Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 07:11:52 -0400 (EDT) From: louisgodena-AT-ids.net (Louis R Godena) Subject: M-I: 'British rule strengthened' (fwd from moderator) To m-i: The following bounced to the moderators: __________________________________________________ >Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 08:59:26 +0100 >To: marxism-international-AT-jefferson.village.virginia.edu >From: James Heartfield <James-AT-heartfield.demon.co.uk> >Subject: 'British rule strengthened' The following is taken from the Republican Sinn Fein newsletter. AN AGREEMENT BUT NOT A SETTLEMENT IN a statement on April 10, following the signing of the Stormont Agreement, Ruairi O Bradaigh, President, Republican Sinn Fein, said: "This weekend British rule in Ireland stands updated and strengthened." He went on to say: "The New Stormont will have nationalists in executive positions and cross-Border bodies will have their growth and development controlled by the Unionists and cannot lead to a free and independent Ireland. "The Agreement signed at Stormont is less than Sunningdale in that it provides for a"Council of the British Isles" and amendments to Articles 2 and 3 of the 1937 Constitution. It has been stated to be transitional but it is in fact a stepping-stone away from Irish national independence. "The Provos have finally and publicly accepted the Unionist Veto, underwritten and endorsed the British possibly can. "The whole process began in 1986 when Republican Sinn Fein had the far-sightedness to see where the departure from the Republican position at that time would lead and had the courage to oppose it. That stand has since been vindicated as Stormont is now accepted as well as Leinster House. "The half-page advertisement in the Irish Times (April 9) from eight mainstream Irish American organisations unconnected with the Republican Movement in Ireland says inter alia: "A just peace will only come when Ireland is free from British control". "This Easter weekend Republican Sinn Fein calls on all nationally-minded people to rally to the Republican standpoint and reject this sell-out of the nationalist position. "We repeat our call to vote "No" in any referendums on the subject. "There may be an Agreement but there is no Settlement of the question of Irish freedom and independence. A new four-province federal Ireland together with a British commitment to disengage would provide the basis for such a settlement and bring the permanent peace we all desire so earnestly," Ruairi O Bradaigh concluded. -- James Heartfield --- from list marxism-international-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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