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32CSM New Year Statement 2010
32 County Sovereignty Movement
New Year Statement 2010
We commend our activists for their dedication and hard work in pursuit of the republican goal in 2009. We commend all other republican activists for being true to their beliefs and for being generous and inventive in listening to the beliefs of others. 2009 was a year which witnessed that inventiveness being translated into political action which was widely recognised throughout the republican base. It represented the most potent expression of solidarity with imprisoned comrades. It is solidarity in action with those who were bereaved in the struggle. It is also the way forward for Irish republicanism.
The 32 County Sovereignty Movement has a clear vision for the year ahead. The reclamation of our sovereignty must take real form. We must give leadership to our communities to help them achieve this. Throughout Ireland communities have been betrayed by the institutions of faith, finance and state which have long purported to speak and act on their behalf. The abundance of trust placed in the integrity of individual leaders has proved misplaced. They have been left leaderless.
They have not, however, been left powerless. It is in recognition of this reality that the 32CSM will now engage with our communities. In a disciplined approach the 32CSM will liase directly with local communities to explore ways of reclaiming their sovereignty, and under these auspices, help them pursue their political and social objectives. We will focus our efforts in ensuring that all community activity will by default be a pursuit toward national sovereignty. Such a process will be a challenge to both states. It is a first step in filling the vacuum left by those who are now wholly subsumed into the apparatus of partition.
Communities so organised can become the template for national freedom. The republican objective is twofold; to secure our sovereign independence and to organise a just society within that independence. Like our republican forebears we can now enact our aspirations, we can involve our people with our beliefs in real and tangible terms. Republicanism cannot be detached from the people and the people cannot be detached from the strategies deployed to secure their freedom. We can only lead through democratic involvement with our communities.
Because it is a first step it must be taken with due diligence. We have prepared our arguments and are refining our position as mandated at our Ard Fheis. It will be democratic. It will be a learning process which will require discipline, patience and pragmatic political judgement. Republicans cannot interact at a distance. We need to create a new interface between ourselves and our people which will allow us to seek their mandate for our struggle. This mandate will not be measured by a gerrymandered vote. Its value will be in its democratic integrity and its sovereign credentials. For us the ballot box means more than just numbers. Democracy can only be returned to the Irish people when their national sovereignty is recognised.
Because it is a challenge to the state the state will obviously respond. Mistakes will be made, but also learned from, and it is this disciplined approach which will allow for this engagement to spread successfully to other areas. In part the success of this project may be gauged from the state’s reaction to it. They will not be alone. Establishment Nationalists will also have a vested interest in seeing this project fail. They will seek to divide and conquer. But a clear understanding as to the implications of its sovereign distinction and clear democratic practices will thwart them. After all it was disdain for democracy within their own organisations which led them into the cul de sac they now find themselves.
The 32CSM will be active on other fronts. Two major international initiatives will be launched in the coming year. We have observed how issues at play on the international stage are geared toward political events in the occupied six counties. We have made our intentions known to the relevant governments that we are determined to follow a particular path challenging any move that would seek to de-legitimise the republican struggle. These initiatives are for the benefit of Irish republicanism, we will not claim sole ownership of them. But we will provide the leadership that will open up counter arguments for all republicans to employ against these nefarious measures.
Republican unity in 2009 resulted in impressive demonstrations on a range of issues. The continuing media and political demonising of republicans is proof of their effect as is their grudging admission of our growth. The media and political establishment’s objective is to ignore us but through mutual cooperation we have made this impossible. In the coming year this cooperation can be galvanised within our communities as these issues now become their issues in pursuit of our national objectives.
The British Government’s strategy of finally destroying any vestige of republicanism within the provisional movement will not be allowed to undermine the separatist ideal. A resurgent republicanism will demonstrate to both governments and the international community that the destruction of the provisional movement was the liberation of Irish republicanism. It is up to all of us to ensure that 2010 clearly demonstrates this reality.
New Year Statement 2010
We commend our activists for their dedication and hard work in pursuit of the republican goal in 2009. We commend all other republican activists for being true to their beliefs and for being generous and inventive in listening to the beliefs of others. 2009 was a year which witnessed that inventiveness being translated into political action which was widely recognised throughout the republican base. It represented the most potent expression of solidarity with imprisoned comrades. It is solidarity in action with those who were bereaved in the struggle. It is also the way forward for Irish republicanism.
