lets throughout the E.E.C. plastic bullets are far more dan- with the derisory vote of 703. gerous than the rubber pellets The debate was sparked off by they replaced. The rubber bul- Some such result was forecast the death in Derry of a 12-year- lets tend to rotate in the air at the time of the General Elec- old boy who had been hit on and are likely to strike a target tion by the "Irish Democrat". The the head by one of these lethal sideways thus spreading the im- party is seen as shamelessly op- weapons. portunist, and if they are to go pact and SOJ ling it. Three resolutions called on all into coalition with Pine Gael There have been increasing people think they might as well governments to ban them. demands for the imposition of vote Fine Gael and be done with The British Government then this. Their best hope would be to a ban, in particular from stated that it had no intention Fathers Faul and Murray, who seize the ground the Workers' of imposing such a ban. Party has relinquished and press recently wrote on this subject the Issue of national independence. Eight people in the six coun- in the Irish Democrat.
L June 1982 THE IRfSH DEMOCRAT
June 1982 F.I.N. THE IRISH DEMOCRAT SrH'iry and l>< limtlotf) A LEAD FROM LEEDS RENEWABLE ENERGY I EEDS Irish Centre is a stylish minutiae. One wondered why the going home, and Irish Labour purpose-built edifice on the ^O important is the question ol Executive had not sorted out the stands where it did. The fear was ENDPOINT main road to York City, with park- resolutions, done a little composit- ' energy supply that I make no BY unfounded. Whether there is ing space for dozens of cars. apology for returning to it again ing and made some proposals of socialism in Ireland depends not No better venue could have been this month. Last month's remarks ROY JOHNSTON its own. Then it emersed that it on "opinions but on the actual relected for the annual conference on the potential for wave energy had no power to do so, and this state of the country. of the Federation ol Irish Societies, only gave a fraction of the picture was at least partially rectified by This absurd fear meant that the to which the Connolly Association as it is developing in the renew- FIASCO? the passing of a resolution from opportunity to rid the British La- ient observers for the first time. able energy" field 'this is the label the influential and energetic bour movement of its rotten chau- l«t it be admitted, some of the now being used for energy derived Harmgey Irish Association, surely vinism in relation to Ireland was local officials looked askance at our from sources other than fossil fuels one of the best in England. They thrown away and a whole genera- cordial letter of invitation. What and uranium). secured the appointment of an tion wasted. A terrible thing. All FALKLAND HAT are the Tories doing in the Falklands ? Looking was it coming to? The dustman officers' committee. we can say is that we tried to pre- During the last month I attended going into the front door of W after the interests of big business the cheapest way Naturally our main interest was vent it. two events where progress was re- Buckingham Palace. to see if the Federation could be- rPHE position in the Federation ported. in both cases to a critical they can, spending public money and soldiers' lives, and However all was well. The Irish come the umbrella organisation shows well the new problems professional engineering audience, earning the applause of the mob for betraying them. Post was there too. It had been which could defend the rights of that face the Irish. On the out- on "biomass" lie the use of solar rumoured that this year there all the Irish in Britain. A scheme side is the formality and the energy to recover carbon from the would be more than usual to ob- No money for the nurses. Railwayraen, gqt on the dole ; which might achieve this was respectability, the businessmen atmosphere; basically in the Irish serve. adumbrated by Tom Walsh of context it means: wood). your industry is to be slashed. Pop down into the city centre anxious that the Irish in Britain Tin wood for energy would coiw "1 doubt it," said the reporter. Liverpool. He thought in terms of should contribute to their business. The potential for wood as an from two sources: >ai managed and see the closed doors of the public libraries. Culture is "Well it won't be because you affording associate membership to Inside are decent working class alternative to oil in Ireland has by waste l rom traditional forestry uil fellows haven't been stirring it political and sectarian bodies, and not for the masses. Unemployment will be near four million people looking for a way to uphold now become well quantified: 2.4',<, which the main outputs would n - up." it is unquestionable that this by Christmas. their interests. of the land would supply 10% of main timber and pulpi, ib) the "True. But I think we went would be a step forward. Will Messrs Guinness. Allied the primary energy demand. Alter- total production of "energy farms" And yet they vote Tory London taxi drivers fly Union too far." OUT let us face realities. The Irish Banks, the B & I line and the natively, 247c of the land would consisting of coppicing species He proved dead light. But ol Irish in Britain are as various Jacks. Young teenagers sport camouflage anoraks to look rest of them, continue to support supply the total demand, if put planted lor the purpose, with that more later. and heterogeneous as the Irish in the Federation if its inner essence into properly managed short-rota- mechanical harvesting on a 3-5 year military. See what England is doing ! See what big fellows There was free Guinness on the Ireland. It is to be hoped that the burst its formc.1 integument ? tion forestry. This level of affores- cycle. Some species, notably wil- company. Advertisements for B & Federation does become such an "THE Argentine case for having the Falkland Islands rests on their interpretation of events we are as we patch the arse of our jeans ! Strangely enough, or perhaps not tation is attainable, especially when low. poplar, alder etc sprout, from I, Bord Failte, etc etc were pranked umbrella. But it will undoubtedly so strangely, this is an issue of one remembers that our agricul- the stump and will produce con- " which took place in 1833 In that year the British took the islands off them and And what will they get out of it ? Nothing. For th© In vestibules. Every delegate and take time. Irish politics. The one vita] card tural land ithanks to the legacy tinuously for a century or more observer was provided with a hand- packed their inh abitants off to Argentine. ordinary man there is nothing but a fiasco. Like every war. The Irish community has suf- that can be played for a united of land-tenure inherited from the (how long have our hedges been eome folder, very well designed, unilication and against the Prevention" fered grievously from the dead Ireland is Labour. For half a British) is only producing half of producing waste wood?). In other words, true 'hat Galtien is a blood- If only the workers would think of their own interests instead with the conference material I of Terrorism Act. hand of the embassy. Since the century and more governments the output which is possible with t Lrit- is successful tr •>ry dictator. But the British And indeed there is a bit of a of the faded romance of an imperial past which will neve.' within. The economics of the energy emigration started during the war, have shrunk from playing that good contemporary agricultural U lieriimen! found nothing wrong parallel. Elizabeth and James went farm can now be credibly com- What was tlii- ox who. turn until the quarrel over the return ! f I "'HERE was an American touch and the egregious James Dillon card. An overall organisation of practice. With an appropriate land into Ireland and planted Scots and J puted. the mechanical harvester a.,s Irnc title " It \v - F i ll--.i i ed.