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UNITED IRISHMAN AN tElREANNACH AONTA BEALTAINE (MAY) 1977 Vol. 35 No. 5. lOp (30c) Monthly Newspaper of Sinn Fein The Workers'Party Who wants a bloody civil war to follow a War of Paisley — We cannot trust English Mason — Who does he represent? Nerves politicians. Future historians may possibly declare the present United Unionist Action Council It would be irresponsible to deny that an opportunity for a testing of the political stoppage to have been won or lost under the title of "The Battle for Ballylumford". The there are serious dangers to the working climate in the North. The Republican fact that the power stations are still running as we go to press would seem to Indicate that class in the current situation. There are Clubs are contesting thirty-two seats. In Paisley has lost the battle to bring the British Government to its knees before the Loyalist too many who see the "final solution" in their Manifesto they state that they are population. terms of a sectarian civil war. The twin prepared to work towards the goal of a 32 slogans of "Out of the ashes of '69 rose County Democratic Socialist Republic the Provisionals" and "Not an Inch" within a Northern State where democratic What made the 1974 stoppage was The original cracks within the could become the banners of a right-wing rights have been guaranteed absolutely the ability of the Ulster Workers' Council monolithic structure of Unionism which collusion plunging the North into bloody and sectarianism outlawed. to shut down industrial production en• were papered over after the closing of slaughter. On the other hand, waiting in tirely. Those who would have been willing Stormont have. It would seem, turned the wings are the "power-sharers", The Action Committee, before t>eing to brave-eut the pickets and barricades into Grand Canyons. A point that seeing in the R.U.C. and British Army persuaded into a stoppage might have saw no point in turning out to a factory historians might like to note Is that the assaults on a deluded Protestant working- had an easier path had they stated that where there was no power supply. It is only major Northern Tory politician to class an opportunity to establish a they rejected the old Orange State and likely that the men who made that read the signs correctly was Desmond coalition of diluted Hibernian and Orange were prepared to develop a secular possible In the Isiandmagee area are now Boal, Q.C., who resigned quietly at the government. government in the interests of all the serving hefty sentences In Long Kesh. time as chairman of Paisley's Democratic The Local Government elections are working people of the North. Headed by Billy Mitchell, the U.V.F. were Unionist Party. The UDA at a road-block during the first stoppage. a powerful force In the Larne region, so Now, as Boal prophesied, Paisley finds the Indecision of the power workers can himself out on a limb, rejected by big be explained by their absence. business Unionism and hugging the The capacity of the U.D.A. also to dangerous grass roots of the U.D.A. His engage in intimidation has been con• Messianic drive has placed him in the siderably reduced. It is reliably reported peculiar situation where he can only do as that on the Newtownards Road, East Boal did, opt out, or go for a short-lived Belfast, in the week prior to the U.U.A.C. independence. decision a spontaneous housewives' The "independence group" within the meeting to oppose any shut-down was U.U.A.C. is as yet an unknown quantity, only prevented by a promise by U.D.A. but there is no reason to suppose that chief Andy Tyrie that there would be no they are motivated by any other desire disruption of essential supplies into the than to return to the neo-fascist State district. Even so, local pressure on the which the North was. Possibly they have shipyard workers to hold on to their jobs been encouraged in this thinking by in the dying Harland and Wolff seems to members of the British and Irish Com• have been stronger than that of the munist Organisation, who are said to have U.D.A. some influence there. How their boys end up The laughing band of Vietnam and Northern mercenaries (pictured on the Ireland are ideal for left) are former British opposing the Liberation soldiers, who probably Army, are paying up to £2,000 served in Northern Ireland, per month for the services of now hiring out to Ian Smith in these killers. As the Loyalist the Rhodesian Light stoppage continues it is Infantry. ironic that the current Both the British and British Army regiments American Governments should find themselves have refused to halt the committed on paper at least, steady flow of "guns for to preventing the re- hire" to the tottering racist establishment of Paisley's Rhodesian regime. The rVotestant state while their military experts in that State former comrades rush to consider that combat defend the existence