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Socialist Outlook no. 15, May 1998 · 360 words

The Stormont deal is High point? - according to Adams reactionary Republican The destruction demoralisation.

Did, il Sec: thA nIst id th ik po • sec fir h nature and consequences of the deal, and voices a ister clear alternative to it. Such an 3 in ted g alternative must break not only from the failures of the 'peace e wa process' and the 'nationalist fam- this. ily', but also from the failures of has physical force republicanism. ange critics of the deal in 1 are clearly seen as offering : can political alternative and no viable 1 un strategy to achieve the ending of id. imperialist rule. The promise of a ider return to armed struggle will only id, s lead many potential opponents of lega to despair and s thi What is needed is a start to the Vhy construction of a new movement tal c based on the demand for an end e pe to British rule and an uncompro- aple mising assertion of the right of plia the Irish people to self-determi- rege Workers' unity Aan aweT The new movement must be mol based on seeking the unity of the is an Irish working class, north and and on working class )licy against injustice and is in We need to begin ver c the creation of a new campaign that can go beyond earlier move- he e ments for civil rights and politi- the r the Division can only be overcome by unity. Peace can only be mean- la sp ingful and secure if based on jus- We и tice and an end to inequality. This (to. rotten deal promises neither. New Socialist Democracy calls on all ords socialists to demonstrate maxi- inte mum unity in the months ahead cap to defeat this reactionary settle- ais b ment by a united campaign for a Iswe vote in the May referen- earl vital The alternative to the new parti- Is w tionist settlement is a working :thei class movement that rejects the of imperialism and greeen capitalism and trusts its future to a struggle for a new vision, a United Workers' RepubThe l'raise it Sialines kla

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