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"Come on now lads, there'sneed for bad

It costs 5 for 4 i sues of TAL(Overseas sub costs 8Make cheques and PO'sPO's hie to "TAL'-'

Mev Be-bioi) Tbe- WiRe: Wee Eck,O'MaUey, Kidder, The Ley ton Buzzard. rmn,

Celtic Hammer, Elements, Smiler.TAL Volon"CeeRs; Red Dwarf, Creen Gremlin,Damien, The London Hibee Feargal, Pedro, Ecki,

and The Eastenders,~ ..

All raniinqs, ravings, truths, half-truths anddownright lies will be gmte}ully received and

edition TAU

Kidder gives his usual tuppence worth on team matters

The Seven Day ItchWee Eck lets loose with Ius feelings about om two recent

defeats ina week 'toThe Force. Of Darkness.

The "Celtic-Mihded" DebateWe give our opinion 00 tbe recent contr-over-sy over the

term. 'Celtic-minded' and what we think tt means 10 lit' aCeltic supporter.

Sectarian AttacksAll the latest hews and views from the '. mpaign Again~fSectarian Attacks. Inclndlng a letter from Mr. McCann.

The Green MoleAt the centre of controversy, as usual, The 1\[01'embarksupon his own linle bit of mvestig;ltiYejournalism,

tet's Kick HYPocrisY OU1....Melior'S 'Task Force', opportunist antt-raetsm and 1111.'gen1rificatlon of the game.are analysed in this urtlcle,

The Great Ticket Scandal0' \ Ialley Invest] gates the latest attempt by the club 10exert even areater controJ 0\'1.'1' the rans.

A Life in tbe Day of ....Joke Breon' gel a kick In the Hamilton Aeademlcals.

The TAL InterviewBilly Power of th" Birmingham 6 talks to TAL.

Plus: Fans Around The World. Readers Writes,Peace Process, Eiements. Reviews, .fiee Poster.i.

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TAL Eoic.ouiul Page 3

One Last PIt..,h .fTwo defeats to the Huns ill.;;!V

Aberdeen did the ir dutywith a win LWeT lhe B uns, T halLeague Championship Trophy lias our name onit. SohanJ lt WeT.

"'--TIle possibility thal Wirn Jansen will this y ear lakeCeltic., the double and then w alkaway from the dub is a .veryreal Ime. L et's g-at to the real cruxof thematter here. If j1,ril.. d choice 'betwtlenWim Jansen leaving and JockBwV\ T) going; \V11o would you choose? Kow askvourself who 'W i llr ergus choose?ddress Chanue Forced Unon Us!

.-\5 a re-uli ,r Ihe continued harassment or our PO Boxaddress m G lusgowwe have reluctan tly moved to apnvare b ox.;;eTY1Ce11 1London. Whilst ilmay seem aasuc measure, we had basically run (JUi. 1.11' 'safe'ddres es in the Glasgow area lhat would not be subject

tv either press harassm ent or physical threats from ourenenues The centre of opera nons however does notaha The mainstay of Tioclaidh Ar La's work an dsupport is still ill the West of Scotland, With the co-operanon of T_- t i .HQ _OY 5in London, the mail will beforwarded I '1 LIS every week, so in reality nothing ha s

~I!d It l ! : i ironic, howe v cr. th atwe had to go to thebe/lJ of the beast.' in order to secure a safe address .Anna SIII1I:b(If the Daily Ranger ~ w ho is.allegedly, aCeltic supporter - mill'! be very proud of herself Welldone Anna. Did you take the Crt~1NTl'S shilling or was itF-.!IgUSor ~rge who putyou up to it? T-AI.Readersca n Ieam a bit m re about Is, Smuh on other pages ofhi d b

J~;1il2 The TAL

SapPoRt:er-lS ClabIn response to the growing demands of om readers andthe absence of a working class solidarity movement'worthy of the nam e,we at Tioq::aiob AR La! areesta blish ing ou r awn'supporters dub'. The re spon se toth e in itia tiv e has been b rillia nt a nd con firmsOUI reasonsfo r starting U te club. There f i re no restrictions tomembersh ip . o th erthan a c omm itment to C eltic, Irela ndand the political independence of working class people.The main reason for starting theclub :is Lo create anetw ork of C eltictans who want to do a bit more thanjust sing songs and wave flags. As individuals we canachieve-little. Togetherwe can make OU T view' heard an dOUI act ions count .

SoUdal'ity Isn't about how many songs you know or

how many books you've read or even how manymarches you've been to. Don't talk about how muchyou do - ask yourselr, rrWhat difference doI make? fI Iryou don't make a difference, then you aren't involvedin effec ttee sol ida work

The Chuck Charter

'"Ttoc paioo AR La! is Ior all IndependentIreland, an independent Scotland, au tndependenrWales, and a IIO'ilicall,.- indt'llendelit worl~ing class .

.,Membership h open to Celtic sup porters ... vhereverthey lin. AU exlstlng subscribers will beautomalicall,. enrolled ;as members of the TA LSUPI10l'len; Club and will receive a c1uh membershlpcard, The cost of memhershlp 10 nOIl-subsCl"ib(,J'.~isnominal. Siml,l)' send ] for a memberslup card. Thisf('l' also COV(-!'sthe cost of regular mailings.

The benefits of memnershlp ...,;11 he that you call ollersolidarity without the necessity of haying to SUPI}oI1the ann-Irtsh. :mti-''I-'OI'king class agend:1 of theBrUish Labour Party and it's "left wing" :lIJOlogisls.

=The dub's campaign to ('I'adicale all traces of ourIrish idenlit), must be fou~hI against TAL ,,;U II"organising. with your help, a series of inirtartvesaimed al highlighting the political and culturalid('n1it~.'!of eel lie sup I' OItE'n,

"'As a TAL Supporter, yeu will be kept informed of,and invited to participafe in. the :tcliyifies of CelneAntt-Faselst (CAF) ami of Anli-Fascisl Action (AFA)in year local area,

You will also be notified of the events and adhitii('.\ orother' ,)olitical organisations which we considerworthy of your parttctpanen, such as the CampaignAl!ain~1 Sl.'clari:m Attacks. South 'Yest SUIJllOrlGroup. ,\FA. Red Action and TIl{' I\VCA.

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ll the .slgns that we were headingom treble to troubll'oafter the two

Huns games seem fo h.ave rubsidedith the emphatic win against

Motherwell and the Huos sUp-up at

itoddrle. However, there are still' aew poum dJat have to be made Inlation to Celtic. The Iaekef depthn the first teain squad is becomiiIgmore apparent as the season reaehess clhnax. Tired legs. tired spiritsnd tirroexcuses ate- on show. Frome secondbaff of tbe 1~1 draw witbundee UIl1~ to our Scotti$b Cupxit and league defeat to the Huns,u) teasn has looked jaded.

the first half of the cup matchgainst the Huns. with a decentnisher, Celtic could have had theame dead and buried. Haraldratbaak showed no signs in this gamehat he is anything other than a veryrdinary player. His first touch is

bsolutely woefiil, I can't rememberim rutting a single shot, never mindctually bitting the target duringth ematch. Most of his challengesended inee kicks being awarded to Rangers.n the 2~() league defeathe was even

worse.He didn't kick a ball. Maybe heeeds time to settle, but we needed ariker fhis season not nex t season.here's no doubting his pace and, ifheets the right kind of ball to run onto,e looks alright - but that has not beenhe kind of service that he has beenetting, Instead the ball is beinghipped through to him in th,expectation that he will bring, it down,ontrol it and make his own chances,hat just ain' t gonna happen! N otwithhe lack of control and terrible first

Much has been made of how muchFergus has spent on the team. 1]m illion net at the lastcount Howeverwhen you examine the out-goings=.the income !ijlnt (players bought arid"sold) it seems to balance out. Where".has the 29% of Celtic's' turnoverpromised for bu:yJng players gone'? I

vital point in the season. Obviouslysom e offhese injuries w eseimpossibleto foresee, but every single fan atParkhead Ibis season knows liIat,ewnwifh the injuries and suspensions. weare short of one player in everydepartment of the team. defence.mid fie ld andattack. A bit of foresIghrallied to the required financialresources mighl have made the finalpart of the campaign a bit less nervewracking,

Wim Jansen it must be saul hasperformed wonders in mouIdmg theteam into a unit. At the moment itlocks like wi r n 's system of play andtactics may not be enough to carry th eteam throughthis important spell Theliming of the uncertainly over his

]'11be next season" statement couldnot havecome at a worse time. Let'sface it with friends like Brown andMcCann.. who needs enemies? Arid,Whether ~r not this i~another of Jockand Fergus' cock-ups OT whether it 15down to Jansen's owrt insecuritydoesn't really matter. The simple fact

rs that it has not helped. the team at tillsvital stage of the season. The drop in'form and Jansen's uncertainty went. ,hand. . in hand. Celtic should haveie~pcinded immediately by making thebest:'coaol1 we've had since Ceaser'slast' :sacking, 'an offer he COuldn'trefus;e.However,it may be thar he wasonly ev.er seea 'a&'; 1 One year interimapp'bintrrJe1lt until Jock and Ferguscame iIp, with a mediocre..alternative,

. ' A lte rall, io.rtkBrown d id actually s t- atepUb l i c l ylast summesthat Celtic cou lden:ipfuya 'stop gap" rnanag~ ((If a~ Wlril the;", (i,a. him and F erg-u_.s)_,got.the man. they wanted, We could. ;unend up . vmnJock's wee brotherC r a 1 g _Yeu

iJ1l fe.amsttansfoIDlation under, l i in se r l . t ia sbeen a b reath offresh 'air. It. I s'tbirt~enl to Jansen "s' methods that" ~~~$~fp~;Q~~cplaye~~~lo w~ be'fi~hti:hg-':it'.0111f6r=: of the

_ 1ear

this season Jonny Gould, AlanStubbs, Jaekie MacNamarn, CraigBurley and Henrik Lamon are alllikely candidates. My lWi'II preferencewould be Jonathan Gould, surely. lh@find of the season. From Bradford' ~thrnI:team 10 the vel"geof a World Cupdream as our best keeper th manyyears. Let's hope that he gets hischance. in France and has alreadycollected the Player of the Year awardbefore he gets, there'

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(COrD talk Poge !;Alan Stubb is another playeransf rmed, We knew from what we

bad been told that Stubbs was a playerof'some class, but to be honest his realtalent did not shine through until weSIgfled tare Reiper, Erom then onmhb I eked like the replacement forill Elliot in the heart of defence that

we have been looking.for since the bigman left Celtic. Stubbs' future hasbeen uncertain at times with all sortsof "unsettled" stories d-oing therounds. Celtic should do everythingpossib le to hang on to trus guy.

Jackie MacNamara has been theoutstanding playrnaker for three-quarter of the season. Although hedoe n'i contribute a lot of goals, his(\\ erall con iribution has beenout standing. When he plays well, theream plays well. OUf difficulties in thelatter part of the "cason are due in no

mall part 10 the fact that Jackie Mach.b been injured.