- to the opening. Like the made his historic attack on the the Irish in Britain will inevitably reform, making the land available (Continued on Page Three) And to cap it, they tell jokes against the Irish ! developed by the Sugar Co is nu\\ H vou IIIOK at plain t-. Americans the Irish are democrats Connolly Association, with De possess a Labour complexion. The to motivated farmers, 75% of the H. » is dwiK a M 'gsie Thatcher on the market and available to con- had occupied the ^larKt.s sn-t wh- ajid consequently always a trifle Valera defending us, the establish- question is one of balance. Com- land could therefore produce 50'/ :-. tie •ocupied them. He was on c tractors. The yields per hectare, h:> !•-' lei:.- Unemployment, inlla- self-conscious when wishing to be ment has been haunted with the plexion is not domination. more food than now, leaving 25% I'Miled thorn to its c••. .:•;• A' - •• optimal spaeings etc are now re- :,. :-.. ivpvessinn and the usual Fascist ceremonial. With deepest respect, fear that Irish people would pick Finally, the I.B.R.G. were not to supply our energy needs, an ac- ti'io. When Atxe:U.r.f- br>.:- liably known, and the best species a:e<'inpeience and corruption had a Lord Mayor is not a very im- up left-wing opinions in Britain there. They should have been. Auo ceptable scenario. away from Spain, it t.•: thv have been identified 'poplar and iien.".: people against him. An out- BACKGROUND TO THE CRISIS portant personage. Councillor and take them home with them. Mr Hogan islands witil it >:.ie enemy was needed, to divert at- was re-elected. He willow i. A market has been Crotty was given the protocol of a For ten years the Irish have been FEIGREANACH u-ihioi: from domestic evil.-,. So two deserved it. established for wood chips, either The original mh.<:::ta:i*.s — i: ( )N May 2nd the front page of the transforming empire Britain tine war effort, world famous names head of state, and everybody stood reactionary governments saved them- appeared on the screen as adver directly to the ESB or to the home there w ere any " cy both- x'i\as by having a tight required the umbrella protection of up while he made his speech. the Sunday People carried tisers. Coca Cola, Kodak. Colgate consumer via a briquetting plant- ers any more about th •: . thai; the U.S.A. But it was very impor- He had thb air of a Labour man. LE1ITBER And so we see the spectacle of the one word headline tant that the U.S.A. should be bit- Palmolive and Volkswagen. By ths Connolly Association Yields in the region of the to the oriui.i.-.l inhabits."t.- o' Ar- 3nt:sh soldiers getting their own bul- But he wi.s a Conservative. He BATTLE. Inside, pages two and terly hostile to Russia, and front same token the much-boosted l^OR some time now Amnesty In- seven dry tonnes per acre per an- gentine. Only Euru':--C-'ir.t lets back British ships are sunk by admitted to having been descended ( )VER the last twenty years cended to the manipulations and op- three, bore the large banner the time of Churchill's Fulton "sanctions"' imposed by the E.E.C. ternational has been seeking nual have been obtained; assum- t'.\ a.'-r 'or missi'uv made by "our European part- from rapparees and Tories, anu Ireland has been ruled by portunisms of Tammany. The result is And what devils are hardly worth taking about, al- ing conservatively a yield of 12 DT ; ners" The humbug and .sycophancy speech of 1947 that started the cold •seen in the recent election in which positive evidence on the suppression fi.L;htinu over the : ii — 'I'.ten headline "The Empire strikes cracked the joke that the Tories businessmen whose main con- •if tht whole thing would stick in the war. Britain has been sedulous in though Britain has been humiliated Labour came filth in a working class of information in Britain on the Ha yr one can estimate the oil-re- '.;ai!is. back'" remained robbers to this day, cern has been attracting foreign inciting America against Russia. by the over-riding of her veto oa constituency. troubles in Northern Ireland, and placement value at a.4 tonnes oi t which was fair enough. And he capital and living on the scraps (:i other words th.- v.ice The Empire? As tire foreign secretary said a the issue of farm prices, and will There are of course forces working also evidence of black propaganda oil. or 191 G.J Ha yr. or 4.0 KW said a couple of good words for the from their multinational table. in the opposite direction, among them between the Argenume the ' INHERE have been hmt.s oi a huge few days ago. though she is de probably have to pay for sanctions being used to give false impres- iei Ha at 55', load factor installed We thought that had gone city of Leeds, which was also fair the Irish Sovereignty movement. And, Butish claims is net v.-i.'th two- I rift within the British ruling in terms of a larger contribution to The Irish Democrat has con- sions of conditions there. It seeks generation capacity. Thus a two Well, it hasn't gene. And un- facto at war with Argentina, Rus- enough. It is a very fine city. we venture to suggest, among the Class which the war is intended to the E.E.C. budget. sistently warned that this pol- evidence also of misleading infor- to three acre of coppice would pence. let alone the th )i..