What possible political gains are to be had by the Shinners by honouring those who fought in imperialist wars and slaughtered millions upon millions of civilians alone? Working class women and men (mainly men) conned by the purveyors of death around the world, into sacrificing themselves and their families, in wars of the wealthy and powerful. Wars to colonise weaker countries to rob them off their wealth and create new markets for their ever expanding capitalist markets. Nothing at all to do with the 'freedom of small or any nations'. And even less to do with, so called, democracy.
Then we have the 'Irish question', all 900 years of it. The slaughter, the imprisonments, the deliberate starving to death of at least one million Irish and the forced exiling of millions more. They even killed our language and culture.
Only thirty or forty years ago British troops were killing Irish people in the streets for daring to resist against occupation and colonialism. They slaughtered the Civil Rights marchers, they systematically killed innocent civilians all over the six counties; and in the 26 Counties.
When they failed to break us they pacified our, supposed, leadership. And the traitorous "leadership" fooled and pacified the Republican base. Now that same "leadership" honours the very same imperialist forces that subjugated, by ruthless force, the Irish Nation.
For what died the sons of Roísín . . . was it imperialism? For what died the sons of Roísín . . . was it to denigrate our fallen volunteers? For what died the sons of Roísín . . . to perpetuate a craven colonial mindset?
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| Micheál Choilm Mac Giolla Easbuig is an independent councillor on Donegal County Council. |
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