Ireland – a correction

From Socialist Worker, No. 111, 1 March 1969, p. 1.
Transcribed & marked up by Einde O’Callaghan for ETOL.

THE EDITORIAL on Ireland in our last issue (January 11) [1] has given rise to some misunderstanding.

International Socialism gives unconditional, though not uncritical, support to the civil rights movement and to the Irish national movement generally.

At the same time we are firmly convinced of the need for Irish socialists to fight for a socialist workers’ republic of Ireland.

Far from repudiating this slogan, we believe that it offers the only perspective for uniting Irish workers North and South.

We believe British socialists must emphasise, as the editorial correctly stated, the need to free Ireland from British imperialism.

Specifically, the demands advanced last week are the correct ones to emphasise in Britain:

Withdrawal of all British troops from Ireland.
An end to the supply of British military equipment to the Northern Ireland Tory Unionist Party and its B-Specials.
Stop British subsidies to the Tory police state in Northern Ireland.
The right of self-determination for the people of Ireland.

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Note by ETOL

1. As should be obvious from the fact that in 1969 Socialist Worker appeared weekly, the editorial referred to had not appeared in the previous week’s issue, but as indicated by the date above, 7 weeks earlier.

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