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Communist Party of the Irish Republic Statement on Prisoner of Conscience, Cait Trainor
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Monday October 29, 2012 18:54 by CPIR - Páirtí Cummanach na Poblachta
The actions of RSF's Cait Trainor are a lesson in defiance for all of those in Ireland faced with unjust fines. The violent and undemocratic nature of the pro-capitalist statelet in the North was visible for all to see as Republican activist and Sinn Féin Ard Comhairle member Cait Trainor was imprisoned on Saturday by the British political police force for taking part in a peaceful protest. The British state does not appear to have any sense of shame given that the original protest was against the draconian selective internment of Martin Corey who remains in jail after 2 1/2 years without trial or charge. |
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Jump To Comment: 1Imperialism is back on the rampage - and this time it's desperate. All over the world, we are seeing imperialist powers using extreme force on any and all opposition. The brutal murder of Muammar al-Gaddafi, the obscene celebration of the torture and murder of a POW in the Western media (including RTÉ) was a message. The message was clear. This is the fate of anyone, absolutely anyone, who dares to oppose our power.
Ireland has been no different. Actual lynching is kept for the Third World, but here we have psychological lynching. We have seen how a desperately ill woman, Marian Price, has been interned and brutalized. And the British state has not tried to hide their brutality. Far from it. They have pushed their brutality in our faces. The message is clear: If we will do this to a seriously ill women, of nearly pension age, then imagine what we will do to any young healthy person who dares to oppose us.
And so, a young woman has now joined Marian Price. Her "crime?" Simply helping to organize a peaceful protest against internment. The message is clear: You will watch the brutalization of your fellow man and women, we will shove it in your face, but you will not dare to even raise your voice in protest. You will simply look on, as a dumb herd animal.