SF 1989 + NY office split · p.169
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Frteen straight days we l in hiding
andlistened as the British searched...
b6
b7c
- spueiy pun souuny imo jo nybnoui em kg posbnip inoy son moy sy
and of you in Amorica...
Here's why...
It was slx years ago that 1, along with 37 other prisoners
of war, broke out of the H-Blocks in Long Kesh. All that day, we dodged the patrols and the
roadblocks. Eight of us,desperate and exhausted, approached a house. Luck was with us -- thie
They led us to a narrow, damp space wnder the foorboards. We squeezed in and collapsed.
And then the British Army closed in.I still can hear the sounds of the Saracens and the
helicopters, the dogs and slrens, doors slamming, shouting, the pounding of boots inches above my
head. It went on and on, day after day. night after night. Even the atheists among us started to
pray. We sxpected to be dlscovered at any 6econd.
I swore then that if I ever got out allve, one thing I woufd put before me to do -- I wouid .
ask you once sgain tu give what you can, through the Inish Northern Aid Committee.
u s a s 1 o ne a ro a yi a
H-Blocks -- tried and convicted, like so many others, by a Diplock Court -- no jury, no evidence,
no "rght to sllence", no habeas corpus.
Born i a Nationalist area of occupied Ireland, my arrest was inevitable. I mind aiways thie
poverty -- half the people live in poverty. There is work for only a third of the families. Half th.e
Our real clime,of couae,is thator Iot giving up -- of continuing to work for-an lreland
that ls democratlc and free, that provides hope and opportunity for everyone. Our parents were
guilly of this crlme, as were thelr parents before them. Generations of men and women have been
Jalled by the British, just as I had been.
As we lay under the floorboards, we again vowed not to let it go -- we are bound to break
the cycle of poverty, unemployment and imprisonment. We wll never glve up. We've grown
stronger. And we are closer than ever to wlnming.
KB
But only with your help.
199F-NY-C2109194-117
I am sure that from 3,ooo miles away, it's hard to see just' how impgrtant'your support is to
uB, just how lt Ie you help us.
00F-15to4-q0
If you were with us in Long Kesh, you would see. In Long Kesh, Maghaberry, the Crunl,
Magllgan, Wakefeld, and Portiaolse, every pressure -- physical and psychological -- is applied to
break us, so that we mlght admlt in front of the worid to being criminals, And some do break. At
andlistened as the British searched...
b6
b7c
- spueiy pun souuny imo jo nybnoui em kg posbnip inoy son moy sy
and of you in Amorica...
Here's why...
It was slx years ago that 1, along with 37 other prisoners
of war, broke out of the H-Blocks in Long Kesh. All that day, we dodged the patrols and the
roadblocks. Eight of us,desperate and exhausted, approached a house. Luck was with us -- thie
They led us to a narrow, damp space wnder the foorboards. We squeezed in and collapsed.
And then the British Army closed in.I still can hear the sounds of the Saracens and the
helicopters, the dogs and slrens, doors slamming, shouting, the pounding of boots inches above my
head. It went on and on, day after day. night after night. Even the atheists among us started to
pray. We sxpected to be dlscovered at any 6econd.
I swore then that if I ever got out allve, one thing I woufd put before me to do -- I wouid .
ask you once sgain tu give what you can, through the Inish Northern Aid Committee.
u s a s 1 o ne a ro a yi a
H-Blocks -- tried and convicted, like so many others, by a Diplock Court -- no jury, no evidence,
no "rght to sllence", no habeas corpus.
Born i a Nationalist area of occupied Ireland, my arrest was inevitable. I mind aiways thie
poverty -- half the people live in poverty. There is work for only a third of the families. Half th.e
Our real clime,of couae,is thator Iot giving up -- of continuing to work for-an lreland
that ls democratlc and free, that provides hope and opportunity for everyone. Our parents were
guilly of this crlme, as were thelr parents before them. Generations of men and women have been
Jalled by the British, just as I had been.
As we lay under the floorboards, we again vowed not to let it go -- we are bound to break
the cycle of poverty, unemployment and imprisonment. We wll never glve up. We've grown
stronger. And we are closer than ever to wlnming.
KB
But only with your help.
199F-NY-C2109194-117
I am sure that from 3,ooo miles away, it's hard to see just' how impgrtant'your support is to
uB, just how lt Ie you help us.
00F-15to4-q0
If you were with us in Long Kesh, you would see. In Long Kesh, Maghaberry, the Crunl,
Magllgan, Wakefeld, and Portiaolse, every pressure -- physical and psychological -- is applied to
break us, so that we mlght admlt in front of the worid to being criminals, And some do break. At