Falls and Shankill to march united in support of the Fire Fighters

by Ray Mon Dec 09, 2002 10:17

Swp trying to turn Belfast solidarity protest in to an anti-sectarian demo
by Joe Soap - any but socialist Sat, Dec 7 2002, 12:17am
If the SWP try and build this as some sort of anti-sectarian rally it will diminish the reason why the march was planed and divert the attention away from the FBU.

Will Davey "SWP" ever learn to put in brain in gear before he puts finger to keyboard.
Regarding Saturday 14th Decembers planed march. the FBU support group were approached on Tuesday nights meeting by a community worker from the Shankill, he said that there was good interest and support for a proposed march from the Shankill to Springfield fire station to show solidarity with the fire service in their fight for a living wage, he asked if the trade council and the FBUSG would support the march and if they had any contacts in the other community groups in west Belfast and if would they be interested in joining the Shankill community groups planed march.
It has nothing to do with bring communities closer and nothing to do with the peace process; it is a march to support the just and rightful demands of the FBU.
If the SWP try and build this as some sort of anti-sectarian rally it will diminish the reason why the march was planed and divert the attention away from the FBU.
The best thing the socialist party’s could do for the planed march is to stay away from it.
The communities of west Belfast don’t need to be lectured about sectarianism by a bunch of sectarian socialist.

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Without SWP
by You call that a paper??? Sat, Dec 7 2002, 12:41am

Now this looks like a job for SWP so everybody just follow them cause it feels so empty without SWP. Anyway nice little way for ya to get a dig in at the SWP. Sectarianism breeds sectarianism...till next time

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Class politics
by K Moran - SWSS Sat, Dec 7 2002, 9:40am

Protestant workers and catholic workers get separated along sectarian lines, it's one of the ways in which they are kept from seeing who they have a common interest with. Historically they both have come together on strikes, where the old ideas of sectarianism get washed away because its so obvious on a strike who is your real enemy: the person who is trying to force down your wages or whatever not the catholic/protestant worker beside you who is in the same boat.

The firefighters strike is a demonstarion of how class interests are more important than sectarian ones. Not highlighting how a) sectarianism divides workers up the north to their detriment because it directs anger to other workers instead of those who cause poverty on both ideas of the protestant/ cathollic divide and b)not showing how this strike demonstrates the obvious false nature of sectarian ideas, would be an opportunity wasted to building a strong united working class movement up the north. Does it make more sense now?

related link: www.swp.ie

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Wake up from your SWP fairyland
by hans christian Sat, Dec 7 2002, 1:37pm

Oh no, its more bedtime stories about the nice Protestant workers kissing and making up with the Romans.

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have you seen bill lowry
by i married uncle andy's nephew Sat, Dec 7 2002, 11:24pm

tough shite, its happening, you cant stop it. Working class protestant community workers and paramilitaries are cooperating and uniting with their republican counterparts to work together
for the good of both working class communities, and you can't stand it.

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have you seen bill lowry's gob lately
by i married uncle andy's nephew Sat, Dec 7 2002, 11:24pm

tough shite, its happening, you cant stop it. Working class protestant community workers and paramilitaries are cooperating and uniting with their republican counterparts to work together
for the good of both working class communities, and you can't stand it.

by Justin Moran - Sinn Fein Fri Dec 06, 2002 15:58 maigh_nuad at yahoo dot com

Great thing to see but not as unusual as you might think. SHankill and Falls Black Taxi services came together to protest against so-called joyriders last week.