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Unfree Citizen1974Loyalism and unionismPrisoners and the hunger strikesInternment, repression and the courtsLoyalism and unionismPrisoners and the hunger strikesInternment, repression and the courts
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and certainly not with the internees in mind.
They saw the protests as another enormous sop to the Loyalists especially at a time when they are about to field 5 candidates in the Westminster elections and are breaking their necks to attract Loyalist votes where possible. This point can be easily proved. A few days after the second march the Loyalist detainees and internees inside Long Kesh’ stopped their protests after a deal had been done with them by the Authorities over the heads of the Republican prisoners who were still protesting. Immediately the protests organised by the Officials stopped. They had advised what they wanted. They had exploited a highly emotional situation to their-own advantage at the expense of men who in the main are members of the ‘Provisionals’. They had done this to court Loyalist opinion and win political credibility among the Unionist ranks.
However they had also INFORMATION?
When a youth was arrested in connection with an arms charge his parents were also lifted and interrogated for several hours. PERSONAL “Songs from the Barricades”
published by Peoples Democracy, has a selection of 26 of the most popular street ballads based on the lrish struggle up to the present day.
Included are such songs as “Jack Lynch’s Army”, “Bogside Man”, “Broad Black Brimmer”, “Tom Williams’, “‘Over the Wall’’, etc. etc. Price 25p; or 31p post paid from Connolly Bookshop “Blood in the Street’’
There are only a few copies of this book left. This is an accourtt of the events of Bloody Sunday by two eye witnesses Fulvio Grimaldi and Susan North.
Price 40p; or 48p post paid from Connolly Bookshop “Battle for Algeria’
The story of the Algerian fight for Independence, how the Algerian people won political freedom from the French Colonialists after a long and bitter struggle very stmilar to that which 1s being waged in {reland against Britain to-day The book, written by P_D. member Michael Farrell, concludes with a chapter on the similarities between the Algerian and Irish situations. Price 15p; or 21p post Paid from Connolly Bookshop.
“Behind the Wiré”’
The personal accounts of life in British prison and concentration camps in Northern treland by two members of Peoples Democracy. Phil Mc Cullagh describes the mind-wrecking boredom and terror of the daily routine in Long Kesh where he has :
been interned without trail since August 1971. Michael Farrell describes the course of his and Tony Canavan’s hunger strike ordeal in Crumlin Road Jail while sentenced on a trumped up charge of breaking a law that only Orange and UDA men are allowed to break.
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“Struggle in the North” The first edition of this pamphlet produced and published by @D. was issued in 1969, the gecond in 1972. It covers the background to the present conflict in Ireland and deals with the various Stages of the struggle from 1969-197 It 1s essential reading to anyone wishing to understand the present Situation.
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