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The 32CSM hasformed new cumainnin Waterford, Wexford,Kells and Westmeath.We have also reformedcumainn in Galwayand the Roger Case-ment Cumann inBelfast.If you would like tojoin or help out the 32County SovereigntyMovement, you cansend an email to theaddress below

Join your local 32CSMcumann in:

BelfastWest Belfast

Tyrone Derry

South DownNorth Louth

Kells, Co.MeathFingal/ East Meath

DublinCarlow/Kildare

WestmeathWexford

WaterfordCorkKerry

GalwayScotlandEngland

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Members of Belfast 32CSM in the Twinbrook area to pro-mote and recruit for the newly reformed Roger Casementcumann.

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British political policing is nothing new inIreland, particularly in the North where overthe past two years there has been a drasticincrease, the prime example being Ardoynein North Belfast. Daily life in this area con-sists of the usual day to day activities butwith the added constant presence of theRUC/PSNI, a sectarian police force underthe control of a foreign government and ac-countable it seems, to nobody.Children go to school in the morning pass-ing armoured vehicles and police units withautomatic rifles, either on a street corner orwhilst a residents house is being rippedapart in a dawn raid. Between the hours of5pm and 9pm the police presence in thisarea is drastically increased with foot pa-trols, a police helicopter, a police spotter

plane and a convoy of armoured Jeepsprowling each street every 10 minutes.With this type of policing occurring onsuch a regular basis in Ardoyne, as well asother areas, it has become somewhat nor-mal life in the eyes of the people livinghere but, what we must stress and keep inour minds is that these tactics are used forthe sole purpose of harassment and intimi-dation.British political policing is much alivetoday as it was in the 70s, 80s and 90s andshould be met with an opposing voicefrom the people that we will not tolerateour lives being watched over and dictatedto by a Gestapo like police force and theshadowy British intelligence agencies whoassist them.

BritishPoliticalPolicing

Derry 32CSM mark anniversary of Bobby Sands

On Tuesday 12th May, Detectives fromthe Antrim Road RUC Barracks havebeen banging on the doors of 32CSMBelfast Cumann members today andhave charged them with disorderly be-haviour and preventing a meetingtaken place.These charges are in relation to a DPPmeeting in the Ligoniel Community

Center in which members of cumannvoiced their concerns about the facili-tating of Crown Forces in Republicanareas and the way in this unaccount-able force politically police, harass andintimidate the residents of these areas.32CSM Belfast will continue to resistpolitical policing in Ireland and ask thateveryone do the same.

At 1.17am on 5th May, Derry 32CSM members and supporters including32CSM Chairperson, Francie Mackey gathered at Free Derry Corner to markthe anniversary of the death of Bobby Sands. A number of lanterns were re-leased as a mark of respect.

RUC/PSNI harassment ofBelfast 32CSM members

A new mural to highlight the PSNI’S attempt to cover up state collu-sion was started by members of the Belfast Cumann on Monday 10 ayat the international wall Falls Road Belfast.

Belfast Cumann start new mural

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The Volunteer Charles Carrigan /Patsy Duffy Cumann 32CSM Scot-land has over the past number ofmonth’s organised very successfulprotests throughout the length andbreadth of Scotland to highlight thecase of The Craigavon 2.

The case of Brendan and John-Paul is one that needs to be high-lighted and the way that we coulddo this in Scotland was to bring thecase of the Craigavon 2 to all partsof Scotland in the form of leafletdrops and protests, and the firstprotests were organised for Glas-gow and Edinburgh.

These protests were both verysuccessful and well attended andwere also very well received by thepublic who after learning of thekey facts were shocked and out-raged that an injustice such as thiswas continuing to happen in 2015.

After the success of the first twoprotests, the next city to be at-tended was Dundee. From the mo-ment protesters entered DundeeCity Centre they were heckled by

individuals who began to screamsectarian and racist abuse at theprotest and the individuals whowere attending. In one case a fe-male protester was physically at-tacked by a male who attempted tograb the leaflets being handed out,even after attempts were made todiffuse the situation with dialogueit was made clear that those whowere opposed to the protest werethere hell bent on causing troubleand attempting to force a reaction.

Again this protest was very wellreceived by the public and over athousand leaflets were handed outand upon seeing the banners, en-gaged with protesters and we thankthose individuals for this.

The next city we attended wasAberdeen and again we were metwith elements identifying them-selves as members of the NationalFront who began to attempt to handout leaflets that they had made inopposition of the protest. After ashort period and after learning ofthe key facts of the case these indi-

viduals proceeded to put theirleaflets into the bin and left thearea. Again over a thousand leafletswere handed out and were verywell received from the people ofAberdeen.

