Masses defy Gandi
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getting off the ground, the first result will be a further beating-down of the Catholic ghettoes. Prior's plan is only the latest attempt of the Tories to placate 'moderate' Unionism, while using the willing SDLP to disguise what he is doing.
before it gets too close to the next elections. While Paisley and the Provisionals both retain substantial support, his chances of success are slim.
it Prior's 'initiative' goes the way of its predecessors, it will be because British imperialism is propping up a fundamentally undemocratic and unreformable state in the Six Counties. No amount of tinkering will reconcile the irreconcilable. There is no solution for Ireland without an end to Partition and British occupation.
DESPITE fierce repression, Indian trade union leaders reported a big turnout for their general strike against prime minister Indira Gandhi's emergency powers last Tuesday, 19th.
The states of West Bengal and Kerala were almost completely shut down.
But police opened fire on strikers in many areas. At least 12 people were killed and some 300 injured - and 25,000 were arrested.
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Socialist Organiser no. 70 January 28, 1982 Page 5
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Prior wants to get his plan off the ground quickly