NXI 1170 TWENTY years ago, on Bloody Sunday 1972, British paratroops cold- bloodedly opened fire on a demonstration of unarmed civilians in Derry. 13 died, and the long struggle for Irish liberation lurched into a new, more violent phase.
20 years later, British imperialism has learned nothing and forgotten nothing. The nationalist people and republican movement have not been crushed by the one-sided 'official' repression meted out by British troops and the orange-led RUC and Ulster Defence Regiment; nor have they given way to the freelance sectarian killings of the Loyalist paramilitary gangs.
A new republican offensive, striking at economic targets in Ireland and Britain is again being met by repression, with the dispatch of yet more troops and the call-up of more UDR part-timers. The repression will fail now, as it did in 1972, to stem the tide of nationalist revolt. The only answer is to rid Ireland of its British problem, by the withdrawal of British troops to allow Ireland the same right of national self-determination that John Major's government now cynically claims to endorse in Eastern Europe. BLOODY SUNDAY FEATURE: PAGE 12 INSIDE: STUDENT OCCUPATIONS PAGE 6 Printed by Tridant Press. Edenbridge. Kent. Published by Idolare Ltd. 377 City Road, London EC IV