Cr.ug Burley has proved all of hisdetractors 'wrong. His contribution toboth rmdfieid and attack has beenexcellent and well beyond what I~- expected His runs, hi!! :- and even his distrib u tion arefirst

He bas also adopted a never sayIIDtIrO

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More Questions Th:111 AIlSWl'I'SMatt th e Rat. th e .man who built a careerOI himself on the backs of Iheupporters, ha s been waJdllg lyrically inhe Celtic View about his paid tripsaround Britain and Ireland with the Celtic'Question and AllSliter ' Road Show.Propaganda.Campaign' migI;Lt be a betterway to describe these nights However, iteems thai he and buddy. David Lowlifehave't had as CMY a time at . the Q & ARoadshows as his Pravda column wouldsuggest In Luton recently, Mall deniedhai there has been any campaign waged

by Ole club against supporters clubs: whoeave from pubs playing live Irish Rebelmusic and pledged himself to taking uphe issue in his Pravda column ~ ".if itcould be l'roved". Well Matt. deny tItit; ifhere is no ueh campaign why basFergus McCarm recently requested fromStmthc1yde Police. 8 list of pubs 10. theGL1Sg0Wa re a wh ie f play "Irish PatrioticMusic" ? Why was a letter from Celticrecently sent to a well known Insh bar 011the Southside asking what kind of musicwas played there and requestinginformstion on Celtic supporters 'buseswhich are associated with the pub,? Whyh~ a Dublin Supporters Club beenhreatened with a cut in their ticketallocation after Celtic claimed to havereceived a complaint about Lebel tapesbeing played from one clay-trippingindividual Who travelled, on their pus forthe New Year fixture against Ute HUl1.E?Have you completely forgotten how youended IIp where you are Matt? Rememberthe support thai Cells For Change andyou personally have received from Celticsupporters. all over Ireland before you tellany more porkies on behalf of yow:paymasters at these Pravda nights.

The Teetotal Travel ClubLt's taken a . long time but news hasfinally reached me about a group ofsupporters who [ravelled to Kosiee tosee the Bhoys play in Europe. Only 16Celtic fans were parr of an unofficialgroup who travelled separately from theofficial Travel 'lub TUn by the "daylight.robbers" from Cambuslang, They hadchargedthe official party oftans -599 perhead for whaL amounted to a day trip [aSlovakia, AnY;lfay, our 16 heroes had metFergus and Dnuglarse before the gllmeand pleasantries were' exchanged. Thereappeared, to. be no problems. Inside thestadium there Was freedom of movement

between the fans and. from 10section, Our lads went fora drink withsome of the Kosicefans, Yes. they sellbevvy inside the stadiums in Slovakia! Asthe lads were, being served, Donglarsecaine charging over shouting at theSlovaks ilia!. "These people are not to beserved!' The locals were somewhatbemused and ignored him thinking that

he was a nutter. TIle bhoys got their beersbu t George was still fuming. arguing witlithem and threatening to report Kosice toEUF A. Eventually Fergus appeared andsimply backed up his Gestapo Chief andeven began shouting and arguing as well,A ! this point a few of the lads had to bepersuaded not (0 put one on the big ex-polis's chin. You sec. eveI'}'bod) ill th estadium '\YBS allowed to dnnk /!.Tcf'pl theofficial travel dub pany who werewatched like hawks by theobergroppenfi:lhrer. Bow does .II feel to

be Wliv~ detested b) Ole Iims.G e o I ! e ?

Excuse me, are these thesears for an araumcnt?

Ih.ere :is an epilogue 10 the last story U18tis incredible when you think about thething)l that mllnage to preoccupy thepeople WJ10 run this club. 01111 of the ladswho did the most arguing with Fergusand George il l Kcsice. t J1E l followingseason, managed to wangle some " \ 111 '

tickets tor the game in Cardiff againstInter Cable Tel, tv, he was sitting with hismate, Fergus McCann suddenly spottedhim in the same section as him elf and.the other Celtic directors, The Weedictator leapt to ..his feel turned aroundand started sho~g ar the guy anddemanded 10 know from those aroundhim, "How did Ihal man gB t C i ticket jQtthis section?" 11's Pathetic. isn't if'

Jonathan "Green White and" Gould!Did you slay up to watch Under TheMoon the nighl Lhat Johnny Gould wason? If you didnt Y II missed a treatDuring the Show. the presenter asked Iusthree guests to vote for English Wo.rldCUp football songs by sounding thesefootball rattles which were available indiffere II I colours. S eei n a lliat th e oth ertwo guests hac! a gJ;eeu one and a whiteone, Gouldy said, "Well. I better lake theOrange one to complete )1 !" Thepresenter. Danny Kelly told him thai therewasn't an (1raJ1geone but he could have ayellow oneinstead. At least orne of theplayers. even those who have arrived

aI"e a ware ofthe Tricolour issue.

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Our thanksmust go to l.he latest is ue ofBhoyzone. One of their Sharp-eyedcontnbutcrs recently spotted AndyGoraru dropping into the notoriouslyloyalist Windsor Bar : in Brfdgehm

Anoth er f tho e stories from an .awaytrip to Ireland. Three Celtic player' arebeing driven back to their hotel inDublin, They've bad a few beers and thedriver sticks em a Wolfetcnes tape. DavidHanna tcr it is he. almost bursts a bloodvessel, "Gel thai iRA shill! qlf! "say};Davie to the driver. One of the other

Celtic players. who shall remam namelessfor his own protection, grabs wee Davieand ay "Listen you. just shut up I ThatThere is whru Celue s all about. Leal'!' iton driver!' Hanna. mcidentally, comesfrom a \'err Orange 13mily S~.,bitter infact Lhat two of his uncle- have refused totalk LO him since he 3l2IJed

Ian Durrant's book. Blue. and, Wht:Dynamite was recently serialised in theDaily Ranger. The above sni-ppet isDurrant making the usual, "II wisnaeme!" defence of his well knOV."I1sectm anannes,111e (MU) ,interesting panof lhe above, snippet. however. is [hatDurrant bas named someone as part erfthe glory Ihat we were never aware. ofbefore, Davie C'I IlTi e, 1 :'

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A Life in the day of ..

with Big .toke BrooD The DlIID from B.mOto."o!

You know when Fergus McBam asked me to tak e overtherems L ItCeltic Park l regarded.itas an insult ... er, I mean, aprivilege To be U1 charge of such a set up and attempt torun It into the ground is an honour not every fuot ballcommentator gets the chance of. It was a neat move by\1(' Bam after some great build up play involving himself

and 1tCleari Some sensational play on the wing by\!cBam to outflank. Hay and rhe hopeless Maeari was al l Ineeded 10 convert the chance of my mediocre lifetime .

\s I sit in my office - J like to cull il rhe Bille Room, evenOwugll Obergruppenfuhrer George Douglarse prefer'sthat name for hts police comrol room - 1 can hardlybelieve my luck. Or Davie Hay ' for that matter! Sitting inthe Blue Room.J can't help thinking back to those halcyondays of old at Hamilton Academicals: The 11 < 11 : 11 0 8of thegreat and the good who graced the Aecies Jersey. Names11k.:!,ahem. er, names like . . ,names l ike ... Greig, or Jardine,Johnstone, Baxter and Waddell. And who could fo rg et th egreat Geny Neef the wonderful Orjan Persson, WillieMathieson, Ronnie McKinnon. Colin Stein, Tarn Forsythand Peter Mcclloy ? Name. thaI willbring a tear to the ey eof an y Rtmg ... sorry, Hamilton Accies fan.

I used to stand there on the Aceies terraces with mybrother Crag. Me. hoping tor a life-as a commentator. AndCrng? Well Crug JUst hoped for a life! Little did we knowas we cheered on the Sons ofWilliam ... I me8J1 Hamilton,that we were both de tined for greater things. Crag IS HOW a

successful TV pundit who will be back howe in time fromFrance 10take up Ins usualcommentary position w ith SkyTV fur the World Cup. Whilst 1, well, one aspires to certainpo "lions in life but one eldom contemplates themultifarious way that this great swinging pendulum that islife might land. Heads or tails? And it's the mightyGlasgow Rangers to kick om OITy, I'm getting carriedaway again and r hope the referee remembers to add on

Page 7A lot has been said in the press - well, the Sunday Mailactually - that many of those employed at Celtic Park thesedays are not 'simple-minded' enough. 1, for one, wouldlik e to d is pu te th atassertion. Simple-minded happens to bemy middle name. Just ask Fergus, if you don't believe me.

A fo r the Wim Jansen situation. Twould like to answer thescurrilous smears ill th e press which h avesuggested that

the relationship between myself and Wirn has recentlydeteriorated. This is II downright lie. I can quitecategorically state that Wim and [never had a relationshipin the first placet Anyone who says any different can seeme in court, where I will be most happy to represent them.I find the insinuation that we are about to replace Wirnwith my brother Crag after the World Cup a quitep rep ostero usly tru eone which myself and the BlessedFergus have had up our sleeve for a long time. Ws JU. t aPity that Wim has done so well this season. Just as the'Pride of Hamilton arid Larkhall Dissrict' were about tosecure their tenth glorious title in a row, along comes thatfly wee Dutchman to spoil the _party! If I didn't knowbetter I'd say il wail a conspiracy, Never mind irs not all

- not chalk.===. . . . .

The Glasgow Rangers Chamber Orchestra was rocked toit's sectarian Ioundattons oday when world-renownedflutc player, .James 'Gaua' Galway decided to part.company with Govan' s most famous ensem ble, P.1:iyingblslast une in the orche tral pUs, G(J;(,Za was close to tears ashe belted out '.FI.ighl 0ftM Bumbling Bigot" for an ..-n,hrl"U".and emotional public.

The erche tra's conductor, Mr. Walter Previn-Smithcommented "Of tour e it's sad to see Gaua go, but to behonest be is far past hi~ best 011 (he old peon)' whistle. 1wouldn't wi h hlm upon the people of Middlesborongh. All1 can say berore 1 laugh aD the way to the bank with themoney, Is 'Good Luck to his new conductor, Mr. Brian

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The goat in th e first ,game, as Isaid already ; could havebeenclosed dO"';'TI_ Even allow in g for

m atone. the sam e play er should neverhave been allowed to get into the arneposmon in the subsequent gam e. PaulLambert gave the initial baJJ away inrrudfield, CraigBurley chased b utfellon Jus face and Alan Stubbsbacked0ITand then forced A lb ertz inside andmto his best fMT. Wha1 good is ithav in g th e b est g oahein the l eaguethisseason if the defendersand rnidfieldersU1 front ofhun are going to commit

,J. ... 1C e rro rs lik e that? The first goalfrom Them w as a rocketthat rio-one.ould have topped, although in-aying that, there Weft; a couple ofceasions earl} 011 where the ball fell0 Them in the same position andshould have served as warning to thedefence to close him down. That said,her;:: was nothing thai could have...topped the shotonce he had got to n .The Albertz goal. however. was.. ppab le anduntidy defending can b e

ed for it,

A side fro~ tho Rangers goals, theHuns did no! have to taxhemselves that greatly ill order to

am llii They never panicked orked ali 'he wrack in the way that

~. did m the New Year game. They, bided their time. They are past

this rut of thing.We hadm the way of bite going

It - nome that a player whomain1y fo r his defensivem m:idfield.P aul L ambert,...posed the greatest threat

front of goal Histn ro us n ~Huns defence

finish and his three

performance from our attackingplayers.

H o: :nr ikLamon tried, as eyer, butwhen you're playing withou(atrik e p artn er itshard work . Bra ttbaakgets less impressive with every gamehe plays. He has all th e kill andfinesse of Gerry Creaney. (and that 'sem insult to Gerry Creaneyt; DavieHay, on the day of the game referredto him as ''. .. the enigma that is HaraldBratbaak", Could you not have told usthat before you recommended the

"enigma" to us? r watched Bratbaakpay forRosenburg in the ChampionsLeague and was veryexcited at theprospect of this'prolific' goal corercorning to Celtic. A few months on, Ireckon that w ecould have invested ina decent home grown. profe sionalwho would have done a steady and. 11 : 1 ,O ro 'productive job for L IS in attack .We were cry ing our tor a striker thatcould come in, adapt to Jansen'ssystem. and start banging in the goalsimmediately. Instead we seem to hovebought a 'flash in the pall' who maywell have hidden talent that onlyintensive coachingsessions Me likelyto discover. How long must wewaitHarald???

