Newry - Internationalism

Border Poll: The clamour for a border poll and the creation of a wave of manufactured urgency is unnecesary, divise and sectarian, with potentially dangerous consequences. In the absence of working-class unity there is a real risk and potential for sectarian violence in the lead up to and in the aftermath of a Border Poll – irrespective of the outcome. Self Determination: We are opposed to self-determnation soley on the basis of cultural/nationalist grounds. It is also misleading to equate the situations in Catalonia and Palestine. We would support the right of oppressed people to constitute itself in a state e.g., Palestine and Western Sahara, or otherwise freely determine the form of its association with an existing state.