In the short term it would be possible to build workers' unity on day to day economic issues without mentioning partition but it would be building on sand. In the past we have seen how instances, some involving very large numbers, of working class unity have been swept away on a tide of bigotry. What is needed is a revolutionary movement, with consistent anti- imperialist policies, that is composed of workers from both Protestant and Catholic backgrounds. Nothing has happened to alter this view. The task facing us is a huge one.
Sectarianism is, if anything, even further entrenched now five years later.
While the prevarication over the formation of the Executive continues, it doesn't make the task any easier.