m MOCRAT FOUNDED IN 1939. THE PAPER THAT SHOWS THE WAY FORWARD No. 335 MAY 7972 7P TORIES PLOTTING A Amnesty; and marches begin INTERNMENT was introduced as I a sop to the Unionists when the Apprentice Boys' march in NEW PARTITION Derry was banned. Mr. Whitelaw is trying to extri- cate the Unionists from the conse- quences of that disastrous blunder. That is why he has simul- A ROD IN PICKLE IF WHITELAW FAILS taneously announced an amnesty on people taken up for illegal marching. These include Frank He has declined to invade the MacManus, Bernadette Devlin, "no go" areas—yet. Gerry Fitt and many more. Simultaneously he allows a THE KEY IS CIVIL RIGHTS He has said it WILL BE trickle of internees out. DONE sometime. And he has Why so slow? The lifting of the explained when. It is when he ban on marches means that the •pHE proposal of Conservative M.P., Julian Critchley for a new Orangemen are to be allowed their has split the people. When usual festival of hate, forjwe are partition of Ireland, published in a pamphlet on April 24th, must- their unity is broken he can not-far off July. be treated seriously and fought to the last. go in without fear and restore But if the internees are not all the rule of the bludgeon. released, those still in custody are It is not a madman's rav- "MORE DEFENSIBLE" were given up, the Republic hostages for the quie\n^ss of the So he sits there smiling wanly ings. It is published by the He thinks that Catholics would have to foot most of nationalists during the Orange and doling out concessions. He parading season. extremely influential "Bow from the Belfast area would the bill. must go on doling them out til] Crafty boy, this Whitelaw. Group" of the Tory Party, and move into the Republic and the people are split. what they say one day has a Protestants from the areas The plan could be put into A good reason why they habit of becoming Tory policy handed over would come into effect in conjunction with Mr. should refuse to be split. MANCttES If the people are split and the another. the north-eastefn area which Paisley's proposal to merge troops and police move in, we CONl The argument Mr. Critch- would be annexed to England the six counties with Eng- shudder to think what would ley makes is that 8tormont in effect. land. The extreme difficulty of be the consequences to the cannot remain suspended for breaking the will of ..^fche^ people, stye fear it would - foe much the' same whether they A SERIES of mischances ever. Yet it is difficult to see What he wants is a "smal- people in the "no go" areas had "supported" or "disowned" affected the success of the has at last impressed on how it can ever be restored. ler and more defensible Nor- the I.R.A. To Mr. Whitelaw and conference to be held by the thern Ireland," which Eng- some Tories that the people his friends they're all Paddies. "Irish Democrat" in Manchester, The handing over of the land could hold for ever—he of these areas are not pre- They'd not ask "are you one of and it has therefore been de- nationalist border areas to thinks! pared to accept Unionist rule. the peace women". cided to put the date back, so the Republic would have that there will be extra time for But if he fails he may then many advantages to "far- There are advantages he turn to the Critchley plan. preparation. "NO GO" AREAS The new date is June 25th, sighted Unionists," says Mr. does not mention. The bor- What the people want is to and local announcements will be •Critchley, who is M P. for der areas are the places that But Mr. Whitelaw has not preserve unity and insist on the granting of civil rights. Civil made. Aldershot. have been starved of capital. given up hope. His tactics are rights is the key. It is hoped to draw people It would be easier to hold It is reckoned that £1,000 m. more subtle, and dangerous in from the area stretching REPRESENTATIVE the smaller area with the would be needed to put the thoughts lurk behind that about 20 miles from Man- The future of Stormont ? Ob- much more overwhelming six counties on their feet eco- condescending smile. He chester, including Warrington viously pending the reunifica- and Huddersfield. Unionist majority. nomically. If the border areas wants to get back to 1968. tion of Ireland it is better te have some representative as- sembly in the six counties than to be ruled by a dictatorship