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Socialist Worker, No. 134, 21 August 1969.
Copied with thanks from the REDS – Die Roten Website.
Marked up by Einde O’Callaghan for ETOL.
The attitude of the International Socialists to the introduction of British troops in August 1969 has been a subject of much controversy on some parts of the left. The usual allegation is along the lines that Socialist Worker either called for the introduction of troops or welcomed them. The articles below are from the first issue of the paper after the deployment of troops. Whether the line adopted was correct or not, it should be clear from the articles that the allegations described above are false and that the IS didn’t regard the troops as the solution of the crisis.
In the appendix are the articles on Ireland from the Socialist Worker, No. 137, published on 11 September. These show how the position developed in the weeks after the introduction of British troops.
Editorial: The barricades must stay
Derry – Fighting under the flag of the Citizens’ Army
Interview with Eamonn McCann and Ray Burnett
Derry YS: Unionists show they can only rule “through barrel of a gun”
Mike Kidron: A united workers’ republic – the only way to stop Ireland bleeding
Chris Gray: Ulster – how the police state started
David Widgery: From bad consciences to the barricades
Solidarity campaign’s vital role in Britain
Downing Street hypocrisy
Bernadette lashes Lynch
Money urgently needed
Where We Stand
Imprint
Editorial: Defend the barricades
Duncan Hallas: Britain’s oldest colony – a history of famine, brutality ... and heroism
Clark hypocrisy
Conference backs Irish struggle
Last updated on 17 August 2019