A fter the gam e, Walter- Sm ithsaidthat he still regarded Celtic ashaving th e easie r run-in of the twosides and said that he felt Celtic were

still the 'favourites' for the title, (don't know if Smith 1 playing mindgames it 1 0Alex Fergu on, but th ere isamethod to his madness som ew here -playing up th e hopes of your g reate stenemy at th e same time a playingdow n the expectations of yourownf ans l wouldn't be fooled by Smith's

Page 9before we can claim the league flag.The teams that we are up against forth e final fou r ma tcheshave all beatenus this season. Despite three out offour of these m atches b eing at horne,they will be no walkovers Two of thesides involved are still fightingtor fl'possible European. place and the othertwo are fighting for survivalRelegation for Ribs or Dunfermlinewill cost them 1 million in lostrevenue per season Don't count yourch ick ens ... asthey say!

O ne thing Walter ~m.ith did saythat J do agree WIth 1. .

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Undera ,headline "Radsm

Stia Rules Tile Terraces"the Daily Express (27th

Ee6rUlu-y, 1998) ran a page threeeature on "How the cancer at theeart otfootball keeps black fanswol)'''. Meanwhile D:nid Mellors the head of I.heTask force,ppears to be OD a personalrusade 1 ,0prove that raC,ism isdistorltog football. A separateation wide survey conducted byLeicester Unlversily, 'found that of8,122 football fans questioned.lmost one ddrd had seen oreard racist abuse durlnggames

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_ a mrddle class whIte man.ey . and only m oney

.2Ild 8:m1u; wmu fClOl:bnll- -~ e I ... 'O :m m g(I the middlet:a:b; ~ a complement to the

'!Jidd1e class whiles. TIle~ , des.ipled l~~ reinforce the

?,,"I~on of fOOl bal l Meanwhi le to~ their snobbery and contemptfur' t! lower orders they sre fulggutg

Ute ~l.Ie of racism, TIll .1;;is their~d n Ii' a ~am"l lf lag:e.Then in~ honoured fasmcn any objection to:hrir prionties can be labelled racist::.cie more vocal. the opposition the3Jroilge:r !hclr case, thnt th;is is .indeeda n 1 "" SU e th at C (l1 ln ot00 ignored ..1lJ.themoment for th~m ~r.rategic;i lly -11 IS awm ~1J1 siruatioa.

Back in ihe real world the . possib lecClnllequcnccs of ranalismg theQ[l_13Mnarea!sv beginni:n.iI; tomarerialise. 01'1 February :>.3tl:le longdormant .NF, announced the launchingof a cam paign "[0 directly counter (he-;.,\~,TIle Daily Express $ln'L want the racists k i ~ S l A g u \9rlbgt~~ .whell they would. asthey acknowledge. ?~~.happ'Y to . saathmr pol:i1ih@l;.repre~jil..,pnning the country.

No: wh~il al.ight~iR;:l:t,er,m:e;J& ~~i~,~$c'f~,Jp,;"~':~~ ..arenor talkiJl.~ab9utra.:;.ists, instead th~y:" .' ;.g.~~!fH, : iS. i* 'eU) '"".~J5~ '"" Y. . es, isrezarded withP . . - p "" i"" ' , . N." ." . , . . , . , '0. , .r; ' . ' !fS,..,j .........g,

equal.importanee. M ,::~~t:r"-@,Ii~hfor .Q m .. ' . e i f1 . ' t . f .~:!Jhench to rule over[he l?OOI.the scum: bYfi~ .~#~~~iftei :e~ ,iB-('r-e_. : l@e91 lJ.tiffi!;andthe reason fortheir existence. ,.,:~}':.":.~ ...: r ;_l~; ."'X~; .~ , ! ff?J i t~ : \ ; ,~ )yQuile of len. the highli~\mg~ot$.t~~:reli~J;;~i~ce is ~~ opportunism; panand parcel of thew en :: ;,J 1 ~ #~ .: S t ra t~ g y~ B f ;d i \it ~ 1 M td j i~ L~ .In b ygo ne c l a y s .if a T01Ypolincaanw hh a peci4ree "likeMeJlQ'ji~!:Whose~~".n" 'Ster was e lec ted ill 1979 byplaying, the race cmu;,"became involve: i l . i l i r i .iTB~:''':b :.. " ':.he wnuld be expected to

: : , : : , i l i : : : : : ,~~~.aoni l i ; t J~J~~t~t. For instance whenChris. Kaman! wm;:~{/ll,~.!ilnllYi Melior.-~9}1t,a .. ~,. ._... . fevici!lTIce.gpeculatedon B racist motive:;;Wl:cltti.:hia'.\lnclth e pollticalIi!lta'6li.s~;_;ifavie':i1eaDlt over th e lastr w e m yor lhirtyye i J rA i \i~ ; l t h l t; 'u rU J . ew or l . trdi:ilide' tobe equa l l yp[of~entWith eilh~ U1era re ~1 . :~ :~ j ,7 ra~~?~; , ?~~*r :~~ .; li lrYilNaw, y~n may have noticed th~ 'm~:# ,W_~,~~i~~~i;\l~::~~me ~se~'2re a1w~ first inthe-public arena, JUSl a s o ft en th:e.~ddled~~~;~)SI:.I~O T."epre~entboth sides of thecase by voicing contrary v iews . ..M l l1lajl.ilrj{~(-s;tf.6t":ij'lBta:I1':~nave ! ; 1 \ 1 t esame middleclass orientatiatr and agenda. Even~\r_h.~if;~~lifY lii il d ,I.he ~~n denominatorb etw een left and right.is lheJ neither argMih~~~cm.n~~{\,nychallen&~'. lo tlJ:e aocial orderpoliticalstains quo. More often than nO L : : ll i eob ject tv~: is to mondP6li se il ie debaie, inorder to identi fy their true class interests, rather thart h~ toward a solution.

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rt Is this mnate slyness, and the .abIDtyand wUllngness to adapt; wbicil Is , wben youthtnk about-it; the maln reason why it I!;them rather than us running fDotban, andit is them rather than us runntng fhe country. As long as we remember tnatas aclass l1Iey wiD always push their ownInterests to the fore, and that thelr lnterestsalwa.ysrun counter to our own; that thelr advantage is to our disadvantage. tnenalready we have a basis for a counter strategy. Appeatlng 1 .0 good reason, a senseof fair play, or siniply whlb.gfng Il>no way forward. If they can organise In their

tnterests they) so must WE' In ours, Unless we are preparE'd to set' our gam!:'"dommated by the middle classes and the middle aged. now is the lime to act,

Than ks to R eC /Ad itud e for "[fllow ing us toreprintth is artid e w hichappeared in RedAttitude,IsSue18(see Reviews for de ta il s)

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[t':.!i':Ii'~~i~i~~~i~~~:alIn the last few weeks the Cel1'ic View yet tt IS surely the most obvious and of mine and it cost J 7! So, who arebas been lhreat"nJng banishment fair method for tans 1'0 deal with their the real ticket touts in ail of this? The[rom Paradise to anyone reselling unused. eeson book vouchers. People fans aren't makmg much out of thismatch vouchers from thelr season who have bought a book and can't '!air-fnJlii1'and perhaps that's what

books due to 1he rad IIm1 tIle)' might make il to every game are obviously really J! Fergus and IDSmoney men.net be able to make it to aparncular going to by 10 get some cash back.gume. Jusl what is happeningwhen people seD spar" vouchers?~IO are the e people and m i.arethey doing It? And. is it tileheinous crime llr.lt GeorgeDoug.llne would have us believe?O'Ma11(4Y explores lhi t:omple'issue which Is part o r the recentpheuomena at Celtic Park.

First f all, practically any onewanting to attend games at CelticPark nowaday musthave 1 .\sea nbook because tile w hole groundISvirlu.all)i sold out Andwith m rethan 40,000 season ticket holders(the largest in Britain) a waiting L is t .:U IOPCHl'Il0lt. The days when youcould Just decide to go 10 a matchand pay et the gate appear to havegone Ii rever. As II result of this

many people w ho previouslywouldnot have dreamed of'buying a seasonticket have been forced to do so. Alarge n umber of season ticket holdersalso live a far distance fr rnGlasgow: the Highlands and Islandsof Scotland. Ireland and southernEngland. 1 have even heard recentlythat there are handfuls of seasonticket holders J J 1 Europe W 1d theUSA! Clearly many would have 'trouble getting to midweek games, '~r ..;,l.\:r"t~1

let alone every home Saturday game.Add t t .h.ispeople who work shifls andthose fans who hare a eason book. [know some supporters who sharebooks because they simply cannotafford a season book on their own. Onmatch. days, rrud-week or at one of thesmaller games you may see the oddperson selling a voucher. Many moreare sold in Bars and among membersof supporter clubs. Some are simplypassed on to a person who happens tobe unemployed, or. even more'ish am eju .i" ,given to a kid whoseparents can't afford 1 :0 take him/heralong every week .

nus is interpreted by the dub as

The main rea 'on that the Cboard appear to be unhappyarrangem ent is that th~ have beenelim inated from the equan n'!bel arenot in control. These are transa '(\1\:,which are conducted betweenthemselves. There are no organisedneket touts oiling match c ainflated prices outside Celtic Park.unlike at Man Unned where nckets for

their match against Arsenal werefetching 150. .fos V u hers are - ldon for a tenner or Jess - few quidlower than th e average pnee of ticketsold by the club In the public sales thatthey have oondncted this season. Forexample, I purchased a ticket for thef i dl t h i t R f t

'elh F C. have old hundreds ofseason tickets t fans In Irelundknow ing fullwell thor no r all rthem can come over every week.So, w hat i to happen? P ue theregoing 1.0b e spot checks everyWeekto make sure that you are entitledto sit on the seat you are on? Iwould hazard guess and say thatalmost ev ery seal'at Celtic Park h asbad more d1a J1 one pers In on Itduring the COUl'St! of the season,Are w e all tobe b arred? P ue Fergusand his restapc hief golng to sitand watch countles hours ofCCTV looking at the crowd andshouting, "l'es, took, another one>II(' wasn 't 01 1 tltat seat Ian week!"Tr every person wa to hold theirhands up 1(1 this "erune' il wouldrender L Itewhole 'hunr them down'

pr CI . !'!> uselesi H ow ever, I ! 'H l l isunlikely IL l happen due It' U1- : fenrfactor that F ergus unci his. rormtroopers have generatedam ng .upporters, 'The bean-counters oil Celne Park will

nnnue t bully an I threaten thefML....'h" are, especially m tlus C2~e

ine poore I among 1" un Jhave 10 truggle hard to lind

the funds t supp rt th e ir c lub ,

7 a1" Jekel Scandal" referredf tb start of this arUcie happensng tne Fat Cas mvestors whotb fancy takes th('1II lay cL'lim

their right 1.0 purchase 11 ticketseach from every public . ale. Wheredo those tickets end up? Who isgoing to Investigate that scandal?Th whole public sales arrangementsneed 10 be revtewed by the club wbo

hould be lobbied by the Celtie Fans.We need to reclalm control of ourown season tickets. A common se nseapproach by the club would he to letus continue to sort this issue outamong ourselves. "If it ail, 't broke.don "fIX it!" would be better than the

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~I} ~aI tracks from t he ir f ir el three ::'

This is an ab solute m il"!if yo u didn't gel :::_finlttnneI1>Wld.(J-IRDJ ~.

