Sinn Fein are becoming very vocal now about, a plan at least, for this 'United Ireland'. They are trying to appear to be attacking Mícheál Martin i Teach Laighean about it; in the form of Pádraig McLoughlin, sounding all historic and theatrical. Michelle O'Neill is even talking about it now, too.
There's a North/South push by Sinn Fein to get something moving....anything...anything at all will do !! What waffle they speak; and dangerous, misleading waffle at that.
Sinn Fein still thinks that the 'politics of waffle' and grandstanding will fool all of the people all of the time. It won't; and as Socialist Republicans we should continue to point out that 'the emperor has no clothes'.
The Sinn Fein 'Project Stormont' and 'Project Pacification', carefully fostered by English Imperialism, has ran into the sand, for Sinn Fein. After thirty years they are now seen for what they have always been, a puppet of imperialism and capitalism. Sinn Fein are desperate to get into any 'political lifeboat ' they can find.
Mary Lou is also suffering from memory loss ! What's new? She forgets about the 850 years of English occupation and colonialism in Ireland. She forgets about the genocidal famine of the 1840's. She forgets about the Unionist rule and English atrocities in the, still occupied, six counties. Her approach and that of Sinn Fein is, ignore all of that but look over here at this 'nice new shiny thing'...an undefined "United Ireland"...packaged and delivered by the powerful and wealthy ruling elites. It's the "cure" for all our economic and political ills, they will tell you.
Mary, Michelle and Pádraig, stop 'play acting'. You know, we know and anyone with any political 'cop on' knows that the United Ireland you speak loudly of, is a United Ireland within imperialist and capitalist rules. You will abide by the demands and dictates of English, EU and Yankee imperialism. In other words you will do as you're told.
It will be 'top down' power. It will not be a sovereign, liberated or people powered democratic Ireland. Inequality and exploitation, the basis of poverty, will prevail. The majority, the working class, the poor and working poor will still be second class citizens; if they are lucky.
You have and will continue to oppose a thirty two county Socialist Republic. You have and will forget about the sacrifice of IRA volunteers and their families, who fought, died and spent lifetimes as political prisoners, for that Socialist Republic. We, on the other hand, have not forgotten what we stand for, nor will we.
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| Micheál Choilm Mac Giolla Easbuig is an independent councillor on Donegal County Council. |
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