Comrade Ryan
06-04-2008, 10:00 AM
“Imperialist go home!”
04/06/08
Last week, it was announced on the Six-County Executive web site, that the President of the United States of America, George W. Bush, will visit the Six Counties next month, at the invitation of Ian Paisley and Martin McGuinness.
Ian Paisley, outgoing head of the Stormont assembly, said:
“I would wish to warmly welcome the news of the forthcoming Presidential visit here in June which once again underlines the close relationship between our two countries.
“The support that the Bush administration has provided has been much appreciated and we were particularly grateful for the President's personal endorsement of the recent US investment conference which certainly contributed to the success of that event.”
Whilst the current deputy first minister, Martin Mc Guinness, echoed the welcome:
“I would like to also welcome news of this visit. Over recent years the United States has played a major part in the political process. Their encouragement and help contributed to the historic events of last May.
“The President’s visit will serve to maintain the ongoing relationships between ourselves and the highest levels of the US political establishment as we seek to further develop links in the months and years ahead.”
The precise details of the visit are, at the moment, unclear and will no doubt remain so in a cynical attempt to stifle any public expressions of deep anger at this announcement by progressives and human rights activists across Ireland.
What is clear, however, is that George W Bush will be beating a well-trodden path, following in the steps of other corrupt and disgraced politicians such as Bertie Ahern and Tony Blair. Bush will attempt to cleanse his soul in the eyes of the world, by presenting himself as someone who assisted in bringing ‘peace’ to Ireland.
Irish republicans’ objections to this ‘new dispensation’ are not what are important here, as they are not the target audience. The audience will be the wretched of the earth and those that oppress them.
The question is, just what type of drama will the world bear witness to?
Will they witness a once proud, unbowed and unbroken people, bow and scrape, not only for the approval of George W Bush, but also for the crumbs stolen from someone else’s table?
Will they witness a people, once lauded for their revolutionary intent, eagerly embracing the captain of neo-liberalism; itself a cancer which feeds off the blood, sweat and tears of humanity?
Will the people of Iraq witness a welcome for the man directly responsible for the destruction of much of their country?
Will those same Iraqis understand the ‘pragmatism’ of those who shake the hand of the man responsible for the slaughter of over a million of their people, the displacement of a further five million, and the impoverishment of untold millions more?
Or will they see a risen people, a bold coalition of progressives, radicals and humanitarians, loudly denouncing the contradictions that a visit from George W Bush to Ireland represents?
Will they see Irish citizens proudly proclaiming that those who, economically and politically, strangle our brothers and sisters in Cuba, simply for having the temerity to organise themselves and an alternate way of governance for the common good, are not welcome in our land?
Will they see an Irish people defending the will of the Venezuelan people, by refusing to welcome those who have plotted and schemed to overthrow their elected government?
Will they see an Irish people standing in solidarity with the people of Palestine, by refusing to accept the presence, in our land, of a man who prevents freedom, for the Palestinians, in theirs?
Will the family, friends and comrades of Pól Brennan who escaped from the horrors of Long Kesh in 1983 after enduring the Blanket and No-Wash protests, understand the primacy of staged camera shots of beaming politicians surrounding Bush?
And this whilst the only camera that Pól experiences is that of the closed circuit variety, recording his every movement within his solitary confinement cell in the Special Housing Unit (SHU) at a Los Fresnos jail in Texas.
These are just some of the questions, which not only need to be asked, but more importantly, need to be answered.
When the President of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, in an address to the UN General Assembly, referred to George W Bush as “the devil”, it was not a literal label. It was a metaphoric recognition that Bush, the administration he leads and the corporate elite he represents, have been responsible for a most ferocious attack on humanity over the course of the last eight years.
When Chavez said “Yankee imperialist go home” he spoke on behalf of the multitudes on this planet enduring, and increasingly resisting, US imperialist aggression.
éirígí Spokesperson, Daithí Mac an Mhaistír, asked the people of Ireland to organise against the visit and to stand in solidarity with the many victims of the Bush Regime:
“When Bush visits Ireland in June, more than likely on Monday 16, éirígí are asking people to organise and participate in protests in opposition to the lauding of a war criminal as a ‘man of peace’.
“The Irish people need to echo the resounding global disapproval of this mans regime and of the cordiality afforded to him by some in the status quo here.
“éirígí will be joining with other progressive groups to add our voice to the chorus of condemnation, and encourage every Irish citizen to do the same.”
There will be a public rally against the Bush visit outside Belfast City Hall on Monday, June 16 from 12.30pm. Everyone who is opposed to this warmonger’s presence in Ireland is invited to attend.