-ands sia is regarded as the main enemy. Then the chairman gave a list exiles the Connolly Association, which cover up. derstanding why it hasn't gone The financiers will not risk their icy could not go on lor ever. De mation given in the guise of news supply the total energy needs oi of millions ot being Russia has no respect for British of prominent members who had as well as publishing the Irish Demo- An editorial in the Manchester a family. spent on it. and the form it now takes is es- investment. On the other hand Argentine interests. But what if Valera built up Ireland without crat, keeps the sentiments of true through the British media. Re- Guardian suggested that there wa.s a died in tjie last year, prayers were sential to understanding the America is not averse to gobbling Spain is encouraged to take Gib- borrowing a penny. Now the republicanism alive by means of lec- cently I became aware that Ger- The gross margin per acre is -u secret deal under which the Argen- said for them, and a couple of Hail tures, conferences and campaigns in ^ course it is h.i-.ti-i if Falklands crisis. these investments up and taking raltar? Or Guatemala Honduras? twenty-six counties owes more many working on A.I.'s behalf, had course sensitive to the price, and tines were to occupy the Falklands. Marys were recited, the assembly the interests of Irish workers in Bri- you're people who h ceen The removal of the last British naval Britain's place. Thus, as was seen Or worse still if some former colony per head ol' population than persuaded many of its citizens to depends on how the product is up- •"THE purpose of building the old still standing. tain. in a place since 18.';.,. t' told presence was the sign that was to tip at Suez, every time Britain "goes it starts nationalising British in- probe the minds of their English graded. Raw chips to the ESB at *- empire was not to rule othei Then President Hogan made his Poland or Argentina. There is fPHERE are active branches in Lon- them to move in alone'' to defend her own imperial vestments as Nigeria did? Surely friends and relations living in Eng- isay) £16 per tonne would give a s o'.i've no right to :t, must peoples but to rob them. In the opening address. The Irish Post talk of a savage budget next ' don, Liverpool. Glasgow and It is certainly true that the Argen- interests. America supports her that must be discouraged. How Northampton and members scattered land, by writing letters in which gross margin of about £60 per Ha. come under some.; \ or olden days slaves were shipped to had pointed out that this year he January and speculation that tines were legally entitled to move like a rope supports a hanging can it be discouraged without re- round the country. controversial subjects were presen- However briquettes for the urban clear out. the Americas and set to work was being challenged for his posi- Mr. Haughey will go for a gen- into South Georgia without notifying man. And nicely cuts her down ducing dividends? The answer is We are anxious that readers of the ted in such a way that they would market command 'due to conven- But as the quotation : . :ol- there. At the end of the nine- tion. He seemed to be aware of eral election in the autumn. the British. And what has happened and drops her in it. simple, by the sacrifice of lives. Irish Democrat should become mem- receive a quick, and often, an in- ience) a premium £75 per tonne, umn 5 shows, the R.it -:. For- teenth century the Asians, Afri- this, for when he had finished, the What has happened is that bers, and that the existing scattered to ihe British company that was en- But no. surely, the Tory Govern- dignant response. From them the and a briquetting machine produc- eign Office has for ye- - been gaged in dismantling the whaling .sta- cans etc: were turned into slaves in few years ago it was estimated delegate from South London Irish membership should help to form ment is fighting for noble prin- capital borrowing has been Gel-mans would collect a dossier ing 2} tonnes in an eight-hour day- tion Nothing has been heard about their own country. To keep tliem A that 72 per cent of all invest- Association asked if the candidate fresh local branches. trying to dispose o: th-.- Falk- ciples and the future of humanity. used for current expenditure, compiling the views and opinions costs £25.000. Such a machine that that way was the purpose of invad- ment abroad was held by the who was opposing him would be Get in touch with the national or- land Islanders with ' h the ex- Well, that's what they say and and the high standard of living of the English contact, and would would pay for itself in a year, even Part of thus suggestion wa.s that ing those countries and ruling U.S.A. But 24 per cent was held allowed an electioneering speech ganiser, Noel Gordon, at 177 Laven- pense of moving th • -Ise- you must believe it if you can. enjoyed in Ireland-is going to receive in due course a signed the secret deal insisted that no Bri- of similar length. der Hill, Battersea, London S.W.ll.or if it got its chips at £30 per tonne, them. by Britain, the remaining 4 per statement of the contact's belief. where tish livs were to be lost when the be hard to maintain. lill in the form on page seven. giving a gross margin to the pro- Britain acquired cheap raw- cent being held by all the rest. By A FTER that the ceremonial Mrs. Thatcher and h-.-r r.,ates Argentines went in. And indeed it is Accompanying the massive Meanwhile our thanks to: ducer of £300 per Ha or more. materials made in effect by slave investments abroad per head of stopped. The gathering haa In due course this evidence talk about restoring i.-.- fx.racy strange that so barbarous a regime borrowing, which will some day H. Eggleton 10: I. Lineham 2: In labour She neglected her own in- population Britain is still the most been addressed "My Lord Mayor, memory of Rose Hemmings £2: G. would be presented to the Court of No wonder there are rumours of to British people. Th..- Falkland should be so pussyfoot. How in that have to be paid back, has been explained otherwise? dustry and sold this imperial cheap imperialist country in the world, FALKLANDS my lady Mayoress, Reverend Lvsaght 80p: A Bush £25: A. Hig- Human Rights. It seems that land companies moving into Lei- landers' British lis' e.Ciality raw material to her industrial and this must be remembered when Fathers, Holy sisters . . . ladies the outlook of anti-national gins £2: W. Middx. Builders £5; whilst it is permissable to use prop- t.rim, where the people are still was taken otl them b We will hear much more about the C. Dunne iN.Z. > £75: R. Tolhurst tr. • Bri- rivals, at the same time pouring studying the .iingoist outbursts of and gentlemen.' brainwashing. International aganda to tool an enemy the sup- hooked on tli,. mythology of try- e'.ents thai preceded this affair. £10. H K- E. Gouldmg £2.50: T. tish Nationality A:t. 