The 32 County Sovereignty Movement has a clear vision for the year ahead. The reclamation of our sovereignty must take real form. We must give leadership to our communities to help them achieve this. Throughout Ireland communities have been betrayed by the institutions of faith, finance and state which have long purported to speak and act on their behalf. The abundance of trust placed in the integrity of individual leaders has proved misplaced. They have been left leaderless.
They have not, however, been left powerless. It is in recognition of this reality that the 32CSM will now engage with our communities. In a disciplined approach the 32CSM will liase directly with local communities to explore ways of reclaiming their sovereignty, and under these auspices, help them pursue their political and social objectives. We will focus our efforts in ensuring that all community activity will by default be a pursuit toward national sovereignty. Such a process will be a challenge to both states. It is a first step in filling the vacuum left by those who are now wholly subsumed into the apparatus of partition.
Communities so organised can become the template for national freedom. The republican objective is twofold; to secure our sovereign independence and to organise a just society within that independence. Like our republican forebears we can now enact our aspirations, we can involve our people with our beliefs in real and tangible terms. Republicanism cannot be detached from the people and the people cannot be detached from the strategies deployed to secure their freedom. We can only lead through democratic involvement with our communities.
Because it is a first step it must be taken with due diligence. We have prepared our arguments and are refining our position as mandated at our Ard Fheis. It will be democratic. It will be a learning process which will require discipline, patience and pragmatic political judgement. Republicans cannot interact at a distance. We need to create a new interface between ourselves and our people which will allow us to seek their mandate for our struggle. This mandate will not be measured by a gerrymandered vote. Its value will be in its democratic integrity and its sovereign credentials. For us the ballot box means more than just numbers. Democracy can only be returned to the Irish people when their national sovereignty is recognised.
Because it is a challenge to the state the state will obviously respond. Mistakes will be made, but also learned from, and it is this disciplined approach which will allow for this engagement to spread successfully to other areas. In part the success of this project may be gauged from the state’s reaction to it. They will not be alone. Establishment Nationalists will also have a vested interest in seeing this project fail. They will seek to divide and conquer. But a clear understanding as to the implications of its sovereign distinction and clear democratic practices will thwart them. After all it was disdain for democracy within their own organisations which led them into the cul de sac they now find themselves.
The 32CSM will be active on other fronts. Two major international initiatives will be launched in the coming year. We have observed how issues at play on the international stage are geared toward political events in the occupied six counties. We have made our intentions known to the relevant governments that we are determined to follow a particular path challenging any move that would seek to de-legitimise the republican struggle. These initiatives are for the benefit of Irish republicanism, we will not claim sole ownership of them. But we will provide the leadership that will open up counter arguments for all republicans to employ against these nefarious measures.
Republican unity in 2009 resulted in impressive demonstrations on a range of issues. The continuing media and political demonising of republicans is proof of their effect as is their grudging admission of our growth. The media and political establishment’s objective is to ignore us but through mutual cooperation we have made this impossible. In the coming year this cooperation can be galvanised within our communities as these issues now become their issues in pursuit of our national objectives.
The British Government’s strategy of finally destroying any vestige of republicanism within the provisional movement will not be allowed to undermine the separatist ideal. A resurgent republicanism will demonstrate to both governments and the international community that the destruction of the provisional movement was the liberation of Irish republicanism. It is up to all of us to ensure that 2010 clearly demonstrates this reality.
Tuesday, 8 December 2009
Delaney Brothers Commemoration December '09
Delaney Brothers Commemoration
December 2009-11-25 Cork
Oration By Val Lynch
A chairde, comrades once again we gather at this most historic place dedicated to Con and Jeremiah Delaney to give an account of our efforts in securing the objective for which they gave their lives. This year has seen our movement grow throughout the island. A national recruitment drive was launched with the distribution of thousands of posters throughout the country. This effort has yielded promising results particularly amongst the youth whose participation in the national struggle is an absolute necessity.
In the neighbouring county of Kerry the North Kerry cumann of the Sovereignty Movement has been established. Our national chairperson Francie Mackey gave the oration at the inaugural commemoration of Volunteer Eddie Carmody who, like Con and Jeremiah, gave his life during the same period of our struggle. Once again the Province of Munster has not let us down. This region has an esteemed history in the War for Independence. It has yielded some of the most gifted soldiers and astute republican thinkers. And of course it has yielded its sons and daughters up to the ultimate sacrifice which still inspires us to this day.