Our most recent protest was totake place in Paisley town centreand on this occasion again we weremet by individuals identifyingthemselves as members of the Na-tional front and also a very smallnumber of individuals who from

when the protest began were thereonly to sing and scream sectarianabuse and perhaps had no idea whythe protest was taking place. Thissmall element seemed to have theintention of pushing protesters outof the City Centre, but this wouldprove to be futile. Only after an-other thousand leaflets had beenhanded out and we had engaged themembers of public this very suc-cessful protest was drawn to aclose.

We would like to take this oppor-tunity to thank all those who haveattended protests and to the mem-bers of public in Scotland who havesupported the protest and takentime to engage with and learn allthe key facts of this injustice thathas happened to Brendan and John-Paul and we, like many othersacross the world will continue tohighlight the Craigavon 2 until theday these 2 innocent men are home.

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Craigavon 2 case highlighted across Scotland

On April 22nd, members of the 32 CountySovereignty Movement attended a protestorganised by Independent Republicans tohighlight Political Policing in the SixCounties, facilitating ‘internment by re-mand’ against Irish Republicans.The message was very well received bythe public in Glasgow’s City Centre, withsome coming over and showing an inter-est as to what was happening.We would like to congratulate the organ-isers for organising the event, and say

well done to all who attended in suchshort notice.

Political Policing protest held in Scotland

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The Justice For The Craigavon Two Cam-paign in Canada is an example of what canbe done oversees to support Irish POWS.The purpose of this article is to examinesome of the tactics and methods of organiz-ing around this campaign so as a discussioncan be started about what can be done out-side of Ireland to support Prisoners as wellto summarise what has been done as to moveforward. The first part of this campaign was identify-ing who are our friends, allies, who is neutraland must be won over and who must be po-litically neutralized.When starting this campaign it became clearthat our primary friends and allies in thecommunity was not the alphabet soup ofLeftist Groups, but rather those that could di-rectly sympathize with the case. In otherwords those who understand occupation andcolonialism as a result of their direct experi-ence, those who have been political prisonershere or abroad, organizations that supportprisoners of imperialism and family mem-bers and friends of those whom have beenimprisoned unjustly or for political reasonsas well as members of the Irish communitywho are or have direct ties to Ireland and aresympathetic to the struggle. Given the pres-sure on the Irish community here, to stayquiet and be intimidated into silence due tofamily members back home this group needsto be handled carefully and not be put intowhat they perceive as “harms way” as wellas have the infrastructures in place to protectthem if under attack eg lawyers etc. Wefound it was good invite them to privatefunctions and public meetings that will bewell attended and unwise to ask them to par-ticipate in a takeover of the British con-sulate. Those who are neutral and must be won overare those who may not have an anti-colo-nialist attitude and may not believe in thestruggle but have a principled view on free-dom of speech expression and human rights.These range from university professors,lawyers, members of mainstream politicalparties and human rights activists that gen-uinely believe in Human rights.Those that need to be isolated and neutral-ized politically are the British State theiragents and the leadership of Sinn Fein.To unify all the forces that need to be uni-fied, the approach that we took here is aunited front against imperialism and colo-nialism. We to explain the struggle of theCraigavon Two in the context of British Oc-cupation. To the people of the world, fromVenezuela to Palestine, the Anglo Americanalliance is well known and hated. The sameBritish soldiers that crushed Henry Joy andhis comrades are the same British Soldiersthat murdered more than 100 million Nativepeople on this continent and the same gov-ernment that is imprisoning the CraigavonTwo. That same government is sabotagingthe economy of Venezuela, invading Iraq and

aiding and assisting neo colonial projectsaround the world. In this context the imprisonment of theCraigavon Two is not just two people whoaccidentally ended up in jail but rather a con-tinuation of the crimes of colonialism andimperialism and another example of Intern-ment and the genocide against colonizedpeoples for the last 800 years. Through pub-lic meetings and education, friendly forcesare then unified around not only the demandof their freedom but an end to the system thathas imprisoned them.To win over the middle forces the approachwe have taken is to shed light on the case anduse this case as an eye opener to the largerissues of Internment and Occupation whileat the same time mobilizing them to take astand against this injustice. This is donethrough letter writing nights, discussions on

