·rilE UNCONQUERED "DY THE PEOPLE SOUL ASSERTS AN PHOBLACHT THE PEOPLE MUST ITSELF" DE FREED" - · La[,,· -Con t/Olly THE REPUBLIC ===== ORGAN OF IRISH REPUBLICAN OPINION =====

VOL. l. N0 ,2 NOVEMBER 1965

PREPARE FOR TOMORROW: ORGAN~ZE! EDUCATE! ARM~ ,AN unavoidable feature of a IN EFfECT, fellow republicans, publication such as this, is that we asked ourselves: What damn at the outset it appears to lay good is there in having a 32 county more str~ss on the deficiencies of Republic if our people are still a.x.isting R~publican organizations, forced to emigrate; if the mass of than on the course of action neces­ our rural population continues to ·s a r y t o s e t t h in g s r i g h t . •Ath i 1 e struc1gle in uneconomic holdings, the paper seems to be foreveT while foreign landlords and qentle­ harping on the in~bility of ~he men Farmers retain control-of the Republican Movement tci ~ur~Ue a best of our land, and continue to r~volutionary path, it does not exPand their land ~ possessions; if always follow' immediately withthe the control of our natural res­ necessary antidote. ourcesi mBagre though-they ~re,be retained by foreiqn · speculators WE are very conscious of these and a minority o f the national trends, but ~ot the life of us we bourgeoisie,to be manipulated for do not know how they can be avoid - their own personal benefit;if our . ed. As time ptooresses the situa ­ industrial development continues tion will right-itself automatic­ to be ma nipulated by alien and ally; but it would, · perhaps, be native capitalists, whose motiv­ ~n advant~ge t~ ex~lain now why ation is Personal profits and not this is so, so that our readers community benefits; and, if . our may undet~t~hd our motives, and proletariat continues to be faced thereby retain our overall work in with the prospects of occupational ~roper perspecfive. insecurity and periodic unemplcy­ men t because cap-it a l is m deems t h is IT is ·first necessary to ex ­ a necessary weapon in its arsenal plain ou r own position . Over t o cont rol the workers . f~e past fi~e or six years the Peopl~ reipcinsible for the ~ubli - WE Found the social, political ·cition of AN ~HOSLACHT were grad ­ and econom-ic policies of Sinn Fein ually awakened to the realization to be avowedly bourgeois in cont­ that the Reputil ican organizations, ent. Consequently, it was plain and for that matter, all other enough that should Sinn Fein ever groups which claimed revolutionar v get its much desired 32 county aspirations, were incapable o~ parliament, things wo~l~ inevit ­ realizing an Irish Republic that abl y remain very much the same as would totally destroy the system they are at present. And, since of political, social and economic the I.R.A . is bound hand and Foot exploitation which continues to to Sinn Fein policies, it was sap the energies and wealth of our ob v i o-u s t hat i f 5 inn r e in was ban ­ people. In a wor ] , although L~e krupt in the social an d politi­ appreciated the possibility ofthe cal sense, the I. R.A. was equally Republican Movement establishiMg, bankrupt in the military sense; by some · means or othe r, and at by association the reaction oft.he s9me time or other, a 32 county former automatically applied it­ R~publ ic, we honestly concluded selF to the latter. that such a state would in essence differ _ very little from that pres-­ WE then had a look at the ently functioning in the Free State. proq rammes of the Communist party (or-should we say Communist patt­ THE inevitable _ questions then i~s , since they recognize partit­ _arose: What earthlv advantaoes ion ), and examined their record could a 32 county state offer ·to as a whole. On the surface their the mass of the people, if thev policies offered much that was were t6 exist under _ the Tricolou~ desirable. However, it appeared as they did under the Union t o u s that it was of little use Jack 7 tould the ~ufferinqs, sac­ pr~posing what could, and should, rifices and privatibns demanded be do ne, when it was stipulated fr-om the people in a liberation that the attainment of these obj­ struqgle be justified, IJJhen all ectives was to be restricted to a they got in return was an illusion process of "peaceful transition." of freedom, and the ~ompLlsory teac~ing of Irish? · f\IOW, you know, we knouJ, and 2. everybody with a g rain of co~mon ­ lies not in that the Irish people sense knows that: l ) Ireland is were, or are, priest - ridden; but, not going to be freed by talking; in the fact that t~ev themselves 2) THAT THE aOURCEC ISIE, who are Moscow - ridden. it is quite presently monopolize Irish affairE, obvious that such a g roup can are not going to relinquish their hardly be considered an a dmirable position of privileqe on request . source through which Irish freedom This implies that the bouroeoisie should be p~rsued. · would v o l u n tar i l y proceed f o. .-}; i q'::. u i d a t e t h em s e l v e s a s a ~..P o l i Li'·c a ~ LVt;'f · cJi: .• ived' then at the force inthe interests offiumanily'. ' ih~sca~abl~ ~dDncl~sion that it Perhaps stranger tilTn g s have hap­ was necessary to return to the pened,but the likes of this has . be_d~roc_k of our · rev.d.lutionary tra ­ never· bi::cu :rre-d; nor is. it l~iq:Jly ditions and ·from there advance by to i~ the future. formulating new revolutionary pol ­ icies ' and a new movement to i~~l ­ THE discrepancy between the ement them . This appears the only programme ~F the Communist party pragmat i c approa c h to solvin~ the and the 'lleans by which they advocate present d i lemma, - and, of g real-t r its implementation ·represented,i:o importance,for e~su r ino tha~ whe n ­ our ~dint of via~; too o rea t a a Republic is aoain esfablished -~ contradi~tion to make an9 sense. as it will b~ -- - that it will inc ­ Their positiOn appears similar to orporate all the necessa r y elements the ?