THREE BODY BLOWS IRISH I/- HIT THE DEMOCRAT JULY 1969 UNIONISTS Foreign landlords burnt Irish question now international out of Westmeath farms N.I.L.P. SACKS RIGHTIST LEADERS IRISH LAND FOR IRISH PEOPLE! • S their internal support and international repute crumbled under three devastating 'pHREE large houses occupied by knocked down the gates, and the Germans in Meath and Louth placards they carry urging people ^^Th blowe FIRSs inT onBLOe Wmont wahs ththee Belfasattackt bUnionisty the influentias were lreduce Inter-d tomos weat damagink bumbling blogw protestsof all, .wa s struck by the Northern Ireland La- were set alight by the I.R.A. in early not to pay charges are being widely national Commission of Jurists which described the gerrymander- June as part of a campaign by Re- obeyed by the summer throngs each bour Party at its annual confer- publicans against incursions by Sunday. ing, discrimination in the six counties as shocking. ence. foreign landowners in Ireland. The statement went on to say A resolution was passed which Two of the properties belonged to that the six counties has become pledged the Labour Party to devot< large estates the local farmers have itself to the struggle for democracy a byword like South Africa for back- wanted divided for a long time. The WE ARE WITHIN SIGHT OF in the six counties as an integral Westmeath Lanifc^League hasybeen wardness and oppression. part of the civil rights movement. gitating that the^atoalfl be taken by the Land Cpmartasion. The SECOND BLOW was the As a result of the debate> on this although they had no connection OUR FIRST OBJECTIVE statement by Senator Edward Ken- issue the old pro-Unionist leaders with the burnings nedy in a message to the Belfast lost the* positions. Instead of an "jpHE Connolly Association rally Labour movement, especially the A debate has occuWU on the mat- trade unions. -4 Civil Rights Association which image of watered-down Unionism, ter in the German Parliament, in Trafalgar Square on July the NXL.P is now likely to present where there has been uproar be- said: "Your cause is a just cause. 13th, which follows a series of OMING to thfe Trafalgar Square one of vigorous national democracy. cause of this threat to German rally are contingents from the The reforms you seek are basic to nationals abroad. The incidents marches on the Ulster Office C Movement for (Colonial Freedom, all democracies worthy of the There is already speculation as have been condemned by many pub- from various parts of London, London District Sheet Metal Work- to whether they will amalgamate lic bodies in Ireland tat there Is name." ers, Wandsworth Trades Council, with Mr. Fitt's party and link up considerable local support for them. has as its object the reaffirma- together with the Wembley No. 3, ^JOUFLED with the statement was with Labour in the twenty-six coun- There is much support for the tion of the basic strategy for Amalgamated Engineering & Foun- a demand by one hundred mem- ties. R^Mlcans^ in^wtcMoyalao. where dry Wa*er& Hammersmith M& deip6ettcy wlilctt the Con- bers of Congress that President Trades Council Is also expected to NOTHER possibility is "to all- points to Brittae Bay every Sunday nolly Association has been bring its banner. Nixon should order his puppet A Ireland Civil Rights convention during June urging visitors not to Harold Wilson to end the present called by the three Labour parties pay the tolls imposed by local land- working on since the great But more are wanted. Is your with full official trade union sup- owners. state of affairs. marches across England that union among those who are think- port. This is what is believed to Until a few years ago anyone who were held in 1961 to 1963. ing it over? The THIRD, and in the long run have been in the mind of Mr. Brom- wanted could use the, roads and ley when he talked of the Xabeur paths leading to the splendid TPHAT strategy was to roll back movement taking the lead i» the beach at Brittas Bay. Then gates the Unionist tyranny with the civil rights movement which is now were put up and charges imposed somewhat short of Labour and How local Republicans have aid of British democracy, and thus APOLOGY TO CORRESPONDENTS trade union support free the people for the building of irPHE "Irish Democrat" apologises paper afloat, We need at least £30 a' united Ireland. to a number of correspondents a month. And we are glad to re- The developments in Strasbourg who sent letters to the editor on port that this month we have just and Washington mean-that tbt civil LIVERPOOL The first task was to make the