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sof dIe m -eals ofIrish women's music are ~:

Irrt o u I bis ~ornpih,tion.Sharon SlIrumoll.Mary;::D Illon. Nramh Pnrsons, K aren MHihieson. 10 ~:m:lrMbur a row. A eood intt'Odurl'Or), collection. ;;.HROI - ::.

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he IDgb.Llnin",1 - ('(lId 111111frounc~' ,- :'? .'. :::

Nm'r heard oflilem? W tL Lrile l eM singer used :::10be wilh Ih~ ,",~mly underrated Mlcrodisney, ::;Dey were go~d. bur the l1igh LJ "D1 ! 1Sw-e even ::;better Reccmrnenderl, (T-IRO) 1~ ~

:~rupellertteads ~:: :Deck$\lDdDnml9_ndRoc.kandRoU IHlaNqt ;:;

.; '(JI,//::I.IDalTe," music 011;t~best. An acquired :-,aste lor some, but this is e~ily my favourite ~::,":album ef'theyear sn fur U-lJtDJ

tSI'llfl' . Tlnl'llm .. 1 .rr:]UT, ~:=Tlus is wackiness H J ill;best. Space draw ou a :~:wide range of influences, bur they alway seem ~:

~ 110 dehver the I"0ods. ~HRl) 1 ~~The Hybir possib ly the b est th ing everto c ame ;: .:; .'. :: ,'o ut o fM ansfir-ld sinco.. w ell,since eoal. ,~probably, Ililusi for sore ears, Sheer bliss

~:: ' : : : : '~j~l~iil,:' )I lkid~ S'oil"lde , : : ; ' ,< .11First} := .

~~,,bl19~l. Suicide were W O J 'ahead.of'their time. :: .. ..Cerrnintv, lh~\' hnvecoutirurec m be au acquired111.Ome- s11 \ l : d i IY. , , $V- I " lS .Il 11 ) < ' 1 < ; ,likestran~~t1)'i1:itch..MQsl01' them;sem~d iLO" /)l:ey,;are ou "II suicide :mi ss io~, un lil ~ rh e(" o1m ., d th . "t '0 g" oril$adiiJ . th:e . -,.ll.lVesilitnl ame teduuca1 !ldVlt~Al till st!lge

ve JOUle e~ SiS er __. r .'t"(I"'. ,:;:' n.; ,-'. .fue.'RJ'\man uses his 'G!t wJ. oj'New York'Fre,e Masons ill the Uknrine,,'aJlit";\\'~fe- - ,:-card,drops into aibC1l1Tnm] !lar ai1dgets theLhm T blUe1,-"o~e:nd~a-ha1fbad$-e,s WltfI--,r -namlwllo phone IRll.. H.Q. Be l/ al it to 3m,mgepride, . !l ,: nyway. to - Ihepo in t. o ft"he1:ltory: lransport. ol.lL! 'Olle day for what ,ever reason we weredecanted inl;o tJ.le back lOUJ1ge fuUof tJled rin k A ll r.he b etL ert . l"ltalk '!reason il l anempty lOW lgC_The cry went up. "LI1Mha\le a sing sotJg!" The c .o rrun lt1. eewere

tight em lOpOfllS -

"No pal1y tunes!"J

mean, as If we would!'? The fu-sj songfrom a cectal]]Mf C harlie D evlin w as"Yffe Boy..,.oj 'he Old P.L.O U I mightad d thar thi.~song does Dol featw:e on thenew tUIle.Chm: li ev.'8Sgiving it laldy. an d'the 'PLo. ~ pl'ovl'siol1a..l wing.'" chanlWaJiI going down a !rear when. suddenly,the secretary shomed "OUT! J told ?)1L

All d. j usl in ease Ihris.! .~- the last c han ce toreview the lif~ 'l:i! crimes of CharlieDevlin, one other -anecdote should berecorded fOl':poJ3.I,~~', This sto ry tak esplace in The. } ~ ~w :.Club. Carlton Place,Glasgow, In r l l8c , c t: ;w swhen pubsdid noropen all day, ''ry:W:'StarC lub was one ofthose fare ven,u-~s jJ131 (lid. and some

were smgmgproved no defence' and 'we were out,never to return. We 'were, unlike the.lefues, not loa unhappy when the clubdosed down sometime later.

111e moral of this story; The MourneMountain Rambler at Celtic Park? IL'6bound to end in tears, isn't it? Anyway,

." . ' ,wen.done. 'Peas '/1 Barley', Oh, and there's aJ 0 a Joe O'Sullivan (no relationt-\fthe Celtic View editor. we hope)pJaYll1g 011 this CD_ (QUaJley)

n IE BOXER (Film Review)

.A Furrhe r Gesture (on video)S fi ij ) l ' jL ' liW ii. rBi@ / ' lI7 i11l .G!em;r )f ) ALf red Ma/i lUJ ..n l e, .O r t: ~W ~shots !IE the credits role arc ashot:t-~,i~aUo[( of the 1~'S3 escape, Nos061ier'&a~ theescape scene 1e111he screen Ulanwe ai~lra'Clttbjheusual mire that is standardfare of.R~~i0".B&lllelt"~ conveyer be ll wr it ing .Ba$ ical lY.t fi e, ;n tj jt t\ ~"O ofUte .f 1111goes of! 10-Amcrica i~ fh \. :l l,~( )b as3 d ishwashe r, and g etslnvclved Wtlli:;a:#9upof Sout l1 Americaaslo ok in g tobit~~.Oft"am ad d icrator .

Ir! the time worn lraditioll of UJe , . f f i :Ain rJlcmovies. the1R.A (]lall on the run comes Lo Bba\l end, and you ar e 1c J : 1 :with the irrilJres_sionthat all along he had jUE;twanted to be left inp l'l Jce up 1fI the Kes.hl WOULdn't it b e great ifRonan Bennett cOlJld leave the RepublicanMovem ent in peace aiJd S\la w a yand do someresearch for his ne. .lQwork ?- T his is u nlik ely a shis talept is SO limited thal he will probablycOlllinueto write abouL Ireland ,and play onlhefact t l J a th e was in te rn ed forafew weeks in theearly '1 0's . "A FUr tJ le l'Gesture'l is only w orthhiring qn video for t ije escape ~ t'e ne s. L e tshope thataomeday. someon e w illmake a film

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~utl'S From TheBorderland

'" n"',,"M of O'Hara's invesugations~1~~~;;~~~,."""",,,,.,around the alleged use by; :l )}.xearcnuaru and other unnamed Slate

agencies (?\lJfmembers of the ultra-Stalinist, New Communist Pl.11t)' (NCP I Wsp y on both the right and the left One of. the more bizarre tones involves-a'transexnal' member of the NCF who was

a man - Tony j\. frHugh - when he was 1 :1communist, omwho mysteriouslybecame a woman - the grandly titled.. 'Ladv Athena Aft'HlIgh'- when she set upthe British National Socialis t p~(BNSPI eemingly.1:11 rhe behestofSeardtll!~l1t Weird I ~, Tl:us character laterturned up in the company l,fNCPmembers ill order I" ,spy on activists. involved in London -lgaillsr/heJobSeekers Allowanc. II just shows thesheer conternpt thar the "talc andSearchlight have for their subjects thai

they will even use the sameperson/people to infi ltrate orgarusanoruof'both rh er ig .hJ3Jl .Uthe left.

Derby Daysby Dougie and Eddie BrimsonThis is the fourth book in the last two OTthree years from 1 1 1e baldy nobodies thata re known as the Brimson Brothers. Agrowing cott age indus trythai has seen lh e

~~Bril11.solU;promoting.~~th em elv e-s as TV.'~q. : :pundus on the strength:::;of their badly comes~; researched beery pub mamly from the pen of mdependent anti-::~tales from sources who fasciSt researcher, Lany O'Hara Apart:}Ivere 100 far away from ~~I::;'JlU)Jrnhis historical documenranon of the'II~~~?:any of the action 10 t.eU ef'Brinah faseism which appeared~ :;~it like it really was. m the Lobster magazine, Noles From The~:~Subtitled 'Till' Games Borderland is probably the best tlljno thar

We Love ToHate ". Derby Day repeats O'Hara has published so far. Seriou anti-orneof the fables in theirprevious three fasds hould read .Voleshom The-best sellers. and does so even lessconvincingly. They know hee-haw about

Scotland, the films or Derby Dayencounters up here and, according to myverv irate mat e fr om Southampton. they P _- 'on {UP) woo were involved IIIID l l ;Wv~ry little about the local rivnl:ry aiding:fa:sclSl.memenam: sm Crosna andthar exists between Ponsrnomh (Pompe)) bsve. aIIKIllg odJer~'S.. set np-l

;~.:;: ;,..;, ... h. -mfn .. CIholic 'Va1ican 21 dlarIryand Southampton (Saints) the book ._..,appears to be a clumsily si..il.::hedtogether in pans of Enghmd which..amongamalgnm of the rubbish I:haLf, wall other rum} nglu wmg ventures, help (0trainspouers s_snd 10 them. These guys fimd a Ii cist hom land" expenmeru mare getting nch quick from rehashing th e Spam. The ITP me more- sinister than asame book over and OVM again. Save first glance at their activihes might

tJrls is rubbish. (Wee Eck) suggest because they believe in a fas :ism~:~iliiiiiiM.iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiijjiiiiii~iil~~~bysteahh approa h, setting IIp 3lI.emative

structures, busiaesset and networks: anembryonic alternative system Still racist,still fascist, stilltotally bananas.Red Attitude

(issue HI, LJO incp&p. PO Box 83,S'WDO. Manchester. ;MIS 5NJ)Red Attirndecontinues wilh ir'~usual hiah standards

;uusingaccounts of theMonaco trip andmatch reports- with serious analysis ofMan Utd. Also analysed is the FootballTask Force. Jed by the Tory.garaoyle,David Mellor, After t.he election, Mellorshould 'have been left [0 fade inropohtical obscurity. but Labour rescuedhis political career by giving him the TaskForrejob. Amore unrepresentative'footballfan ' you are unlikely 10meet.Mellor has grasped with a vengeance the

offered to him by his !MOUl" part)'backers, &eLlinghis OWl'Lagenda for the-task force Anti-racism (when racism aJfh(,lbrlLi ts declining) become the taskforce's hobby horse rather than rhe realissues that affect fans such as all-seaterstadi a an~ safe standing areas, ticketprices, satellite TV involvement. _, Whenan opportunist Tory bastard like Mellorstarts shouting about racism al football, 1 .

looking for the c atch . RedAttitude -d d ~ J~:I!I!

In other articles, O'Hara raises qnesn rrsabout h se baby the KII Klux Klan mBruain might be. The extensrve prescoverage that the secret state's 'antt-

.magaiine Searchlight has beenable to secure for Lhemen in pomryno nri~ be a dne. 1f this is the'romirtg ;lorm ' of fascism, we'll all dielaughing, The funniest pari though JS how

any :seTIOUSjournalist can be taken ill bythe Searchlight pin doctors who appear10 e the solepromoters 01' tile KKK onillis i land Those who lead the KKK inBruain are an aI1eged child molester onThe run from Ute Americ .a n anthoriti(Alun .Beshl1'llawho lives ill Wale.!'). aformer governmeru lax .iaspector (AlanWinder Eng/ul1dJ. a former inmate ofCarstairs Stale Menral Hospital (JamesMilcheU. who lives in Edinburgh) and aformer (1 IMilitary Policeman [SteveCartwright from GlQ.i~owJ.

