The Irish Republican Socialist Party, the INLA's political wing, has said that it fails to see how the new IRA ceasefire can achieve republican goals. In a statement the IRSP said: "It is our view that the so-called peace process is little more than a thinly veiled attempt at pacifying nationalist demands while neutralising republican resistance to the British occupation of Ireland.
"This analysis is shared by a vast majority of grassroots republican supporters and activists."
The IRSP said that while it "yearned" for an end to conflict, this would not happen until the British withdrew from Ireland.
In a veiled reference to remarks last week by Mr Gerry Adams that Sinn Fein would seek to "re-negotiate" the Union at all-party talks, the IRSP said: "We reject any form of dialogue that is about `renegotiating' the nature of the union with Britain."
However, the IRSP's refusal to directly attack Sinn Fein or IRA leaders implies that it will most likely refrain from challenging the Provisional leadership within the nationalist areas.
The IRSP called for a republican forum where republicans could meet to discuss the best way forward.