human rights, leafleting various areas wherethe social makeup is mostly students and in-tellectuals and engaging them in discussionsand fact findings. In the past the state hasbanned our organization from speaking oncampus due to the fact that this is a “Repub-lican issue” such as Conestoga College. Wehave used those occasions to ask this groupthe question why are you not allowed to beexposed to facts? Why are they afraid of al-lowing people to talk about this? Therebymobilizing them to seek truth from facts andcome to their own conclusions.Finally politically isolating those who needto be isolated. In terms of Sinn Fein, this isdone by highlighting these issues in what-ever community we can, which forces themembership to ask why they are doing noth-ing on this issue. One example is during ourcampaign for Marian Price when an Interna-

tional Day of Action was called for allPOWS. The leadership of Friends Of SinnFein was politically forced to join our picketoutside of the British Consulate as well asissue a statement demanding freedom forPrice. This was not done out of the goodnessof their heart but rather because they wereforced to answer the question: why is thisgroup who is not all Irish doing somethingfor the POWS and you are silent?In terms of the Brit’s, we isolate them by fol-lowing Mao’s tactics of deepening the con-tradictions and intensifying the disruption.Through economic disruption we force theBrits to waste their resources as well asmilitarise, showing that it is not businessas usual. As a result of our sit-ins, phonejams and occupations of the British Con-sulate. These actions have forced them totighten their security in a way that they cansee people on a “by appointment only”basis, militarise the consulate and keep thedoors locked at all times. This is positivebecause this shows the public their reac-tion to peaceful protestors. The more theyspend on monitoring us here, the lessmoney they have for what they are doingover there and the fact that they are mili-tarising there consulate shows the peoplethat it is not business as usual and thatBritain is not just another country of teaand biscuits, but rather a military monster.This lets the people of the world see theirteeth and as such isolate themselves fromthe people.As a result of this strategy we feel that inmany ways we broke around the isolation incertain circles and we will continue this untilBrendan McConville and John Paul Wootonare at home where they belong.

#JFTC2 - A case Study ofprisoner support fromacross the pond

Bringing the message to the British Consulate in Toronto

Julian Ichim reading a message from the JFTC2 committee

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The 32 County Sovereignty Movementtoday held their annual commemoration topay tribute to Volunteer RonanMacLochlainn in Glasnevin Cemetery.The commemoration which was attended byRepublicans from various parts of Irelandand Scotland assembled at the gates of thecemetery and was led by a 32CSM ColourParty who marched to Ronan’s gravesidewhere Peter Fitzsimons, National Secretaryof the 32CSM opened proceedings saying:“On behalf of the 32 County SovereigntyMovement, I would like to both welcomeand thank you for attending this gravesidetoday to commemorate Volunteer RonanMacLochlainn.Ronan MacLochlainn while on active serv-ice duty on May 1st 1998 was callously mur-dered by the Free State Forces. His deathwas both unwarranted and unjustified.The ultimate sacrifice made by VolunteerRonan MacLochlainn on that faithful day in1998 will never be forgotten and must serveas a reminder to us all that while Ireland re-mains under occupation, Republicans will betargeted by the so called guardians of thepeace, in the 26 county state let and by theRUC in the occupied six counties.In present days at commemorations we seethe contempt shown by the Free State polit-ical police, the very same force that mur-dered Volunteer Ronan MacLoughlin, at thegates of this cemetery. Taking names and ad-dresses under section 30 of the offencesagainst the state act.I ask this question, what threat do Republi-cans pose to the so called state here today?Are we such a threat when we come to re-member our fallen that armed police areposted to watch over our proceedings?Or is it our political position that scaresthem? Is it the fact that we campaign for therestoration of Irish national sovereignty thatscares them the most? Or is it their counterparts in MI5 that fear what we say? Is it fearof the truth that motivates them to try andbully and intimidate Republicans at such cer-emonies.As they have clearly expressed in their cow-ardly ways in years gone by, these questionswill never be answered.It is the responsibility of each and every oneof us here today to make the truth known andto make it public knowledge.

If we cannot do this for ourselves then wemust do in memory of Volunteer RonanMacLoughlin.Beir Bua”

A number of wreaths were laid which wasfollowed by the lowering of the flags.The main oration was delivered by FrancieMackey, Chairperson of the 32CSM.

