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tion in the sectarian six protest at the ninth anniversary county statelet of Northern ment without trial by Edward Ireland mounted a massive Heath's Tory government in British army occupation last ambushes and raids on police weekend. and army patrols.

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In both countries the Iranians responded to the arrests by launching a hunger strike in jail.

Newspapers, from the most reactionary to the most liberal, called for mass deportations from both countries and accused the Iranians of an international conspiracy.

The demonstrations sparked off unbridled racialism, including in America, a stone-throwing mob.

The demonstrators had come out in support of Khomeini. From their comments in court it is clear that they regard themselves as anti-imperialists.

The demonstrations must, to them, havę carried echoes of the demonstrations in western capitals against the Shah.

The original demonstrations were reactiomary to the extent that they identified the demonstrators with Ki homeini.

But the attack on the demonstrators by the police and the racialist outbursts against them are products of diseased. nationalism.

The Iraniani students have a right to dennonstrate. They should be released.

Oppose their deportation!

The nationalist populashow of resistance to the 1971.

Thousands marched to of the introduction of internRepublican forces mounted And the British army struck back with customary savagery; a 21-year old social worker was killed by a plastic bullet fired at point blank range. A 15 year old girl was in intensive care after being hit by a plastic bullet.

And soldiers in an armoured car gunned down a 20-year old youth.

Such violence has become the trade mark of the British repression that preserves the Orange State against the unbroken resistance of the nationalist minority.

Army terror

While the Tory press condemns the "terrorism" of the republican movement, . it applauds the institutionalised terror of the army, the RUC, the UDR, and their back up of torture, remand without trial, London no-jury the. "H' ment ca :ourts and the horri 3locks at the old il np of Long Kesh.

Solidarity

The weekend demonstrations demanding the restoration of politicál status to the republican prisoners in the 'H' Blocks were joined this year by 150 people from the Troops Out Movement-a small but significant gesture of solidarity with the Irish struggle.

The fight for the withdrawal of British troops from Ireland remains a foremost task of the British labour movement. A major step forward would be taken if the TOM (which has a record of substituting its own actions for a struggle to mobilise the working class) would now direct its fight centrally into the trade unions and the last minute anonymous donation of £30 from a reader in High Wycombe to the Special Fund and a mere £77.85 towards the August Fund target of £850.

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