'T h -;. have huge sums into the colonies as in- the last few weeks. (that is American) standards pression of information can mis- ing to apply traditional agricul- According to Mr Eric Ogden. M P . REGULATIONS It reminded me of a broadcast I McElligott £1.50: F. Rushe £1.36; G. no automatic right t- '';;- in vestments. Another attempt to get others lead one's own people, thus contra- tural practice to the sour drumlin the Foreign Office has beer, busy heard given by George Bernard have been imposed. The consum- Ward £1: J. Kavanagh £3.80; J. & ulti- I )AGE 37 of the "ABC Guide to vening the Code. clav, not realising that they are England, and if they shredding documents that show their To protect this merry process she to underwrite her imperial posses- Shaw fifty years ago. He began: er society has come, with compe- M. Burkin £2.50; R Gordon 60p: ' International travel" is headed sitting on the energy source of niately brought he/' will contp'.X.'v in the affair High trea- created a vast military machine, sions was joining the Common "Your majesties, my Lord Bishops, titive expenditure, immorality E. Moloney 50p; Anon. £50: M. Whilst the motive behind this "Falkland Islands." need an Act of Pari: i • t But son '•>• the mandarin' and played one country oft against Market. And her "Common Mar- my Lords," (I can't remember the and crime. The young Dubliners Brennan £5: E. O'Dowling £15: K. may seem laudable, it should be re- the future. Leitrim land has It contains the following: McFarlane £1: M. Byrne £1. O. Calm already been demonstrated as then. Tories would any- another. British imperialism was ket Partners" treat her just as the twenty odd degrees he apostro- membered that the same situation have started on drugs. The £10: s. McKeever £6. J. McGrath L'T wiiat of the "committed essentially parasitic. Americans do. PASSPORTS. may arise as that which followed being the best m Europe for rapid thing. phized) but I remember well the reason is simple. The commun- £6: T. V. Ferguson £6: T. Leonard Hpeacemonger" Mr Michael Foot? At the end of the second world If America is to be persuaded to Required by all except nationals special twang he put into the final the announcement of Britain's tree growth. When ihe Agricul- N YBODY wllu lias ; ti: ttie ity spirit has been destroyed. £5: 1,. Duly £4: per C. O'Sullivan If it'.ybodv wa.s under the illusion guilt after Ireland's successful case tural Institute report, to l his effect v.: yuu war Britain was militarily over- guarantee British investments and residents of Argentine holding "ladi«s and gentlemen." The im- £50: "Ivengh" £10: I> McLoughlin \ that lie would raise a finger to pre- The rot has not reached British came out some years ago. the con- Falkland Islands i-l'llJ!- -.' never shadowed by America and Russia. world wide, then America must be a travel card. plication was that the others were £4; South London C A £57; Central against Britain. I refer to the law vent nucleir war. that should be or American levels, but it is elusions were disbelieved and re- that the British G"v Halt -ae land But she still possessed her huge made dependent on Britain for Visas. not ladies and gentlemen. This was London C'.A. £50; Souih London that the U.S.A. has on its statute dispelled there. did anything for them '.Vales Ls empire in which countless millions something. What is that some- Mote: Passengers visiting ths of course not* Mr Hogan s inten- Social £91.45; supporters in South book prohibiting the sale of arms sisted locally. This attitude no of a territory as bis The limit of his opposition to the London £13.64: supporters in Central of pounds were invested. How thing? It is acting as America's Falkland Islands for a short stay tion. Regeneration can only come from and weapons of war to any Nation, doubt, will change. nwned by une huge company, the blood-letting is a refusal to give the •hi- Labour movement, but Labour London £6.45; supporters in East could she be sure that Russia and political agent in Europe, provid- are issued with an Embarkatioa Still, I said the ceremonial State or Body found guilty of in- Falkland* Islands Com;) e>y. •ii..nandi yeaandr government a blank cheque." Tliat is has lost Connollys vision and des- London £3.78. Total £521.38. America would not encourage the ing bases, urging other European Card by the Argentine airline. fringement of human rights as laid after year the sheep ar --lis the very praiseworthy, but he dutifully stopped. And indeed what fol- that company collects a fills in whatever [igures the govern- colonies to revolt and perhaps get countries to provide bases, backing Those intending to stay in the is- lowed when men were men once down by the U.N. charter. The FALKLANDS WOOL ment wants on the cheque hold of the investments them- America politically in her opposi- lands for more than three months U.S.A. as we all know, refused to Port more, and women were women, BEART GAN LEIGHEAS Continued from Page Two There LMI "t even a h< The lining up ol Foot and Henley selves? Or at least establish an tion to Russia, though this opposi- should obtain a document (known w. s marked by a lack of sophisti- supply arms to the R.U.C. and un- Stanley Cait : Bhfuil tu ag dul abhaile chomh maith leis at, tir — ag hand with the Tories, which is liable to influence there to Britain's disad- tion was first engineered by as a "white card") from the Mal- cation which contrasted markedly der this law will never supply Englishmen 1 heir desciiidan's claim The Foreign Office v. • i mbliana. a Mhaire ? that this historical cuni cntitlis f ilk- cost ttie Labour Party dear as soon vantage Britain. Over the years Britain vinas Dept., Ministry of Foreign with the formality that had gone dul in aois. them. I ask you to think what iver the expense of ke-';> them to govern Ihe part nf Ireland ' ang as the people learn how they have has steadily lost its position in the Affairs, Buenos Aires. The pas*en Maire : Ta suil a^im go Cait: O na labhair air, a stoir, will happen if Britain is found lands to Argentine. whi 'HE solution was "neo-imperial- 'before. they planted, and that ihe prior :11 the been fooled and manipulated, should world gers must apply in person. Two bhfuil, a Chait. Nior bheo dom nach bhfuil a fhios agam. fein guilty. She would be unable to the British company's r lie seen m the light of the tierce L ism " The colonial slaves were iyt R HOGAN, who had Citrine on claims of the Irish are of no account WL>OL But the City has not lost its in- Passport photographs are re- gan a dul. buy any arms from the U S A no '.Is to media campae.n against Tony Benn to be policed by their own country- chairmanship in front of him, go rnaith e? Diabhal neart air. It Is just unfortunate that six- If a Falkland Island' vestments. quired. Cait : O nil a fhios a gam. ta matter how badly she may need county Unionists are descended from ,.e!ary when he went up for the deputy men Power was handed over to was an effective president and no- Maire: Nil neart, na neart. send his children I" them for her defence. This mat- ill. . the leadership if the Labour Party The / CONSIDER these things in the So how can we describe Mts an tir sin ag athru, airim those whom they are descended from school, lie mast send representatives of the natives, the body was denied his opportunity. No mar a deiridis fac'o "Beart m 'di- powers-that-bc were detei mined that Thatcher's expedition (described ter should be put in front of all But Ireland is Ireland and their spe- Argentine II he requl; main consideration being that light of the Falklands crisis. Half of the resolutions were con- uaigneach go maith anois nuair gan leigheas foighid i > fearr air." la' m' ! fly they would have pliable weaklings to politicians with an urgent plea