Friday, December 25, 2009

Time For Thought this christmas !



Christmas is a time of joy fun and laughter, but christmas is also a time of sadness and sorrow.

Just take a few moments this christmas to remember our POWS at home and abroad and there poor families who have to suffer the heartbreak of not having there loved one with them at christmas.

Also can we remember the many EX POWS this christmas especially the ones who dont have much. Take time to call with them bring them a gift or have a yarn with them let them know there always remembered and not forgotten.

Finally christmas is a time that effects the old and vulnerable members of our communities make some time available to visit your elderly neighbour to see if they are alright or need anything etc etc as with all the cold and harsh weather we are having at present they might feel alone and isolated from society.

Fermanagh 32csm would like to wish all our friends families and supporters, the Republican POWS in Maghaberry, Portlaoise and abroad a Merry christmas and a Happy New Year hoping that next year will bring us a step closer to the All Ireland Republic we so deeply cherish.

An phoblacht abu

Beir bua

Thursday, December 10, 2009

UUP Assembly Member Calls for Armoured PSNI Helicopters for Fermanagh



The use by the PSNI of commercial helicopters to cope with dissident activity in Co Fermanagh on four occasions has cost the PSNI a whopping £52,000.

The figures were released by the local Ulster Unionist Assembly member , Tom Elliot who questioned whether rising costs, associated with the ongoing dissident threat, might necessitate specialist helicopters, rather than private hire.

He remarked; "Having requested information on the use of helicopters across the provence, it emerged that a commercial helicopter had been used on four occasions in Fermanagh since April at a cost of £52,000.

" Unfortunately, the PSNI have declined to provide my party with any additional details of helicopter use in other areas and expense incurred, due to security related sensitivities."

He went on; " While we appreciate PSNI concerns, the Ulster Unionist Party is committed to ensuring that our Police officers are are fully resoursed to tackle the dissident threat, Operations against dissident terrrorists shoul;d in no way be hindered by inadequate equipment or equipment that is so costly it could effect the long term viability of future operations.

" Only this week", he added, i have received a report that dissidents have got there hands on surface to air missiles and are in the planning to target Police Helicopters.

" In this context, the use of private helicopters becomes increasingly worrying. It is vital that the lives and limbs of our Police officers are protected as far as possible. In my mind fully armoured helicopters offering more protection, would be the best resourse to do this."

Mr Elliot said he would be asking his collegues on the Policing board to look into the cost associated with private helicopters hireand whether a tendering process would be a more cost effective way to manage escalating costs.

" What is clear is that the situation is very serious indeed. Swift and concerted action is needed to rid Northern Ireland of these criminals intent on dragging us backwards."

He said the UUP remained committed to giving the nessesary support and assistance to PSNI officers to keep peace a reality for the people of Northern Ireland.

Taken from Fermanagh Herald paper 9/12/09

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Price Arrest shatters myth that six county policing is 'non political'


32 County Sovereignty Movement
18/11/2009



Price Arrest shatters myth that six county policing is 'non political'


The recently staged political arrest of 32 County Sovereignty Movement National Secretary Marian Price underscores the fact that policing in the Six Counties will always be political.

We have long stated that where sovereignty is disputed policing will always take a side in that dispute.

The myth that policing in the Six Counties could be detached from the constitutional question by employing the charade of ‘Civic Policing’ has been shattered yet again.

The British Government has repeatedly used policing to curry favour with whichever political mood prevails.

On the one hand we had the establishment of the benign District Policing Partnerships as a sop to the constituency of establishment nationalists.

And now that we have unionists grappling with the issue of devolving minimalist Policing and Justice ‘powers’ to Stormont we witness the targeting of high profile republican activists for arrest by the RUC/PSNI.

Coupled with this is the appearance before Crown Courts of Irish Republicans on the most spurious of grounds.

All of this points to where the British Government desires that political policing should lead. We urge all republicans to be vigilant in the times ahead as British efforts to secure its illegal sovereign claim over part of Ireland intensify.

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Veteran Republican Marion Price Arrested



Old Bailey bomber arrested over soldiers murders


Leading republican Marian Price has been arrested by detectives investigating the murders of two soldiers outside Massereene barracks in Antrim.

Tuesday, 17 November 2009


Heavily armed police raided her home in the Andersonstown area of west Belfast and she was taken away for questioning about the Real IRA killings last March.

Price, 55, was arrested along with a 39-year-old man, who was detained 40 miles away in Coalisland, Co Tyrone.

It is understood that police began the search of her semi-detached red brick house in Stockman's Avenue, a quiet cul de sac close to the M1 motorway, when heavily armed police wearing flak jackets arrived in cars and Land Rovers at around 7.30am on Monday.


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The arrested pair are being held in Antrim for questioning.

A total of 14 people have now been arrested in connection with the murders of Sappers Patrick Azimkar, 21, from London, and Mark Quinsey, 23, from Birmingham at the military base.

Only two men have been charged so far, prominent Co Armagh republican Colin Duffy, 41, and Brian Shivers, 44, from Magherafelt, Co Londonderry.

Price and her sister Dolores were among those convicted over the 1973 bombing outside the Old Bailey in which one person was killed and around 200 others injured.

