The Irish
Republican
Political
Activist
Sustainer
Campaign
A cháırde
Cumann Na
Saoırse
Náısıúnta
would like
to take
this
opportunity
to thank
everyone
who has
donated to
past
Cabhair
Sustainer
Programs
and to the
Annual
Cabhair
Dinners in
Ireland.
We would
also like
to thank
those
brave
souls who
organized
The
Christmas
Liffey
Swim for
Cabhair,
the
Delaware
Concert,
the Annual
CnS
Dinner,
and of
course
everyone
who is
involved
in writing
letters to
the
incarcerated.
Your
generosity
of
financial
donations
has always
been
greatly
appreciated
but the
knowledge
that you
are aware
of the
families’
plight and
that you
are
willing to
raise your
voice on
their
behalf
cannot be
underestimated.
In
Ireland,
for the
past
number of
years
almost
everyone
in public
life has
taken
credit for
being an
integral
part of
the Peace
Process.
However,
during
that same
time
period
young
Irish
Republican
activists
have been
jailed in
growing
numbers
for the
same
reason
that Bobby
Sands and
his
comrades
were
incarcerated
27 years
ago; which
resulted
in the
eventual
death of
ten while
on hunger
strike.
Republicans
do not
oppose a
genuine
peace with
justice
based on
an all
Ireland
democratic
process.
What they
do
unashamedly
oppose is
any
arrangement
that is
based on
the old
British
sectarian
model that
has always
divided
the
communities
and is now
maintained
by ‘peace
walls’
that did
not exist
before the
‘peace
process’.
In
addition,
the
British
also
elevated
sectarian
leaders to
the levels
of
warlords
that
impose
this
arrangement
on their
communities
by fear
intimidation
and
outright
murder.
Since the
partition
of the
Irish
nation by
the
British in
1922,
Irish
Republican
activists
who
continue
to
struggle
for a
reunited
Ireland
are
targets of
draconian
legislation
and
criminalization
policies
by the
authorities
in both
the
British
occupied
six
counties
and in the
twenty-six
county
Irish Free
State.
The
Special
Powers Act
of 1922
promulgated
by the
British in
the
occupied
counties
was later
matched by
the
authorities
in the
twenty-six
county
Irish Free
State with
the
equally
repressive
Public
Safety
Act, known
today as
the
Offenses
Against
the State
Act.
These
repressive
acts
provide
for arrest
without
warrant,
interrogation
without
legal
counsel,
denial of
the rights
to remain
silent,
non-jury
courts,
and the
suppression
of the
rules of
evidence.
This
perversion
of justice
set in
motion a
seamless
conveyor
belt of
injustice
that
ensures
the
confinement
of
Republican
activists
who
promote
the Éire
Nua (New
Ireland)
political
formula.
Éire Nua
is an
Irish
crafted
political
formula
designed
to bring a
just and
lasting
peace to
Ireland.
As opposed
to the
1998
British
formulated
Good
Friday
Agreement
(GFA),
that is
clearly
an
arrangement
that
copper-fastens
the
partition
of the
Irish
nation.
Inside
prisons in
both
states,
republican
activists
continue
to resist
criminalization
policies
while
demanding
their
rights for
political
status.
Their
demands
include 1)
segregation
from
pro-British
death
squad
members,
2)
recognition
as a
political
group, 3)
the right
to appoint
a
spokesperson
a separate
wing to
represent
the group,
and 4)
or
landing.
Their
struggle
for
political
status has
resulted
in
enormous
sacrifices
including
torture,
isolation,
and hunger
strikes
resulting
in death.
Their
dependants
have been
used by
authorities
in both
states as
pawns to
exert
maximum
pressure
on
activists
to accept
criminalization.
As a
result of
constant
police
harassment
at homes
and places
of
employment,
political
activists
and family
members
are being
ostracized
and
marginalized
in their
own
communities.
As an
added
burden,
political
activists
appearing
before
non-jury
courts are
subjected
to
arbitrary
bail
conditions
that
inflict
severe
hardships
on their
dependants.
These
arbitrary
bail
conditions
are
tantamount
to a
virtual
state of
imprisonment.
All of
these
malicious
tactics
are
designed
to silence
the voice
of Éire
Nua
proponents,
who are
viewed by
the ruling
elite in
both
states as
a threat
to the
status
quo;
hence, a
threat to
their own
privileged
lifestyles.
It should
always be
remembered
that it is
the
occupation
of Ireland
by a
foreign
enemy,
which
remains
the
greatest
crime
being
perpetrated
against
the Irish
people.
In order
to meet
its’
obligation,
the NIFC
will
support
the
aforementioned
dependents
through
Cabhair
in
Ireland.
Cabhair
is a
charitable
organization
that has
been in
existence
for many
years
supporting
the
dependents
of
political
activists
throughout
the
thirty-two
Irish
counties
who
subscribe
to Tone's
dictum.
You can
help them
by giving
to the
Sustainer
Program,
in which
100% of
your
donation
will be
passed on
to
Cabhair.
You can
choose to
give
monthly,
yearly, or
whenever
you have a
little
extra
available.
All
donations
are
appreciated.
The
Sustainer
Program
operates
on the
pledge
principal
whereby
donors
pledge a
contribution.The
amount to
be decided
by the
donor.
Refer to
the coupon
below for
additional
details
Is mise,
Darryl
Levey
IRPAS
coordinator
irpas@irishfreedom.net
(CLICK HER
FOR A
PRINTABLE
VERSION)
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