~n who suggested marc hing of freedom and national sov.ere i gnty. North to Fight the English , ard who t~en took his t r oops to King ­ HAVING accepted this ~s the bridge Station to board the train only realistic course open to rev ­ for Cork . And this, of c.ourse, olutiona r y minded Irishmen, the brings · td _the fore yet another decision . was then made to l aunch fac~or which ~liminates the Comm ­ AN PHOBLACHT. Our aim~ are to unist Pi3rfy as a medium of real i. ­ propaqate the great need fur ~ zing Iri~h -~ spirations. n e wly . C.on s t i t ut e d r e v o 1 u t ion a r y · effort . Howeve r, by so doi ng , THE p~~seht anti- revolutionar y we are also faced wi th the very att i t u_de' of Lri.sh Commu:1ists real need of illustrating the rea ­ ema n_ates exclusively from their ctionar y essence of t~e p r §~~n t ly su~je2t~o~ to the Communist Pa~ty functioning .Republican Mov~ment; of the. s ·ov-iet Un ion. Since the because this has' first tobe ei-im - .. t w8 ~ q e·s:- the I r ish C . P . has p r os ­ inated in the operational sense tituted ·· itself to the interests of before it is p r aclical to set in the C. P . S.U. It has taken its mot-ion a new r evolu.t i ona r y offens­ orders,its programmes,its changes ive a g a ins t the c o 1 on ia '! s t r u c ·tu re. in ~ cp u rse from that source in the pasJ, ~n:d it cui1L . co~tinue . to do THE surviving rem nants of the sci i~ t~e future . Yeiterday , Republican ~o0ement must be dest ­ Ir.ish Co~~ u nists backed the idea royed and its remaining influence of r~-v ohj lion; today the.y s;:~y within acti v ist circles nul l ified th~t Irel~nd can - secure its free ­ before it is secure to proceed dom · v.~a "Parliamentary means." with the task of a new revolutiona r y A U o f t h i s i s i n ·-' t u n e w i t il c h a n g e s policy: this i s the key to the in the foreign policies of Russia . ·. tenor of our a r ticles. We must In a wotd, Irish Communists hav _e· clear the decks internally before m_ade no 1 attempt to adapt the we can strike with success exter ­ principles of socialism to th e nally; .this is the re~son why I~ish situatioh . Instead, by AN PHOBLACHT places such heavy t h e i r 5 u b s er v i·e.n c. e t o t h e C . P . 5 . U. st r es .s at . the outset on the react ­ they hav"e · ·en-deavour ed to push .. a ionary essence of the present organizations . Once a majority .. Rus s i a n programme on . the I c- i_ s h People; and in the process :'1 ey of activists grasp the significanc.e have undermined the socialist ros ­ of this reaction, and the necess ­ ition,and antagonized the natu:al ity for oblit-erating it, th.ose Ir~~h sympathy towards social1st organizations will fall . Then prlncip1es . These men bla~e t r 2ir the decks will be clear E! d· ~for Jai_lure or:· religion; and ridi:ule action, and our Foundations secu ­ the· T_r ish 'as being p r i est - rid c' 8n . rely layed. This is · co~pleteLy False. ·rhe principles of socialism dO not BRIEFLY stated 1 these are clash in any way with relig io~ s t~e reasons why the tenor of ou r beliefs; and James Connotly va ry paper is as it is at present. We adequately illustrated this point. are endeavouring to approach the task of revolution systematically; THE failure of Irish Communists .and we .intend to pursue this cou r se, 3. which advocates that we have to a pear a little obscure. ~lever ­ start at the bottnm . and war~ up~ ~ el~s-si, it·· is dict ated by objec•t­ wa~-ds, .. making sure 'at' all' t.i.,mtls 'i 8-. ...!a.Ppreciations, and as each tnat' 'each block is securely ir. p ece is put in place the overall Place before adding another. At · p c tu re will naturally become more the outset this may appear slow; readily apparent. its purpose may at times even * *

iRAl~O~S ~REPARr Ta r~ o .rn a t t er wha t ou r t wo - F a c e d po~iti~ians will say, the estab ­ -PR(;~ANE TitE ~Eilt~RY or. l9'16, lishinq of a 32 count y Parliament d-oes no-t necessarily mean freed.om. !l.nd thi_s has been prov.en by the Elaoorate nation - wide plans ant i c s oF U1e "Stepping Stone" a n d p r e p a r a t ion s a r e b ·e in g ma d e t o F in e ~aelers and the Fianna Fail celebrate next year's half~century ' 1 Rep~blicans" . They have shown anniversary oF the 1916 Rising . over the years that they cannot One can imagine on that great day even handle 26 counties, not to the hosts of Irish dead rotatinq mind 32 . slowly in their graves, listening to every blast of lip service If Irishmen and Irishwomen oratory let loose above them . want to sincerely honour the m~m ­ orv oF our 1916 martyrs,then, let Without a blush, Fianna Fail, th~m unite in a revolutionary and the shadow oovernment . Fine movement and wo rk t owards th e Gael ,will come forward to solemnly re2dization of the goals For which tell the people that the moment those men so readily sacrificed the Tricolour waves over the 32 their lives. Workers of lrpland coD~ties of Ireland, F9EEDQM WILL unite. You and only you , are BE THEIR'S . How - pathetic and the t rue h~irs of Connolly and stupid ! ~ears~ . You can pay homage to their memory when you have estab ­ It is interestinq to recall li~hed a WORK ER'S OEMGCRATIC what some of our dead patriots REPUBLIC in Ire l and,and not befcr~. actually said regarding the "free ­ * * dom'' THEY AIMED AT: "SOCIALIST" (Cork) "The soil of Ireland for the people ·of Ireland, to have ------ar-~-4 - -·to hold without --faith or Fealt y , rent ()J: . q'lnder, suit or service toany f)Ower under -.-heaven." "BL!t very many of ou r present pro­ minent leaders must First retire Ai\J!) : or be dismissed. These men must at once be got rid of utterly . "The Freedom of a nation is They must. There is nothing else the Freedom of the lowest TCi"'r' i"r:-T"hev are stopping our w:::~y, class within the nation . " clinging round our arms , giving us up to our enemies. Many of them Today. many oF our people came into this business from the are unemployed; living on the rri e r.e d e s i r e o F q a i n i no l i t t l e p e r - edge of poverty,or on State Char~ sonal distinctLons o~ safe terms, it y . Is this doing justice td and at a cheap and easy rate of the memory oF men who •_ue re so rutl< ­ 0 b t ain in Cl pet t y h On OUrs and 0 fF iCeS. lessly killed For ou r Freedo~ -of maki~g a small Dublin reput­ Can a so-called Irish Government, atiori - of creitinq a parish Fame which allows any person wi ... h enough or a tea - table fame. money to own the very IJI'Ots»ld under They will never suffer the the houses oF our r~at ion's work-ing national movement to swe ll beyond cl'a·ss -- d-emanding· 'rent and render" the petty dimensions which they --claim agreemervt with such men a-s are able~ themselves, to manage Pea rse ? Would the 1916 leaders and command, and are,therefore, a heave tolerated our Frightful em­ spurce not of strength, but oF igration and unemployment For so weakness , and the sburce of all long? Would they have made our our weakness, ~ut for them we country the happy hunting - g round· could walk down the utmost force for Foreign and Irish Capitalists? Would they have us depe~dant on of Er:gland in· one month . " the dollars of pat~onizing tour~ ists? LIKE HELL JHE Y WOUL D ! 4 . JAMES Fl ~ TA N LALOR. I FRO f\A THE EDITORS POST BAG.