The Price sisters were transferred to a Northern Ireland prison after going on hunger strike.

The episode secured their position as high-profile members of the republican movement at the time.

Marian Price has since been a vocal critic of the decision of the mainstream republican movement to decommission weapons and back the political process.

She is a leading member of the 32 County Sovereignty Movement, considered to be the Real IRA's political wing.




©This was taken from UTV News

Fermanagh 32csm condemn this arrest of Marion Price and call for her immediate release.

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Vol Eddie Carmody Commemoration Co KERRY 21/11/09


Volunteer Eddie Carmody Commemoration 21/11/09





Assemble 8pm Eddie Carmody Memorial Hall Ballylongford, Co,Kerry

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.

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Irish Rebel Night




Irish Rebel Night


An Irish Rebel night, followed by a disco, will take place upstairs in Molly Maguires Bar in Derry City on Saturday the 7th of November at 9pm, all funds will be donated to the IRPWA.

Tickets £5

Ask your local member, or email derry32csm@hotmail.com for more details.

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Fermanagh Republican Asked to work for MI5


On Saturday 24th of October at approximately 11.30pm a Fermanagh 32csm member and EX POW and his girlfriend who is also a member of the 32csm in the 26 counties were travelling from the town of Enniskillen, after celebrating his birthday. After travelling no more than 6 to 7 miles outside the town they noticed a blue light flashing behind them so the female driver of the car then pulled the car into the laybye and was followed by the car with the blue flashing light.

The occupants of the car with the blue flashing light were the PSNI traffic branch who stated to the female driver of the car that she had been speeding and that is why she had been pulled in.

The passenger of the car was asked his name and at this the traffic branch left the car and returned to there own car and were heard on radios talking about the passenger who was in the car that was stopped.

About 5 to 8 minutes past when then flashing lights and cars were seen converging upon the veichile that the traffic branch had stopped.

It was then that the female driver of the car that was stopped was asked to step outside the car and accompany the traffic branch to the barracks to be questioned about road traffic matters. At this the girls boyfriend a well known Republican from Fermanagh got out of the veichle also and demanded to know what the reason was why his girlfriend was to be taken to the police station for questioning about road traffic matters, before he could say much more his girlfriend was escorted to the back of the patrol car.

The girls boyfriend no doubt became angry and aggressive towards the PSNI who had now called the TSG who were there very heavily armed to carry out a search on the females car under the terrorism act.

The female was then driven away at speed while the Fermanagh Republican was left on his own with a heavily armed TSG and PSNI present as they began to search the Republicans girlfriends car without her being present.

At this the Fermanagh Republican became concerned thinking of another John Brady scenario with no witnesses he tried to escape the clutches of the TSG and PSNI and was man handled to the ground after a lenghty struggle on the side of the road, luckily passing cars were seen stopping to see what was going on as the Republican was shouting for cars to stop. The TSG were then seen wildly waving cars and shouting at motorists to drive on.


Just then a voice was herd saying bring him over here and all the TSG became very friendly towards the Republican and escorted him to a waiting car while his hands were tied up.

As he got closer to this car he saw 5 men sitting in the car 2 in the front and 3 in the back, one of the men called the Republican by his first name and Identified themselves as British Military intelligence ( MI5 ) and talked to him about saving lives and asked him to work for them. Even saying that there was over 100,000 in a bag that they opened in front of him.

After the Fermanagh Republican refused to even talk to them they told him that "you either work for us or your going back to jail" its as simple as that. After no comment from the Republican those that identified themselves as MI5 sped off at high speed.

After an hour the Fermanagh Republican was reunited with his girlfriend as she was being held in a Fermanagh police barracks.

Fermanagh 32csm understands that the girlfriend of the well known Fermanagh Republican was also asked how long has she been going out with him and various other questions she was asked regarding what she did and her association to the Republican.

Fermanagh 32 County Sovereignty Movement (32csm) also understands that both the man and woman have lodged complaints with there solicitors about this situation of harrassment by the PSNI and British Military spooks they also want to condemn the Colonial Police force and there masters in MI5, in there recent unsuccessful endevours to ask Republicans to become agents of the state.

32csm ask anyone who feels intimidated or under pressure to become an infomer/ British agent to feel free and come forward to the 32csm as we will help you.

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

REAL IRA "GROWING IN STRENGTH".



Republicans pose 'severe' risk - PSNI
CONOR LALLY Crime Correspondent

SEVERAL HUNDRED people are actively involved in republican groups and pose a “severe” and increasing threat, one of the PSNI’s (British Police) most senior police officers has said.

PSNI deputy chief constable Judith Gillespie also said many people formerly involved in terrorism were now using their old gun-running routes and methods for “other contraband” associated with organised crime.

She said republicans were continuing to engage in for-profit crime to raise money to fund resistence. Joint Garda-PSNI operations were trying to combat this activity and to ensure the Border could not be exploited by the organisations.

Republican groups were also continuing to recruit and the threat they posed north of the Border had been raised to “severe”.

“That’s not a word we use wantonly; we use it very carefully. We are obviously very concerned at the level of threat and it behoves us all to work together.”

