Irish Republican Army Part 02 · p.397

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NORAID CIHANGES
Noraid:Changes
Character:
Continued fromFrontPage
or
The.changes that Sinn Fein
Classification:
theprogressivepolitical agenda
urgedonNoraidare anindication
SubmittingOffice:
alongsideCentral America and
ofwhathas
been'happening
South Africa.
withinSinnFein itselfsincethe
At themeetingwhichwasheld
Indexing:
1981hungerstrike.The organiza-
thefirst weekin Decemberat Sinn
tionhas becomeincreasingly
Fein offices inDublin were 20
radical.In Britain it has con-
top-ranking--representatives of
sciouslyaligneditselfwiththeleft
Noraid including publicity direc-
of theBritish LaborParty and its.
tor Martin Galvin,and national
trade union allies. That strategy
executivemembersJimMaunsell
has.produced real politicalgains
and Pat O'Connell.
for Sinn,Fein.
A Sinn Fein spokesman
In.the past.the Republican
downplayed the significance of
movementlookedprimarilyto.the
the meeting. He.told the ‘Irish
U.S.as a-source of funds and
Voice’that itwas held to'“reas-
arms.In recent years the U.S.has
sess'andreview.Noraid:activi-
recededin importance asa'source
ties."Hesaid that Sinn Fein
ofarms,Thishasresulted from
would“certainly'belookingfora
:two.developments;
there has
more comprehensive campaign
been increasing cooperationbe
forIrishself-determinationand
tweenU.S.authoritiesand the
against British military oppres-
British andIrish security forces
sionfromNoraid:Headded that
hasmadeshipmentsofarmsfrom
amorepoliticalprofileonthepart
the.U.S.very risky.At the same
of Noraidwaspartof"anongoing
time the'IRA hasgained more
development.""
reliable outlets inLibya.and Eu
In an interview.with.the‘Irish
rope.
Voice’Noraidpublicity director
WhileSinnFein see the U.S.as
MartinGalvinsaid thetheDublin
an'important sourceofmoneyto
meeting-was as “important as the
support themany dependants of
last meeting we held with Sinn
IRA.prisoners,they alsosee the
Fein."He.denied that the·Sinn
U.S.as a key battleground in the
Fein report on Noraid was critical.
propaganda war againstBritain.
of the organization.
In this area theyare highlycritical
Over:a thousand supporters of
ofNoraid'sperformance.
Noraid gather thisweekend for
SinnFeinsee thesuccess ofthe
their.annual banquet at theAsto-
MacBridePrinciplescampaignas
rian ManorinQueehs,NewYork.
an indicationof thepotential of
Thebanquetwillbeattendedby
political initiatives inAmerica.
ADEXED
two.surprise guests, Daniel and
Theyhavebeenimpressedwith
LFILED
Mairead Farrell,parentsof
the successof the campaign and
Matread-Farrell,whowasshot
the enormous difficulty it has
JANQ 1989
deadalongwith twootherRA
caused for the British govem:
members by theSAS.inGibraltar
ment.
lastMarch:
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