Adams speaks at Sinn Fein Ard Fheis 'Our people deserve nothing less than complete independence'

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Dublin conference was GERRY ADAMS presidential Civil Rights was formed. The basic tion moderate, of that time: • One man • An end to gerrymandering;

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its Just minimum basic the colonial state, years later. The HUVCL11borne for reform Six brutal of the 1968 the campaign continued, it was becomincreasingly obvious tat civil rights were unobtainable within a British colony. Subsequent events proved this position to be correct.

The rest is history. terrible, necessarily cruel history by British 1lterference which has condemned the malority of citizens of that state to a bloody and deprived existence.

In the course of that history, one of the most significant victories for the encorec Calme with the toppling of the StarTer: parliament. SINN Fein held its eighty-third Ard Fheis (annual over weekend attended.

Discussions centred on the ongoing conflict in the six counties and the colossal attacks on living standards, jobs and welfare provision by the Fianna Fail government in the south. The keynote speech to the cresse ene reproduce here edited extracts from ige.

Since then, the key objective of British strategy has resurrect that system, albeit in different forms and with a changed composition.

When the treaty of partiDOSI myself of people. Your better the six have within United Kingdom one-and-a- compared to the social Sinn does. not wish LIIC problem the great trauma will be the unionist intend nor to foolishly to We ofthat stable Evolves Bercy fact that the Bristi~& e coonomic its own Daillalicl hostilities, government strategy decolonisation. /FRAME-UPS sober affair.

1986 Ard Fheis:

most important task facing in Sinn Fein conference THIS YEAR's Sinn Fein Ard Fheis was a The overwhelmingly working class delegates set to work to address the nuts and bolts of the task agreed at the historic 'We must develop 32-county wide political struggle. This is the us at present.

While consolidating our base in the six counties we must develop a popular struggle here in the 26 counties to complement the struggle

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October-1 November. Fifteen hundred people 500 delegates and 1000 observers