Another man closely associared with theemergence ofiheXKK is th e leader of18 - Will "Mr. X '" Browning - whowas

the Crown's star prosecution witness atthe murder trial ofhis former 'racialcomrades' CharlieSargem WId etaninCro ~ (who both got life senrenc

tl f blli W1 l t b )

,V01lrS from I be $ordn'{a,rld 's revelationsabout (he "Jew Comrnumst Party shouldbe (I parucular relevance to Irishrepubucan . considering the faCt thatmember .. < ,rthe N"CP have 81 t imes been,around the fnnge ~,rIrish ."lidanry(I[~ ons (especial ly ill Enj< . la ll d ) anda re u sual ly to b e fo un d sruftin~ aroundan y controversial campaign which

involves leff wing. gI"ClUpS, Their rule asrtmi of the le ft (even I f (hey are uny iTInumbers-and politically insigmficant]needs to be seriously scrminised,Con piracy theorie abound but l' u stillarg;u~thai Notes [rom the Borderland wrequired reading rnarenal for anu- lasc is ts .Rerornmended (lJ~eeEck:

(issue 3. 2 includes

p&p) av.ailable Irnm2~ David Dale Ave.tewarton. Ayrshire.

Scotland, KAJ JAZ.I sue J of the Scotpunk Ianzine, Rurmin .Feart, uncoversanother load of localgobshires with guitars and funny .haireulsanxiou to give your ear a good doing}Wait aminu e. is that no' that tmold Nazifrom 'TIle Exploited' and 'Goodbye MIMackenzie' who's now with the "Grisly

Ghosts of G l1Y ''?Q r is.tha som eone else?

Spare us the political thoughts of bandsTurtlettead. who. in answer to a

question about Scottish independence.replied, "Politically 1 don't think Scotland. mature enough to make it as a standalone nation" Patronising bastards! Themag is a good read (Red ~"aijj

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"Georg Dougla.s... used to spend his

time nicking Celtic tens outside theground for such gross misdemeanoursas being drunk or pissing against awail . . .

...Now he spends his time. getting l1is private security firm tothrow opr fans out of their stadium."

"Are we fucking mad or what?"

When Davie Hay dared to suggest tl1atthose in charge ofCeltic PLC were notsufficiently Celtic-minded' enough,he was routinely denounced as aCatholic bigot by those to whom Iuscomments were aimed. Quite simply,Hav art iculatedwhat many of LIS feelabout the people runrung Celtic, Idon' t thmk bigotry had much to dowith Hay's remarks and.a sa non-Catholic Celtic supporter. Icall understand exactly whaihe was getting at. It has less

to do with religion and moreto do with a gut feeling forCeltic and its roots III anlIDmlEIa:J1:t community.

You see, than, what I reckonis partly at the foot (If ourproblems. You justget th esense sometim es thattile clubdoesn't mean to the playersand officials at Celtic Park, afraction of w hatit means to

the am. W hen We Talkaboutplayers and officials not bemg"Celtic-minded' enough, we're nottalking about Catholicism There areeno ugh non-C atholics involved inthisfanzine to knock that little bit ofslanderous jiggery-pokery by J\IcCarm, Io._ Co on the head.What we mean byC elttc-mtnded ' are those that will.live,breathe and cite for this club The

~'er: that pulled en that jersey and~' what the lustory (if our club

tbe people on th e terracesds TIle term Celfie-mmded

much (\ Stem. Wallace,sh, 1cGra01 and ProVaIL_

(m name bCatboliJ who - on I:hehoop' There n wh}- !:here may have been

commitment of certain officials andplayers to Celtic' cause this eason iperhaps because they appear to bepassionless about the club There aretoo many people at Celtic Park rightnow who ate content to draw a wageand see Celtic remain second best toRangers. These people -and, wait forit , some of them are even Catholics! .have never known what it was like tostand on the terraces for all those yearsthrough thick and thin, good times and.bad. The player are the least of ourworries because it seems to be those .mthe highest positions within the clubhierarchy who seem to be the leastperturbed by our poor performanceson the field of play. \Vby??? Well, forstarters how can an 'avowed' and'alleged' supporter of Hamilton Acoies

tbr most of his hfe suddenly knowwhat it means to be 0 Celtic supporter?Celtic will never run through U1e einsof someone like that, That isn'tb igotry. it'sjust commcn sen e. Youcan't change 11 lifelong commitmentfrom one football team to another justbecause it happens to be your job andin your _ fu raneialinterests.

I'll guarantee that Brown, Douglas,Mcl.ean arid McCann didn't lose anysleep after the two recent defeats byRangers, They seem to be content towatch the commercial side of the clubflourish, bask in the glow of politicalnon-entitie::>who encourage their Late tPR tu nt ag ain st their own fan andcount the money that they are actuallytaking out of the club, J ck Browngets a very good wagefrom [he money1 J 1 a twe put into the club. So does theguy who duplicates his PR job. PeterMcl.ean - who. incidentally alwayswas and always willbe n Hun at heart,no matter what Fergus' apologi Isfrom the Bhoyzone fanzine ay about

Fergus McCarrnwill no t only walkaway from the club Witll in excess of 35 rnilli 11when.he goes, but be also,as a 'working' managing director,takes a very substantial wage from theclub at present George Douglas,perhaps the biggest carpetbagger of all,used to spend his time nicking Celticfans outside the ground forsuch grossmisdemeanours as being drunk orpissing against a wall Just as the oldboard were going, and Fergus wascoming- in. the bold George'privatised the stewarding operationat ParkheacL I ow he spends his tunegetting the his private security firm tothrow our fans out of their own.stadium. Are we fucking mad or what?This guy actually had the nerve to turnup on the doorstep of a wee boy who

ran onto the park last y

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Page 19 Carnpoigo Agaipolitically, Jason Campbell, [he man whomurdered a 16 year.old Celtic ftm, whilstprobably not formally a member of anyorgarasauon on the farriaht nonethelessshared a common goal ari :dmethodwiththem. To terronse and subjugate aminonry community.

C am pa ig n Ag a in s t S e c ta ria n'Band from Glasgow who were thereunder the patronage of the paramilitaryfascist group Combat 18_ .Combst 18'~leader Charlie Si:trgl!l!t,who boasts of his1hendShlp 'Will] UFF assassin and leadinglo ya llst p risone r, Johnny Adair; washimself' r ec en tly sentenc ed 1 :0 Life formurder

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Statement to C t lmpm .g n AgQ l/ lmSeG'umanA1.tl1rki; Pliblic.Metliu,s. Glass;ow; Feb '98

The question tor tltis meeting is how do

we, figlu such atbcks_ In order 1 .0 figluagainst the perpetrarorsof such attackswe must first find out who they are Thaimeans a gal'h~ o f in fo rmation onloyalistsand, fasciSU:iwho m -e Li . l s . e l yto be

engaged in or directirtg the assaults. Wealso. need to heveevery attack no matterhow minor reported to anindependernbody. The police have shown theircolours b y denying. t h_a !the snacks an :even taking place. No. maner whether it isspitting. punching. kicking, or ~tabb1ng~WI! need 10 know what ishappening in

order Lhal we can take p re v en t a itv eaction.

w~ extend the greetings c if Anti-Fascist Action to' thiS meeting andpledge our continued, support for theCu;mpaig i J AgalnsJ S 'e c J a ii ll J l. .A l IiU :kS 'and the Celii,(: FfUis AgiUnsi Fascismerganlsatlon, Sal'gelll is nolalone among fasdS1

leaders Wl1C haVe 'il direct connection toloyalisrn. Terry Blackham, thecu.rrent'activities' organiser of the National Fronthas oply recently been releesed from jailafter serving a four year senren ell fo rUDA gun-runmng. Among Blackham'ssupporters who visited him whilst he was

in a Scottish prison were loyalists fromBridgeton. Prank P"r.lillariand EddieWhickl'!' are another tw o NF memberswith conneeucns and, m Portinari's ease,convictions for loyalist gun running,

With OUI experience of fighting againstorganised fascist groups in Scotland.England, Wa!e.9 and Ireland, there is nodoubt in the minds of AFA members th~ tl1t;lre is a common thread to the type ofattacks that have been witnessed recently.Look 'at any racistanack and compare ito these sectarian attacks and you will seeall undeniably similar' method ofoperation. T he only differences b etw eenace attacb and sectarian attacks are theorganisations which directly benefitfrom them ,By thiswe mean t :haLtheorganisetiona Which hen efi t fromacist attacks. whether random ororganised. are in th e long run thefascists of the National From and.he British National Party InS(,ot1Mtd, the direct

beneficiariesof

sectarian attacks are loyalistorganisations such as the lNF,IDA and the LVF_ Increasinalyhowever loyalist and fas;i$'lorganisatlons have become virtuallynd is ting lliEhab le f romeach otherhaving a cross over of :n;tentbers:strategy and tactics, \

It isImportantas well that our actionsare well organised. The press, as has

,,--_.-. been shown by [he ",iLcll-fIUUlillgarticle ill the Dail)l Record, an'rarely on uie slde of those whostand np.agams; such hatred, Tilemere menuen lhalpeople should beprepared to physically defendthemselvests enough for the pressto turn fictims lnto al!gr(>~sors, the

architects of tlleif own" mi;;forCtulll"_However, thai. doesn't mean jharwe should not be-prepared lo, nglltback physically when necessary,

The reaction of the Daily Record tothe first Celtic FQns ...J![iiiillSt Fasc ismleafle! w as notonly hYsT~r icru ,i t- was_p a r t (If an orchestrated campaign tooutlaw ann- fascism, Thro ugl routE urope U te sam ething. i s happening..o\s society moves further tothe ri,tht il

IS no longer fastnonable for journalists tohound far nght groups. Instead it is anti-fasci:,-ts who have become the victims .~~fpress smears In a recent editorial aDan ish Daily newspaperC(\Jl1l11enLCd:"Itu nat th violent rhetoric of the fasCistsIh ru ts Ihi! p ro b If!m, 11 is 1he .actual)'io/em' of the anti-fascists thas is theproblem ..'

ln England, to be a fascist is to 'be aoyalist. and to be a Ioyalist is to bea fascist. 10 Scotland, thevdifferences

between the two arc merelyorganisational. and. sometimes not evenhat dear . .'\1. last year's general election,all ten of the signat()rie.s who propoietlthe- BNP candidate in Shettleston weremembers of fascist Of loyalist - groups.The same story in Govan and Clydesdale(whete all of the BNP's pmpos_ers carnefrom the notoriously loyalist town ofL arldiall).

G-oirtg further back, in Ute mid-1980s, 8Nec-Nezi rack band c-alled - 'OffensiveWOOPOllS' ,played concerts i n "B e l : f 8 SEandLondon in aid of Loyalist Prisoners toex clu siv ely fascistau d.ien ce s. Two o fth ebands members were called John Adairand Sam MtCI'01j'. Wlle:JI MoMowiam,t. he ~ orth ern Ireland secretary recentlyvisited the Maze Prison to discussdifficllltiea over the lo ya lis t c ease fire , twoof the 1'Ol,ltUFF prison leaders that sheheld talks with were the notoeious John",'Adair and his leader. Sam Mr:Cro11',McCrory. incidentally, sports a . Whit!!