THE number of letter~ recetved I NSTEAD , wh y not revive the in response to our . First issue _was name of the good old CITIZEN ARIYIY? gratifying to all concerned; Some Build a fiqhtinq force drawn from of those will"receive private ans­ the working people of Ireland,and w 8 rs ·;···riTe :~r ema -·Fn a:e·r:~ w-r:rr;:~:-u:nro-r:I·.: i::-o--,nmi:tla· c:·~ ;JneqtiTvo :c a 1T~/ :=-tG FigliF unately, have to go unpubli s hed exclusively in their interest . due to lack of sPace. The Follow­ I think its time something such ing letter,Frdm - ~ well knowri Rep ­ as this----was · done,- -- T-hroughout ublic~n, a man of unassailable the centuries it .is .. the .ord.ina r y standinq, was considered ex~ept - · man who· ·has- taken . the---blunt El-f the ional in t~at it ccintained many · fight for freedom,and very little points which; we feel, are on th~ thanks or benefit he has got for minds of most activist Republicans his trouble. We working people today. ·L\Je give part of this letter shoutd stop sucking the hind tit, whiCh wis coniidered pe~tinent to and s t r i k- ~ o u t in o u r own in t e r. e s t ~ open discui~iciri; and (dllow with sa, . I Eay to you , nail the Flag a few 2omment~ of our o~n. to the nast now, . a~d say to _the * * * * or d in c', r y men an d women o F I r e la n d : A Chara: Thank you for the cop y if jou want land, if you ~ant of Afll PH03LACHT received in the secUrity, if you wa nt t o s~t up a posf last week. I enclose ::ios . ; 32 county government representing please ~end me ·a copy each month. your own interests,and not run by a 'minority for their own -benefit, FCR a long time I have consid ­ then,the only way is to Fi ght for ered it necessary that a voice be it . raiied· ~ ~6 combat fhe off - colour Republicanism Sl.nn Fain and assoc- . IF your paper will start a iates l'lave come to represent. Per ­ movement in this direction, I can ­ haps . you t · paper will fill this need· not see it fail in the l6ng run. The first issue appears headed in The people are sound. The people tfie right. direction;but tirrlealone have always been sound, and once w~ll tell . Since you requested they see that nnew party is truly criticisms a nd suggestions, here \Uorking in their interest ,methinks are a few ideas of mine which you that yo~ lads wi l l Find out yet can __ toss around. what a powe r the people can be when roused. l) WHILE there is a great need to Republ ican, (Dublin). s h ow -···u[3 --the- s t l!Jl-iEl -i ty-- of ...... \; hs- Rep-­ ublican .Movement, and to illus­ trate- that their - - po1icie&-ha~e no earthly hope of success, it is AN PH08LACHT is in complete also im~ortant to pres~nt alter­ agreement with the proposition native proposais of action . Un ­ that criticism by itself is not less this is done, I doubt ve r y enouqh . However , we would like to mUch t~at your efforts will have point out that since we do not any lasting effect . represent a political organization --yet, · that is-- it is impossible 2) I also th in k it very necess~ry fo r us· to present a programme. that a new revolutionary army be Only ~ political party can under­ organized . Obviously , the I . R.A. take such a task. All we can do has shot its bolt; it is presently at pr.esent is to show the inadequ­ passing From the Ir ish stage with acies ot the Republican IYiovement, a pitiful wim~er; Ther~ are som~ and point in th~ direction a Rep­ who consider it profanity to sug­ ub l ~can oroanizatio~ must head if oest ~hat the l . R. A. should be· it ts to b~ revolutionary in deed scrap p 2 d . aut what a r 8 w8 s u·p p 0 sed" a S L'J 8 l l a S i n n a m8 • . Wh a·n S U C h a to do about an organizat~o~ whos~ re_vlil'uti,"'nary pa r ty is .. formed, · we head men have neither the, desire will, _of c,ourse, be only too glad n o r t he ab i l it y t o p r e s s t he f i g·h t? to pr~s;nt its programme . Let's Furthermore, I know,and you : peopYe hop e t 11 i s i s not t o o fa r o f f . should also know,that the· present Army Co0ncil a~e practitally all JfEGAR'D t rl(t the re v i v a l of the for Republican~'~htering Leinster Citizen Army: this ~ight be a House; and if it · were no·t due to g_ood idea,although _we would sugg­ opposition within Sinn Fein, this e:s t t ha t t he C i t i z en Ar my , b y b e in g· d BC ·i S i 0 n LV 0 U l d a l r e a d y b 8 i n f OT C e. res . ~;: i cte d to the Irish proletariat, This is what the I~R.A . ha s come w:a s by f ~ r t oo s e c t ~ ~ i an t o b e a to, although all its members may· r_eally effective revolutionary not re3lize it yet,and I say dump it, c:Jnd fast. · 5. Cont'd-Col. 2, Page 7 BY "OUR FREEDOM MUST BE HAD AT. ALL motivated the actions of those whose memory we justly revere. HAZARDS. IF THE MEN OF PROPERTY r a r t o o many 1 ay their t r i but e s .at the shrine and leave as they came, WILL NOT HELP US THEY MUST FALL; empty of understanding of what deep motives impelled these men togive WE WILL FREE OURSELVES BY THE AID t h e i r l i V e s' f 0 r a C a U S e t h e y C 0 U n - ted higher thanlife itself. There OF THAT LARCE AND RESPECTABLE CLASS is no respect for the dead in rem­ e mb e r i n g t h e ma n n e r o f t h e i r d e a t h, OF THE CO!Yl!YlUNITY - THE MEN OF NO while the cause for which they died lies buried in obscurity and PROPERTY" forgotten by those who should keep it alive. James Hope, UJolfe Tone, Theobald Wolfe Tone. Robert Emmet, Henry Joy McCracken and James Connolly fought to free * * Ireland not only from the rule of an alien power but to Free her JI!Yl CONNOLLY, in his LABOUR 11\J also from the rule of an alien IRISH HISTORY, wrote: "The Irish class - and it is that alien class are not philosophers as a rule, that now rules Ireland, North a~d they proceed too rapidly from South. thought to action." It should be added that this lack of attention ANY lingering ideas that th~ to philosophy, to the need for ruling class of the Free State clear-sightedness in political have anything fundamentall y diFF­ action ·which haunts the political erent in store for the people of l i f e of I r e l an d t o the - p r e s en t · ·d a y 1 Ireland, than was their lot under is a·lrrrost exclusive to the "men alien rule, should have been per­ of no property"- the "men of prop­ manently dispelled when Lemass erty" are fully conscious of what opened negotiations with England~ lhey want, and how to get it: a BAILIFF'S in