The Orange Order: an enemy of ALL workers

andrew
Wed, 07 Jul 1999 13:51:05 +0000
Loyalism, Community, Culture, Ulster, Newspaper, Analysis, Andrew N Flood

It is unfortunate, if perhaps somewhat inevitable, that the now annual battles around the 'marching season' fall along religious lines. The Orange parades are being used to test the supposed neutrality of the northern regime and the RUC in particular. The losing side in this dangerous game however is likely to be the working class, Protestant and Catholic, as the confrontations and the sectarian attacks that occur around the Orange marches drive people further into 'their own' communities.