IN RESPONSE to the debate in SO's letters' page on the IRA's military campaign, that construction workers involved in rebuilding military installations are legitimate targets. deliberate policy of the British government who could just as easily use such people as the UDR or police reserves. I also agree that language such as titfor-tat' is politically loaded and problematic What concerns me, however, is the pouter direcon the kal and Republican movement seems to be heading in The message received can often seem confused with Gerry Adams, on the one hand, saying the British government and the Ra.on the orner, care mis onl a fashion as though Adams was aving on anotner planet In the past the IRA has admitted that they cannot beat the British by military means alone, and Adams seems to reflect this No. 20 thinking.
However, I feel that he needs Irish working class. I have not seen much evidence or sinn Fein's involvement in the trade unions and labour movement of counties.
If the IRA is serious about forcing Britain to withdraw from Ireland it will have to realise that bombs and bullets alone will not do this job.
While the IRA may have im.
relevance to the meatare Catholic working class in the six counties, to many workers in the South it is an irrelevance To the Republican movement has to take the blame for this state of affairs, It urgently needs to re address itself to winning the support of the Southern working class.
Kieran McNulty Birmingham April 17, 1992
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