“Friends, Comrades,To truly honour our patriot dead we must beat the forefront of the struggle to realise theobjectives for which they paid the supremesacrifice. There is an unmistakable claritystanding at any graveside, the realisation thatour friend and comrade RonanMacLochlainn is no longer with us. Andtheir must be absolute clarity as to why thatis the case.Volunteer Ronan MacLochlainn gave hisyoung life in a struggle to remove the viola-tion of Irish national sovereignty by theWestminster Parliament. A mere month be-fore he met his death a political arrangementwas entered into by various parties whichsought to legitimise that violation and by de-fault prolonged the Anglo-Irish conflict.By accepting the legitimacy of Partition allthose who signed and supported the GoodFriday Agreement retrospectively crimi-nalised every Irishman and woman whofought for Irish freedom. It is not enough forsuch people to say that this was not their in-tention or to find mitigation behind a flawedclaim of strategic advantage.The justification of the republican struggles

is to be found in the fundamental premiseupon which it is based: the Irish people’sright to national self-determination is in-alienable and indefeasible. This is the mes-sage which Ronan’s comrades broughtbefore the United Nations in 1998 to chal-lenge the legality of what was to become theGood Friday Agreement.Contrary to the flawed belief of some the UNSubmission was not a challenge to the resultof the joint referenda but to the legality ofstaging such a vote in Ireland in the firstplace. The political process which led toGood Friday was predicated on the prior ac-ceptance of Britain’s claim to sovereigntyover part of Ireland.Whether or not that process yielded a politi-cal treaty was irrelevant to both Dublin andLondon because the strategic prize for bothwas the ensnarement of the Provisional lead-ership into partitionist politics. That trap isnow complete and for everyone to see.Sadly and not for the first time it falls uponIrish republicans to pick up the pieces andrebuild. But there is a crucial point to under-stand that the process of re-building is aboutlooking forward and not back. There is no re-turning to a pre-Good Friday Agreement po-sition because none exists. We cannot ignorethe reality of the political landscape in whichwe find ourselves no more than we can de-lude ourselves into thinking that isolatingourselves can alter it.There are two essential steps required for thisstruggle to move forward. Firstly, there mustbe in place a secure foundation which givespolitical and constitutional clarity as to ex-

actly what this struggle is about. Secondlythere needs to be a pragmatic ethos in re-publican politics which recognises that every-thing we do must be relevant to our peopleand in turn relevant to our overall objectives.And we cannot allow our political actionscontradict the just premise upon which ourstruggle is predicated.For our part in securing political and consti-tutional clarity the 32 County SovereigntyMovement went before the InternationalCommunity and made our case for Irish Sov-ereignty. In so doing we put in place the onlylegal challenge in existence against the Britishoccupation of our country.We do not claim ownership of this initiative,it is there for all republicans to utilise. It is nota homage to history. It is not a party politicalpolicy. It is a pragmatic and secure basis forrepublicanism to move forward. Wi t hthe Centenary of the 1916 Easter Rising uponus Irish republicans face a massive challengeto demonstrate to the Irish people that we rep-resent a political force that can deliver change.It is pointless to claim empathy with theevents of Easter Week whilst remaining polit-ically impotent regarding the realisation of theProclamation.Slogans and historical homilies are notenough. Flag waving and populist posturingdo not honour our patriot dead. As we speakthere is a concerted effort by this State todrown out the core message of 1916. Thereare also huge financial efforts by others topurchase the Centenary for electoral pur-poses just as Bertie Ahern did for the 90thanniversary. We cannotmatch these resources but we can work to-gether to ensure that the republican voice isheard and heeded. Our patriot dead, like Vol-unteer Ronan MacLochlainn, deserve noless.Beir Bua”

Vol. Ronan MacLochlainn commemoration 2015

Vol. Ronan MacLochlainn

On Easter Sunday, Republicans gathered inTogher, Cork City and marched to the Re‐publican Plot in St Finbars Cemetery to com‐memorate all those who gave their lives forIrish freedom in the 1916 Rising.

Francie Mackey, Chairperson of the 32County Sovereignty Movement deliveredthe main oration.

In his speech Francie said:

The 1916 Easter Rebellion was an armedexpression of Irish sovereignty. It was ex‐pressed in such a manner because Irish sov‐ereignty was and is violated by theWestminster Parliament. This violation isthe root cause of the ongoing Anglo‐Irishconflict.

The potency of the Proclamation issued atthe outset of the rebellion lies in the claritythrough which Irish sovereignty was de‐fined.

“We declare the right of the people of Ire‐land to the ownership of Ireland, and to theunfettered control of Irish destinies, to besovereign and indefeasible.”

In clear and unambiguous terms Irish sov‐ereignty was defined as an inalienable andindefeasible right of the people of Ireland.And in equal measure, whilst recognisingthat no foreign parliament had the right toviolate our sovereignty, the Irish peoplethemselves have no right to give it away.

This places the Good Friday Agreement asa clear breach of these sovereign principlesand as such cannot be viewed as the basis

for peace between the Irish people and theWestminster Parliament.

Our right to national self determination, tobe governed by the collective wisdom of ourpeople’s votes, is not in itself dependant ona vote. Voting is an expression of sover‐eignty but it is not the basis for it. The jointreferenda held to endorse the Good FridayAgreement were an attempt to create sucha scenario by making national self determi‐nation conditional on the votes of Unionists.