Ms Gillespie was speaking to the media ahead of the opening of a Garda-PSNI cross-Border seminar on organised crime being held in Dundalk, Co Louth. The conference proper was not open to the media.

When asked how many people were involved in dissident groups, Ms Gillespie said. “We’re talking in the low hundreds, but it depends what you mean by ‘involved’.

“There are people who tacitly support these people; those people who turn a blind eye to what they do or don’t report what they do . . . or by lending a vehicle. But in terms of active involvement, you’re talking about low hundreds.”

However, she said the PSNI did not want to see British soldiers back on the streets and believed the force had the capacity to fight terrorism without on-street military support.

Garda Commissioner Fachtna Murphy said while there was evidence dissidents were recruiting in the Republic, most of this activity was in the North.

Similarly, he added, the threat posed by the groups was concentrated in the British occupied north of Ireland.

The cross-Border conference would involve intelligence-sharing and the planning of further investigations against dissident groupings engaging in crime to raise the money needed to fund their activities. Acts of terrorism would be foiled by the same cross-Border co-operation.

“When these people plant under-car devices in Belfast or in Derry or when they leave 500lb in places like Forkhill, it’s not about crime in terms of making money, it’s about the threat to society.”

Innocent civilians were not only physically threatened. People also suffered fear and intimidation and policing was threatened.

Minister for Justice Dermot Ahern said the only way the Irish Free State could combat resistence was by joining forces with police forces in Britain and the occupied North.

He said the two-day policing conference provided opportunities for Garda and PSNI officers to share intelligence, plan operations and build personal relationships.

Every resource was being made available to the Garda and PSNI to combat terrorism. “The foot is not being taken of the pedal,” Mr Ahern said.

The British security minister in the occupied zone Paul Goggins MP said levels of co-operation between all the law enforcement agencies on both sides of the Border had never been better.

“They are working as one to arrest, disrupt and seize goods from organised criminals,” he added.

“This united approach at both political and operational level is producing results and sends a very clear message to organised criminal gangs that there is no hiding place on either side of the Border for their illegal activity.”

Mr Goggins said the use of a car bomb in an attack in Belfast last Friday, which targeted the family of a police officer, underlined the “grim” threat from so-called terrorists for police officers on the front line.

This article appears in the print edition of the Irish Times.

Thursday, October 15, 2009

Fermanagh/Cavan 32csm Condemn Gardai for threatening to arrest school boy.


The 32csm in Fermanagh and Cavan condemn the actions of the Gardai last week when they went to a secondary school outside Cavan town and threatened to arrest a school boy for handing out Republican literature.

On friday of last week the Gardai visited a school in Co Cavan and requested to see the head principle regarding one of his pupils.

The head principle was told that a number of youths in his school were delivering fliers about the 32csm and IRA propaganda literature, and that one youth was the ring leader in having other youths deliver this material.

The head principal then summoned the young school boy who the Gardai had identified from his class room to his office for questioning without his parents knowledge of what was going on, and bearing in mind the youth is only 15 years old.

As the youth was being brought to the Principles office he seen the Gardai and wanted to know what the problem was and why he was being brought to the office, noone answered the young kids concerns.

As the young lad entered the Principles office he was asked to sit down and in front of him was the Principle and two Gardai who began to ask the youth questions about the 32csm and why he was handing out IRA propaganda in the school.

The youth refused to comply with the Principle and the Gardai and requested his Parents, at this the Gardai became aggressive shouting at the young boy threatening to arrest him. The youths father was contacted by the school principle and asked to attend the school as the Gardai had come to the school with concerns about his childs activities in the school.

The young lads father came to the school furious and confronted the principle in a heated exchange to why his son was subjected to an interrogation by the Gardai in the Principles office.
The Gardai then tried to intervene and a struggle developed in the corridor of the main building between the Gardai and the young lads father.

After calm was restored the father was let take his son home after what must have been a frightening experience for the young boy.

The father of the young boy has lodged a complaint with the Education minister and the Irish Government into what was a blatant attempt to interrogate and question a minor "his son" in Cavan secondary school.

The 32 County Sovereignty Movement in Cavan condemn this action by the Gardai on this young boy and his father, we see this as a form of child abuse and victimization towards this young lad.

Fermanagh/Cavan 32csm.

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

The Source Of Our Conflict Predates Partition


The Source Of Our Conflict Predates Partition

Francie Mackey, chairman 32CSM Omagh, Co Tyrone

Letter Irish News.




13/10/09

Bernard Mulholland (September 30) provides a welcome entry into the debate over the existence of the six counties and Irish national sovereignty.

That ‘existence’ is at the heart of the conflict.

The right or not of the six counties to exist cannot be excluded from determining its future.

Political arrangements which presume its right to exist are merely attempts to retrospectively right a committed wrong.

The 32 County Sovereignty Movement (32CSM) made this point in our United Nations submission where we sought, and still seek, a UN ruling that the continued British presence in Ireland is in breach of international law.

The grave flaw in the peace process was British insistence that its claim to sovereignty over Irish territory was not up for negotiation – acceptance of partition was an entry fee into the talks process.