the North. Lemass subservient and docile working clearly demonstrated the contempt class, ever ready to bend their in which the wealthy class looks backs to the greater profit and upon the common people oF Ireland, glory of the wealthy class. The and Ireland's pa~t. This contemp­ ordinary people of Ireland have tuous act was very much in character always been willing to fight cour­ for the "men of property". "The ageously for a cause,but they have rich," said Henry Joy IYlcCracken, generally lacked clarity about the "always betray the poor," and objectives far which they should Lemass is representing the inter­ strive, with the ultimate result ests of Ireland's rich against that others have reaped the fruits the poor; of the· struggle in which the common people have suffered and UNDER the cloak of an appeal died. It is the "men of no prop­ for a united Ireland, LemasG is erty" who labour and fight and die: seeking the supp.ort oF .the Six it is the "men of property" who County bailiffs the better to rule gather in the profits. the workers of Ireland in the int­ erests of Irish capital. No Irish ~HILE it is not necessary for Rebel worthy of the name should all Irishm~n to become seasoned accept Lema ss' forgery. Tt:e_ ~eEass philosophers,it is essential that design For "Unity" is 9. pl._o_~ For every Irishman and every Irish­ a Front of capital, No rti1 and woman cultivate a degree of pol 7 So u t h ; a q a Tn s t I r i s h l a b OLJ_: . itical consciousness that will equip them to understand the con­ ENGLAND'S puppet rulers in sequences of any action they take, the SixCounties retain stetepower and decide the road they wish to by means of open armed terror. travel toreach their desired goal. The reactionary Unionist regime at Stormont stays in office bv ffi8ans IT .C s-· ·n o t s u f f i c i e n t t o ma k e of Flagrant gerrymandering and the annual pilgrimage to the graves use of one of the most co~rupt of the martyrs, to do homage and political organizations in the commemorate the heroes of yester: world. · A Facade of politicc;J. stab­ y ea r . 8 et t e r by far t o n e g l e c t ility and "civil peace" is maint­ the pilgrim journey and spend the ained by the 20,000 "8" Spec: ials, time mastering the philosophy which a para-military force of armed 6. c i v i l i an s t ha t i s · b l o o d' r~:d a t ~ o'fi­ IT is only the "men oF no prop - t o t h e · S t or m T r ci ope r s of ~J a z i i:; ~ ~.,.,. _ ar t y 11 wh i;i" ! a r e cap ab le 0 f r a is in g many. Their certiFicate of "leg­ again the' banner of revolutionary ality" has the same authenticity; ' struggle and pressing for ward to a ruling class that has need of the winning o(true national unity them and the terrorism they exer­ under new conditions and guided cise over the democratic opposition. by a new ~rb~ramme of action. To achieve this great national aim THE working people oF Ireland the creation of a revolutionary musf "grasp the Fact that the nat­ fighting force alone isnot enough. · io~~l - bourgeoisie have won THEIR It is essential that such a force REVOLUTION~ and are no longer a have the political leadership and ~ revolutionpry, but a reactionary, guidance of' a revolutionary party. force. This ruling group are now Those who see the need for action interested only in maintaining th­ aiong these lines must break with eir own privileged position and bourgeois political leadership, state power over the Irish people, create a revolutionary par.t_y .. of a~d everything they db will be the working people and chall~Mg~ with that objective in mind~ It the ruling class For leadership i~ in the light of this under­ of the Nation . Failure to take sianding that we mus t view the such a step will leav e the Irish L~~ass negotiations with the Six people without the necessar y pol­ County reactionaries. itical leadership, and their act­ ivity, no matter how courageous, THE "~Jational Unity" which will be without direction and, l [le L·em a ss f a c t i on is work in g F or therefore, ineffective. WHh i~, in ~e~lity, a national front Lemass and the Stormont ci6~d ·· of bourgeois reaction· aqainst the already neck deep in coni~i~~iy "people- in face of the world crisis against the nati on, there is littil.e of the ~apitalist sistem. This time to waste. so-called "unity " could bring only .mise r y tG Ireland,and put them at the di~posal of the expansionist imperial.ist powers of Western Eur­ Cont 'd ~ Col. 2, Page 5. ope and America. The inevitable resistance of the Irish people Force. A Future revolutionary would be met with the united army will have to be Founded on a strength of Stormont's fascist far wider base, tDking in the "3" Specials, and the Free State urban and rural proletariat, the hand-picked political : police. Farm labourers,the small farmers, This CDnspiracy agains~ the Irish and ~ome sections of the petty people must. be smashed while it is bour·geoisie. Such a .Force would, still in embryo - we cannot afford in · ~{Feet, represen{ a PEOPLE'S to wait until it is fully ~ consum­ REVOLUTIONARY ARMY. IF it were to ated. be simply called the Irish Citizen Army, there may be some who may REAL national unity - the unity misinterpret it~ repr~sen~~tion of the Irish working people - will due to the historical tra61lions n e v e r b e · a.c h i e v e d b y p 1 dt s and .attached to the n•a me.. . This latter conspiracies jointly hatched in condition is, hot;;ever, Only an Dub l in and . 8 e lf as t . I r e l" an d wi ll opinion,and we would_)_ike to hear b~ united, in- tbe only form of the views of our - r~~ders on the unit y that reall~ count~~ by the issue. Whatever title is used it revol~tionary action of the Irish is apparent, in all events, that people. _l~ot t.h.e pacts and bargains a new revolutionary army must be of-:lemass.land lhe ruling. .: C:l _ass of formed in conjunction with a new the Free SCafe, but the .br inging revolutionary party. We all have down of The Stormont clique by a t end en c y to hope for the best d i r e c t a c t i on o F t h e wo r k i n g p e o p l e~ . with rega_rds to ~he I.R.A.,but it Not · "unity" with the Fascist.- now appears tha~~ ; onl y a miracle _executioneis of the Irish people, · could make that ~ b6dy adequate to but the revolutionary and total carry out the m~litary tasks of destruction of Stormont's :•a· .~~ the Irish Revolution. Spe~i~ls. · ':'; :-·· ...

