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Vol. 71/No. 11      March 19, 2007

 
Letters
 
Fight for Irish freedom
Writing as a former “provisional” Sinn Fein supporter who is currently serving time inside a Mississippi correctional facility, it is heartrending to see how far the Sinn Fein Executive has led the party from its original objective of self-determination for the Irish people. Sinn Fein’s “vote” to back the police service of Northern Ireland is a body blow to the Republican movement.

I do not believe 10 men died on a hunger strike in 1981, protesting for political status, so that Sinn Fein might continue its political posturing in an Ireland that is still partitioned and under British rule.

Sinn Fein would do well to remember that it is a political party charged with achieving the goals of the Republican movement and not the movement itself. Sinn Fein no longer speaks for the people when it pledges the Republican movement will support the police force of an imperialist regime notorious for its brutality.

And where does this leave the working men and women of Ireland? I am not sure. But, of these things I am more than certain: the desire for freedom will never be extinguished in the Irish people. The struggle for a unified Ireland will continue and the people will again find their voice.

A prisoner
Pearl, Mississippi  
 
 
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