The British did not reciprocate for Dublin’s removal of articles 2&3. The process was to have a predetermined outcome, namely, partition would remain.

Saying now that that outcome can only be changed by an electoral process geared toward protecting the status quo in no way democratises it.

Like our submission to unionism, we also sought engagement with the British government to address their so-called claim of neutrality over the future of the partitioned entity.

All these documents are available on our website and should be viewed collectively.

The 32CSM’s approach to the conflict has been a pragmatic one. Having identified sovereignty as the central issue we sought international arbitration to bring its violation to an end.

Bernard makes the point that ‘Northern Ireland has been in existence for longer than the Irish Republic’ but fails to mention that for the entirety of that existence it has been a theatre of conflict.

The source of conflict predates partition as partition is but another facet of it.

Let’s not forget the pre-partition suppression of the Irish Republic democratically ratified in the 1918 general election.

I would agree wholeheartedly on his ideas concerning international bodies and academic conferences addressing the problems we face but they must address those problems as a means to resolving them and not, like the Good Friday Agreement as a means to justify the constitutional arrangement which gave rise to them.

Certainly it is preferable to resolve conflicts via the ballot box but Bernard must remember that the British government are not democratically accountable to any Irish constituency yet claim the right to deploy its army on Irish streets to defend its illegal sovereign claim.

Irish republicans have not been remiss in recognising, and addressing, unionist concerns.

For our part the 32CSM has sought engagement to address the issue

of Irish national sovereignty and the constitutional future of the Irish people.

Our comrades in Republican Sinn Fein have long championed the Eire Nua policy which represents a radical approach to governance and democracy on the island.

Our door remains open.

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

PSNI Using Private Helicopters in Fermanagh


Private helicopter used by police


The police in Fermanagh have been chartering a private helicopter to back up security operations.

In a letter to Policing Board member Basil McCrea, Asst Chief Constable Dave Jones said a commercial helicopter has been deployed four times since April.

It has cost a total of just over £52,000.

Earlier this year the then Chief Constable Hugh Orde said the PSNI had received additional funding which would be used for extra helicopter cover.

The Asst Chief Constable said the decision to charter the helicopter is taken by local commanders in the light of their security assessments.

Dissident republicans have been active in Fermanagh and in July police took more than 12 hours to attend a robbery because of the threat level in the area.

The PSNI are understood to planning to buy a second helicopter in light of the continuing dissident threat.

Military

Fermanagh and South Tyrone MLA Tom Elliott said there was now "a strong case" for a military helicopter to service Fermanagh and wider area.

"Undoubtedly we are living in dangerous times. Police personnel are facing a severe threat from dissident republicans, and I would never under any circumstances want to do anything to put their lives at risk," he said.

"However, I feel I have to question the continuing use of private helicopter firms as I believe that the use of military helicopters would be better equipped and more cost effective for the operations carried out by the PSNI which require air support.

"I will be asking my party colleagues on the Policing Board to put this suggestion forward to the security officials and I hope that they will evaluate the proposal accordingly."

Military helicopters were a common sight in border areas of Northern Ireland during the Troubles.

Monday, October 5, 2009

Fermanagh woman asked to become agent for MI5


Fermanagh woman asked to become agent for MI5

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Woman questioned by MI5 in Spain


A young Fermanagh woman has spoken off her fear after being stopped and questioned by MI5 agents upon landing at a spanish airport when she went on holiday earlier this month.

She has spoken out about her experience in a bid to encourage the detectives not to persue her again.

The 22 year old woman was part of a large family group travelling to Spain.
When they landed at the airport, the woman was told that her passport needed to be scanned, and she was asked to follow a Spanish border guard.
He brought her into a room were two men were present.

She went on: "The border guard then left, closing the door behind him and left me in the room with two men.
At this stage, one of the men addressed me by name, and made references to my journey to Aldergrove Airport in Co.Antrim that morning.
He knew alot of detail about me, were i worked, who i had been going out with, all sorts of personnel details."

Then one of the men informed her he worked for British Intelligence whilst the other man placed a large sum of money on the table.

The woman continued: "They claimed that there only interest was in saving lives in Ireland and asked me to assist them in this regard.
I told them i could be of no assistance and would not meet them again."

She claims that they then told her she would probably change her mind about giving information when she returned home and had thought about it.
If this was to happen she was to contact Enniskillen Police station.

In all, the woman was detained at the Spanish Airport for around 20 minutes by the detectives, during which time her mother, younger brother, and sister, all waited anxiously for her to return.

The young woman explains that nothing like this has ever happened to her before and described her ordeal as a very unnerving experience and an unwelcome start to her holiday.
She was also angry that she was left in a room with two males, and felt there should have been a female present at the incident.
The womans solicitor has been informed of the approach.

Her father has also written a letter to the Spanish authorities demanding an explanation as to why foreign agents were permitted to questrion Irish tourists on Spanish soil.

Responding to the claims, a spokesperson for the PSNI explained:
"We do not comment on Intelligence matters and no inference should be drawn from this.
However, in line with all other Police services across the United Kingdom, the PSNI's policy in relation to the use of Covert Human Intelligence Sources is strictly goverened by the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 and is fully compliant with Human Rights Legislation."