And here is where the clarity of the Procla‐mation causes fundamental problems for

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Easter 2015

“No foreign parliament had the right toviolate our sovereignty, the Irish peoplethemselves have no right to give itaway” - Francie Mackey, Cork

On easter Saturday, members ofBelfasts WolfeTone/McCrackencumann 32CSM laid a wreath at thegrave of Winifred Carney.Maria Winifred Carney, known as Win-

nie, was a suffragist, trade unionist andIrish independence activist. Born inBangor, County Down, her familymoved to the Falls Road in Belfastwhen she was a child.She was present with Connolly in theDublin General Post Office during theEaster Rising in 1916. Carney was theonly woman present during the initialoccupation of the building, which sheentered armed with a typewriter and aWebley revolver. While not a combat-ant, she was given the rank of Adjutantand was among the final group (includ-ing Connolly and Patrick Pearse) toleave the GPO.After her capture, she was held in Kil-mainham Gaol and later interned inAylesbury with Nell Ryan and HelenaMoloney. The three requested that the

internee status, and the privileges itbrought, be revoked so that they wouldbe held as normal prisoners withCountess Markievicz. Their requestwas denied but she was released inDecember 1916. After the Anglo-IrishTreaty and the formation of the IrishFree State, Carney sided with the Anti-Treaty Forces and was arrested sev-eral times.Carney died in 1943 after a long illnessand is now buried in Belfast's MilltownCemetery.On Good Friday, the Belfast 32CSMlaid a wreath in honour of Charlie Mon-aghan at Short Strand Memorial Gar-den. Charlie Monaghan, a member of theGaelic league and Irish RepublicanBrotherhood joined the Irish Volunteers

2nd Battalion, Dublin brigade, originallyfrom Ballymacarret he died on GoodFriday 1916 in a car accident near Bal-lykissane pier on Active Service alongwith 3 other Volunteers.

Winifred Carney and Charlie Monaghan remembered in Belfast

Francie Mackey giving the mainoration in Cork on Easter Sunday

those adherents of Good Friday but also of‐fers clear guidance for republicans in how toaddress it.

The 32 County Sovereignty Movementtook on board this clarity and defended Irishsovereignty from this attack at the UnitedNations. Our Submission before the UN setsout in the clearest form possible that Parti‐tion, and all treaties thereof, are illegalunder international law and are clear viola‐tions of Irish sovereignty.

The importance of this defence of Irishsovereignty cannot be overstated when youconsider that Westminster’s first consider‐ation in the so called peace process was todefend absolutely their claim of sovereigntyover part of our country.

They insisted, even though it meant con‐tinuing armed conflict, that the entry feeinto negotiations was the prior acceptanceof the legitimacy of their sovereign claim totheSix Counties and that all other claimswere to be withdrawn.

Their strategy from that point on was tosanitise this treaty by a partitionist votemasquerading as an act of self determina‐tion by the Irish people.

In this they were largely successful exceptfor our actions at the UN. That submissionremains the only legal challenge to theBritish occupation of our country. It wasmade on behalf of the right of the Irish peo‐ple to national sovereignty for the 32 Coun‐ties of Ireland. It is not the property of anygroup nor is endorsement of any group aprecondition to supporting it.

We cannot equivocate on this matter. Wecannot depart from the clarity of the Procla‐mation as a confused strategy to express apolitical identity. Neither can we reduce theevents of Easter Week to mere idealism. Thearmed rebellion was a definitive political actin pursuit of national rights clearly defined.

And herein lies the true challenge of theProclamation for Irish republicans today.What will our definitive political actions bein pursuit of its realisation? It’s not enoughto pledge allegiance to the Proclamationwithout making that allegiance synonymouswith definitive and credible political acts of

our own.The first step to be taken in addressing any

problem is to recognise that the problem ex‐ists. For republicans that first step is torecognise that our fractured state is funda‐mentally incapable of delivering these de‐finitive political acts.

And irrespective of how we tortuously tryto justify or lend credence to this fracturedstate one fundamental reality remains unal‐tered; no matter which banner you standunder today, no matter which graveyard ormonument you attend to remember 1916we are all wholly united in our collective fail‐ure to realise our objectives.

The sooner we recognise this reality thesooner we can progress. How can we claimcredible allegiance to those who gave theirlives in Easter Week knowing full well thatour own efforts are hopelessly below par?

It’s all the more ironic when you considerthat the Proclamation and Rising them‐selves form the perfect template withinwhich we can address our current malaise.

