Re: Palestine/Ireland

[Danielle Ni Dhighe <morrigan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 04:20 PM 11/23/2000 , Macdonald Stainsby wrote:
 >>While I don't agree with the Real IRA's continuation of armed struggle
 >
 >I am curious: Why not support a resumption?

Thirty years of armed struggle delivered the Good Friday Agreement (or the
Get Fucked Agreement as some people I know call it).

Will a few more loud bangs put an end to British occupation?  Is the
Nationalist working class of the Six Counties, who traditionally supported
the armed struggle, in support of its continuation?  To both questions, the
answer is in the negative.

And if there was any support for it, the Real IRA's Omagh blunder put a
stake in it.

What I believe is needed is a cessation of the armed struggle while
strategies are rethought and support is rebuilt on the ground.  What's the
point if we just repeat past mistakes and have little support?

This is where the IRSM is at right now.  Our armed wing, the INLA, has been
on ceasefire since 1998 while the party has gone back to grassroots
organizing among the working class.  Certainly we're aware that such an
approach is longterm and won't pay immediate dividends.

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