With regards to this matter Fermanagh 32csm would like to commend this brave young woman for coming forward with this information and highlighting that Britains dirty war against Ireland continues with the underhand cowardly tactics of terrorising an Irish Citizen while out on holiday in a foreign country.
Furthermore we condemn the Spanish authorities for allowing its soil to be used by British Intelligence to harrass and question Irish tourists whilst going on holiday there!

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Republican Youth Movement now Established in North Monaghan

Republican Youth Movement now Established in North Monaghan

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It gives me great pleasure to announce another 32csm Republican youth movement this time in Clones, North Monaghan close to the border with South Fermanagh,

Clones Co.Monaghan due to its geographical position suffers serious deprivation at the hands of Partition.
Currently the area is in an ever tightening vice grip of a recession, affecting the vast majority of the community.

Young people have always been vulnerable to the negative effects of Partition, modern technology transport and communications mean this vulnerability may be exploited by more sinister individuals leading our youth in to serious crime.

It is the objective of Republican Socialists to advise guide and protect all the people, and it is our intention to present a reliable honest and ever growing presence in North Monaghan/South Fermanagh.

We would encourage all, especially the youth to take heart in this presence and to acknowledge with the people are the people.

FERMANAGH 32CSM!!!

Nationalist Residents Searched Going To Mass


The 32csm condemn the harrassment and intimidation of Nationalist residents of Newtownbutler in Co Fermanagh on Sunday 20th September when over 60 PSNI/RUC stormed the village heavily armed setting up road blocks on all roads leading to the Nationalist village.

Villagers were taken out of there cars while going to mass they were searched along with there vehicles children that were with there parents were left standing on the roadside terrafied at seeing there parents being searched by the PSNI/RUC.

The 32csm also condemn the harrassment and intimidation of the residents while trying to go to mass in Newtownbutler on sunday a number of residents were searched and stopped while going to mass they had there names and details taken and were late for mass.

The 32csm here in Fermanagh totally condemn these actions by the PSNI/RUC and we stand by and support the Nationalist residents of Newtownbutler and Fermanagh at this time!

Monday, September 7, 2009

SAS SEEN IN SOUTH TYRONE


A Dungannon Republican has told how he returned home on Thursday to find two armed Men dressed in fatigues with their faces blacked out running up a field behind his house.


The Man who wishes to remain anonymous says his Wife and Child had been walking the family dog when the dog became agitated around hedges in the field behind the property , when the mans wife started looking into the hedge two Men emerged wearing combat gear and carrying holstered handguns, a strange car was then seen arriving on a small country lane behind the field and the Men who were obviously under cover Soldiers made of over the fields towards it.


At this stage the Dungannon Man returned home and observed the men making their escape, his wife ran over to tell him what had happened so he turned the car around and sped after the car the Soldiers were heading for , he pulled up behind the car just as the men had got inside .


As The Dungannon Republican pulled up behind the car two uniformed members of the RUC/PSNI emerged from the car in front and approached the Mans car, he was taken out and searched under the terrorism act his car was searched and he was verbally harassed by the Members of the Crown Forces, as this was going on he could see the two Soldiers sitting in the back seat with hoods pulled up to hide their identity, the man was then released and the undercover Crown Forces car made off in the direction of Duncannon ,the man said he would be reporting the incident to his solicitor .


This is a very disturbing development in the past the Crown Forces used these tactics to set up Irish Republicans for Loyalist death Squads , undercover Soldiers were present when Roseanne Mallon was gunned down by a death squad lead by the notorious Loyalist murderer Billy Wright not 10 miles from the site of this incident It is obvious that the SAS is once again active in Republican East Tyrone as is the British Army a number of British Military helicopters have been seen in the skies over the East Tyrone area in this past couple of months with landings sited in remote rural areas, it seems East Tyrone is once again the focus of a British Military counter insurgency Campaign operations like the one uncovered by this Mans family is further proof of that Campaign.


The 32CSM urge anyone who witnesses similar activity to report it to the 32CSM in there area.

Sunday, September 6, 2009

Thursday, September 3, 2009

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

REAL IRA STAGE ROAD BLOCK IN SOUTH ARMAGH

Volunteers from the Irish Republican Army setup a checkpoint in the Republican village of Meigh last month.

The volunteers distributed leaflets calling on locals not to co-operate with the British occupying forces as well as pro British political parties. They have also sent out a stern warning to drug dealers and other anti-social elements, that their actions will not be tolerated and that they will be eliminated from society by their local IRA Brigades.

The IRA checkpoint has sent shock waves through the British security forces rank and file officers! An RUC/PSNI officer has warned of a serious breakdown in police intelligence after officers were allowed to drive into the IRA checkpoint without prior knowledge.

Three masked men carrying rifles were seen stopping vehicles at railway road on the outskirts of Meigh in county Armagh at 9pm on Friday. It is understood that an RUC/PSNI patrol car had driven to within 100 meters of the IRA checkpoint before turning back.

Last night one RUC/PSNI officer based in South Armagh said that his colleagues were relieved to have escaped being attacked but were furious that they had no prior warning of IRA activity in the area.