This time next year we will be standing atthe Centenary of the most seminal event inour history. What are we to say? Are we tosay one group had more flags at their com‐memoration than another and delude our‐selves that that is a victory?

We are confronted by a State who wantsto honour the British soldiers who executedour Provisional Government. We havepseudo republican parties throwing vastsums of money in a despicable effort to buythe Centenary as an election ploy for a pos‐sible 2016 election.

We have front groups issuing forgeries ofthe Proclamation in an insidious attempt tofacilitate the Good Friday Agreement as insome way not being in contravention of theoriginal document.

All these efforts are being undertaken bygroups with vastly more resources than wecould ever hope to have. All republicanshave at this point in time is each other andall we are being asked to do is act in cohe‐sion for one day out of a hundred years.

Surely that is the very least we can do!Beir Bua.

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Easter 2015

On Sunday, April 12th, the ÓglaighCharles Carrigan / Patsy DuffyCumann took part in the West of Scot-land Band Alliance’s Easter 1916Commemoration in Glasgow CityCentre. We would like to thank the or-ganisers for giving us the opportunityto highlight the blatant miscarriage ofjustice inflicted on John Paul Wooton& Brendan McConville, otherwise re-ferred to as the Craigavon Two. Wefeel it’s every bit as important to high-light todays struggles whilst com-memorating past struggles.

REMEMBER THEFORGOTTEN

HEROS OF 1916 Charles Carrigan was born of Irish

parents in the (then) industrial town ofDenny, Stirlingshire Scotland in 1882.Modest by nature he possessed akeen intellect and worked as a tailor.From an early age he developed alove of all things Irish and was an en-thusiastic Gaelic Leaguer.When SinnFein was founded in 1905, membersof the IRB formed a branch in Glas-gow soon afterwords, named the EireOg Craobh. Charles Carrigan was it’sfirst chairman. The branch was veryactive and organised Gaelic classesas well as holding lectures on Irishhistory and the contemporary politicalsituation. Carrigan’s wide readingknowledge of their hardships enduredby the working classes of Clydeside,many of whom were Irish immigrants,developed in him a strong social con-science. In 1906 the future Minister ofHousing in the First Labour Govern-ment, John Weatley, founded thesmall but influential Catholic SocialistSociety. It aimed to reconcile practis-ing Roman Catholics with the tents ofsocialism. Carrigan and fellow IRBmember, Thomas O’Baun enrolled.As well as serving on the organising

committee and presiding at meetings,Carrigan was much in demand as alecturer. It was hardly surprising then,that when Arthur Griffith sided with themanagement during the Dublin LockOut, the Glasgow Sinn Feiners feltcompelled to denounce his actions.Carrigan and other prominent IRBmembers left for Ireland in order toevade conscription which was intro-duced in January 1916. When there,they made preparations for the im-pending Rising. During the fightingCarrigan was positioned at the GPOwith other members of the ScottishDivision. Despite putting up a bravefight, the constant British bombard-ment was taking its toll. Incendiaryshells set the Republican Headquar-ters on fire and their evacuation be-came necessary. It was during thesecond evacuation on the 28th thatCharles Carrigan was cut down by ahail of bullets with the O’Rahilly by hisside. They were killed in Moore Streetnear the burning GPO. By a sad coin-cidence it was Carrigan’s 34th birth-day. Charles Carrigan’s name takespride of place on a monument in St.Paul’s Cemetery, Glasnevin, beneathwhich he is buried along with 15 otherheroes of Easter Week.

Rising commemoratedin Scotland

Easter commemoration in Kerry

Up to 70 people attended the 32 County Sovereignty Movement's 2 in1 commemoration in Ballylongford on Easter Sunday to rememberboth the men and women of 1916 and Bill Shea who died in January.

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32CSM message of solidarityread at a meeting with IndigenousPeoples Liberation Party and TheUhuru movement in Canada onMay 2nd 2015

Friends and comrades;

Over the course of history peopleacross the globe have become vic-tim to oppressive governments,through their policy of occupa-tion, capitalism, imperialism andcolonialism.In Canada the world watches onwhile the indigenous people aretreated with contempt, the con-tempt shown to the indigenouspeople of Canada is clear to see,through over policing and underprotecting the indigenous com-munities, the native community isbeing slowly eradicated by theHarper government.From kidnapping and disappear-ance to murder and rape, the in-digenous people are suffering, thisis genocidal violence personified.