cial interest should be taken care c d operation. likewise British investments would be re- When the idea ol economic sanc- by Mr Andrew Faulds as <- "luna stitutional amendments. A propo- a theim abhaile. i iV 'es deal with Bam wa.s a bit too inde- Cait: Is fior duit, a Mhaire, that the reporting restrictions, of within the context of Ireland as a to Buenos Am. The v. ui c. spected Any tampering with tions was floated, the City, with tic escapade")? We would seem whole. from pendent for them sal to affiliate profit-making clubs Maire : D'aireofa chomh huai- is deacair an sean-l'hocal a which really amount to censorship, L i Britain Everything c m these was nasty communism A vast investments in Argentine, to be entitled to say that she has was rejected (rightly). But a great gneach ceanna gan a dnl. Nil Would it not be within the wit of Argentine bhualadh. should be lifted forthwith. • h Goverrini"nt r h'used to RISH people should note that the few of the natives became very refused to co-operate. In the sent half the fleet, halfway across deal of time was consumed on man to devise on equitable solution The B'il neart air, ta tu fein ag athru Donall Mac Am:>laigh Falkl-ands to extend the Ithirty odd Labour MPs who re- twenty-four hour television, pro- the world to fight for a country PATRICK DARCY here a.i well as in the Falklands' allow trie rich and privileged: the majority fused Foot's instruction to vote in aranme broadcast from Buenos she doesn't want, can't keep and Port Slant! •v air strip in >r:i»r !o en- were as badly off as ever. tile tern'ory wa.s kept support of the Tory government are Aires to raise money for the Argen- isn't anyway worth having sure th.' largely those who stand for Irish re- To discourage interference with dependent .•a Argentina. THE IRISH DEMOCRAT June 1982 June 1982 4 THE IRISH DEMOCRAT SEAMUS € OFF IN EEC GOES HOME ESPITE AN the figures the superimposed on the Interest rate DROWN D eggheads and academics SAYS TRADE UNION LEADER competition and exchange rate ,1 i ke to throw at me, I have struggles already widely prevalent. UOUTH London Connolly Asso- 0 Loingsigh, who was chairman of NTHONY COUGHLAN, who f < i the slightest doubt that at the Oaltun O Ceallaigh's contribution elation member Seamus Mc- Military barbarism in Irish Sea the Common Market Defence Cam- was one of the leading acti- ; ! the day we are a hell oi a A to the 10th Anniversary symposium Keevcr lias taken an early re- paign. the umbrella body that held vists in the anti-EEC campaign of ( Sunday. Ap-.il 18th. five lisli- Nuclear rearmament expressed • ,v ult as a result of mem- was to show how the EEC was the tirement and returned to his native duriiiu all this time coni:n 1972, said that full EEC member- eimen from Clogherhead. 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IN Bodenstown churchyard there is a green grave LOVELY LEE 1 HEART And wildly around it the winter winds rave ; /f\H, often my thoughts and my fancies take flight, Small shelter I ween are the ruined walls there NEW LOOK AT NATIONALISM ^ To the home of my childhood away; When the storms sweep down on the plains of Kildare. pROM rebel veins my life I "The Evolution of Irish Nation- face Mr Garvin says: "Essentially. onomic (high rents, tithes>, or co- OOMETIMES Mr Garvin forget* 7c the days when my patriot fervour shone bright. drew. alist Politics," by Tom Gar- I argue that the genealogy of ercive (coming from the police * that he is having a new -and Ere I thought that those joys would decay, modern Irish political culture and In rebel arms I lay, Once I lay on the sod that lies over Wolfe Tone, vin (Gill &• Macmillan. £15 Government or army i. The Na- fresh look at nationalism and de- Fcr my heart was as light as the wild winds that blow. And thought how he perished in prison alone, hardback). structures is far longer that some tionalist groupings tend to be dis- cides ;.o take a swipe at tin From rebel lips the lessons drew Down the Mardyke, through each elm tree. His friends unavenged, and his country unfreed— ^UPERFICIALLY historians are recent commentators have led us to cussea in isolation from the rest of movement Here is an example believe, and that Irish nationalism Where I sported and played in the green leafy shade. That led me day by day "Oh bitter," I said, "is the patriot's meed— * divided into those who analyse society. The literary movement of tlis has been a popular, as distinct On the banks of my own lovely Lee. And rockcd to rest on rebel but have no conscious aim of •'JiHE author justifies a neglect of 1890s and 1900s had many non from an elite, ideology for a very breast, changing society and those who Ulster on the ground that it artistic consequences, not thj "For in him the heart of a woman combined SIX COUNTIES long time." And in the preface, analyse and at the same time aim was not part of Nationalist and le ast ol which, was to give a Twas a beautiful land and the green isle ot song, Nursed on a rebel knee, With a heroic life and a governing mind— he savs: "Constitution of Northern Ire- to mobilise people for changing so- Catholic Ireland. This seems to fairly typical anti-colonial na Ere her gems shed their light o'er the world, There woke and grew for weal A martyr for Ireland—his grave has no stone— ciety. I say superficially because land," edited by David Watt Ireland was. perhaps, the first me an extraordinary procedure for tionalism an aesthetic and intel When wrathful dogs came bearing ages ot wrong, or rue His name seldom named, and his virtues unknown. ' those who support the status quo (Heinemann, £7.50). true colony of England, and an historian. It would be like lectual veneer which it did tut To the standard St. Patrick unfurled, and who tend mainly to be academ- A rebel heart in me. I'PHIS book consists of eleven therefore its tradition of anti- writing a war-time history of really deserve." ©h. would I were there with the friends I love best. ic historians, often make important Prance and leaving out events in I was woke from my dream by the voices and tread papers by academics and colonialism may be the oldest in It is of course ridiculous to suji And my bosom fond partner with me, journalists. The contributors con- contributions to historical studies Paris on the grounds that the Of a band who came into the home of the dead; the world." gest that there is or should be'an I would roam o'er that shore and when weary would rest sist of five from Northern Ireland, which can be of invaluable help Germans were in very firm control CHORUS : They carried no corpse, and they carried no stone, iron curtain between literature and to those who are passionately in- In the earlier part of the book there. It could also be seen as an On the banks of my own lovely Lee. five from the 26 Counties and nine politics Is the author here trying And they stopped when they came to the grave of Wolfe Tone. from Britain The subject covers terested in bringing about a uni- the author