"We are getting vague briefings every single day that terrorists are highly active in and around Newry and South Armagh," he said. "But surely in intelligence circles should be fit to warn us if illegal vehicle checkpoints are being carried out in our patrol area.

"There were only three gunmen on the road but we know there would have been at least a dozen in the fields and hedges. "It doesn't bare thinking about what would have happened if the officers had driven straight into the trap."

The officer also spoke of the frustration at police intelligence failure to locate a heavy calibre tripod-mounted machine gun, which is known to be in the hands of the dissident republicans.

"We know they have a DShK machine gun and if they are out in daylight doing vehicle checkpoints then they would probably feel confident enough to bring out the big stuff and take us on," he said.

"They must think the intelligence services have taken their eye off the ball and no doubt someone will have to be killed before the proper resources are brought in to sort this out."

The Soviet made DShK fires 600 12.7mm rounds a minute and is capable of piercing armoured vehicles. SDLP assemble member Dominic Bradley condemned the IRA activity as a propaganda stunt.

A PSNI spokesman confirmed that a police patrol had encountered a number of armed men illegally stopping vehicles.

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

32 County Sovereignty Movement Smash Crime Gang


Members of the 32 County Sovereignty Movement in Cavan/Fermanagh have successfully dismantled a crime gang that had set up base in Cavan town and had been using young people in the Cavan town region to carry out a wide range of crime which included assaulting people, street drinking, breaking into people's houses to more serious offences such as drug dealing and stealing firearms from private properties.

This crime gang had five leading individuals that were influencing the young vulnerable people of Cavan to commit these crimes for their own personal gain,through the selling of drugs to extortion of money from businesses.

There were three of these individuals from Limerick one from Dublin and another from the Cavan area who had come into the Cavan town area after a falling out with other major Criminal gangs in Limerick and Dublin.

It was these individuals that prompted and influenced young vulnerable people in Cavan to start a gang and call themselves the TCRG which stands for "The Cavan Rebellion Gang".

After months of violent crime on the streets of Cavan and the attacks of innocent people the 32 County Sovereignty Movement were contacted by concerned residents from Cavan town too scared to contact the Gardai, and who were terrified to walk the streets of Cavan because of this anti social element calling themselves the TCRG.

Over the last number of weeks the 32 County Sovereignty Movement visited the homes and talked to the parents of some of these individuals who were identified to us as having been members of this criminal gang TCRG.

The 32csm sat down and talked to the parents of these individuals to explain that their children were seen in the presense of known criminals from Limerick and Dublin that had recently moved to the town and that these criminals were brainwashing their children to commit crimes against innocent members of the Cavan community and that this was wrong,and that the 32csm were there to help the parents and to engage with the youth of the area not to be getting involved with these criminals.

Within the last number of days a number of parents of those involved with the TCRG have come forward with there sons and daughters stating that they are no longer involved with this TCRG gang and that they will be advising others to leave the gang too.

We in the 32 County Sovereignty Movement welcome this recent development and we call for the remaining TCRG members to disband. The 32csm are happy to confirm that the five criminal figures that had moved to Cavan town from Limerick, Dublin and Cavan have now fled there homes in the Cavan area.

The 32 County Sovereignty movement will continue to monitor events on the ground and have our presense in the area should the need arise again.

And commenting on what the Chief Superintendent of the Gardai in Cavan John O Driscoll said recently about us being some sort of vigilante group, our organisation is a political organisation not a vigilante organisation which the Gardai would like to perceive us to be, we are a well established Republican political organisation throughout Ireland and we are dealing with problems like the one we have in Cavan on a daily basis.

The 32 County Sovereignty Movement are not in the business of having a war of words with the Gardai on this matter, if the Gardai had have been doing there jobs and putting a stop to these criminals then there would have been no need for the 32 County Sovereignty Movement to have gotten involved in the breaking up of this criminal gang.

In conclusion we want to state that the 32csm will be there to support anyone or community that is under siege or that feel threatened by criminals or anti social elements in there society throughout Ireland.

Statement Ends!
PRO: Cavan/Fermanagh 32 County Sovereignty Movement!

Friday, August 14, 2009

Tyrone IRA Issues Warning


Tyrone IRA Issues Warning

The IRA in Tyrone have claimed responsibility for a shooting in the Coalisland area last week when shots were fired through a window in a house.

The Republican group said that their intention was to ‘execute’ a named individual who they accused of anti social activity. The IRA said that their members could not gain access to the house and so they fired through the window. They accused the man of being involved in criminal damage, drug dealing and indecent exposure to children. They also warned the individual concerned that if he did not leave the area he would be shot on sight.

The Republican group also warned anyone involved in anti-social activity in the Tyrone area to desist immediately or ‘face the consequences.

Friday, August 7, 2009

Fermanagh/Cavan Republican Youth Movement

A tribute to the ten brave Irish Republican Martyrs who gave there lives for Irish Freedom.


Wednesday, August 5, 2009

32 County Sovereignty Movement Member Assaulted In Co.Fermanagh







The 32 County Sovereignty Movement would like to condemn the unprovoked attack by the PSNI/RUC on one of our members in Co,Fermanagh on monday evening last 04/08/09.

