Irish Republican Army Part 01 · p.147
Back to search
·
About this set
·
Irish Republican Army Part 01
·
All files
Transcript
HELP END U.S. HARASSMENT
OF IRISH-AMERICANS
SUPPORT IRISH FREEDOM
THE·STRUGGLE IN IREIAND
Since the dismembernent of Ireland in lg2l, the nationalist people
of Northern !reland have been subjected to the indignity of second class
citizenship in their own country."
Having been denied emp loyment, housing;
Inyeoead e,paieiziu! Aaua c9dg u! 'saueia ieoia!iod pue oiaeioowap pue
campaign for civil rights.
Bloody,pogroms, at, firet perpetrated by the British backed B-speciale
was told, were there to keep' the warring natives apart, were designed
to crush' the civil rights movement, whose very momentum threatened to
undermine British rule.
The defenseless nationalists vainly sought the, intervention of the
Dub!in government before the Irish Repub:ican Army (I.R.A.) came to
their assistance. In i97o, Britain declared: iye are at war with the
1.R.A."i In August l97i, Britain introduced its repressive internment
policy, whereby hundreds of innocent men and women were thrown into
concentration camps without the formality of charge or trial, and were
brutaily tortured. To evade the same fate, hundreds of nationalists
went "'on the run""
on the run. !.N.A. has become the biggest and most effective irish
organization ever to exist outside of ireland, with lao chapters in the
U.S. and Canada.
It is also che lifeline to the oppressed peopie of
Northern Ireland.
U.S. COMPLICITY VITH BRITAIN
Failing to crush the moraie of the people in N. Ireland, Britain
is now attempting to do so by eniisting the aid of the U.s. Government.
The U.S. Government, in violation of its professed neutrality, is
training British commando troops at Camp ia Jeune, N·rth Carolina, for
duty in the ghettos of N. Ireland. It is also engaged in a nationwide
campaign of harassment against the Irish-American community, particularly
Irish Northern Aid. Five I.N.A. members are being held in' jail' in
Ft. Worth, Texas, although chey have committed no crime; three members
uo eiudiapeiiud u! Ainf pueie e auosag deadae or peuaoagns uaag aaeu
May 21.
The three men subpoenaed to answer quentions about the activities
of the Phi ladelphia I.N.A. groups are Dan Duffy, Neil Byrne, and Danny
Caha lane.
DEMONSTRATE MAY 2O!
fo pueln aua u! dapunoy oi pamoile aa iou asnu wopaauy usii1
liberty"." le must rally and picket. in. protest. On Sunday, May 20, at
3:o, at Independence Hal!, there will be a mass rally to demand an end
to the harassment of Irish-Americans and an end to U.s. Government
complicity with Britain. : le urge al! defenders of human rights and
all supporters of Irish freedom to attend.
RALLY SUNDAY MAY 2O
3 PM· INDEPENDENCE HALL
6TH & CHESTNUT
ANLINFORMATIOIOOHTAIED
HFRRINISUNCTASSTFTED
b6
DAIE0927-200B
b7C
OF IRISH-AMERICANS
SUPPORT IRISH FREEDOM
THE·STRUGGLE IN IREIAND
Since the dismembernent of Ireland in lg2l, the nationalist people
of Northern !reland have been subjected to the indignity of second class
citizenship in their own country."
Having been denied emp loyment, housing;
Inyeoead e,paieiziu! Aaua c9dg u! 'saueia ieoia!iod pue oiaeioowap pue
campaign for civil rights.
Bloody,pogroms, at, firet perpetrated by the British backed B-speciale
was told, were there to keep' the warring natives apart, were designed
to crush' the civil rights movement, whose very momentum threatened to
undermine British rule.
The defenseless nationalists vainly sought the, intervention of the
Dub!in government before the Irish Repub:ican Army (I.R.A.) came to
their assistance. In i97o, Britain declared: iye are at war with the
1.R.A."i In August l97i, Britain introduced its repressive internment
policy, whereby hundreds of innocent men and women were thrown into
concentration camps without the formality of charge or trial, and were
brutaily tortured. To evade the same fate, hundreds of nationalists
went "'on the run""
on the run. !.N.A. has become the biggest and most effective irish
organization ever to exist outside of ireland, with lao chapters in the
U.S. and Canada.
It is also che lifeline to the oppressed peopie of
Northern Ireland.
U.S. COMPLICITY VITH BRITAIN
Failing to crush the moraie of the people in N. Ireland, Britain
is now attempting to do so by eniisting the aid of the U.s. Government.
The U.S. Government, in violation of its professed neutrality, is
training British commando troops at Camp ia Jeune, N·rth Carolina, for
duty in the ghettos of N. Ireland. It is also engaged in a nationwide
campaign of harassment against the Irish-American community, particularly
Irish Northern Aid. Five I.N.A. members are being held in' jail' in
Ft. Worth, Texas, although chey have committed no crime; three members
uo eiudiapeiiud u! Ainf pueie e auosag deadae or peuaoagns uaag aaeu
May 21.
The three men subpoenaed to answer quentions about the activities
of the Phi ladelphia I.N.A. groups are Dan Duffy, Neil Byrne, and Danny
Caha lane.
DEMONSTRATE MAY 2O!
fo pueln aua u! dapunoy oi pamoile aa iou asnu wopaauy usii1
liberty"." le must rally and picket. in. protest. On Sunday, May 20, at
3:o, at Independence Hal!, there will be a mass rally to demand an end
to the harassment of Irish-Americans and an end to U.s. Government
complicity with Britain. : le urge al! defenders of human rights and
all supporters of Irish freedom to attend.
RALLY SUNDAY MAY 2O
3 PM· INDEPENDENCE HALL
6TH & CHESTNUT
ANLINFORMATIOIOOHTAIED
HFRRINISUNCTASSTFTED
b6
DAIE0927-200B
b7C