deals with the social appeasement of unionism A rebel heart, a rebel heart to down-grade Irish nationalism history, demography, security, eco- ted and independent Ireland. composition of the rural societies, Sometimes the writer forgets Oh, how of't in the springtime ot laughter and song— From taint of thralldom free the followers of O'Connell, the IRB, by calling it typical? Why does i». They were students and peasants, the wise and the brave, nomic problems and legal affairs. that he has mentioned some awk- not deserve "an aesthetic and intel Shall I ever forget those dear hours, God prosper still for good or Mr Garvin, who lectures on poli- the Land League, the Parnellites And an old man who'd known him from cradle to grave, The alternatives considered are ward fact elsewhere in the book, lectual veneer ? Perhaps tti? With the boys of my youth I rambled along United Ireland, Independent North- tics at Dublin University, belongs the G.A.A., Sinn Fein. He explains ill And children who thought me hard-hearted, for they for example, the suppression of author believes in "art for art's Through banks of lovely wild flowers; ern Ireland, Direct Rule, Reparti- to the analysers rather than the the classes and groups in each or- Irish manufactures like the woollen This rebel heart in me. On that sanctified sod were forbidden to play. sake And then when the evening sun, sinking to rest, tion and the future of Power "changers." Nevertheless this book ganisation, discipline, financial industry. The lack of "any consid- contains many interesting and Again an anti-national treusl Shed her golden light over the sea, Sharing if successful. support and activities. Dealing erable non-agricultural petty com- stimulating ideas. In many ways with the Secret Societies in the comes into view in reference to The maid with her lover the wild daisies caressed, I read my country's chequered But the old man who saw I was mourning there, said, modity production" cannot there- A.n aspect of the British attitude it is a complex book. To get all of 18th century the author makes the 1916. On the banks of my own lovely Lee. "We come, sir, to weep where young Wolfe Tone was laid, fore be due only to the "land hold- P&ge, to the Irish question shown by the value out of it, it requires many point that they prevented such "The actual Rising went And we're going to raise him a monument, too— ing system." I sang her deathless songs, majority of the English contri- readings, especially if the reader half-cock, in the time-honoured clearances as those carried out in It seems to me that the refer- A plain one, yet fit for the simple and true." butors appears in the introduction. is not experienced in interpreting fashion of Irish Risings." Oh. what joys would be mine ere life would decline, I learned her woes from age to the Highlands of Scotland. ence on page 19 to O'Donovan "... Is nol the book too statistics. In the course of describing thj Like sand on the sea-beaten shore. age, The various nationalist and ag- Rossa as "the famous Fenian rational? We are concerned 1918 election the author uses till If the steel-feathered eagle o'erspreading the line. My heart overflowed, and I clasped his old hand, i'l>HE book has greater signifi- rarian movements in the 19th Bomber" is a piece of malice en- I burned to right the wrongs, here with attitudes which have term "26 counties." Surely this Brought tidings of freedom once more And I blessed him, and blessed every one of his band; cance than at first appears. It century are referred to as the tirely out of place. People do not And when I saw that to alien deep emotional and cultural is not justified as that political en "Sweet, sweet 'tis to find that such faith can remafn represents a swing away from the "Green Uprising." According to refer to Winston Churchill as the But now what remains of this poor strength to crave, roots. Can a group of cosmopoli- tity did not come into existence law To the cause, and the man so long vanquished and slain." two-nation theory and away from some theory prevalent among so- Tory Bomber and Churchill had a But that my last crimson drop be for thee, tan professors and journalists, until 1920 She never bent her knee, the anti-national brainwashing ciologists, historians must not men- great deal more to do with bombs To sprinkle the grass o'er my forefather's grave, writing in the calm of their rjtHE most interesting chapter of period of the late 70's. In the pre- tion causes, whether they are ec- than O'Donovan Rossa ever had. On the banks of my own lovely Lee. Then prouder yet for Ireland In Bodenstown churchyard there is a green grave, studies or conferring with cool *- the book is the one on Fianua beat And freely around it the winter winds rave— detachment in London, possibly Fail, particularly the Party's ie- This rebel heart in me. Far better they suit him—the ruin and the gloom— understand the 'gut' reactions ol lation to the Catholic Church. two warring tribes'? ' Till Ireland, a nation, can build him a tomb. It well may be true, as the au- With all their education and This tine sor.f; by P. Gilligan is I wish to join the Connolly Association • thor says, that the structure of tlxa learning that is all the majority Catholic Church in Ireland re- beautifully rendered by Ray Mc- DANNY BOY of these intellectuals can make of sembles that of the large Com Areavy on Deny Recoi ls LP. The the Irish question Please send me more details Q munist Parties in France and Italy Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling Bloodstained Bandage." There is only one exception, Even the term "Democratic Oen ^ From glen to glen and down the mountainside, NIL SE INA LA Nicholas Monsergh. (Tick appropriate box) tralism" is used This could givo The summer's gone, and all the roses falling— TN his paper it is obvious he has Ian Paisley some sleepless nights! £HUAIGH me isteach i dteach areir Tis you, 'tis you must go and I must bicfe grasped the essence of the His twin hates are the "Church of Rome1 and Communism. Put come you back when summer's in the meadow, Is d'iarr me cairde ar bhean an lieanna, problem and also he understands THE FAUGHAN Is e duirt si liom "Diabhal deoir, the question of British responsi- Name It has to be said that this book Or when the fields are hushed and white with snow. Buail chun bothair is gabh'n abhaile.' bility. contains an impressive amount of It's I'll be here in sunshine or in shadow. "The 1920-21 Anglo-Irish settle- research and because of this one Oh Danny boy, oh Danny boy I love you so. SIDE ment was divided into two parts, Address should not complain too much Curb : Nil se 'na la, nil a ghra, deriving its force from two sta- about the "rough edges." Despite Nil se 'na la, na baol go maidin But if you come, and all the flowers are dying, ^ STREAM like crystal it tutory instruments — the Gov- its frequent hesitancy the book Nil se 'na la, na bheidh go toiill If I am dead, and dead I well may be, flows down, ernment of Ireland Act, 1920, and seems to herald a new recognition Solas ard ata ar an ngealach. the Anglo-Irish Treaty. 