Protest against the sectarian marches in Glengormley

There will be a protest by Greater Glengormley Residents Collective on tues 25th June at 7.30pm at the junction of church way/church crescent (just beside lidl) against the sectarian loyalist "mini12th" march.

Don't let this go on any longer, please attend and spread the word.

Tone/McCracken and Casement Cumanns in sponsored walk to Cavehill McArt's Fort.

In Enniskillen, on Monday, against the G8

G8, an other wound in Irish sovereignty...

The world at large faces many interconnected crisis’s -food supply, water resources, energy, environmental destruction, wars– and all these are amplified by unelected “international” organisations like the G8. Lets focus on what lies in store for Ireland... Although notionally “hosting this meeting, Ireland has no place amongst the eight master nations for the New World. That the British government chooses Fermanagh to host the G8 conference neatly symbolizes the violation of sovereign democracy represented by unelected world leaders. We see our national territory used without consent; like other many nations we see this group meeting to decide the fates of our economic futures and witness the trampling of our sovereign rights by the Eight Masters. The “other 100” will have no say as the G8 plans the wholesale theft of their, and our, national natural resources by the Eight Masters and their Corporations. Inside the G8 countries, the same contempt for democracy is evident. The great majority of their citizens are disenfranchised, stripped of their democratic voice to oppose policies aimed at democratic process, and the will of these organisations becomes the fate of millions– a very effective form of international dictatorship. What about the distribution of wealth? The idea is that wealth trickles down. However, the fact is that 30 years of trickling down has given us a financial sector that has collapsed and eaten up more bailouts in a year than was spent on health care in a decade, a society where the majority is becoming poorer– some 20% of this Island’s population is living in poverty– while wealth concentrates evermore tightly into the hands of the mega-rich. The media sterilises debate, , while any potential for democracy is carefully managed by the status quo. If a republic is to be basis of the will and desires of its people, and our 1916 proclamation is, international overlords cannot be tolerated; the G8 and what it represents may not seem relevant to everyday republican struggles, but what it represents is the death of democracy– the very lifeblood of any republic. Opposing that G8 is not being from an obscure and abstract “left”, It’s being aware that our aspiration of democracy. Every Republican should be aware of that issue, that with the G8 being held on our land it’s an other wound to our sovereignty. We are calling every Republican to attend the pickets and protests organised against that G8, and in the absence of Republican events, we are calling every Republican to join the broad protest organised by the left.

(All statistics sources : Peace monitoring report number 2, available on line)

Tone/McCracken and Casement Cumanns in the Belfast anti-G8 Rally

In pictures :

And, as in any G8 an heavy police force to protect the Capital...

Ruairí Ó Brádaigh - An appreciation - Fuair se Bas ar son saoirse na h-Eireann

The 32 County Sovereignty Movement would like to offer sincere condolences to the family, friends and comrades of the late Ruairí Ó Brádaigh.
A lifelong unbowed, unbroken and unapologetic Republican, Ruairí commanded wholehearted respect and admiration following a lifetime of principled Republicanism.
A massive loss to Ireland, he will be sadly missed by his friends within the 32 County Sovereignty Movement.

MARIAN PRICE RELEASE A WELCOME MOVE.

The long overdue release of Marian Price is certainly a welcome move, not only for her and her family given the deterioration in her health, but for all who have campaigned and highlighted the injustice of her incarceration which was tantamount to internment.
Her incarceration has raised serious questions which remain unanswered in relation to whether or not the then Secretary of State Owen Patterson had the power to order her imprisonment given the fact she had been pardoned; and then to tell the world they lost, mislaid or shredded the documentation. Governments do not loose such documentation, and even if mislaid, I’m certain there would be more than one copy for various departments.
Her incarceration was victimisation and the attempt to criminalise her is contemptible.
Marian Price has spent two years in gaol for no offence, she has not been sentenced on the spurious charges against her. These are years of her life lost because of the injustice committed against her.
The 32 County Sovereignty Movement extend good wishes to Marian and her family and wish her a speedy recovery.
Marian now needs the space and time with her family in a stress free environment and we hope this will be respected by all in the months ahead.