What is most frightening aboutthis abuse of power is the clearfact that women, girls and trans-gender people are being targetedby the Canadian governmentthrough their police force.For example in British Columbiaon the so called “Highway OfTears” Highway 16, there hasbeen 18 reported disappearancesof Indigenous women over sev-eral decades, coupled with thesereports there is an alarming re-ports of police brutality, it is clearto see that the Harper governmentis targeting the indigenous people

to eradicate them.As the native people in Canadasuffer on a daily basis, we haveseen the upsurge of violenceagainst the African-Americancommunity in the United StatesOf America.The American police have causedan uprising within the African-American community by theirwillingness to produce their sidearms and pull the trigger. Theseactions coupled with sheer brutal-ity have spurred a generation torise up and face down those whoseek to harm them.In Baltimore inrecent days the African-Americancommunity have come together tostand up to a racially motivatedpolice force after the brutal deathof Freddie Gray. After suffering adeath so horrific the African-American community rallied todefend the name of Freddie Gray

and to seek justice from thosewho caused his death.This is nothing new in Americahowever. The Native Americanpopulation has been erasedthrough generations of murderand genocide.The African-American commu-nity are now suffering what hun-dreds of thousands have sufferedbefore, a racially motivated waragainst them at the hands of anoppressive government, enforcedthrough the police by the use oflethal force.In Ireland, Irish Republicans andNationalists suffer at the hands ofa foreign government on a dailybasis.In the occupied six counties ofIreland, it can be seen on a dailybasis when Republicans have thedoor to their homes kicked in,their families abused and intimi-

dated by a sectarian military po-lice force. C h i l -dren have been held at gun point,beaten and verbally abused whiletheir Mother’s and Father’s aretraumatized by the forces of occu-pation. It is an undeniable fact inIreland that if you do not acceptBritish occupation and rule thatyou will be targeted.

In Ireland the process of normal-ization is in full swing, those whodo not conform to British rule aretargeted, imprisoned and internedby remand.Just like in Canada and America,Irish men and women have suf-fered for not accepting illegal oc-cupation. In occupied Irelandthere are political prisoners ofwar, incarcerated on spuriouscharges, with no trial date set,they are condemned to a prisoncell for refusing to accept the oc-cupation of their country.

Over the past 800 years Irish menand women, just like their broth-

ers and sisters in Canada andAmerica have suffered torture,murder, rape and discrimination.

In modern day occupied Ireland,we have yet another miscarriageof justice.This time two men have been sen-tenced to life imprisonment for analleged role in a murder of a po-lice man.These two men, Brendan Mc-Conville and John Paul Wootton,who have become known as theCraigavon Two have been triedand sentenced in an illegal diplock British court, without any ev-idence being provided againstthem.Friends we can only be victoriousif we support each other in our ongoing plights. Let us go awayfrom here tonight and pledge toforge links with like mindedgroups around the globe, let usstand up and fight for the libera-tion of our people and our lands.

Beir Bua

Message of solidarity to the In-digenous Peoples LiberationParty and The Uhuru movement in Canada

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On March 28th, members ofthe 32 County SovereigntyMovement took part in theannual 32CSM sponsoredwalk in Omeath, CountyLouth.

The walk left Omeath at1pm and proceeded along theshore line to the newly openedgreenway which connectsOmeath and Carlingford.

Taking in some fantasticviews those who took part inthe walk finished the walk andreturned to Omeath where re-freshments were served.

The North Louth Cumannwill be holding the walk againin 2016, and look forward to itbeing a bigger success.

Annual 32CSM Sponsored Walk

The Gaughan/Stagg Cumann of the32CSM recently held a successfulmarch into central Manchester. It wassupported by the Coatbridge UnitedIrishmen RFB from Glasgow. The pa-rade ended in Piccadilly gardens withspeeches from the youth section of theCumann, Ireland Palestine Group andAntifacists.The Gaughan/Stagg Cumann have sup-ported activities of Antifacist in New-castle , Birmingham, Manchester andDudley. The Cumann have been wel-comed and are building on the Repub-lican tradition of opposing Facism.

Gaughan/Stagg Cumann hold successfulmarch in Manchester

REVOLUTIONARY GOVERNMENT IN IRELAND:DAIL EIREANN, 1919-21BY ARTHUR MITCHELL

Dail Eireann met for the first time inDublin in January 1919. It attempted toput into practice the Sinn Fein theory of analternative government. It established analternative administration to the officialBritish one, complete with governmentdepartments, courts of law, a departmentof finance, a propaganda machine andother arms of civil administration.. Thisbook examines the workings of thiscounter-state between 1919 and 1921.