1921 of the longevity and force of Irish You'll come and find the place where I am lying, It's plain for to be seen, which was appended to the Irish nationalism. And kneel and say an Ave there for me; It's there you'll find the Irish oak Free State (Constitution) Act, G. CURRAN And I shall hear, though soft you tread above me, Chuireas mo lamh isteach i mo phoca Trimmed with the ivy green, 1922. The order was of the Membership Fee: £6 a year, £3 half-yearly ; couples £7.50 a year, £3.75 And all my grave will warmer, sweeter be. Is d'arr me briseadh leathchoroin uirthi, Where the shamrock grows and highest significance. Agreement And you will bend and tell nie that you love me Is e duirt si liom "buail chun tooird half-yearly. Includes free copy of the 'Irish Democrat" each month. thistle blows. with the minority preceded agree- And I shall rest in peace until you come to me. Is bi ag ol am.seo go maidin." ment with the aiajority. This did CONSPIRACY The lilies bloom beside, not happen again in the process Cut out and post to : CONNOLLY ASSOCIATION, 177 LAVENDER HILL, "Conspiracy : Law, Class and And they flourish all together, of British decolonisation. The If I should live, and you should die for Ireland "Eirgh 'do shui, a fhir a' ti, boys, sequence in settlement in the BATTERSEA, LONDON, SW11 5TE. Telephone (01) 228 1512. Society," by Robert Spicer Let not your dying prayer be all for me, Cuir ort do bhriste a's do hata, Irish case had an important (Lawrence & Wishart, £7.50J Pown by the Faughan side. Go gcoinni ceol lis an duine choir But say a prayer to God for our sireland, consequence. It meant the terri- A bheas ag ol anseo go maidin." A LTHOUGH the stated aim of the And He will hear, and surely set her free; torial division marie in accord- •''author of this book is to ex. And I will take your pike and place, my dearest, ance with the wishes of the St's just three miles from Derry amine and discuss the law on coo I'll strike a blow, though weak that blow may be Nach mise fein an fear gan chiall, minority was without the con- Why you should join the CA spiracy in its historic context, the Town, A d'fhag mo Chios in mo scoraigh ; currence of the majority." To aid the cause which to our hearts is nearest ^PHERE is a strong urge to or- The purpose of the Association C.A. proposes is collaboration witli reader is likely to discover som? The bridge of Dromahoe In case the busybody academics And I shall sleep in peace when Ireland's free. D'Fhag me lean orm fein, *- ganisation among the Irish in is to promote the reunification of the Labour movement, something sinister and disturbing aspects well started poking their noses into It's (here you'll find some happy Is d'fhag me sean ar dhaoine eile. Britain and it is to be welcomed. Ireland into an independent repub- which naturally brings us into removed from the stated aims of questions of majority rule they had days All readers of the "Irish Demo- lic. It lays down no conditions friendly relations with trade union- the author Ta mo stocai i dtigh an oil to be given something to distract as to what kind of republic that ists and socialists. Indeed we think I'll have you all to know, crat" should be members of some- The application and scope of tlus them from the crux of the matter. should be. Anybody in England there is little hope of progress to- Where the lads resort their Ta mo bhroga i dtigh an leanna thing, and support the Irish centres law coupled with the liberty with What better than the "Two Nation who says there should be a socialist wards Irish unity unless the social- maids to court Ta na ba ag dul thar teorainn and Irish clubs that are increas- which judges are free to detwe THE BLARNEY STONE Theory" which gives the unionist Ireland is going beyond the limits ists in England are strengthened. And the small fish in the tide Is nil bean og a rachadn a gcasadh, ingly being founded throughout its contents and limits in ttw minority equal status with the of his responsibility. The social But it is in England, not Ireland And the blooming corn on a majority. With the exception of Britain. They are a sign of the judicial sense, must surely give 'TWAS on the road to system in Ireland is for the Irish that we say this. Sez she. "I knew you come from bright May morn times, of a new-found maturity and rise to grave concern to people who Monsergh and the writers from in Ireland to decide. We also look after the interests Bandon, Galway, confidence among our people. have the belief that they live in a Along the Fakghan side. the Republic of Ireland all the of the Irish in Britain, again One morning in July, E csn tell it by your brogue, But we want to put in a plea for democratic society. contributors have swallowed the 'TO stand for the independence through alliance with the Labour I met a lovely colleen Sure, there never was a Galway the Connolly Association. This was The examples and case histories M.P.s at Falklands meeting "Two nation theory" hook line and of a small country is interna- movement. Surely this is a sound And she smiled as she passed man If you could see this lovely place founded in September 1938, and is cited in the book by Robert Spicei sister. tionalism in practice, for you there- and practical policy that can be by far the oldest surviving Irish will give the reader a very clear by. But was an awful rogue. All in the summer time, ywo trusty friends of Ireland addressed a meeting aimed uL And- who better to keep re- by enable that nation to take its made to work. So why rot join political organisation in the coun- understanding not only of the law ! 'aid, "I am a stranger But I see you are a stranger Each bush and tree they look so ending the Falklands war, held in the Bluecoat Chambers minding them of the "two nations' place in the world. You have no Or if you don't just feel like tak- try. The "Irish Democrat" has being applied as a judicial And I'm lonely all alone, Wh ere the river Shannon gay. in Liverpool on May 28th. than Conor Cruise O'Brien him- right to tell it what place it must ing the plunge fill in the form been published continuously for 43 cess, but more importantly, of the And would you kindly tell me flows, Each meadow in its prime, self. What has he got to offer take. printed above, and tick the lower They were Mr Boh Parry, M P. for Scotland Exchange, years—not a bad record. attitude of presiding judges anal Where I'll find the Blarney And the only Blarney stone I The blackbird and the merry this time? "Re-Partition". There People can be confused about box? We can then send you more and Mr Stan Thome, M.P., of Preston. The meeting was prosecuting counsel and of course, Stone?" know thrush will be "ructions" but it won't be this because the means which the information. called by the Merseyside Action for Peace, and the resolution Referring to the suggestion