THE unity of Ireland on term~ ~ · Editor. that · have any real meaning for

the majority of the Irish people . . I , will never be realized under the WHE N YOU HAVE'READ AN PH03LACHT national bourge.oisie, UJho areun WHY NOT PASS IT. ~ DN TC A FRIEND, alterably opposed to the revolut­ AND HELP PR IJ PA~ ·. A_TE THE IDEAS OF ion progressing beyond its present RE VO LUTIONA RY IR["L'ANO. 7 0 * - j,.' .. -· ~ stage. NATIONALISM

THE following article by Eugene f~ilure to make inroads · and con­ mcElhbwhe ~ · appeared ih a recent verts. Politics isbasicall:y about issue' 'of NEW IRELAND, a mag ·azine economics, and in most countries which gives the opinions of the the economic question has resolved student body of Queen's University, - itself, the lines of those wish­ 8 e lf a s t. · We · ·:r e p r i n t i t b e c a u s e we ing to mak~ changes in ~ociety f eel it is heart 8 n in g t 0 f 1n d such opposing those who wish to conserve discussion devel·ciping within our the .§_tatus .9.!::!.E· However, · in .. Ire­ un-iversities. Also, it proffers land this has not begun to bappen an opportunit y to let our own read­ y et. Our politics continue : to be ers know that publications are do min a t e d b y t h e is s u e oF p a r t it ion. available which discuss problems of . gr~at tohc~rn to us all. These THE origins oF what . we, " today, ' mag~zines should be supported. call Patriotism are also rooted The fact that we republish this in economics. The First hostility article does not necessarily imply of the Irish to English invasion that we , agree with it. Actually, was derived,not From love of Ire­ we disagree with many bf its imp­ land, but of the lands which the licafions1 and these shall be English were seizing. This rem­ covered by a commentary which will ained the prime consideration Follow the article. However, we until the end of the late century, are by no means hostile to the and the growth of the Gaelic Lea­ article. On the contrary, we feel gue and "revivalism". The United it is a gladening sign that the Irishmen were primarily economists. students of Queen's are taking such WolFe Tone wanted to break the an interest in the country's pol­ connsction with England, not itical pfoblems; and more espec­ merely For nationalist reasons, ially, that they are seriously but because he regarded it as "the examining the means by which the never failing source of all our · situation can ·be righted. He is evils." The Fenians and the Land a poor revolutionary who would Leaguers were worried about abs­ riot stretch out his hand to such entee landlords and evictions,also men -- he would also be a very econ omic motivation. Today, Nat­ stupid one. So we say: good ionalism has become a vague concept, work Queen's, and may our other a blind impulse, a prejudice. No U fl i V e r S i t i e S f 0 ll 0 W i n y 0 U r S t e p S, one attempts to reason out his nationalism. One is born a Nat- * ... * * ion~li~t just as one-i~ born with two fee t . While I agree that an MO 5 T. p e o p l a in I r e la n d t o d ay appe~l to na~~onalism is not nec­ who desirB ~ national reunification essarily the best or only one,and and independence Fall mainly into while I do de~pise the idealism two groups. There are those that which attaches 'itself to national­ argue that the division of Ireland ism, neverthsles~ I b~lieve it is an injustice perpetrated against must be tempered ~ith a consider­ the wishes of the majority of the atio~ of economic fact. people of Ireland, that Ireland has the right to self-determinat­ PEARSE once said that Wh~never ion, and that submission to Brit­ an yone came to him and said he ish rule is a betrayal of one's lovsd Ireland, he was forced to country and an act of cowardice. ask himself could anyone walk thr­ And, there are others who believe ough the fields and mountains,see that National Independenc~ ismere their beauty, love them, and then ly a step which must be taken walk through the cities and towns before the Irish people can enjoy of i. ':;chnd and see the poverty and real progress and social Freedom. inju3tice that prevail without love of the people who live there IT would be fair to state is Qn e~pty thing. This fact begs that the Nationalist Party, which the ques1.:ion that removal oF part­ claims to represent the nationally ition will lead to prosperity. -minded people oF Northern I re land, ~o ~ l d th~ people be better off? mus t be placed in the first grou~ Would the twin evils of emigration It might also be fair to say that and u n c~ployment . be eradicated? it is the refusal of the Nation­ Retn o ~ · al of partition in itself will alist Party to adopt an economic m~ iiJ:l tlO th ing, National pridemioht arguman t which has caused i t to be s at isfied,but national hung~r, po ·Ja:·ty ,unempl8yment and homeless- sta~na t e , and has resulted in its a. ness LUill rt2/na.in Lfn"i'J;P{i!Based ..qn Jor ;historical 'il ; l, Ds{~at:ion;\ ~/;lat economic an's~e-r rnu'st' be'.: sought. 'an immense ' abyss'' · cri·~ ides ··b·'oth versions must· a-l·s-G--6e- .conced-ed. I believe that partition stands Keeping· all of th·i-s··-· ·in mind~ · we in the way of Irish proqress by then ask trrs ·logical questn:fn: - distracting people ffom r~al iss­ What does Eugene McEldowney ~ean ues. I believe too th~t it serves w·h en he says "~~at ion a 1 is m is not the' purpose of British Imperialism enough."? ' by dividing the people and prevent­ -Ino the establishment of an indep­ FROM his article we get a en~ent Irish economy. I also bal- definite impression that Eugene ieve it to be the negation of the views the parliamentary concept of wishes of the majority of the Irish nationalism as the ·only one. And, people,and therefore the negation since this is quite . obviously of democracy. For these reasons incapable of coming to grips with I oppose partition, but I realise ~resent conditions in Ireland, he that abolition will not be enoug~ automatically condemns nationalism in toto. Such a blanket condemn­ IT will be useless if a green ation isrnost certainly illfounded. flag is to Fly over Ulster and the people are to remain under the WHILE it would be too tedious same injustices. Only .reunificat­ by far to examine the article step ion coupled uJith a new ::;ocial order, by step, a few of its statements where the wealth oF our country beg comment. will belong to the people, where economic planning supercedes the IN the first paragraph the present disorder, where vested Irish people arebasically divided interests are put in their proper into two groups. The first, app­ place -- only this will be worth arently,are devoid of both polit­ having. Such a system alone will ic~l and economic motive, and are cure the evils rampant in our land p"rope'lled soley by emotion. The