MESSAGE TO THE IRISH PEOPLEBY SEAN MAC BRIDE

Sean MacBride's views and pro-posals on The Slave Mentality Un-employment The Trilateral Commission The Atlantic Council Neutrality The Royal Irish Academy Partition Inland Waterways Disarmament Hunger Strikes Afforestation

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Fogra BaisAprilBobby BYRNE died in rescue at-

tempt 6/4/19

IRA Chief of Staff Liam LYNCHkilled in action by Free State Forces10/4/1923

SIX POWS executed by Free StateForces in Tuam 11/4/1923

Vol. Robert CLANCEY died in Cur-ragh Camp 12/4/1940

Vol. Tony DARCY died on hungerstrike 16/4/1940

Aero LYONS and COMRADEkilled in Clashmealcon caves Co.Kerry 18/4/1923

Vol. Sean MCNEELA died onhunger strike 19/4/1940

THREE VOLUNTEERS died onway to meet arms ship “The Aud” atBallykisane Co. Kerry 20/4/1916

1916 Vetran Vol. Joesph CLARKEdied 22/4/1976

Vol. Sean MARTIN killed in acci-dental explosion 24/4/1940

Thomas TRAYNOR hanged inDublin 26/4/1921

Vol. Pat MAHONY executed by FreeState Forces in Ennis 26/4/1923

FOUR Republican POWs executedby British Forces in Cork 28/4/1921

Vol. The O’RAHILLY Killed in ac-tion in Moore St, Dublin 28/4/1916

MayVol. Ronan MACLOCHLAINNkilled by Free State Forces 1/5/1998

Patrick CASEY executed by BritishForces in Cork 2/5/1921

Vols. Chris QUINN and WilliamSHAUGHNESSY executed by FreeState Forces in Ennis 2/5/1923

Padraig MACPIARAIS, Thomas J.CLARKE and Thomas MC-DOANGH executed in KilmainhamGaol 3/5/1916

Willie PEARSE, Joseph PLUN-KETT, Edward DALY and MichaelO’HANRAHAN executed I Kilmain-ham Gaol 4/5/1916

Vol. Bobby SANDS died on HungerStrike 5/5/1981

Vol. Christy HARFORD died on therun 5/5/1992

EIGHT VOLUNTEERS shot deadby SAS at Loughgall 8/5/1987

Vols. Con COLBERT, MichaelMALLIN, Eamonn CEANNT and

Sean HEUSTON executed in Kil-mainham Gaol 8/5/1916

Vol. Thomas KENT executed in CorkGaol 9/5/1916

Vol. Sean MCCAUGHEY died onHunger Strike in Portlaoise Gaol11/5/1946

Vol. Francis HUGHES died onHunger Strike12/5/1981

James CONNOLLY and SeanMACDIARMADA executed in Kil-mainham Gaol 12/5/1916

Vol. Christy BIRD accidently shotdead 13/5/1939

Niall Boyle PLUNKETT killed byFree State Forces 15/5/1923

Daniel O’Brien shot dead by BritishForces in Cork 17/5/1921

Vols. Raymond MCCREESH andPatsy O’HARA died on HungerStrike 215/1981

Finian Michael BARRETT wronglyaccused of the Clerkenwell explosionis the last man publicly hanged inEngland 26/5/1868

JuneCharles O’HARE died in prison2/6/1944

Thomas KEANE executed by BritishForces in Limerick 4/6/1921

Lord Edward FITZGERALD died4/6/1798

Joe HEALY dies from gunshotwounds 5/6/1923

Michael GAUGHAN died onHunger Strike in Parkhurst Prison,Engand 12/6/1974

Luke DILLON dies 7/6/1930

Edward FOLEY and PatrickMAHER hanged by British Forces7/6/1921

Father Michael MURPHY killed9/6/1798

Frank RYAN died in Spain10/6/1944

Daniel DOWNEY died from effectsof hunger strike in the Curragh Camp10/6/1923

Vol. Peter MCCARTHY shot deadby Garda Special Branch 17//1937

John and Patrick WATTERS shotdead by the Black and Tans (Auxil-iaries) 17/6/1921

Matt MURPHY shot by BritishForces 21/6/1919

Jeremiah O’Donovan ROSSA died29/6/1915

Always remembered by the Republican Movement

Recommended reading for RepublicansLAST WORDS. LETTERS AND STATEMENTSOF THE LEADERS EXECUTED AFTER THE

RISING AT EASTER 1916BY PIARAS F MAC LOCHLAINN

A compilation of the last writtenwords of the men who were exe-cuted after the Rising of EasterWeek, 1916. It includes also someof the statements made and dis-patches issued by the leaders duringthe Week, at the surrender, and afterit, as well as some references totheir activities while fighting was inprogress.