Issue 013, Saoirse : Irish Freedom (May, 1988)

              bulk rate us postage paid hummel dist corp return address saoirse box 1053 issn 0791 - 0002 south orange n.j 07079 ishf uimh 13 bealtaine - may 25p usa 50c per issue 18 per year signs are not wanting of the moves afoot to widen the scope and broaden the base of the hillsborough deal in order to secure british rule in ireland well into the 21st century mr charles haughey says he wishes to talk to the unionists and the official unionist party leader mr molyneaux responds that he will talk to both the dublin and london governments under certain conditions mr hume's talks with party as did fine gael and to the arrangement as you have here in usa ". such the mr adams are either about compromise or about nothing and republican sinn fe'in believes they are about compromise . mr paisley in a state ment on april 13 says he will talk to free state sinn fe'in provided they re form their organisation totally as a constitutional fianna fail then in the united states mr haughey falls back on the forum rep ort of 1984 which accept ed the unionist veto on any moves to national unity and independence he hinted at a federation of the 26 counties and the six counties by referring unworkable federation this kind of federation which would divide sover eignty between the two statelets and a central authority would perpet uate the present six-county system that mr haughey himself has labled an un workable political entity ". in any case federal sys | the message on may day from liberty hall in dublin is just as rel evant in 1988 as it was in 1915 on the international day of the workers republican sinn fein sent greetings as far afield as canada to those who j are engaged in struggle against imperialism and colonialist exploitation nf saoirse go saoirse lucht oibre terns with only two units have always proved to be unworkable peter barry of fine gael followed this when speak ing on rte radio on may 2 by advocating in most imprecise terms a con federation between the six and 26-county states this means leaving complete sovereignty with the six counties which is even more unacceptable mr haughey also says that free state sinn fe'in should be included in an all-ireland conference called by london and dublin on condition that they become totally con stitutional mr haughey and mr paisley need not worry too much mr adams party is already more than half way there e.g they accept the 26-county state have sought permits to sell eas ter lilies and have asked permission of the british crown forces to march on easter sunday see page 3 british foreign secretary howe has spoken out en couraging haughey and all the threads in the carefully woven web seem to be coming together two questions for mr haughey from republic an sinn fe'in 1 . why did he not tell his us audience that he is ex traditing irish political prisoners to the british ? 2 is he himself to all in tents and purposes not act ing out the role of the mysterious third party who initially brought hume and adams tog ether ? new sell-out all in all a new sell-out is on the way and irish rep ublicans and the national demand for unity and in dependence could lose out badly such surrender to british rule would not bring freedom justice or peace among other things it would effectively block the struggle for cultural rejuvenation and social ad vance to a new radical ireland it must be oppos ed and stopped easter commemorations pages 5-9 | the euro alert/airdeall 5 organisation formed from j the loose coalition which :•:' campaigned against ratif j ication of the single euro | pean act sea held its :•:• first agm on saturday 6 april 30 in dublin ' in his opening address j raymond crotty stated £ that the organisation was ;:| necessary to combat the creeping erosion of what remains of our neutrality it aims to be a broad based non-party political organisation throughout the 32 counties acting as a counter-weight to the eec propaganda office in molesworth street dublin it was revealed at the meeting that the new eur opean community pass port introduced in 1985 contains a hidden comput er strip that can be used by international police to monitor irish citizens mo vements euro alert seems willing to encompass republicans who wish to advocate with drawal from the eec to achieve a sovereign and neutral ireland ^ denstown sunday tiinf 12 assemble sallins field 2.30pm oration cllr frank mccarry glens of antrim testimonial dinne saturday june 11 9pm taille 10.50 spa hotel lucan co dublin honorees anna steele - ulster ned o*shea - munster sylvester fitzsimons - connacht jack butler - leinster