The above poster is part of Sinn Fein's extradition treaty between Britain and the 26 started their appeal at the Old Bailey Convicted 13 years ago of the Birmingham no vomoure ure six ure wuery recornsea tu have been framed.
Lord Gifford QC said that their conviction was perhaps the greatest injustice in British legal history. It is a mark of the deeply antimust begin by repealing the Government of Ireland Act and public ly declaring that the 'Northern reland statelet 1s no longer part of the United Kingdom.
Furthermore, it must declare that its military systell administration will remain on y as long as it takes to arrange their permanent withdrawal.
Such irreversible declaration of would minimise loyalist backlash would long reality most those representatives genuinely interestec negotiation to set the constitutional, social and political rangements for a new Irish Seale throun a consuitu tional conference.
Free elections to an all-Ireland constitutional conference would be arrang ed. The conference woule consist -of the elected represcatatives of the Irish people and would be open all significant organisations in Ireland teg the movement, the the churches) and would draw up a new constitution and organise a national system of government. Withdraw While this conference could have no influence on the decision by Britain to winataw, it woula play al important role in organisof the Birmingham Six of justice inflicted equally soc ing the capsitiog to a nett govert ental system. Should + fito find agree ment on a her constitution, or on anyrother matLa British withdrawal would proceed within the fixed time period.
loyalist in Collmon with all other citizens, be given firm their withdrawal removal considerable body of cept of society would terests.
for the national police the judiciary. abbe abou with a released. Irish character of the British state that the Six have had to go through the charade of an aveur ar au. ine snoma ave oeen reed exonerated and compensated for the travesty Continuing ormer mier vicams such es une guinore Four are vital; and a major campaign against the extradition treaty as part of a fight against more Birmingham Sixes and Guildford fours would Mary for a peaceful transison to a negotiated settleAs part of this settlethe British government must accept responsibility for providing financial support by agreeing by treaty with the national provide economic subvention for an agreed period.
The onus is on British government to en sure a peaceful transition to a united and independent Ireland. The shape of that society is a matter for the Only when recognises that right and initiates strategy or accolonisallor along these lines will peace reconciliation established between Irish people between Britain and Ireland.
Democratic This is the kind of democratic for peace and reconciliation all Irish political parties professing a united Ireland objective should pursue. It is a na• that : nc other party has requested or appealed or demander that the British abandon the Government of Ireland Act Sinn Fein is not only committed to pursuing the demarzi ments, we are committed to implementing it. Our people deserve nothing less than complete independence and we will settle for nothing less than this.
the six-county presidential address).
Belfast city council by-elections.
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tral campaign of the party.
Secondly, launched a series - have been forced, by and poverty, to emigrate since 1981.
returns.
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directive pregancy the annua sinn rein more women candidates for Sinn Fein.
the the campaign to scheduled ( for life terms revolutionary republican (Gerry Adams The general elections in Ireland and Britain this year allowed this task to be quantified. In the north, sinn Fein has consolidated more than 30 per cent of the nationalist vote. Gerry Adams won a great victory in West Belfast in the general election and, just the week before the Ard Fheis on 22 October, Sinn Fein won spectacular victories in two . Sinn Fein is now the largest nationalist group on Belfast City CounIn the 26 Counties, however, Sinn Fein polled 1.9 per cent overall, and averaged 3.2 per cent in the seats it contested, in the February general election. This shows the scale of the task Sinn Fein has Sinn Fein, is banned. from appearing on TV or radio in the south by Section 31 of the Broadcasting Act. Fighting for the repeal of this censorship which goes further even than British law, and for journalist to make it unworkable, will be a centhe Fianna Fail government has of draconian attacks on the health service, welfare, jobs and living standards. It presides over, and, makes a virtue of the grotesque situation where 100,000 young people literally two per cent of the total population of unemployment The Dublin government debt is one of the highest per capita in the world and the interest payments alone amount to the entire annual 'Pay As You Earn' income tax The Ard Fheis decided to 'immerse' Sinn Fein in every facet of resistance to these attacks. It called for the repudiation of the Dublin government's It rejected the pact between the government, the Irish Congress of Trade Unions and the emplovers. It demanded urgent measure to create jobs, to end emigration and to shift the It called to special measures to help the low paid, women, and Women's rights have also come under savage attack north and south of the border: abortion is illegal north and south; divorce and contraception are illegal in the south. The Ard Fheis condemned the recent high court ruling making even 'non.
counselling' illegal in the 26 counties and it called for such counselling to be freely available. But it rejected the proposal that Sinn Fein should participate in the campaign to defend the clinics which have provided such counselling. Women played a big role in the Ard Fheis however and resolutions were passed setting up an women's conference and for The Ard Fheis called for vigorous support for repeal the Extradition Act ratification by Dublin on December. It called for an intensification of the campaign against strip searching of prisoners and for release dates to be given for prisoners serving Overall, in spite of evey form of repression which is being used against it, Sinn Fein is step by step proceeding along the road of creating a mass alternative to British domination of Ireland north and south of the PUBLIC MEETING CIVIL RIGHTS Chair: Clare Short NIF Speakers Kon Livingstone MF Michael Farrel auro loter reard te itange sat akers trans tho i campaigns Siobahn Crozier (Labour Party Irish Section)
Socialist Action 6 Nov 1987
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