Friday, July 11, 2003

More laws fewer rights Margaret McKearney The recent proposal by the Minister for Justice, Michael McDowell for the introduction of increased surveillance and data retention schemes will evoke memories for those of us who remember the Cosgrave/Corish partnership of the mid 1970s. Not since the hey days of Cooney, Donegan and the Cruiser O'Brien has the rights of the citizens of this state been so threatened. [Fourthwrite: More laws fewer rights] Comments: 6:48:39 PM

Obscure sections of OASA used by 26-County police An allegation that the police are circumventing the legal rights of people by arresting them under obscure sections of the Offences Against the State Act has been made by Republican Sinn FÈin Munster Executive spokesperson Joe Lynch from Ballinacurra Weston in Limerick said on June 25. [Saoirse: Obscure sections of OASA used by 26-County police] Comments: 6:48:32 PM

Pedro Albizu Campos and Irish Republicanism Aoife Rivera Serrano The historical and cultural parallels between the two island nations of Puerto Rico and Ireland, and their struggles against two empires profoundly moved the Latin American leader, Pedro Albizu Campos, into studying the Irish Republican Movement closely. He immediately recognized how Britain, over the course of 700 years, used language and religious persecution to crush the native culture, since the same was happening in his country, Puerto Rico, following the United States invasion of 1898. He easily identified with Eireann's people, becoming a steadfast and ardent supporter of Ireland's battle for independence. Moreover, he saw Eireann's nationalist resistance as an inspiration, a model whose revolutionary heroes could teach and impact his own people's quest for independence from the United States of America. [The Blanket: Pedro Albizu Campos and Irish Republicanism] Comments: 6:48:26 PM

Republicans must continue to be agents of change Alex Maskey Ireland's struggle for freedom has produced many heroes, men and women of enormous courage and self-sacrifice who were and are prepared to give everything in the cause of Irish freedom. They were ordinary men and women who, in extraordinary and difficult circumstances, found the inner strength, determination and courage to stand against injustice and oppression, and to demand the rights and entitlements of the Irish people. They had the vision to see beyond the conflict, beyond the centuries of occupation, and to embrace the republican spirit of Tone, of Emmet and Connolly, and to stand up for justice and equality. [AP/RN: Republicans must continue to be agents of change] Comments: 6:47:58 PM

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