Power' ta t t , ) i : : ion his right forearm, Yoncan understand l.heJl,ihat it is Willi someconfidence i 1 tm;AFA can saythai half' theleadership of the UFFin Long Kesh arenoiorious Neo-Nazis.

Increasingly [twill be people like those aJthis meeting who bear the brunt ofsuacksfrom the state, as well 'as their lapdogs in

th e tab lo i.d p ress, Ourorganisetion, AFA.has already had an internationalconference baruwdand disrupted bypress smears maigated by a Labourcouncil, operating 10 a right wing agenda.

the fascists and the loyalists- networkto ge th er. c rg an ise together and marditogether, In April. 1996, London ,4.FAmobilised against a Combat 18'sLewardedoyalist march in London. Aconfrontation took place between Anti-Fascist Action. stewmds -andagroup offasfistsand loY3]jsls_.whd were drinkingtogether in the Whit:e Hart pub in CentralLondon Interestingly the loyalist flute

Th~ is what w eate up against. That isw hY ' the police can so brazeil .ly d: i.srn:is.sd d h b f

All of this inform ation points to the.fadthat loyalist and ~.iSciBt organisarions

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weeks ago, at a Bloody Sunde;Commemoration in London, the NationalFront ccumer-demcnstrarion wasescorted Into the area by the police andeft we area immediately afterw ards withhe police. It was Anti-Fascist Actionather than lhe fascists who werehounded far hours on the day by police.Willi the state increasingly adopting 1 J J eag enda o fthe fa r riahr;it is obv ious La ushat to expect the police to do allYthing

about racism or sectarian attacks is futile.n light of this it is necessary to draw a.ine ill the sandand say 'thisfar and nourther', The only people capable. oftopping TBscist attacks and sectariannnrdersars those in this room torughtand Lhasa outside who we canconvince:,f our approach, As for AFA.. we pledgeourselves to do everythmg lJi our power,politically and physically, to achieve annd 10 sectarian jatacks against Celticupporters and members of the Catholiccommunity in Glasgow.

Tioc~aiotJ Au. LalStmenumllopub!lc meelUlgojCampaigli

Agaz ns L S e ct an a n.s st ac k b y lA !a /, [z I/lBTiocfaidh AT La! The republicanfimiine for Celtic supporters would Ul,eto express o n behalf of our editorialgroup our (uD and unquahtled supportfor Celtic Fans Against Fascism andthe Campaign Against sectartanAttacks .

Despite the high.profile public campaign,Bhoys Against Bigotry, Celti~ FootballClub ! u 1Snever addressed itself to Uteissue or aUsckr; upon its own supporters

by loyalist bigots. Even When 16 year oldsupporter. Mark Scott was murdered inBridgeton I ly Jason Campbell. the clubremained silent, The laLest anack onanother Celtic supporter, Sean 0' onnor,was nothing less than attempted murder,The response of Ute club [Q Sean's attackwas co issue no statements to thepressand offer no advice LO fans through !heclub's own newspaper. TIlE Celtic View.The only respom!e that Celtic did make toSean's snack after publicity appeared inthe newspapers, W a JSto send him a copy

of the Secial Mis~hm Statement and tooffer him free tickets L Otile director's boxfor a subsequent home game. After beingstabbed in the neck by a loyalist, it ishardly relevant to send the victim a ropyof the dub's policy Ott bigotry.

.Ltis only whoa campaigns and meetingslike this are organised by fans themselvesthat the Celtic PR machine goe intooverdrive, not W SUpp011, such initiative,but to denigrate "hem. TIle filel i that.with their roots in the fmmizram Irish

r."'~~"__.~ "~W III""" ' 1I community of Glasgow and ;cith such afortnrighr stance aaainst bigotry. itshouh; have been Celtic Fe whoorganised lhe response to sectarianatlacks. But what do we get instead? Weare attacked by our own dub forsinging songs which our fanzine wouldargue are part of the culture and IUstoI)'

flie pre enceofthe Irish TricoloTIramongsupporters in. the stands, at the same. timeas declaring lhal. the tricolour will remainflying above the stadium. The club seeonly one colour when it comes to thequestion of bigotry ani! unfortunately !hi'!!colour appea rsto -be green. Yet, the tactremains thai in the Glasgow area m o s tsectarianism, and the physical attackswhich accompany it. is actually anti-Catholic and anti-Irish, II is not evenhanded and lligolIy cannot always besimplistically defined as two sides of tilesame com. Sometimes the coin L~ adouble-headed . o ne .

As for our o-w nfanzine which espouses-an unashamed republican outlook. wehave often been accused of sectarianismourselves. Agairi.we would argue that. itdepends who is pointing tile linger, andfrom where, thai defines whal a particularperson t11 . i r l J i : .~ronstirutes bigotry. Bigotry_ it seems is in the eye of the beholder.Does arguing for a united Ireland makeus bigots? Does supporting the trish-people's right to self-determination makeus bigol.s:? Does supporting Sinn Fein's

light to be at the negonaring table in thePeace Process make us bieots? We don'tthink so and neither do II substantialnumber of Celtic supporte who buyoutfanzine. It seems that the mere voicing ofsupport for Insh Republicarusm, andsometimes even just being prepared toopenly debate (he issue of ireland. isenough La have you denounced andexposed 11 1 ecuons of the Scottish media,

Look at the Daily Record's reaction tothis campaign. TIle mere existence of a

campaign thai.might challenge and defelllthe anack of loyalist bigots iR treatedwilh alarm. It's orgartisers, in Or i scaseCclt:ic Fans Against Fascism, aredenounced as "terrarists. thugs,hardliners afJ.d vtgilanl

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Page 20unny were It no 50 irrespcnsihle. Byexposing the box number address, theDaily Record reporter [eaves innocentpeople in fear and danger from furthersectarian auacks, lL should beemembered thai Oil the anniversary ofJason Campbell's uncle's death, the tNFbomber, "Big Bill" Campbell, three Irishp u bs in Glasgow Were f irebombed.

Compa re this to the inillll11ysympatheticrel'ltment of Sean O'Connor after Olealtack by the Daily Record and theirpreviously sterling repo11.ing of the J asonCampbell affulr and you have a case torarguing Hull certain sections of the pressn tile West of Scotland no t only live of fOle is tie r sectarianism, they actuallypromote it. The altitude seems C \ " I be oneof "Call" live with them, call 't make aJiving withouf 11111111'J.

11is no iron y l l1111the same reporter whow rote the sm ear story againsl ("eWc1"O[]Against Fa eism, less than two weekater PIl'J'UH!d a two page illude bastingof her visit to the "inner sanctum" of theLoyalist Volunteer Force, Was this herrew ard from the rno ( sectarian groupofloyaI Js ts h ithe 1100rtll of Ireland fo r he rrecent smear of Cdtic Fllns Agabl$l.Fascism?

WI' b I . 'U t . ' v e -j h a t UII5 I s s u e o rcarnl)algnlng against the ecrartana lta r::k~ on our suppo rte rs Is cne whichshould unlle all ('clUe SUI)I)Or(ers.From till.' people who run UII~< ;Iub hIthe tans III the stands, this Is aeam pelgn 1har snou ld place110barriersbetween (,('IU supporters. We II haveo com ilion Inter sl and A commonoftl, tit" strategtes and ladJe rortaking the campa;lgn forward wr callall discuss. argue anu (j bare as peoplewlt.h the sameinterests III heart, oursupporters should be able to wulk thesir ets of Ihls cU y wunout the 'rear orattack, What Is unrea enable aboutUu'lf demand? Who ould po slblydisagree Wllb HIM'! Who could FlodIaull or mtsconstrue as sectarian sucha amplI.lgn? Only nbigot could.

M. 0, (for TAL Editorial Group)

CarrJpaigrJ Against Sec(or

the Is ne or sectarian IlHIICks, 0111yprlnglng to action when SAorgnnlsl"~ an acU\1jy. nit ' carrrpalguorganisers beUl"ve that Ihere wereel ments present at our meetlngs whoreported bad, our I lI 'O I JOsed acLMties1,0 lh' poUCI" and me club. This Isevident after II protest actMty plannedfor a horne game outslde eJtic Parkhad to b'E' called ort due to the massivepresence of pollee and extra stewardsdrafted In for the day, Our met'tl1Jgpoint In the city centre thal day also

had a largf.' SCAle pouce presence.Despite this, we art" determlned tocontinue Wiih the Campaign Again 1Sectarian Attae~. Mr. McCann, nasalso been embroiled in a bitter dtspu tewith the Supporters Association due totbeir lack of enthusiasm for 'Bho~,4gllim1 Bigotry and 1f1t'lrinterpretation of the 'Ct:l1il!-min d~d

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"Daily Record's Chief I{cpol'tel' Threatens TAL"In whal call only be Ue-scrllledllS asensatlonal outburst, Alina Smlth, theDaily Record's Chlt'f Reporter hasmade threats ag.aiIIsLmembers of theTAL Team after we criticised herirresponsible article- -about Ce.llic FIUIS4,gain.vt Faxeism aud' the Campaign.AgQinsl. SI!CIQri{lJJ _4ItQw. The threatscarne alter Smith called UU' Anti-Fascist A~Uon bourne and asked tor anassociate of this famine by name.Desc rfb ln g th elast Grcen Mole columna, "Q sli{}' 11101'1 as lie will SOIm jlJldout. . ," and, bnplylng .Ioyalls sectarianconnectrons, she slated that she IHIS

probably lptml 11l' il1't' .tJml! inN(lrllI~ril f:l'I!lIUid dum ItI! has... "Accordlng to AF A, her manner (hentook.a more threateatng lone.

This excuse for 11 jpum,alis t then wen! ,'0I,' ~ay, "I have ft'(eTlds on both sides illNU/"fJiI!NI Ireland", S:lte said thai. m eknew the source of the information abouther and in 1 1sinister t..."i~l added."1Jf! willhe dea]! ," 1/11.., " A sked whether thisw asa threat she refused to answer or bedrawn an} further but the irnplicaticnefsue h SI aternem S are o bvi ous _ ] S II just acomcicence thai Anna Srnilh, within days(I f her SJII.e3T of ('eltic Fans AgriinSlFascism... penned a 1",0 page publicityadven. .mz:;querndmg as tnvestiguttveOlDJlaliDrt. f.. ,r doe Loyal ist VolunteerForce (LvTJ'? \\"ba!: are roo going 10 doAnnat' Dr~p our n ames :10)) ur pals m

"TIle peoplewho writea nd se llthatfanzine a recOHtpletelybonkers.Iknow the people in

C lJ ap eU,a ll whobuy it andtltey 'reofftheir heads!"

Anna Smith, Chief Reporter,Daily Record. Obviously anexpert wheuit comes to .insanity.

Portadown or Airdrie? I hardlythirik thaiyou'd lie telling them omytl :i :inglhal .theydidn't know already. Or is it the old DailyRecord exposes the men behind themasks wheeze'? The suspense is killingus,

Despite being a season ticket holder atParkhead, Anna Smith 11:0. 1.0 ;.sought tocriminalise and dernonise those (;If uswho have been prepared to m ake a stand

against seclarim'1m. Not ceniern lvil.hthat, she also betrayed her contempt forrepublican supponers among. Celtic fansby stating. "Tht! peopll! ",/to wril~ and"ell/hal [anzine are compll!fdy banker.

