During the time of 1969-75 a new force came about called the Irish National
Liberation Army (INLA), this group was mainly the military wing of the Irish Republican
Socialist Party, (IRSP). This is officially a break away group from the political party
Sinn Fein ("Chartres" 81).
In Ireland it was getting difficult for the Irish people to remain absorbed in it's own
unresolved problems. Both Unionists (UVF) and home rulers had been trained and
armed to fight a war ("Kelley" 29). Edward Carson, a protestant lawyer from Dublin
was a leader of the Ulster Volunteer Force. He really could do nothing except encourage
his followers to sacrifice themselves on Britain's behalf ("Kelley" 30). During the winter
of 1969-1970 Republicans felt that something must be done about the situation in which
British soldiers were being welcomed into catholic communities in Northern Ireland.
Republicans were really angry when they heard that buns and tea were given to British
soldiers on the door steps of protestant homes. The Provisional IRA carried out a
propaganda campaign (see Figure 2). They did not enjoy what had been
standing in their way for quite some time now, which were the lethal weapons of the
British army. There were about 20,000 British soldiers in the province, which was
enough to provide human errors being carried out. These human errors consisted of the
kicking down of doors of innocent catholic familes, beating them in the streets and
harrassing people.
By the early 1970's the IRA had won it's propaganda battle and having been too late
the British army tried to react to it, sometimes in quite the wrong way. On august 21st
of 1970, a new and most important political organization was formed.