today. With the establishment of ·· second appear to be concerned only such a society Catholic and Prot­ with the economic aspects of our estant will learn to live together o0erall problems. This is a high­ in the knowledge that they have ly irrational division, and a nothing to Fear from each other. couple of minutes' perusal of the - ~ As things stand at present, it paragraph will show why, without must be realised that Nationalism touching further on it here. is not enough. IT would be more correct to say that the two groups generally represent: l) those who desire political unity, but who do not desire alterations in the present socio-economic structure as a NATIONALISM is a composite of whole; 2)thoie who aim at nation­ which the constituent parts, in al unity on the basis of totally varying degrees, are social, pol­ destroying the political, social, itical and economic. Nationalism, and economic structure which now like democracy, is also a relative prevails on both sides of the factor rather than an absolute one. oorder, and its replacement by a Consequently, various people, and social democracy which would be more especially, various social more complementary to the needs of classes, have a definite tendency the people. to give it different meaning. THE Nationalist Party of the THERE are many interpretations of Six-Counties, being a bourgeois Irish Nationalism. To the Irish orientated body, falls into the bourgeoisie, Crattan, O'Connell, first group. And,as a consequence, Butt, Parnell and other parliam­ it evinces a complete disregard ent~ry figures, are nationalists. For the economic and social prob­ I r ish r ad i c a ls , on the other hand, lems which beset the common peo­ ~ould look askance at the Fore- ple of the Six-Counties; and for ;m;'en t i on e d ; t h e y c e r t a i n l y w o u l d that matter,which weigh down on the n' 0 t ' d .e e m t h em t r u e n a t i 0 n a l i s t s . common people of Ireland as a Their nationalism is of a differ­ whole. · They take this stand -­ ent school, resting on s~ch men which McEldowney complains of --not ·as Wolfe Tone, Emmet, Lalor, Ste­ because they are simply national­ phens, Connolly, Pearse,etc. The ists, but because they are bourg­ contradictions between ooth ideas eois nationalists; their "stag­ of Irish · ~Jationalism should be nation" reflects their class com- readily app~rent wit~out the need g~ittment,and not a lac~ of awa~e- n e s s o f s o c icd a n d e c on o mi c i s s u e s. anized•_people's party emerges,all th-e bou-rgeois.ie will _unite toopp­ TO implement the economic o se it . Indeed , we h a:cJ __a mp le reforms envisioned by McEldowney, opportunity to appreciate the would also ~ecessitate political r a p i d- i t y wi t h wh i c h t h i s b o u r g e o i s and social -- readjustments;and this unity came into play, when the can only be achieved through a Eree State sped to the aid of tfie revolutionary nationalist effort. Unionist r.-'egi·me, -which was being Furthermore,such a re-orientation threatened by the ll· R. A: - The of Irish society can only be bra­ I.R.A. of the nineteen fifties ought about in a united Ireland,and was _ by no means radical in its not by any piecemeat efforts such _ social or economic ideas. Still, as the Communist Party considers were it successful in its attempt p os s i b l e ._ Con s e que n t l y , the ab o - to start a guerilla war in the lition of Partition constitutes an Six Counties, forces of a very important element of any effort radical nature could well emerge aimed at economic and social rec­ and take over the direction of the overy. I~~ - word, if McEidowney liberation struggle. It w~s this desires economic reforms ~n the possibility that influenced the level he ;considers necessary,then, Fcee State in its actions - their what he desires, perhaps without response to the attacks being made b e in g a wa .r e of i t , is t h e r e v i v a l on the Stormont regime being an of revo l utionar y nationalism in expression of class solidarity in Ireland. the hour of need- ONE peculiar statement in the HOWEVER, the fact that bourg­ article· is that the writer despises eois nationalism is as it is-does "the idealism which attaches it­ - not mean we . have to throw all self to nationalism." What in the -- concepts of nationalism overboard. devil does he mean by this? Idea­ Instead, we must develop our rev­ lism,when tempered by the necessary .-. _olutionary nationalist tradition, revol~tionary fealism, is an ind- ­ . and interpret it in the light of ispens.ible element to any attempt - existing conditions. Only in this at realizing even such economic _ manner can the Irish problem -- changes as he himself seems to social, political and economic -- desire. It is idealism to desire .be solved. Therefore, we sa y : and work towards the liberation In Ireland,"Bourgeois Nationalism of Ireland, ~ocially, politi~ally .is not enough;" but,"Revolution­ and economically . I f the men ar y Nationalism will certainly do striving fo~ such objects are not the job . " idealists, then, what in Cod's name- are they? LONC LIVE THE RIGHTS Or THE IRISH THE 'most important proposal PEOPLE! LO NC LIVE THE REVOLUTI ON of the article · is the writer's insistence that the raimeis of the ARY IDEALISM THAT STRIVES TO parliamentary-bourgeoi~tional­ ists is insufficient to meet the OVERTHROW THE OICTATQRSHIP Or needs of the present situation. This is most certainly tru~. CAPITAL! Instead of coming to grips with the problems as a whole,the bour­ geois nationalist politicians :; -i; -7.· emphasize the political factor of partition;and by concentrating on it they hope the people ingeneral ONE Or OUR CREAT RE VO LUTI ONARIES will neglect to develop an aware­ ness of the reactionary socio­ ":3 ELl EV HIC, HOWEVER, THAT AN Y- economic set-up now existing on both sides of the Border. And THINC SH ORT Or A THO ROUGH SLCIAL this,by the way, is the policy of all parliamentary parties in the REVOLUTION CAN EFrECT BUT SMALL Free State, as well as of the Nationalist Part y of the Six Cou­ CODD FOR THE PE OPLE ..... MY r i RM nties. RESOLUTION IS TO ESTABLISH A THE Unionist Party, also of the bourgeoisie, stands opposed DE mOCRATIC REPU3LIC I N IRELA ND; politically to the nationalist bourgeoisie. Howe ver,such a can­ THAT IS, A REPUBLIC FOR THE WEAL t r a d i c t i o·n i s b y n o me an s a b n o r ma l . You can be sure that when an org- Or THE TOILERS." James Stephens ~ \Cl WARM SEND-OFF qoing to recei v e much co-operation from the crowd they are now tied ..· FO·R to. . .: .' .. ·· ·AT the rate things are going, BR (TJ ~ SH ... GuN ~BOA T the so - called I.R.A: - me~ ih Dub­ . •, .. - . .,. lin are becomin6 mor~ ~roficient ·:: ,-· in balla.d sinq(nq a~ddancing than in the i r r 8 a l . j 0 f le a r ll n g t OF . H. IYI . S . 