On the political front the Sovereignty Movement has been to the fore in advancing progress. Through the Irish Republican Forum for Unity we have joined with other republican comrades in confronting the British government machinery in our country. The policy of normalisation, particularly on the issue of Policing and Justice, has been vigorously challenged. In Derry several attempts to hold meetings of the District Policing Partnerships have been foiled by the combined actions of republicans. The importance of these actions cannot be over emphasised. The Policing Partnerships are the front line bodies for the British government to normalise their policing in our country. We can never allow this to happen and our efforts in Derry need to be exported to other areas where similar Partnerships attempt to meet.
The Unity Initiative has been the catalyst for this success. It is a success that we must build on. It is a success that we will build on. It has reached a stage where the next steps must now be taken. At our recent Ard Fheis the membership mandated the National Executive to put in place political bodies which can take our struggle forward. These bodies are proportional to our political and organisational abilities at this time. They have to be. During the Delaney Brother’s tenure of our national struggle we witnessed the establishment of our National Parliament, the First Dail Eireann. We witnessed this because it was in their gift to establish it. We do not alas possess the ability to mirror that momentous achievement but we do have the political insight to mirror the strategic thinking behind it. We must give our people an alternative as a means of bringing them in to the republican struggle. We have to have mechanisms in place which makes the struggle relevant to their present and their future. The year which lies ahead will be a very challenging one and if republicans can maintain disciplined cooperation it could well mark a watershed in our struggle.
Republicans remain incarcerated in Irish, British and foreign jails. We salute their courage. We do so in tandem with political actions which highlight their plight to the best of our abilities. Again republican cooperation has been indispensable on this front. Successful and most importantly consistent protests have been held to bring to the attention of all those who will listen that Ireland has not been pacified. The conflict cannot be over whilst the conditions which force our men and women into acts of resistance remain. This has always been the case as it was in the time of Con and Jeremiah when the Treaty of 1922 was imposed as a supposed solution. The only solution to this conflict is the establishment of a sovereign democratic Ireland wherein its people can determine the structure and ideological make up of their own government. This is what Con and Jeremiah fought and died for. It is what we strive to achieve, inspired and motivated by their logic and their sacrifice.
We will gather here twelve months from now, let us ensure that we honour the Delaney Brothers and all those like them with reports of positive and dynamic political advancement.
Ar deis go raibh a hanamac dilis.
Beir Bua.
Wreaths were laid by veteran republican Ned Spriggs (above) on behalf of the Republican Movement.
Pat Lalor on behalf of the National Executive of the 32CSM.
Dean Kavanagh on behalf of Republican POW's.
Thursday, 26 November 2009
Delaney Brothers Commemoration
CORK 32 COUNTY SOVEREIGNTY MOVEMENT COMMEMORATE THE DELANEY BROTHERS.
ASSEMBLE AT THE GROTTO IN BLACKPOOL, CORK CITY @ 12.45PM AND MARCH TO THE MONUMENT,
SUNDAY DECEMBER 6TH 2009.
ALL WELCOME.
Saturday, 17 October 2009
Vol. Joseph O'Connor Remembered
Cork 32CSM commemorated the 9th Anniversary of the death of Vol. Joseph O'Connor at the hands of counter insurgency forces in a Flag Lowering ceremony at Cork's Republican Plot.
Sunday, 11 October 2009
Vol Eddie Carmody Commemoration 21/11/09
Volunteer Eddie Carmody Commemoration 21/11/09
Assemble 8pm Eddie Carmody Memorial Hall Ballylongford
Speaker: Marion Price 32CSM
Volunteer Eddie Carmody was born in Moyvane, Co. Kerry and at a very young age moved to Ballylongford to work on a local farm. He was an outstanding Gaelic footballer and an all round athlete. He was a man of great courage, honesty and innate chivalry. He was one of the first local men to join Óglaigh na hÉireann becoming at first the Quarter Master of his local company and then a Lieutenant within the IRA. While on his way to an arms dump outside Ballylongford on the 22nd November 1920, he was ambushed by a patrol of Black and Tans. He was severely wounded after being fired upon several times, but still managed to struggle away a few hundred yards. The Tans following his trail of blood found him after a brief search and dragged him onto the roadway, where he was kicked and beaten with rifle butts. After being stabbed by the soldiers bayonets in a frenzied attack he was shot several times in the face resulting in his death. His body was then put onto a cart and dragged through the village to the local barrack's, where he was left outside in a turf shed till his father collected his body the following day.
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