as. Putting a rift in the 'paper wall' at present. At least you have « little say. THE IRISH DEMOCRAT is tion is to lead the Irish in Bri- factories or on jobs, to hawk from people who live in Eng- That is provided it is elected by proportional representation, it about among their friends land. For every Irishman and • not a commercial news- tain to play their proper part and has not got extravagant paper. It exists not to make in the working class move- and workmates. There are every worker it supplies in- powers of oppression. Whether a profit for its owners, but in ment of this country, and to huge areas where no copies dispensable arguments that it meets at Stormont or some- order to tell the TRUTH about persuade that movement to are sold, not because there can be used anywhere, from where else doesn't much mattei; Ireland, to try to lift a wee use its organised strength to are not readers waiting, but the public house or club to nor what it is called. The Irish in Britain should corner of the curtain of lies compel the Tories and their because we have no machin- the workshop floor. oppose root and branch any put up to fool people who imitators to get right out of ery to get the paper to the We say confidently that proposal for a further partition, live in England. Ireland. The Irish Democrat readers. there is no paper like it. Why or a merging of the six counties For this reason, in order supports the British workers not fill in the coupon below with England. They should .in their effort to secure de- and post to Charlie Cunning- press relentlessly for the Bill of to be absolutely independent UR position is typical. If Rights which would make the cent living standards, better of business pressures, it ac- O you've nothing to say, ham at 283 Grays Inn Road, demand* of the Civil Rights cepts no paid advertisements. working conditions, and every facility will be given London, W.C.1. Movement the law of the land. Anything advertised i n the above all democracy. It holds you to say it. If you've some- DEMOCRAT is advertised the view that the uWmate of thing important to say, the democracy must b%-social- free. establishment will move To: Charles Cunningham, 283 Grays Inn Road, W.C.I ism. This means no advertiser heaven and earth to stop your can browbeat the DEMO- gob. Please post me copies of the current issue of CRAT. For that happens to Every month there are May we ask YOU, if you the Irish Democrat and I will try to sell them. others. It happened to a fa- articles in the DEMOCRAT can undertake to distribute a mous national daily, that had that put this case. But the few copies each month ? We to change its policy on the paper is boycotted by the big can have them posted to your Name Common Market. monopoly distributors in Eng- address, and a bill will be sent during the month. Every HE aim we seek to pro- land, though we are glad to Address IRISH DEMOCRAT sold is a T mote is a united inde- say not in Ireland. We thus rift in the "paper wall" that pendent Irish Republic, and have to rely on members of keeps the knowledge of Ire- the welfare of the working the Connolly Association and land and Irish affairs away class. Our special contribu- kindred societies, workers in May 1972May 1972 THE IRISH DEMOCRAT May 1972 THE IRISH DEMOCRAT ENGLAND CIN LAE DEFEND THE TRADE UNIONS! AMHLAOIBH TRICKY DICKY IS NOW AT BAY \\ lli:\ . in defend ihr tnid<> nulv interests they represent are the employers sent inland- illegal. For it could not operate. «( in Lae Amhlaoibh (An Clocho- ;•:;:<) ns, even <ninehod\ the interests of their own packed goods to the docks they NOW A mhw. Bade Athu Cliath). HE Even the semi-fascist regimes 'J' NTklt irresponsible U.S.B.Y2 decide now—he may ahead;. have <••'!! pn.-on ia-t week. h,.j-(!td wr.i. \e's trad-.' union. •:nn tii'jend pockets. And the hypocrites refused to put them on board. of the E.E.C. have no law like ^ ERY occasionally you come murder raids on the Vietnamese done so—to persist in his murderous being a conspirator and a prophet by \ r/rself know it. capital. Hanoi, and the port of this. For iniquity it passes be- across a book that is an bombing attacks on North Vietnam uf violence, hits now been released The result was that the em- Haiphong, are clearly the maddest For what do trade unions «'a;sf z^XD the sole reason for the yond all expression.