8 r a ii a· do r de re r t e c e i v e d Ob l an unexpe'cted' salute as it departed fig.ht. And frorr. vJhat T·hea-r, thee ­ from Luaterford on -September lOth, same applies to Cork · i:ity and.­ when 3 Republican· soldiers let other larg.e' urban areas. know.ri, the Iris.h people's feelings THE present situation , and the by firing a salve at the unwelcome a t_ m·os ph e r e tu i t h in t he I . R . A. , r em - · visito r . Unfort0~ately, no cas ­ inds me of the suggestion made in ualties were inflicted on the. 19~6 by a certain individual, to enemy vessel. You had better brush . the efrect that it was a great up on . yo~f , shOotlrig boys; this · p it Y. ·w e· c o u l c not f i g h t the 3 r it ish sort of 1neffitiency could 0~ry by writing n:::~s ty letters to them . well qive Irish revolutionari~s ~ No doubt this character would be bad name . · excellent at ' this form of combat, s e·e in o · as h '6w he ' s ma k in g a n a rn e THE oe~er:::~l details of this f or h i m se l f at p r e se h t tur i t in g. affray ha~e been covered oy:·the historical stories and advising regular press, so it is unnecess­ our youth how to become good pat~ ar-y :to repeat them. However, riots - Cod help us! Cod help a fsw of the hidden .Facts ~ay be I r el a n.d ! un f 0 r tun at e l y ' he d i.d n I t F_ t t . o : in er:_.e ,s p_rov'e :so hot. :::~ few years · back o_n. t h. ~ h ills of U l s t er with a gun in> et·o sorn'e Of ·_' i' happ:e~ed f~n 'ac ro~s his ha~>d; he ·found that he coul-d the I!R:A~::O -rii:tS~hn Fe;in Hbras··s" in · ~at shoot at the R. U. C. or Specials_. O~blin sooq,.after the f~~~~e~f be­ T~~ pcli~t I ~rr. trying to make ~s came · known; .. r\'lan ali0e,you'd · think that . the present lead~rsbip . sets i t wa s a ~ ~ j 0 r. 8 e p ~ b 11 c an c a t as t ~ oreat Faiih in the ~dvocators · of rophe. · Their. ta~es . had lhat lon~ C~rbal combat with the enemy, and worried look., .. as" they expia'ined 1 the ~ ~on ' t like it when someone th;o.t th:es.e · ' irrespons io_le char ­ fires. a gun. "C ood c;od mall, that acter.sJI wer.e bent in get,t'l:o_q 8very­ co_uld get us all in jail." body ·:..,in trouble . " R,i(hard_ :Jehal came in for special co·mm ent; but • THI{ same principle also applies it is apparent that th~ y are a t,Q the pro'fests · made during the little scared to throw him and recent cou.r't hear inos of the t,hree the others like him out ·o f the arrestee Republic:::~n.soldiers .• Gu -r 0 r [J an i z a t- io ri: ' b e c a u s e t h i s w 0 u l d br:::~ v e I . R.A. came equipped with probably cause another split, and fi"(ACKARDS. . . In the qooc old days leave the~. with nothing ~ut the their ·equ:l'pment would have been a regular bunc.h of stump-or:::~tors . l i t t l e '1Wr e sub s t an t i a l ; and lf " the cry of "the Cork boys havear ­ IN a nut-shell, the Waterford rived" had gone up - - as it did ircident was looked upon as a recentiy -- y ou would h:::~ve found verv stupid piece of work~ which th~ 3roy Harriers running For co~id ~9 no good to the movement. cover, and not standing their This may be.. .i3a·, d'e'j::ienui:no;J--·o-n-- - yo~ cround in the middle of the road . ·· ·poTntaf ·v·i·ew·· · ---.For .. m';l .... Q. Q.~_t_ 1 __ _ I Ye s i n d e e d , t h in g s su r e l y h a v e think it was a ve r y good job that changed, and for the worst . -s·drn eon6' let it be known :.that we are .. not all West - :nitons yet; and the And y et, suppose things could j men who had the coura~e to take be fa r worse; at least there are up positions on the banks of still men like Dunphy, 8ehal and ~ate rford harbour gave expression Kell v1 who are prepared to fight : to the deep - down s~ntiments of the both north and south of the border. Yrish people . Over a hundred years ago,Kilkenny was one of the fifst to espouse IT i~ a great pity that such the Fenian faith; it ma y be thdt men don't come togetherwithlike­ Kilkenny men, such as the fore ­ minded parties throughout the mentioned' will step into.the gap country, and form a revolutionary again today and give that faith a army more compatible to their very necessar y injection of life . oeneral sentiments. 3ecause the y ~an be sure that they are never * * ll . DANCER! the polemics of the split between the Revo lutionary and "revisionist" sections of the Socialist Movement to pass a final judQement;but, if EVER SINCE his departure from this does not per§o~ify socialist Sinn Fein,Ssan Caughey of Belfast "revisionism" in all its tarnished has been a busy man. We find him glory,then, will some reader ple­ in Dundalk early in August,talking ase write AN PHOBLACHT and enlight with ca'bo'gs like himself .on the en thiswriter Further on the sub ­ subject of uniting Republicans for ject. a parliamentary onslaught on the WHAT HAS Mr . Caughey to say that border. The following month he's pleases the DEMOCRAT so well? in Dublin visiting theFree Stata's . AFTER WRITI NG some twelve quisling Minister of Justice, and paragraphs of rigmarole, whose offering to co- operate with Lein­ incoherency is such that it defies ster House tobring about theunity rational analysis , Caughey gives of the country. Caughey also requ­ a - 7 point p r ogramme to put "press­ ested t~at the Free State assist ure" on the Free State, and force the "pro-Irish section " of the Six its politicians toact against the Counties, by providing them ~ith continuation of partition. The military training. In OetoG-er; - we proposals range from "writing to fi nd him stating his views in THE T.S.s,making suggestions, critic­ IRISH DEMOCRAT. The man certainly ising ,u rging action,"to,"lobbying gets around. T.D.s; organizing demonstratiohs) WHILE IT is impossible to cover holding parades and pickets." He in deta il all of the goings on of e~~s his little gem with: t h 1s er s t wh i le s ma ll " r " rep u b l i can, "Consideration of possible it is still very obvious that the steps to be taken has been man i.s . either an id i 0 t ' 0 r ' that he confined to political action. The b~lie~~~ th~ Irish people, and politicial possibilities should be especially those of the 6 Counties, completely exhausted before other tb - 6~ uiter f ools, It would, ~er ­ methods_ are use-d,;, · ~ips, be mor§ chari~able .to say THAT'S NICE : "The political the _man is -a bloody fool,and fer­ possibil i ties· should be .completely vently hope that his tomfoolery exhausted before other methods will not ~ause further .confusion are used." Ever since that double in the ranks of the 6 County nat ­ -crossing West Briton, Dan O'C on­ ionalists. Cod knows, the north ­ nell, got upon his ora~ge box to ern scene is insufficient disarray crusade f or Repeal of the Union -­ without CaugheY charging about it some 3million dead Irishmen