Friday, November 15, 2002

Galliagh Community Has Suffered Enough The IRSP in Derry, and in the Galliagh area in particular, stand full square behind any community attempts to rid the area of the scourge of RUC inspired anti-community behaviour. [Starry Plough: Galliagh Community Has Suffered Enough] Comments: Google It! 6:12:33 AM

Death threat from prison officer in Maghaberry jail CIRA POWs in Maghaberry jail We the Republican prisoners incarcerated in Maghaberry gaol are very concerned about the destructive elements within the prison. There has been of late a concerted campaign of victimisation levelled at the door of Republicanism via the prison staff and loyalists. [Saoirse: Death threat by prison officer in Maghaberry jail (original), Death threat by prison officer in Maghaberry jail (permalink)] Comments: Google It! 6:07:38 AM

The Legacy Of Seamus Costello Liam O Ruairc Republican Socialists commemorate this year the 25th anniversary of the assassination of Seamus Costello. If he is unsurprisingly remembered as the founder of the IRSP and the INLA, he should also be commemorated as one of the main architects of the left turn taken by the then unified Republican Movement during the 1960s. In contrast to Connolly, whose background was the workers movement, Costello came from the conspiratorial politics of the "secret army", understood their limits, and developed a strategy to reconstruct them on a left-wing basis . Born in 1939, Seamus Costello applied to join the IRA aged 16, and became the commander of an ASU in South Derry during the border campaign. He was arrested in 1957, and was interned in the Curragh. Like others, he reflected on the reasons for the failure of the 1956-1962 campaign, and came to realise that there was an objective need to move away from a purely military conception of struggle. The IRA had separated itself from the people. Costello thought that the Republican movement should be organically linked to the masses, develop a solid political programme to give political leadership and if necessary complement mass struggle by military action. Through the efforts of Costello and others, the Republican Movement adopted a socialist stance by 1966/1967. This part of Costello's political life has much relevance in 2002. Forty years after the end of the border campaign, Republicans have still to understand the defeat of the 1990s. While some Republicans join the status quo and other "pan nationalist fronts", Republican Socialists will find inspiration in Costello's 1960s strategy. What is required of Republicans is to be organically linked to the struggles of the working class and give political leadership. [The Blanket: The Legacy Of Seamus Costello] Comments: Google It! 5:57:12 AM

Francie Hughes' guns on display Séanna Breathnach I was in London recently visiting family and I decided to take in the museums and galleries. One of the places I decided to visit was the Imperial War Museum, as they are currently hosting a Holocaust exhibition. To be honest, I also wanted to have a look at their 'Trench Experience' exhibition, dealing with some of the aspects of the First World War. My paternal granda, who passed away long before I ever appeared on this earth, got a medal for his involvement. When he returned, however, it was to a divided city and a statelet that ignored his suffering and the suffering of thousands like him. [AP/RN: Francie Hughes' guns on display] Comments: Google It! 5:49:02 AM

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