of experience gained in Smith's fascist state. Tlie control of the C.I.A. and the WTiat prospects for an *irish tmth behind the "disvsidents" page 5 Industrial Revolution" pages 6/7 BEALTAINE Highlands and Islands have a distinct history and culture and should be analysed differently Letters from other parts of Britain. He quite rightly emphasises the Cabhair A Chara, " The society aims to promote Highlands dependent economic I omitted in my reference to the cultural exchanges, trade links relations to outside capital. Irish Republican Prisoners Defence & Aid Fund Mellons in the "United Irishman" and friendly co-operation bet• (April) "International Conspiracy ween the peoples and Govern• They have provided low value 30 Gardiner Place Dublin 1 primary products, e.g. food, raw by the Yankee Multi-Nationals" ments of Ireland and the German Funds urgently needed for^Republican Prisoners Welfare one member of this notorious Democratic Republic, in ac• materials which have been family, Paul Mellon. It is im• cordance with the Helsinki converted into higher value •Aid for Dependents^Lega! Aid portant that all who are in• Agreement which was signed on finished goods elsewhere to the terested in Irish history should August 1st, 1975, by the profit of non-highlanders. There AH Contributions Acknowiedged know the relevant background to Taoiseach, Mr. Cosgrave, on have been several booms before what Is happening in our country behalf of Ireland and by Mr. Erich the current one In oil, e.g. kelp, today. Honecker, First Secretary of the herring fishing, sheep farming, etc. but each time they have New Lawyers Association s A member of the enormously Central Committee of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany, fizzled out after a few years and wealthy Pittsburg banking family left behind decay and high (Gulf Oil), Paul'Mellon has the on behalf of the German progressive objectives Democratic Republic. unemployment. Oil is just as likely greatest collection of British to do the same the way it is being As a non-political group the The IRISH ASSOCIATION OF DEMOCRATIC LAWYERS was launched at at paintings in the world at his home currently exploited with little society is now seeking members Press Conference held last month. in Connecticut, USA. The value concern for the long term benefit This association is an organisation of lawyers, law students and legal workers with from as wide a range of Irish of the collection is estimated of the local communities. a radical approach to the present Legal System. Their aims and objectives are set roughly at £25 million. The society as possible! Interested out in the following preamble to their Constitution. collection has been built up persons are invited to contact the The 'any job will do' strategy discreetly over the past 20 years Acting Secretary of the society at advocated by Mr. McCtean is one "Realising that justice can only (3) To research all facets of the Legal prevail in a political system of real by purchase* from private owners the address below. reason why the Highlands and System, to hold Seminars and to Islands are in their present bad equality, we are committed to work for publish journals and articles in support in England. There are 1,700 ireland/G.D.R. Friendship basic change in the present economic of our preamble and aims. paintings by major and minor Society, 9 Anglesea St., Dublin 2. condition. I agree with Ian Carter and social order. Our solidarity lies with (4) To assist in the development of artists from Elizabethan times to who in his contribution to the the oppressed and exploited sections of our society and we commit ourselves to progressive" community and local 1850. Mellon has not collected 'Red Paper on Scotland' (1975) organisations. argues that the way forward for oppose oppression and exploitation any modern paintings among his A Chara, from whatever source it may come. the Highlands lies (1) with the (5) To assist alt progressive people 7,000 water colours and some involved in the advancement of all One of our comrades, Peter weakening of economic As progressive lawyers our function 5,000 prints. Loughran who works on an oil rig is to expose the class bias of our Legal issues and in particular the following: His father Andrew Mellon was dependence, and this will be System and to expose it in its reality as off Scotland recently received a done mainly by nationalising the (al The full employment of our in his time one of the more donation of £20 from the an instrument for the preservation of labour force, the protection and notable millionaire collectors and big estates and using the land for the existing economic order and the promotion of their living standards, the Workers at Kishorne, Western repression of progressive forces always played a sinister part in agriculture rather than the right to decent working conditions and Ross, in aid of Cabhair, the sporting pleasure of the few.