ago-­ like "the bull in the proverbial we ' ve heard the same old yar n. china shop. The record is getting a little - TH E MEANS by which Caughey worn boys. What intrigues me is ~isualizes the reunification of what these people mean by "comple­ Ireland a~e given in the October tely exhausted?" Do they mean when issue of THE IRISH DEMOCRAT . they are "completely exhausted?" P~~sumably,this excuse for a pol­ Or, when the Irish ~eople are it~c~l p~per, the official or gan "completely exhausted?" It's a of the Connolly Association,is in good question. agreement with him. Certainly, THIS LINE of gibberish i~, of it publi shed his article without course, right down the alley of editorial comment;and we all know the somewhat "jaded reds" who that while any political organ may operate out of 16 King St. ,London , often publishmaterial contrary to Hence,its inclusion in a ~a~er of its own views, it will invariably a communist front organization . make the fact well known. Since Reactionaries, whet he r they be of this was not done in this case, the right or of the left, usually we are justified in thinking that make good companions;they ha~e so the C. A. agrees with Caughey; and much in common, Caughey, formerly that the Communist Party is also of right wing Sinn Fein, finds gf a like mind, since it is well encouragement in the pages of a known that the C. A. and the C.P . reactionary left-wing paper. It are of one mould. is a fitting wedding of lost souls. '. :. GUR READERS can now see why OF itself the mess worries us but we are so intrigued by Caughey 's little; we only hope that the men appearance in the pages of the of the north retain a proper per ­ DEMGCRAT. Caughey, a midget pol­ spective of the whole affair. An itician who barely rises to the important role awaits the rebels aspirations of a petty bourgeois of the 6 Counties;let's hope that democra-t, r-eceives -- fi-eadlines in in the meantime they will not allow a paper claimin~ to represent the themselves to be taken for a ride revolutionary aspirations of James by an y orators whd suggest - that Connolly, and the revolutionary the Free State is going · to a rm theories of Karl Marx! ! ! ! ! ! ! re volutionaries to free Ireland. We are not sufficiently versed on. That yarn should be kept for the 12. fairies. (BY Paddy Mac) Tt-k~E \Mll.t. SE"~ flG\4!1 CATHAL ADMITS thaf th~ - iulinq class of the Free State "has shown y£.6! BV! 'WMEI'? . ~ eY ~WDMf nothing but opposition'' to the co­ operative movement. Still , the I.V h e n s p e a k i n g a t 0 r .og he d a on on l y c on c l u s i o n he d r a ws i s t h a t we August 15th, CathaJ ~1 ~pulding must still Fight along onthe s ame . remarked: There will be a fight, lines;he even infers that Capitai ~ t h e r e mu s t b e a f i g .h t . " Yas C a t h - ism in Ireland can be defeated by . al, tha·t sort of .talk is sure to such "economic resist ance" -as he draw: a cheer, but· who is go:in g to sty les it. start this Fighting you talk apout? IT WOULD certainly be easier Cert~Jnly not the I.R.A. I~ has for all of us iF this were true. become a standing joke throughout Howev er,anyone who has given even the -x;o.untTy; · no one has taken it a cursory attention to the ..essent­ ser:iously for years, and nothing_ ials of Capitalism, and th! mean~ . has been dOnB as ye~ to rectify by which it exerts its _gcl]nomic i t s· d e c l i n e . - dictatorship, is aware that co­ THE CONTENT of the oration in operatives functioning ina b,ourg­ g-eneral s.hows ·clearly that the eois state cannot appreciably thinking of the ~epublican Move­ counteract the ascendancy of thB ment has not chanoed a bit. They capitalist rulin g class. As has are still t~lkinq ~ in terms oF been said: · l)such people 's mov­ fighting on two - distinct levels ements ~o not,and cannot, possess a g a i n s t a u n i t e d e n em y; T h e p o l i c y ~eans adequate For such a task; still remains: military action in 2) even if they were capable some­ the North,and parl.i.amentary action how of ma~shalling such economic in the Free State; the latter is strength, they would never be now styled something called-. ",the allowed to develop it. The simple economic resistance .campaign .," fact of the matter is that a cap­ whatever that means. italist state is designed, not THESE PEOPLE still haven't alone to Facilitate the operation got it through their thick skulls of the capitalist machine, but that you cannot overthrow ~ the 6 also to ensure its continuity. County set-up without overthrowing THE FDRECDINC observations on that of the 26. They rant and the limits of the co-operative t~ve about cross-border collusicn movement should not ba taken as a to- combat the I.R.A. whenever it condemnation of its basic princi­ attempts to strike in the North; ples. The ·idea itself is admirable, and yet, the significance of this and in a state committed to the in­ collusion has n~ver been related terests of the working people,whi­ to the policies of the Republican eh would be in complete sympathy !Yiovem ent. Why? wi.th the principle of co-operative CATHAL LAMENTS the social and endeavour, such a system of co-op e c on-o mi c e x p l o i t a t i on of t h e erative labour would .be a ~ajar working people in the Free State. factor of the economy~ However, He rightly lays the blame at the it is foolish to think that it is f e et of l he ne o- c o l on -i a r s y s t em possible to overthrow Irish Capi­ which. iules the area- although he talism by co-operatives. Such a dbes not say so in as many words. task can only be done by destroy­ .H o wev e r , · h e g o e s on t o s ay th a t in g the polifical, social and ec­ this tan be combatted by the to~ onomic Foundations of Irish Capi­ operat{v~ ~nd Credit Union move­ talism:and this means REVOlUTION . ments which e'xist here and There .SHOULD MR. Coulding rea~l~ ~tound the country. As ~ ~emb~r desire the social and economic of Sinn Fein, he also belieV~s changes he speaks of so eloquently, t~~t this neo-colanial syste~ c~n then;he had better start th~nking be destroyed by electing a Sinn in terms of revolut ionar y action; Fein majority to Lein~t~f ~ House. he had better join the revolution­ How naive can o~~ 9et? aries of the. country,an8 quit preaching that mumbo-jumbo he now IN THE FIRST place bh~ co-op resorts to on public occasions. er.at:lve and Credit Union movements to which he refers cari : nevS~ hope ( 8 Y P ad d y IYI .a c , ) to compet~ in a big way against the resource~ oF the 5outgeois class which dominates the state. Even if they could·, 'which is impossible~tHey woula not be all­ owed to >. develop :to the stag e where they would present such a threat. · Oesmond Swanton "'il. Commemo:rLhrve ~· commn:;~.ee

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