Militant/Doug Cooper

Supporters of Irish nationalist struggle held a rally September 6 in front of the British consulate in Sydney demanding justice for Peter McBride, an 18-year-old Belfast man fatally shot in the back by British troops in 1992. Similar protests took place in other cities around the world. Two soldiers, Mark Wright and James Fisher, were convicted of murder and sentenced to life, then had their sentences commuted after serving only three years. They were reinstated in the British Army and served in the 1999 imperialist intervention in Kosova. The protesters delivered an open letter to British prime minister Anthony Blair demanding justice for the McBride family. Signers included members of the New South Wales Parliament, officials of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union, Maritime Union of Australia, and the Public Service Association.