Monthly paper of the Communist Workers' Movement covering the Labour government's defeat and critique, postal workers' rebellion against union misleadership, analysis of devolution referendums in Scotland and Wales, Tory and Labour Union strategies, industrial disputes at Liverpool, Dunlops, Plessey, civil servants' strikes, the Golborne Pit mining disaster, and railway workers' industrial challenges.
Documentation of a London meeting held on July 8, 2000, organized by the Institute for Independence Studies to discuss and promote solidarity with Korean reunification following the historic North-South summit. Includes speeches by Guy Dupré, George Galloway MP, Geoff Simons, Harpal Brar, Landon Temple, and others. Highlights the political context, international solidarity, and cultural aspects of Korean reunification efforts.
A newspaper published by the Glasgow Irish Freedom Action Committee and allied groups in 1983, focusing on the Irish national liberation struggle, British imperialism, and the call for a united Irish solidarity movement. It covers events and protests scheduled for October 1-2, 1983, including demonstrations in London and Scotland. The publication advocates unconditional support for the Irish Republican Movement, commemorates victims of British military actions, criticizes undemocratic conference organizers, and reports on solidarity campaigns in Dundee, South London, and Glasgow. It condemns British and Loyalist forces such as the UDR and British Army for violent acts against Irish nationalists and promotes building a pro-Republican, anti-imperialist solidarity movement in Britain. The newspaper also discusses stipulations made by Irish POWs emphasizing continuation of armed struggle.
Issue No.4 of Ireland's War newspaper produced by the Glasgow Irish Freedom Action Committee. The issue includes an editorial reflecting on the Republican Movement's progress in 1983, reports on events supporting Irish Republicanism in Scotland and England, detailed coverage and eyewitness accounts of Bloody Sunday in Derry, articles on repression in Glasgow and Ireland, and a feature on the release of Armagh prisoner Briege Brownlee along with a list of women prisoners. The newspaper advocates for Irish freedom fighters, condemns British state repression, and promotes solidarity campaigns.
A 1983 issue of 'Ireland's War', a pro-Republican newspaper produced by the Glasgow Irish Freedom Action Committee (GIFAC). The issue includes editorials on Scottish and Irish Republicanism, coverage of solidarity actions supporting Irish Republican prisoners including Nicky Kelly and Matt Lygate, reports on IRA/INLA activities such as the assassination of an RUC officer and a mass prison escape from Long Kesh H-Block 7. It also features open letters discussing the failures of British leftist support for Irish liberation, updates on the use of informers and show trials in Northern Ireland, and details about ongoing campaigns for Irish Republican prisoners and against British oppression.
Ireland’s War was published by the Glasgow Irish Freedom Action Committee, around 30 issues being produced, of which the Mosquito Press Archive contains the first 28 issues. Some more issues appeared, and links to other online sources will be added.
Text of a seminar presenting and discussing the Juche idea, its origins with Comrade Kim Il Sung, development by Comrade Kim Jong Il, its application to revolutionary movements worldwide, including the miners strike in Britain, and emphasizing independence, national dignity, and the role of youth in revolutionary struggle. The seminar also discusses various revolutionary organizations and movements, including Irish Republicans and workers' associations, highlighting the importance of leadership, organisation, and internationalism based on independence.
KA ① Comrades, on behalf of Mesquito Press and the Organising Committee for the Seminar on the Juche Idea established by it, I once again express my deep thanks to all those comrades who have honoured us by their presence today. The comrades who have attended our Seminar today, and those who for one reason or another have been unable to attend, but who have in various ways, expressed their greetings and support, can without exaggeration be said to represent the five continents of the world. And for the most part we are talking about comrades on the frontline of the struggle against world imperialism, led by US imperialism. That our Seminar should evoke such a positive response from the world revolutionary forces is above all a tribute to the growing authority of the Juche Idea, and its Creator the great leader Comrade Kim Il Sung. It is clear that increasingly the Juche Idea is becoming established as the guiding idea of world revolution in the present epoch. Those of us who have been fortunate enough to visit Pyongyang, the capital city of revolution, will well know how the flaming torch atop the Tower of the Juche Idea illumines the night sky
(2) of the city. Similarly, it is with lessons learned in blood that the revolutionary peoples of the world come to know that the road to victory lies through casting away old ideas and formulae, rejecting dogmatism and Hunkeyism and grasping the future of the revolution in their own hands. As the dear leader Comrade Kim Jong Il points out, "The masses of the people are the masters of revolution and Construction and the decisive factor in transforming nature and developing society." It is the Masses that want the revolution and construction, and it is also the masses that carry them out." The revolutionary ideas of the working class and oppressed peoples are created by great and outstanding leaders of the people. As the dear leader Comrade Kim Jong Il Said, "The revolutionary ideas of the working class are originated by distinguished leaders ... our leader created the great Juche idea after acquiring a deep insight into the requirements of a new era when the oppressed and humiliated Masses of the people became masters of their own destiny. This he developed their struggle for Chajusong onto a higher plane and opened up the age of Juche, a new era in the development
3 of human history. For all communists and revolutionaries it is an axiom that wherever there is oppression there is resistance. This on fact flows from the nature of man as a social being with creativity, consciousness and Chajusong. As the dear leader Comrade Kim Jong Il has explained, "It is natural that man who regards Chajusong as his life and soul, combats any encroachment on his Chajusong." From the slave revolts of Spartacus against the might of the Roman Empire to the recent year-lo strike by the miners in this country, we can see the implacable refusal of oppressed people to accept slavery and the violation of their dignity, and their courageous struggle to assert themselves as masters of the world. However, history also teaches that however often, and however heroically, the masses rise in struggle, their struggles resistance will not end in victory unless they have Correct leadership. As dear Comrade Kim Jong Il pointed out: "If they are to hold their position and fulfill their role ... the popular masses must be brought into contact with leadership." It is therefore to the undying credit of the great leader Comrade Kim Il Sung that, whilst still in his early years, he created