B&ICO/Aubane Historical Society/Irish Political Review

[Davidmiller]

Now:the RCP.I encountered this mob in 1982 when the UK Troops Out Movement had organised a march to highlight the 10th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday.The Hunger Strike was a fresh and painful memory and feelings were running rather high.The IRA had restarted it's GB bombing campaign.The march was planned for Sheffield(I think) but was switched to Birmingham -of all places-at the very last moment.A female RCP member had gone on local radio saying lots more bombs were needed.In fact you couldn't support A United Ireland and criticise the bombing of civilian targets in England!The Police in Sheffield could not guarantee our safety etc.Needless to say the march was small,ill organised and was attacked by skinheads.Fran Eden and Frank Furedi were leading lights back then.Living Marxism was very well produced and must have cost a fortune.Furedi is now a rabid rightwing free marketeer so go figure but I never trusted them after Brum 1982.

Hi Macdarawhitfield. Can you email me about this post please?

David Miller: david@spinwatch.org

RCP/RCT eaflet for that march is here: [ame="http://www.scribd.com/doc/41518631/SPTAC-Bloody-Sunday-Leaflet-January-1982"]SPTAC Bloody Sunday Leaflet January 1982@@AMEPARAM@@document_id=41518631&access_ke y=key-27xgnk75n5kdj42mquq8&@@AMEPARAM@@41518631@@AME PARAM@@key-27xgnk75n5kdj42mquq8[/ame]

[jemmyhope]

if i could just briefly outline SOME of the policy positions of BICO/AUBANE in its various guises over the past fifty years..... 1960s committee for communist unity..........irish communist group.... split forms MAOIST wing............. becomes BICO....ICO splits with chinese communist party support stalinist position.... critical of connolly association..... supports soviet invasion of czechslovakia..........supports ira defence in belfast............supports 2 nations theory and destroys all pro republican writings.............splits with cork wing (jim lane).......supports ulster workers council (UDA) strike...supports seperate trade union congress for 6 counties...........campaign for removal of arts 2 and3 from irish constitution....supports internment.......... supports fine gael campaign against IRA...............david trimble (vanguard), enoch powell, david irvine(UVF) support BICO position.........1974 clifford calls for vote for TORYS in upcoming election.........opposes politics of rosa luxemburg and che guevara............split one new faction british isles communist party......opposes WELSH and SCOTTISH independance...strong support for ISRAELI state.........supports KHAMER ROUGE..............condems VIETNAMEESE invasion of CAMBODIA..........opposes anglo irish agreement.........supports NUCLEAR ARMS/POWER against CND......supports martial law in POLAND against solidarity free trade union...supports britians war in FALKANDS......opposes hunger strike in n. ireland..........supports diplock non jury courts..........supports section 31 press gag in republic..strongly opposes birmingham 6 campaign, insists they are guilty...........bico english section ,supports MONARCHY and opposes MINERS STRIKE. 1990s....irish BICO calls for united ireland and support for TRADItional irish republicanism.........supports SADDAM HUSSAIN and invasion of KUWAIT, says IRAQ a positive force .............. NOW pro palastinian and anti ISRAEL.....supports MUGABE in ZIMBABWE land war................supports chinese occupation of TIBET.............supports RUSSIAN war in S>OSSIATA war..........supports DECLAN GANLEY on lisbon treaty...........denies TURKISH holucaust of armenians in ww1 blames brits............supports POPES visit to britian says media is anti catholic..........criticises BBC program which suggested that CARDINAL NEWMAN was homosexual........says irish auther ELIZABETH BOWEN is not irish as she supported england during WW2..........currently working with traditional republican writers............................. o my head hurts imust lie down.........................