controversial subjects. It has not got it. Our thanks to: A. Broad- rights question is now in the Add Irish Question an issue of British been found possible to publish hurst 3/6, Meic Haines 10/-, Joe of international politics good and 13 JULY - 3 p.m. politics by fixing British responsi- them. Whelaa £1 8a 6d, Miss F. C. Mc- proper. bility. The reason is the desperate Carthy 10/-, F. O. (Nuneaton) £3, Unless Britain's weak Premier PIER HEAD shortage of space. B. Wilkinson 15/-. M Keane 2/-, R. Wilson pulls himself together he That has been achieved. We now Brennan 2/6, Hammersmith Readers may find himself in serious diffi- This month we wanted to cover approach our first goal. The estab- 4/-, Camden Town Readers 6/8, culties. Tony MacCMIand lishment of a more democratic sys- the twenty-six county election as Paddington Readers 6/-, South (Liverpool Trades Council) tem, for already the~front of Union- thoroughly as possible. But we London Readers £1 8s. 6d„ Bast This is the ti»e for the British ism is breached. would need a twelve-page paper, and London Readers 7/6, G. and- E. Labour movement to be brought in could easily All it each month. Shields £19, P. Devlne £1, P. Cun- to the fray. A favourable vole at John MacClelland The vital thing now required is Unfortunately it is as much as ningham 10/-, Miscellaneous £2 the Labour Party conference could the participation of the British we can do to keep an eight-page 16s. 9d. Total £31 10s. 6d. well tip the scales. ©IM^INIE) PIM I •NORTTHIHtM URBANE** (Six Irish Counties occupied by England) Trafalgar Square - 4 p.m Speakers : FREE THE ANDREW BARR Sunday, July 13th, 1969 PEOPLE TO SEAMUS COSTELLO JACK RUSCA WORK FOR JOHN RYAN, M.P. SEAMUS COSTELLO AN JOE DEIQHAN (Trade Union Leader) (Sinn Fein Councillor) ROBERT R08SITER IRISH Chairman: JOSEPH DEIGHAN JOHN RYAN, MP. JACK RUSCA DESMOND GREAVES REPUBLIC PARADE LEAVES MARBLE ARCH 3.15 p.m. July t969 THE IRISH DEMOCRAT 2 THE IRISH DEMOCRAT July 1969 WORLD COMMENTARY By PAT DEVINE NEWS FROM THE LEE By JIM SAVAGE CIVIL RIGHTS IRISH DEMOCRAT Iditor: DESMOND GREAVKS MAKING MONEY OUT OF APARTHEID \ssociate Editor: PROTEST I'I'HF Rhrvrlpsi-m , SEAN REDMOND HE Rhodesian fascists have o their senses, and continue dis- TOM BARRY HITS OUT AT EEC started Trojan more than 10 million solidated (33.5 per cent followed b\ completed their long-awaited cussions before the new Const a u- with a grade of around one pei V VP late the people here in this have been proud to play to the men. members and officials of Midle- Books: GERARD C'URRAN rel'erenduins and the result is as Anglo itself. "THE well-known Cork gue- DAY t ion is implemented. cent. ^ city oi Cork are beginning to audiences thVre. Several prominent ton Urban District Council and expected. Rand Selection. Zambian Angle- rrilla fighter Commandant- Songs: Patrick Bond Profits ot the Anglo-American see issues far more clearly than painters also held their exhibitions their wives, as well as local business British capitalism doesn't want to American and King of the Rand. General Tom Barry lectured re- against the They hope the referendum result Corporation of Rhodesia could be in the past, for instance Cork Cor- in the Group Theatre. men and clergy, stabbed in the back Administration: lose a juicy financial plum the ex- Harry Oppenheimer's family. Rio cently in Galway University and sectarianism will legalise their crimes against the tent of which can be seen from the £5 million to £10 million by 1972. poration asked the Minister for Ex- the people of the North by this of A. Curran, James Kelly, 'Iinto (Rhodesia) will bring in its African people. But it won't, It will comments of the "Daily Express" Shareholders are Charter Con- spoke for over two hours on his The sale was a package deal for official reception. D. Deighan, E. & G. Shields Empress Mine next year. Output is ternal Affairs to protest to the U.S. be just the opposite. Money Page 23-6-69 which makes personal experiences of the Tan an undisclosed sum and Russ Cor- P. Mulligan, C. Cunningham. Government abOut. the proposal to Mr. Joseph Duggan, chairman of 12™ JULY the following points. and Civil War. dump 27,000 tons of mustard and bett declined to give any informa- In a country of 4.500.000 people the Midleton U.D.C., presented a including 225.000 whites, nerve gas containers in the Atlantic. tion beyond saying, "I cannot tell POSTER PARADES roughly He was asked nuiherous questions, canteen of cutlery to the Mayor, 80,000 voted. The coloured PROFITEERS MOVE IN They were of the opinion that the you anything about this at all.