Keep logging on for more detail on how you can support upcoming protests and public events!
http://www.eirigi.org/latest/latest040608.html
04/06/08
Last week, it was announced on the Six-County Executive web site, that the President of the United States of America, George W. Bush, will visit the Six Counties next month, at the invitation of Ian Paisley and Martin McGuinness.
Ian Paisley, outgoing head of the Stormont assembly, said:
“I would wish to warmly welcome the news of the forthcoming Presidential visit here in June which once again underlines the close relationship between our two countries.
“The support that the Bush administration has provided has been much appreciated and we were particularly grateful for the President's personal endorsement of the recent US investment conference which certainly contributed to the success of that event.”
Whilst the current deputy first minister, Martin Mc Guinness, echoed the welcome:
“I would like to also welcome news of this visit. Over recent years the United States has played a major part in the political process. Their encouragement and help contributed to the historic events of last May.
“The President’s visit will serve to maintain the ongoing relationships between ourselves and the highest levels of the US political establishment as we seek to further develop links in the months and years ahead.”
The precise details of the visit are, at the moment, unclear and will no doubt remain so in a cynical attempt to stifle any public expressions of deep anger at this announcement by progressives and human rights activists across Ireland.
What is clear, however, is that George W Bush will be beating a well-trodden path, following in the steps of other corrupt and disgraced politicians such as Bertie Ahern and Tony Blair. Bush will attempt to cleanse his soul in the eyes of the world, by presenting himself as someone who assisted in bringing ‘peace’ to Ireland.
Irish republicans’ objections to this ‘new dispensation’ are not what are important here, as they are not the target audience. The audience will be the wretched of the earth and those that oppress them.
The question is, just what type of drama will the world bear witness to?
Will they witness a once proud, unbowed and unbroken people, bow and scrape, not only for the approval of George W Bush, but also for the crumbs stolen from someone else’s table?
Will they witness a people, once lauded for their revolutionary intent, eagerly embracing the captain of neo-liberalism; itself a cancer which feeds off the blood, sweat and tears of humanity?
Will the people of Iraq witness a welcome for the man directly responsible for the destruction of much of their country?
Will those same Iraqis understand the ‘pragmatism’ of those who shake the hand of the man responsible for the slaughter of over a million of their people, the displacement of a further five million, and the impoverishment of untold millions more?
Or will they see a risen people, a bold coalition of progressives, radicals and humanitarians, loudly denouncing the contradictions that a visit from George W Bush to Ireland represents?
Will they see Irish citizens proudly proclaiming that those who, economically and politically, strangle our brothers and sisters in Cuba, simply for having the temerity to organise themselves and an alternate way of governance for the common good, are not welcome in our land?
Will they see an Irish people defending the will of the Venezuelan people, by refusing to welcome those who have plotted and schemed to overthrow their elected government?
Will they see an Irish people standing in solidarity with the people of Palestine, by refusing to accept the presence, in our land, of a man who prevents freedom, for the Palestinians, in theirs?
Will the family, friends and comrades of Pól Brennan who escaped from the horrors of Long Kesh in 1983 after enduring the Blanket and No-Wash protests, understand the primacy of staged camera shots of beaming politicians surrounding Bush?
And this whilst the only camera that Pól experiences is that of the closed circuit variety, recording his every movement within his solitary confinement cell in the Special Housing Unit (SHU) at a Los Fresnos jail in Texas.
These are just some of the questions, which not only need to be asked, but more importantly, need to be answered.
When the President of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, in an address to the UN General Assembly, referred to George W Bush as “the devil”, it was not a literal label. It was a metaphoric recognition that Bush, the administration he leads and the corporate elite he represents, have been responsible for a most ferocious attack on humanity over the course of the last eight years.
When Chavez said “Yankee imperialist go home” he spoke on behalf of the multitudes on this planet enduring, and increasingly resisting, US imperialist aggression.
éirígí Spokesperson, Daithí Mac an Mhaistír, asked the people of Ireland to organise against the visit and to stand in solidarity with the many victims of the Bush Regime:
“When Bush visits Ireland in June, more than likely on Monday 16, éirígí are asking people to organise and participate in protests in opposition to the lauding of a war criminal as a ‘man of peace’.
“The Irish people need to echo the resounding global disapproval of this mans regime and of the cordiality afforded to him by some in the status quo here.
“éirígí will be joining with other progressive groups to add our voice to the chorus of condemnation, and encourage every Irish citizen to do the same.”
There will be a public rally against the Bush visit outside Belfast City Hall on Monday, June 16 from 12.30pm. Everyone who is opposed to this warmonger’s presence in Ireland is invited to attend.
Keep logging on for more detail on how you can support upcoming protests and public events!
http://www.eirigi.org/latest/latest040608.html