The man was out shopping with a friend when he noticed he was being followed into several shops in Enniskillen by a number of plain clothed individuals.After exiting a number of shops in the town he then noticed a large police presence in the town.

At that point he was surrounded by heavily armed PSNI/RUC who were very aggressive towards him with many of them with English accents.They called the man by his first name and said they were searching him under section 44 of the terrorism act inwhich he complied.

After the search he was let go and the man went on about his shopping,to his amazement he noticed he was being followed again this time by another couple of plain clothed people, at this point he became concerned thinking something was going to happen him or his friend and he exited the shop, as he did this he was surrounded by the PSNI/RUC and had to go through the same procedures again.

The man then became angry and so did passers by who had noticed what happened the man earlier and began to question what the Police were at and were told to FUCK OFF and mind there own business thats what there actual words were to members of the public.

The man was let go after being searched and continued to walk on up the street just as he went out of sight of the previous cops that had searched him the man was surrounded again and asked to comply again with another search his third search in 10 minutes on the same stretch of street under section 44.

The 32csm member then as a form of protest at all the searches sat on the ground, this then insensed the PSNI/RUC into a frenzied rage with them becoming very abusive to the man.
To shocked shoppers the man was then assaulted and arrested for not complying with the search.

A tense stand off occured for a short while between angered members of the public and the PSNI/RUC at this stage things became tense as young youths converged on the scene in support of the man arrested.After another 10 minutes the man was released without charge and let go on about his business.

The 32 County Sovereignty Movement want to thank those members of the public that came to the assistance of one of our members.

This is another new tactic by the brits at tryin to break the growing growth of the 32 County Sovereignty Movement in Fermanagh. This tactic failed in the past and it will fail now miserably again as we are committed to our goals and objectives and nothing from the british arsenal will deflect us from our path!

Beir Bua

Fermanagh 32csm

Sunday, August 2, 2009

32 County Sovereignty Movement To Tackle Anti-Social Activity In Co.Cavan


32 County Sovereignty Movement To Tackle Anti-Social Activity In Co.Cavan

AChairde

02/08/09

32 County Sovereignty Movement ( 32csm )

Press release ie TCRG Cavan


It has been brought to the attention of the 32 County Sovereignty Movement of the serious rise in anti-social activity in the Cavan town region.

Over the last number of weeks our organisation have been contacted by concerned members of the Cavan public and residents who live in Cavan town too frightened to go to the Gardai about the criminal activity and anti social activity of a group of young people that calls themselves the TCRG.

Recently a number of very worried and comcerned residents contacted our organisation to see if we could help stop the activities of this criminal gang who have brought fear and terror to the streets of Cavan town.
People are fearful of travelling out after dark in fear of being attacked by these thugs and social misfits of society.

The 32 County Sovereignty Movement have in our possesion information on all of those who are involved with this criminal gang who call themselves the TCRG.

We will not stand idly by while there is unprovoked and violent attacks on innocent members of the Cavan public by a drugged up drunken hooligan anti social element.

Over the next few weeks members of the Cavan public will see the 32 County Sovereignty Movement ( 32csm ) as we will be making our presence known in the Cavan town area in support of the Cavan public that contacted us.

The 32 County Sovereignty Movement will be monitoring and engaging with members of the public in Cavan town.

We call on all young people involved with this TCRG gang to disband and desist from further attacks on the innocent people of Cavan before you kill someone, and let the innocent people of Cavan live in peace!!

Should members of the public wish to make contact with us by email it is
beir bua

Fermanagh/Cavan
32County Sovereignty Movement!

Friday, July 31, 2009

Man asked to become an informer.

A Chairde

31/o7/09

It has been brought to the attention of 32 County Sovereignty Movement members in Co. Fermanagh of an attempt by the PSNI/RUC to recruit as an informer a relative of ex Republican POW John Connolly.

John's relative who comes from Co.Cavan was driving through a part in Co Fermanagh when he was forced to pull his car in after being given the siren by the PSNI/RUC he was then subsequently arrested on road traffic matters and brought to Enniskillen PSNI/RUC station were he was put into a cell there.

After half an hour in the cell the man overheard people talking about his relative John and others in the Fermanagh/Cavan area.

Then his cell door was opened and he was brought to a small holding room were two plain clothes men who never identified themselves asked him would he have information on terrorist activity in the area the man comes from.
He said "no i know nothing" at this point one of the plain clothed men who had a scottish accent handed John's relative a piece of paper with a number on it and said "listen you can help us save lives" at this point John's relative refused to co-operate with anymore questions and asked to be released.

The man was subsequently then released from custody and came straight to the 32 County Sovereignty Movement and told them what had happened him.
We in the 32 County Sovereignty Movement here in Fermanagh would like to commend this man for coming forward with this information.

Furthermore the 32 County Sovereignty Movement would like to reiterate that should anyone else be asked to become an informer or any form of pressure being put on them from the PSNI/RUC they should come forward to the 32 County Sovereignty Movement and we will help you!

PRO: Fermanagh 32csm.

