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HELP ENb U.S. HARASSMEN!
OF IRISH-AMERICANS
SUPPORT IRISH FREEDOM
THE STRUGGLE IN IRELAND
Since the dismemberment of Ireiand in i921, the ,nationalist peoplc
"of Northern Ireland have been subjected to the indignity of second class
citizenship in theirown country.
Having been denied employment,housinu,
campaign'for civil rights.
Bloody pogroms, at first perpetrated by _the British backed B-Specia?s
and Royal Ulster ConstabuJary,,and later by'British troops, who,.the worid
was told, were there to keep'the warring natives apart, were designed
to crush'the civil rights movement, whose very momentum threatened
to
undermine Britishrule.
The defenseless nationalists vainly sought the intervention of the
Dublin government before the Irish Repubiican Army (l.R.A.) came to
their assistance.In 1970 Britain declared:we are at war with the
po.licy,whereby hundreds of innocent men and women were thrown,into
concentration camps without the formality of charge or trial, and were
brutaliytortured.
To evade the'same fate,hundreds of nationalists
went."on the run"
:Shortiy after, in New York,lrish Northern Aid was formed for the
purpose of raising money for the families of theinternees and the men
on the run.I.N.A. has'become the biggest and most effective Irish
organization ever to exist outside of ireland, with 120 chapters in the
U.S.and Canada.
It is also the lifeline to.the oppressed people of
Northern Ireland.
U.S.COMPLICITY WITH BRITAIN
Failing to crush the morale of the people in N. lreland, Britain
is now.attempting to do so by enlisting the aid of the U.s. Government.
The U.S.Government,inviolation if itsprofessed neutrality,is
training British commando troops at Camp Lejeune,North Caroiina,for
duty intheghettos of N.lreland.It i's also engaged in anationwide
campaign of harassment against the Irish-American conmunity,particularly
Irish Northern Aid.Five I.N.A:members are being heid in'jail in
Ft.Worth,Texas,although they,have committed no crime;.four members
have been.subpoenaed to appear'before a grand jury in Philadelphia.
The four men subpoenaed to answer questions about'the activities of
the Philadelphia I,N.A. groups are Dan Duffy, Neil Byrne, Danny Cahalane,
and Colm Frei1.
DEMONSTRATE JUNE 3!
Irish freedom must not be allowed to founder in"the land of
liberty".We must raliy and picket in protest.On Sunday,June 3,
at 3:00, at J.F.k.P1aza,,there wi11 be a massra1ly to demand an end
to the harassnnt of Irish-Americans and an end to U.S.Government
complicitywitnBritain.
There willalso be a picket at the federal
courthouse（9th & Chestnut) at 9:00 a.m. Monday morning when the hearings
begin.We urge all defenders of human.rights and all supporters of
Irish freedom to attend.
RALLY SUN JI7
3:COpm JFK PLAZA 1ots
ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED
HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED
b6
DATE09-28-2010BY
b7C
OF IRISH-AMERICANS
SUPPORT IRISH FREEDOM
THE STRUGGLE IN IRELAND
Since the dismemberment of Ireiand in i921, the ,nationalist peoplc
"of Northern Ireland have been subjected to the indignity of second class
citizenship in theirown country.
Having been denied employment,housinu,
campaign'for civil rights.
Bloody pogroms, at first perpetrated by _the British backed B-Specia?s
and Royal Ulster ConstabuJary,,and later by'British troops, who,.the worid
was told, were there to keep'the warring natives apart, were designed
to crush'the civil rights movement, whose very momentum threatened
to
undermine Britishrule.
The defenseless nationalists vainly sought the intervention of the
Dublin government before the Irish Repubiican Army (l.R.A.) came to
their assistance.In 1970 Britain declared:we are at war with the
po.licy,whereby hundreds of innocent men and women were thrown,into
concentration camps without the formality of charge or trial, and were
brutaliytortured.
To evade the'same fate,hundreds of nationalists
went."on the run"
:Shortiy after, in New York,lrish Northern Aid was formed for the
purpose of raising money for the families of theinternees and the men
on the run.I.N.A. has'become the biggest and most effective Irish
organization ever to exist outside of ireland, with 120 chapters in the
U.S.and Canada.
It is also the lifeline to.the oppressed people of
Northern Ireland.
U.S.COMPLICITY WITH BRITAIN
Failing to crush the morale of the people in N. lreland, Britain
is now.attempting to do so by enlisting the aid of the U.s. Government.
The U.S.Government,inviolation if itsprofessed neutrality,is
training British commando troops at Camp Lejeune,North Caroiina,for
duty intheghettos of N.lreland.It i's also engaged in anationwide
campaign of harassment against the Irish-American conmunity,particularly
Irish Northern Aid.Five I.N.A:members are being heid in'jail in
Ft.Worth,Texas,although they,have committed no crime;.four members
have been.subpoenaed to appear'before a grand jury in Philadelphia.
The four men subpoenaed to answer questions about'the activities of
the Philadelphia I,N.A. groups are Dan Duffy, Neil Byrne, Danny Cahalane,
and Colm Frei1.
DEMONSTRATE JUNE 3!
Irish freedom must not be allowed to founder in"the land of
liberty".We must raliy and picket in protest.On Sunday,June 3,
at 3:00, at J.F.k.P1aza,,there wi11 be a massra1ly to demand an end
to the harassnnt of Irish-Americans and an end to U.S.Government
complicitywitnBritain.
There willalso be a picket at the federal
courthouse（9th & Chestnut) at 9:00 a.m. Monday morning when the hearings
begin.We urge all defenders of human.rights and all supporters of
Irish freedom to attend.
RALLY SUN JI7
3:COpm JFK PLAZA 1ots
ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED
HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED
b6
DATE09-28-2010BY
b7C