of a of the sections of society against (s underneath mt nose." Sing there the livelong day; for long. He does not ask if you passed called for a cease-fire without preconditions and a UN. Force to replace British whom it is being used. Ah. but now I have a notion of are going to have some "ructions" CHORUS: negotiated settlement under the United Nations. why not have them for a United Troops. Dr Palley says Britain It was used extensively against Going to Amerikay. AVAILABLE AT IRISH DEMOCRAT BOOKSHOP! Chorus : One of the speakers, Mrs Tebbs of Rochdale, quoted on Ireland. One great advantage of could never agree to the Inter- Irish nationalists in Ireland and the trade union movement in England There's a Blarney slone :n American military scenario for world war three. "We will a United Ireland would be that we nationalisation of Northern Ire- ; land. The U.K. regards Northern during the latter part of the last Kerry, 0 >, her • rish f.nule it broadened Oh, the leaving of this lovely fight with conventional weapons until we are losing, then would get rid of the comments and Ireland as a domestic problem. If "SURVIVORS" century and the beginning of this There's a Blarney stone in And she winked a roguish eye. place we will fight with tactical nuclear weapons until we are advice of English experts. I felt my heart a-thumpin' VITITH a great deal of intellec- she were more realistic she would century. Clare, It grieves my heart full sore, losing, and then we will blow the world up.'' Surely this is The eithralling personal reminiscences of 23 leaders and stalwarts Apart from frustrating the at Till I surely thought I'd die, *' tual hustle and bustle Dr admit that Britain would like to There's a Blarney stone in But the leaving of my own true the talk of a doomed class. keep all the affairs of Britain and of the Iritm Republican struggle, <916 to 1923 who have remained tempts of these groups to make So I rowled her in my arms Claire Palley considers, Ways For- Wicklow — love Speaking from the floor, Mr Desmond Greaves said that the whole of Ireland within their lifelong Republicans, as told to Uinseann MacEoin. progress and reform the political And she never made a moan, ward: The Constitutional Options. And there's plenty wi Kildare, It grieves me ten times more, people in Ireland were perplexed at the anti-Irish stance of In considering a federation on a domestic sphere. Whether for human interest or for fascinating and enlightening and economic scene, the opportuni While I kissed the blooming There's a Blarney stone in But if I ever return again Tory M.P.s who resented the efforts of the Irish government provincial basis Dr Palley com- These papers and the Conference historical information, this book is a must. You'll read it again ty was availed of to hone, polish roses and perfect this law to meet the Leitrim, It's her IH make my bride to secure peace through the United Nations. He hoped that plains that the Unionists would be arising from them would have been and again ! And another in Tyrone, On the Bantfon Blarney stone. challenge of a more articulate aud And I'll roll her in my arms, the efforts of the peace movement in Britain would be made at an unfair disadvantage. She ob- more constructive If the English 450 pages. Illustrated. Price £5.20 (£6.00 post free). Call now Sure the divil a town in Ireland boys, viously cannot conceive an Ireland delegates had possessed the will to educated population. By such known in Ireland. or order by post. means are power and privilege But you'll find a Blarney stone. Chorus: Along the Faughan side. without Unionists. Or is it she understand the real case for Irish cannot conceive an Ireland without Unity and independence Irish Democrat Bookshop, 177 Lavender Hill, London SW11 5TE. maintained an English garrison! G.C. Phone: 228 1512. CONOR O'LEARV. June 1982 8 THE IRISH DEMOCRAT PHONE cbout the whole affair. Elec- BY tions ? Oh her?, you mean! Well it depends how things go • ! -../.pro: " M : 1, - COM ALL MacAMHLAIGH of course, well voi< know your- self . . . the public . . if we iii- in i )',,'k .an could just clobber you chaps ' ••li-'i • •' •• !•'< >)X !)>'th r 'peter VUilligans x without '"0 much mess and <(,/K. . o Ol; a, 'I i,\e the. Mr Costa Well really. General, we've dune send you packing I think an • i i.cm! >' :ni! . i:, ' hut . an M elides n.i\ t put vou without Lurope before and we pccpshow election might be in order; the , , v;»•• I :> P' ;•'! I r;, on. tin • ,:ht there . . can manage without their sup- signs are there I would say. i i'.'•/"a t h^ '', «••»> t'i ««.• s port if we have to. . . . J O i f over 4C0 pel soils .. "A go, ,! 11 tin -..n.-hip? Well Well I mean if the public has ' . V detailed by the B• . . OF COL'K uv had, General, : .•,'«.thei's *>;mvthir>£ anv- any gratitude at all. i .uli-i tut' diaconutn po •. • . \\i sold yi'ii all that stuff, didn't "Carlo WHO ? Oh Charlie . i', fit>i that it makes mie. ii ( ; t mi called Prevention Ol' '1'. we? Up date equipment, Hockey I No, of course we're "Yes, I agree they did rather '•; ri ::• 1' unh" s v.it i an :ve .. ism Ac!.- Alter inierrog.a.!>! r ships ail:', all the rest, that not worried about Charlie rat on poor Winston in 1945 • ; hit. . . Pardon '.' You'r,. in I. •.'.••;r.»i.jiu and lingerprin: .'..•-•. was hare i. the act of a Hockey. Charlie's coming to but it'3 different now, I think, • hit of a !i< yoin-c'-f? Wall. • •.-«• -let ailed 4.742 pei • • potential an my now, was London later th-s year—he'll get they can see the mess those I i';i» \ "u 1 encral. I •.. .MI :>> I;r mn. refit of it ? Y'oti •.v/Uiihi we might some special relationship then, Socialist chaps got us into. < --.m pel S: •! .s u tie chit . I . • . I'll l:vli. \ «•— . 'i • in I for have und"is'ood your position, don't you worry We're more There's a new realism now, .;!. . • he r I A Ai Is, TG Mere l'o ;,ti : if! matter. I m> an there's this things vv", a hit rough in the bothered, to tell you the truth, General; people realise they C'i:l!V l: should be noted tha' ei onndsweU of nuhlie opinion . Argentine vou needed a diver- about some of our Weary can't have what they don't earn. • i!ii <•;•« in e under the Acts m yon may think yon have sion ? . . Yes, quite, I can Willies here at home, Michael I'm only mystified it took so e:iipie:e nil ill: orniation ' d • 'air problems with public opi- Foot and the BBC gang, but 1 long for it to sink in hut there '.m,:!i t ra\ eil'ng "internally" be- see that. We realise very well, nion, General, hnt believe me you are, the medicine was un- MIL Bi:t. MI and N. Ireland. hut couldn't vou have attacked needn't tell you about that. it's nothing like we have hi re. palatable but I think it's doing .:• ro-opcrate at port, failure to Chile or something? Not that General, you'd know how to • raip:- '.'.>'li exclusion orders m..y You wouldn't believe the letters we have anything against the deal with them, wish I had half the trick. Yes, I'm sure you .! -,