2 December 1999 Edition
Back issue: Doing Something Sound
Since the first Civil Rights march eleven years ago up to IRA bombings this week, British control over Ireland has been slowly slipping out of their grasp. Every fruitless British `solution', every abortive `initiative' narrows down their options to the point of abandonment and is thus to the gain of the Irish people, whose aspiration is self-determination and independence.
The Irish Republican Army's role so far has been in advancing this cause and destabilising British rule. The Irish people of old have been nurtured by the grievance of national dispossession. But all, yes all the bombs planted in last Monday's blitz whilst obviously being a physical translation of nationalist anger, were just as much fuelled by the additional aggrevation of poor social and economic prospects, a major feature of British imperialist rule.
A report from the Supplementary Benefits Commission, issued last Tuesday, showed that the northern state is the most poverty ridden area in West Europe. In real terms the report is only a reflection of the condition of the nationalist people who suffer a disproportionate amount of the burdens of high unemployment rates, the lowest paid jobs and the poorest housing.
The Irish Republican Army's role so far has been in advancing this cause and destabilising British rule. The Irish people of old have been nurtured by the grievance of national dispossession. But all, yes all the bombs planted in last Monday's blitz whilst obviously being a physical translation of nationalist anger, were just as much fuelled by the additional aggrevation of poor social and economic prospects, a major feature of British imperialist rule.
A report from the Supplementary Benefits Commission, issued last Tuesday, showed that the northern state is the most poverty ridden area in West Europe. In real terms the report is only a reflection of the condition of the nationalist people who suffer a disproportionate amount of the burdens of high unemployment rates, the lowest paid jobs and the poorest housing.