I know the peap'" In Clwpr/IJa/1 who bu..!;II and th ey're o ff1 I ", ir I lI !m J s a s " "'I lI I! "Anna Smith is obviously an amhoriry on

i t

We do not know whetherher agenda iscompletely her own, It could be 11combination of her editors; th e polic e o rthe 'p ow ers -th a t-be ,at Celtic P31" k. Wealso suspect that some of her infonnationh as b een su pp liedby people who like tothink t1u ' I . I :they are "left wing ", such is thejealousy and lu\fred of this fanzine andCeltic supporters in general. It istrtteresting to note that a few years ag( ' )using exactly the sam e.method of tracingPO Box numbers, which she. describesss"standard jo .um alis tic pN1 .c .1 iC i!" . acertain Anna Snulll who at the lime wasworlting for th e Sunday T'llhes Scotland.attempted to makecorttact w:ith RedAction With regard to an article on theirIrish Republican links. Red Action~ored her caI1s.lnll it seems that herpursuit of GJaSgow-based militantrepublicans is a recurring theme. Spooky.

As we predicted ourselves the tabloidpress have immediatEly sough! to scareoff supporters from a campaign whichwas purely defensive in nature. Despiteth e smears, LOOCeltic fan sturned up forthe first public meeting of the campaignand pledged themselves to the fig]llagainst loyalist attacks on Celticsupporters. Al other dubs such moveswould be applauded. BtU no! at Celtic. lsthere collusion between th e dub and thepress to demgret e- the campaign?

Anna Smith has been rattledby TAL'sihreal to print her address We havefurth er 1 1ewS for Ms. Srtlith beeause,de~pite the threats that she made in atelephone conversation with AFA's pressofficer. we are WBIDingher that litheharassment continues not onlywill ",.i~print her address, we might just print thepictureaand litherjuicy inform an on aswell. How's thar fo r 'stand anIjoumaltsue practicf!' '?

Contract Killers!!!.R0sden IlHIY hll..,,@n1ltd in pr~vI[I!U I:nilo.s ofTAL (17 & 181 0111" l:nIorma:tion iUI.d!lIlalysb;of fWle:irt [m:ol'i'lIIl'nt in certl lin football~ouual 'Iirms' hi Srotland. In it we ITlIIDedff!."eraI indlvidullls who hBve til o!ITopinlonrilrmed unlle!il.tby reilliionships with IOYollns!Uld !lUtUtt. iort of the mUlled indiVid1l..';:BI"l! tbinI divisillD gmgnen with very Uttle inthe~' ofpoliJic,sor bntins:. We st.sru:J by thepre-vimB wtldes, de~"ite rec~lidy beinginfonD.ed tM1 they hllvo thre!ltened to .hit"":celUin p~t>pll' llssocilll.ed with TAL "deillt:wi l .b~ .Th."y ru.VE! cited raasens for tbi5 asbeing thllt oW" IlJijchi~ efrertr,eJy "gro:suil"Ihe.m IIp .for their drug de.aUng iI~tJvitie s, As~We pnviom;1y ."lIt ..d, if the COJ!$m-e crawling.!Ill over their 'b!l~ine." inle",~S' th.. n It'~hllTdJ,y rnT'J!rislng, rf WI' can Jfl elldly IlndUdn 11:5om IIbout j)lIim, ~W'ely R mDst U;liketh em dUll the coppers Hl'e probahly on toth.. m a. weD?!? YOIU" "g~ to much n'Ull'eUk..ly (0 be d".l'r to heme, my frle:r, lh.

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aF T.4L,HITI a ]6 year old pupil m aRomanatholic H igh Schoo lin 111eGlasgow areahere the SMT(Selliol' Managementam) hav e sided with ! ' : i l ltvl.cCann an d hisn-bigotry campaign. There are two lughhools inI .JUSaree . Everyt lay,on my wayschool, I see pupils from theotherh oo l w ith th eir R an gersshim, scarvesul j f . l , C k e I S .while pupils fromI l l y own:1111()1TI ln~1 wearschool unitorm . Wear enLeVCTI allowed 10 wea r C eltic lu lls o rarves to keep uswarm i n wint .e r.'Celticps and shorts are nlso banned from PEasses. yel our Hu. n suppo rungreacherrns ablind eye to th e o dd )tarlgers kitluch m akes an appearance I In order(0

m ba1 r lusl 1 J gO I .r yin a C-alJlOlic school.id some other J :"aSdBtgoin gs-e n th alJave encountered , r hav edecided 10 joine ('dfie Anti-Fasctsis and purcltase H JQ1],0 Calu c F an sA.@ .a in" tFascism stickers

hich I intend to decorate my school withI..'"llSCreply aoon, CP, Glnsg{.lW.

Prison and Porn,"!ee r '/: 1L ,am apro-Republican prtsoner currentlyn remandin prison I g ot y ouradcbc$~

oru a copy ofFighllllg Tal/c. I w ould be.ry gratei'llI for ID l) ' c op ies ofTIlL, Celticu ff and any th iI l@ ,regardlnj!.IJ'eTrm lO Ills" . as [ intendI(I use this lime asonsrru c livc ly aspossible, 1 would alsokel("l send TAl, poem s I1Im l':i n tlmmgh som e C elucfriendsand. luMngread UI k 19. ln:hooked l PI find enclosed II cheque formy first su~ and!4 for 100 CelticAnll-Faso . kef"; P1~ also enrol meill the TAl...Supporters OUb. I have alsoendosed a smalld . of 6 1 \. 1 )ourfanzine. K eep T an d aI . . Ithe bestStall G(I FaD'W, London (lrlsb).

Translation!Dear TAL,On bennlfof mysel f{~ also II re gltlar m ad e~e'd

you for the couple0 1 ' 11 ofplea!::lnIJu1tyou give 1l.Swhen each ~ -pub lished. 1 e nclose a tenn er for.:00suckers to dacorere m y localan&Go..espednUy forall those . ..isib.ng 1 1 1so.oooall-seater, ou tdoor 'lodge' up!he roadfrom us.1 feellJuu il ii1l1angO\'erd"oleCeltic AJltl ..FlZ.9d.r1 o:rganrsabon \\up . Il'S nice 1. 0know [hill. some peopom there and w illing10 get up orrinerses . 1 l1 .CIdo som ething, TIl e Ia:nline ~ ~far the beaon L Item arker, so please keepup the good w ork, I especm Ry enjoy theP6IlIsAJolmd Th e wo ,./d ' fl:tionandP 0 sters, P leas esen d lheS1 . ickers and IIcouple of m em bership cards. andw waddress ofthe Sl. Panl rfanzmes, PIcould you also tell me w hat the poNer miS91Je19 say s 'cos 1 Can'tspeak Gmmm? Ifyou ne edany help wiI I Ianti -faci.sl. ann-nu:i~ t a nd entl-lo ya lis t e vents p le aseget intouch. We'd be gladto h elp TALin all}'I .\ 'ayw e can.Rele ase th epcisorum;sar!hI!Govan .Proves!Yows Provolly, M.& R.,Go\lan. Gl:a5JOW

TAL REPLY: 11u;mk.rjor the lJfflfr o/hl"lplads. We '1 / be ill touch wiill you .10011.Nons 0/u.s ur T,t.1LspurnGf! f1I la, (I toQ welleither, bur we reckonIhOJ. the pew, . , .ill lilt'lrut issue basically means: .. Women of 11l~IRA - T ile .Ilrugg l{lwidens . '. If t/ltu"s no lright th e.11 lU l";lI probably gel IJ

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TiIlle To Tal,-{'Action!Dear TAL,First r would like to say how m uch 1 e njoyreading the magazine, 1 have only juststarted t-obuy TAL bu t will conwtuedoing so. Your m osrinteresting a rti cl es e reon th e CampCJ.ignAgainst St'r!a!1rJTIAttacks. We cannot aL low!hISto h appenon our own doorstep and j would likemore inform.l ll iollaboru whm we call doaliout n, [ aJllsick of these scum bastardsand the ir sh it ebag i l. rr ac :k~ ,11is :about limethai Fergus ~olll.iB Bhoys f\S!.am.s1.Bl~tllJycampaign 10 Iak e some 8C11011' - 1101 jurklfl8f ik , , ' : y '

I would also like to J0.Ul your supportersdab, after reading. your paragraph [romTAL j 9 about .. , , it's /10/ about howmtlll)' books )lQ/I read or marches yQI4 goto. ii's about wiiat J12 . ! 'iiI.)dll(ml II, ..Please send Inu Celt iC FansAgaJIlSl

Fn8~jR:lll SI ickers. I have enc lo sed 11chequelo r then I an d the rnernbeiship fee.J lockforward 1 " h earin g tro nI yt11J abuur ilnyac tiv it ies o r!T).eeliJlg~III I Jr e 1 ;1111reSet! yml /(1/1'.

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Cartwri rt's Djlenuna!Frlemls,After buyingthe TAT. [ISSUf' I ~) I readWltllyea! inrcrest your .; 11 -11) 'of tu c "S(,WI!. Llhtmu w l u c hwill b e 1cx ll o ...yiJljl5 .: ;( ltl ll ll d dUTIu_!'.The Wurld Clip.TiI~

~rorysp . - : r l i . edm) anenuon. nor somuch becau seofw tw. . " t I . Jg .analliWI(C hill rnoresobeclmse .,flhi: B}.'P .....T a cUV I< . ;I S Wh .l l ir enn;'IIi'~ m rt As u su al, a ce rta in t-.trSlc\'en C~ cropped up aaai II' 1 J1

1'(1 - lo .1plc. wuh )u s motleycrewof~- who 18 ! !. a J l 'l lF - . .. .1 1 1 1Ih ertr U.!mo ofr'~gl'la/>le f:1.11fIWf'S,lj.

' " . , . . .. . . . . . .," 'h . "Bl'I.i"Pclainu; 10 be thec. vanguard forNorthern Ireland 1,1

, : Briluh and Uni('llljRIwith.ll,uie UK .

