Smash the Prevention of Terrorism Act Campaign

TUC Hands off Ireland. Smash the Prevention of Terrorism Act Campaign. Revolutionary Communist Pamphlets No.8. Junius Publications Ltd, March 1981.

Cover of Ireland's Victory Means Britain's Defeat: the Role of the Labour Movement (Revolutionary Communist Pamphlets) Revolutionary Communist Tendency 1980 Junius Publications Ltd 24p.

The Smash the Prevention of Terrorism Act Campaign was a front group created by the Revolutionary Communist Tendency in 1979. It was one of the vehicles for RCP work on Ireland until it was subsumed into the Irish Freedom Movement from around 1983.

The Smash the Prevention of Terrorism Act Campaign was created in late 1979 by the Revolutionary Communist Tendency. According to their own account: 'Towards the end of 1979 we decided to focus our activity in the labour movement on opposition to the PTA. We organised a national demonstration in November and the Smash the PTA Campaign was launched shortly afterwards.'

Collage from The next step from p. 12-13 of Ireland's Victory Means Britain's Defeat: the Role of the Labour Movement (Revolutionary Communist Pamphlets) Revolutionary Communist Tendency 1980 Junius Publications Ltd 24p. The top most image is from the first (November 1979) edition of The next step and shows the important role of Ireland in the development of the RCT/RCP

[[Image:SPTAC Livingstone Leaflet October 1981.jpg|thumb|right|250px|SPTAC Livingstone Leaflet: When is a sympathiser with Irish unity a supporter of British rule? When he condemns the violence of the IRA, October 1981

Misc publications

• Smash the Prevention of Terrorism Act! / Revolutionary Communist Tendency. London : Junius Publications, 1979. 7 p.
• Ireland and the British Labour Movement: Support the Irish People: Bring the War to Britain, Smash the Prevention of Terrorism Act Campaign, Published by the Revolutionary Communist Tendency, April 1980.

Revolutionary Communist Papers

• Special issue on Ireland: British imperialism in Ireland and anti-imperialism in Britain, Revolutionary Communist Papers No. 2: 1978, London: Junius Publications.

Revolutionary Communist Pamphlets

• Mary Masters Workers against imperialism : the British labour movement and Ireland. Revolutionary Communist Pamphlets ; no 5 London : Junius, 1979. ISSN 0141-8874 19p
• Mike Freeman Ireland's Victory Means Britain's Defeat: the Role of the Labour Movement (Revolutionary communist pamphlets) Revolutionary Communist Tendency Association June 1980 Junius Publications Ltd 24p.
• TUC Hands off Ireland. Smash the Prevention of Terrorism Act Campaign. Revolutionary Communist Pamphlets No.8. Junius Publications Ltd, March 1981., 1981. Pamphlet. 17 pages.