right stress the freedom of the press -i.e. editorial freedom during newspaper disputes? Why do employers call for secret ballots of workers during strikes? Again, 'democratic' attitudes on Portugal logically follow the silence throughout the years of the Salazar and Caetano dictatorships. Class context Democracy must oe scen un a class context, as arising trom and turnering ine independent struggies or une working class and students in the present crisis. What the right understand by democracy is the absolute freedom of the individual, in isolation from collective activity, to make an independent choice. Such a choice is impossible.
collective orgamsauon ane actry The analogy with the Broad Left in the NUS is clear as students display increasing demoralisation and confusion on me key Donnical issucs or me day All the fine words about opposing incomes poncy were lett in a blanduano conference hall. not make one mention of the 26 November jobs demonstration in its mailings to local unions.
The Broad Left also fails predictably to understand the nature of the question of democracy. Its conference motion opposes direct elections to the executive, but at the same time calls for college-wide. secret ones lor comerence accedics We support the Broad Left in their cartor let uniy to oppose une murcal or me 91L But we do not think that a cereat on one vote at one conterence
10 Ireland/Fasists Photo: Morning Star Labour Party member Graham Atkinson after NF thugs had finished with him to the people whien ne truce stands! Red Weekly 4 December 1975 JOHN MAGEE reports from Belfast The closure of the British Government incident centres in Northern Ireland - from which direct phone links were maintained with Provisional Sinn Fein - has been dismissed as unimportant by the Provisionals. The latter have declared that their own incident centres (now termed 'advice centres") will remain open to offer 'exactly the same service The British decision to close the centres was announced by the Northern Ireland Secretary, Merlyn Rees, in a oneline statement which said that they 'no longer served a useful function'. The incident centres were set up following the truce, and were purportedly designed to prevent any unintentional breakdown. They were thus an integral part of the truce between the British Army and the Provisionals, as Sinn Fein leader Ruari O" Bradaigh pointed out only a few weeks ago when he said that they were 'the legs on It is surprising, therefore, that the Provisionals should now dismiss the closures of the centres so lightly. They have not only declared that the truce will continue, but have described the closure as 'an illustration of the extreme frustration of the British Government, defeated on yet another war front' (Belfast Executive, Sinn Fein). to be paid for the truce itself. - Sinn Fein included.
solisons, evc te go-anead to impose even more severe sezences. while the price of earlier release dates may well be the sympatny or the gnewoes. And ne biggest price or ai may have The Provisionals' belief that the British embarked on the truce as some sort of crusade to make 'respectable politicians ol tnem is very mucn mistaken. Ine Government agreea to the truce as a tactic which could disorientate the anti-Unionst workine class ana mus surenecnen me nold or imoeransın Far from fostering Sinn Fein as a political movement, Britain's alm was to destroy te innuence or tne nepuoncan movemen ne uruce was mus accomoamea ov massive recruicment campaigns for the Ulster Defence egiment and the RUC. Hude expenditure has taken place on the repressive machiner • on more efficient police stations, interrogation centres The British Army and the RUC have been allow ed to launch a new offensive against the gettoes, with widespread screening and searches, and unprecedented numbers of arrests. The Loyalist-controlled courts have also been given INTO THE TRAP