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Folk~,We've heard a lotabout YOUT magazinend your political campaigns. We're aan g o f F ey en oc rd f3:fl$ who all supporteltic" as 'Our favourite team iIfI:~eyenoord. Fo r me personally thisnsuccessful (for our teamsl).cmbination goes b ack

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Bmy Power, .I S oneo! lhe'81rmutglllllll 6' men wbo werewrongly lmprtsoned ror pubbombings In Ute 1970's udreleasedafter 16 )e:l amid IIfurore over BrlllSb. lnjll5l1ce,BlUy spoke recently to TAt.:sIntrepld tntervie en. T1uHammu and nu - Lt}ftmBUUlUtl.

wllo a~ d 111mbeutnrc au the outslde, v icum orI I1Julice, o.nd . bo ror theIrl b Pf'3ce proc

TAL: f7nl'.(p; hJTW' Of~ bUliJIRyou sinc t )lour ,.dUl r. fttnltp.riron?Billy NOl 100bad I'm ~used LQ il We are still fi:!:for a pardon and compensaw,nbul llller six years lb. maI1e:rsUlllS lJ 't s ettled. Tho:} ' vemade

couple ofoffers bur no . .!; do}put o. price on lll } 1Spendlng 16yaBril sn pD SQ n forsomething we hndn'! done 11'not jusl about monllY Mychildren 10Sl Owl! fal.her and Ilost 1l1.echance10 be a fsr.be!' (0them. So far, theirestimate ofcom penseti 011 have beenderisory in our opinions.

if ,JIIII RdlS S411ed will )'014 SI')'

ill Brllain?At ULe moment I don't knO"~,although a Jtiruarely I havealways fcll ther I'd go ; . "back 10Ireland, Probably L O Cork orDublin. Again, it depends onnow things ~o with the Jeclaimsthet we are pur si. l:fug.

ft7i1l1 (to you lhInk ablJul howyou " ,, 'e re flUedup'AIl you know. we were arrestedon our way to the funeral (O farepublican in Btiifust. We neverhid the facl !.hat we hadrepublicansympat1lies or thatmends of ours had beeninvolved in things. Person lilly.I'm not Teauy a supporter ofviolence, but ultimaely, we al lsupported the goal of the

Lasl{", tf 7 J 111do ylltl tlli1lk (IIIlu~fan:.in~?1 OWl\( It Ii I![!!ui Front rrly p"inlof view. I espec lall~ ltke Ihe ffli:rIhl1II them aptZln e rc~ularlyrl!Sll% 'es ~mfr a b('1L! I herepabhcan prisoners and oilier

pn ers who are victim ~ of Ih eWlju" Bnnsh legal system,\\1\m you're insrde and []mngnzme like tlus comes andyou see your name ill it. YI.)Uurunedrnlely gel a UHr thinkmoybc you could expand onIhatpart of it wldstart: featuring afew more of theinjUllticeCallCsm al)il more detail. ll'~ also, of

JVhat do yon tllinli aboul/lle CO ur sC. about the supportersPeacehDus. inrJlc norlh of mskmg themselves heardIreland? Celtic's an InshcJllb. they'IlI think lila this 15 the best never change ther, and TALchtmce sme ll'lhe ....a: r stmted to reflects the feelingsof mostbring about a fair settlement of ~pponen; l1 1at r talk to on thisilie con fhct.. (think dull. Gerry issue ofCe!tic's mots.Adams has emerged OUJ of thishead and shoulders above (heother pmy leaders at the talks. Ialso beheveth:et Bertie Ahernhas played a more constructiverole iJum his predecessor.Bruien, who seemed always fab t 81 home i ! h

and false forensic evidence wasused to convict 1 I i > .And, evenafter release, (i . years later, we're9 till having. to :fight for basicrights. .

Hlm' doyou mean?Well, my wife has to work all

the hours under the sun just(0

keep us going, Do you knowthat J don't qualify for staleb en el11A bec au se J am deemedby them lobe 'unemployable'afte r til I: yCW"l'i in prison and t:1Iehigh profile 11 : > l 1me of our ca;;c'/

Ho ... do you occupy yoU /'se lfnDW I'hm?

When we were released, all ofus tthe Barrmngham 6) feltobl!~ed !J . .1help al l of thosepeop le ins ideBritis.liprisollB therc: knew (0 lHI innocent like UE

aruI Vl,:Um~ of Bnushmiscarriages of jusnce FrankJohnson whose case you ferullJ'ein the las! issue M TAL (19).Frank s a fnend lJr miae arid liedearf} d.tdn't commit die cnrnelha he was accused fur The

;';,1IJ!( F our was also ;'I( l '3 l11pBltJ1cdl'or

I~ male: of mine

obvillu.;:l} R,'ISUIit: by''S rmpnsonmem on

I l lmIpCdup ~ while shean absolure

Slllllorl~- kne...Ilhmk IlU.

Europe borders. are becoming1ess importarit from th e p oiru 0 rview of trade Even. oneconomic grouads ;1's hard toargue against the northbecoming pan of the econom.yof a united I re land , En ll .l and1 1 0longer represents the ~wer 10

the unemployment prob lems ofthe nm1.11 or the SOUlh_ Theyhave rhsir own u nemplo ym entproblem ttumks to the legacy ofThatcher Less people arernoving over m search ol' WOIk.preferring 10 ~!ay In their ownccmrnunnies Mayue Ihal's wh.ythe Catholic population in thenorth is b .1om ing? ' Accord .illf? , I nthe census! ."If1991. they reckonilta! the Calholies W01 tid be themiljonry in the noah inside :;0year.ll. I 1 .hi.JLk U laJI.w k even UIi1 :BritiSh. ~ (lv e;rnm en t muj 1l1Curu(\ru~iJJ by surpnse, Therehadn't been a census tor ']0years, yoU see, be(all RG thenid h')1aLi~lsboycoi red Ihe 1( l S Ione Thai could he wilY Ihe8:nt~S:hwant 10 uegouaie HI,)WI"Ilthcrthan Wall. Becau ~c. eve nbased on populationcrucILIa,thnl$.it looks like w e'rehca ll il lg . t i.~1aunited ireland,

McCormick's Bar'N!ofllerweU Road, Belblllll,

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The aU-party talk.s reached theirconclusion and were bailed by theBritish, Irish and Americangevernments as a "historicbreakthrough ". Among lri.sJiRepublicans also,interestingly enough. the position ofthe "securocrats" of the British secretstate (MIS, SAS, RUC, SpecialBranch, etc.) VJ 1 J i c hcamp would yourather b~ in'?

Anyone who thinks that Sinn Fein. byt ak ing par tin the talks pro cess. w eIeina position of w eaknessis seriouslymistaken. Remember that this wholeprocess was actually kicked off by theRepublican Movement TheHume/ Adams talks should really havebeen called the Adams/Hume talksbecause it was Sinn Fein rather thanthe SDLP who initiated the process.Republicanism not only had an overallstrategy, it also set the agendathroughout this phase of the struggle.Gerry Adams said at the end of the allparty talks that it was not a historicm merit, only the startof anotherstage in the political process. Weshould listen carefully to What Adamsand McGuinness a re saying. ratherthan being fooled by the bluff andbluster of Trimble and Company.AsGerry Kelly. counciUor, ex-prisoner,

and a member of Sinn Fein'snegotiating team said, on Ea!>1t'TTuesday in Ardoyne, "We want anational democracy. We want aUnited Ireland: Does it (TheAgreement) help or hinder it? That'stile I'ery basic question .in all ofthis.: This is our !.truggle. We're theexperts on this issue..,

Unionism will never be the arneafterthese talks, Tile difference between thenegotiation' of the I 90' .... and tho e ofth e J920's is thatit is un ion ism ratherthan republicanism which is having toswallow the bitter pill of betrayal,Trimble is caught between a r ock and Iihard place He know- that the BrinshEstablishment want out and he als 0

that they are prepared toabandon him, if he doesn't treadcarefully. Paisley looked like a tiredold man outside Stormont whenworking class loyalists taunted andheckled him. This was significantbecause these are the very samepeople whom Paisley ha s always reliedupon to deliver the hardline loyalistvote for the DUP. Unionism'scatchphrase word "No" is starting towear thin with just about everybody,

Ute other sea-change may well be inIrish nationalism. In the 26 Counties,Sinn Fein have come from the positionwhere, in the early '90's, they wereforced to hold their AId Fheis .in aDublin community centre due to astate ban. Now they are setting the

poli tical agenda.in ireland; certainlyinthe north, and they very soon. will bein the south as well! 111 eSDLP areworried that Sinn Fein may eat intotheir vote now that the war appears tobe over, increasing their appeal tomiddle class nationalist voters.Whatever happens there's a lot moreyet to 'be gone through than signingtreaties and basking in the Brits'illusory' peace'.

As for decommissioning, even BillyHutchison-of the PUP!UVF wasn'tfulling for that one. On his way out ofthe talks be commented that"Decommissioning was never on the

agenda. THere won't b e any weaponsgetting handed over by loyalists, ( J . f 1dI don't expect YOll 'Il be getting tinyfrom the other lot either!" Theforgotten man, 101m Major. hasbeenwheeled back U1 by 1 ew Labour topromote this non-is ue , This indicatesthat the B rits have already concededthat ther ewill be n decornm is: ioningthis id e of a united Ireland On thisissue. It might be prudent 10 rememberwhet J3JIle5 Connolly said to the IrishCinzert' Anny on the eVB of theEaster Rising, "Hold

For readersTALinterested in a seriousand relevant analysis ofthe peace process from1995 - 1998, we wouldstrongly recommend:

Red ActionIssues: 69, 70, 72, 73, 75AllS issues for 3 from TAL

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pee : . wOlter h i b c ima . I J o nJ!iSL til t!JI:.! to II,./ ')nother hrJipmg oj mad banter and poetry be/ore th e end a/the. season. M;;", .t [J . /tn..,stujJwhwh milpear on tMs c olu mn w il!fJ,p_!fam th e !/Wi i21nlSf!ff,b io I t h e re ' s also sp :1cegLVCHI m'eF tt: /I:p'/ynfMla lents of oth ers (se e S ha un 's)., sagel wruing forth sta rt o f n ext se aso n< ; 11) 'ou 91 ." Jd{~gBrendanehan.'s out there! limerick 's or sectanan rants please!

Out of the Ashes Arose ...A ldershot Town'li "tNow correct me if I'm wrong, but isn'tAldershot the home of the infamous BritishParachute Regiment the dress of the BritishArmy and scourge of our people 111 theNorth? But that looks suspiciously like arepublican phoenix wlnch adorns the officii!merchandise of the local football dub. Iwonder .if an} of the "Johnnies havenoticed':' 1lIJ! red. 9>1uti! and blue are (Ill th e

rosette, but the flames and the bird. il wouldseem. are c Ionr bhnd.... U rihke(lUI Parafnendsl

'NO' HATE"17u Stl.fll.lJj1UlItfl1Ig~frt1lll Ol~

Whal? j op .c l11I "91U'DU?"I think I cartJ!,J'ftSP the ~I.' or hale,the odour ofy!!st:so! oppresslon.

"Fur sunfy, " TIl'" thinks, "I111lV1! flu GodgWI!1I rlghJ10"knsw thm F am.oj"Jhe ascmdlUlL'Y1 'l1lS$ WiJllllu Gbdglvmrlg/lIlo dJJ. to hQJi' tlJJdlo

employ,1 1 1 1 1 0wher and wlu ! 1 I t ikl! .. . .

Regardless ofskfil. of'passion, ortovt' ...What true men have?

"NO! says he. speaking ror Ulster ~aiTl, I suppose.Herneut.s 'OB

Foul' WallsLonely tour walls, my thoughts .. . ,

Your thoughts ... are only of guns, batons.

InternrtlOgly. Cork was also liie main. base 01 thefusci~1 IHlf~~"lrr" in the L9:iOs, ,0 Ni Chonnai l+ s:fur right po Iiri ca l a nd nnti -re publ ie an v iewsULaystem from this shameful helltap;e;Forrunmely. Corkabo produced loany noted anti-fascisis includingGeneral Tom Barry (who commanded Ihe IRA atKilmichael ill H20) and Mick oRrordan. aVeWTI!Jlofthe t 'onno lly Columnwho rO\l~hlagain Ifascism with the I t1J~nJ11t.onalBrigades dllTlng liltSpanish Civil Ww.

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Don't IW1f " 'Y,We 11"Orl 'f teU Fergus! Thealternauv voice ofthe Ceuic fans j,\' available1 J 1 competitive raies whtch include tile cost

and packaging. lt' cheaper, moreeffieient and yon call make a bit of mQney joryour elf, your club fund: or chariiy. IVha/el'eryou decide. Allernllfi,'ely. you might want 10

donate (he profits to the dependants of IrishRepublican Prisoner. Gel your copy of r.ALbe/ore il hils file sire I by taking out a bulkorder for your C C 1'oll know ;1 makes" sense!

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Oh, war-isnot wer - 'only lov can conquer hate'.

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