Monday, July 27, 2009

Unwanted media harrasment of former Fermanagh Republican POW John Connolly


Fermanagh 32 County Sovereignty Movement would like to condemn the recent upsurge of unwanted and dangerous media attention that former Fermanagh IRA POW John Connolly has been getting from the Sunday World newspaper.

John got released from Maghaberry gaol in November 2007 after serving a 14 year sentence for possesion of a Mark 15 "Barrack Buster" Mortar bomb and having 250lbs of explosives. And since his release he has been getting constant harassment from the PSNI/RUC and also some unwanted media attention as was seen in the recent articles of the Sunday World.

Fermanagh 32csm believe this is a deliberate attempt by elements within the British security services in cohorts with the Sunday World to demonise John, and a calculated effort to try and smash the growing support that the 32csm have been getting from within the county and further afield.

We in Fermanagh 32 County Sovereignty Movement also believe that there could be a more sinister element to this which could be the every possibility of framing or setup of this man.
Maybe it is also a very deliberate attempt to have John's license revoked and have him sent back to prison, Whatever the reasons behind this unwanted media attention being directed against John Connolly we send our full solidarity and support to this man.

All of this comes just days after Ulster Unionist MLA Tom Elliot called for savings in the British security budget for the occupied six counties should be used to fund covert units of the British Army to ‘Wipe out’ the threat from Republicans sounds suspiciously like a call for the SAS and other such units to re-engage in the practice of ‘shoot to kill’ against Republican separatists.

The calls for an additional £114 million to be allocated to the British Army units is cause for concern, particularly in the Fermanagh area where by their own admission, the RUC/PSNI have been forced of the roads and it has been revealed that covert British Army units are already established to counter the threat posed by Irish Republicans.

The 32 County Sovereignty Movement already know that the British security apparatus is already investing vast sums into the targeting and harassment of Republicans, their families and the wider Republican/Nationalist community across the six counties and calls for even more money to be made available are a tactit admission that the normalisation process is not going to plan, it is also proof, if it were needed, that Britain most certainly does have political, strategic and economic reasons for being in this part of Ireland.

And comments like those of Tom Elliot could well result in the deaths of innocent nationalists and political activists as has happened so many times in out recent history.

PRO: Fermanagh 32csm.

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Calls for shoot to kill


32 County Sovereignty Movement Fermanagh

22/07/2009

Elliot’s comments a cause for concern

Today’s comments by Fermanagh UUP MLA Tom Elliot that savings in the British security budget for the occupied six counties should be used to fund covert units of the British Army to ‘Wipe out’ the threat from Republicans sounds suspiciously like a call for the SAS and other such units to re-engage in the practice of ‘shoot to kill’ against Republican separatists.

The calls for an additional £114 million to be allocated to the British Army units is cause for concern, particularly in the Fermanagh area where by their own admission, the RUC/PSNI have been forced of the roads and it has been revealed that covert British Army units are already established to counter the threat posed by Irish Republicans.

The British security apparatus is already investing vast sums into the targeting and harassment of Republicans, their families and the wider Republican/Nationalist community across the six counties and calls for even more money to be made available are a tactit admission that the normalisation process is not going to plan, it is also proof, if it were needed, that Britain most certainly does have political, strategic and economic reasons for being in this part of Ireland.

While all IRA volunteers and other insurgents fighting the British occupation in Ireland are aware of and accept the risk of death, it is our fear that allocating more resources to British killer gangs and comments like those of Tom Elliot could well result in the deaths of innocent nationalists and political activists as has happened so many times in out recent history.

Friday, July 17, 2009

No Go Area For British Police




The PSNI are refusing to comment on reports that Police personnel will only be allowed to go into certain areas of South Fermanagh by helicopter.

The Impartial Reporter understands that the Police decision was taken because of a high level of Republican threat,Following alot of recent criticism PSNI Commander Michael Skuce appealed to Republicans to get of the communitys backs and let the Police do there job.

Last friday the Real IRA issued bomb warnings in Enniskillen.
And on Saturday the Continuity IRA issued bomb warnings in Lisnaskea and Maguiresbridge.

It has also been reported that the 32 County Sovereignty Movement regarded to be linked to the Real IRA has embarked on a recruitment campaign by putting leaflets through letter boxes in the Newtownbutler area.

"On friday afternoon telephone warnings of devices in Enniskillen and other parts of Fermanagh were made."Police immediately alerted the buisinesses that had been identified and shop staff carried out searches. Nothing was found in any of the searches" a Police spokesman added.

When asked if it was a change of policy to ask shop staff to search for potential bombs, the spokesman replied:"Police have long developed relationships with traders in terms of what to look out for and what to do should the need arise."The traders know there premises and stock and how to assist Police in carrying out searches."There should not be a need for such searches by traders or Police and those that creare that need must bear any consequences" he added.

A caller warning of devices left by the Continuity IRA said it was the second warning.

Police say that other calls that bombs had been left in rural areas continue."A clear and present high level of threat to Police officers exists in Co Fermanagh and we bear that in mind in our operations," the PSNI spokesman added.

Police sourses have said they will not respond to incidents in certain areas around Newtownbutler by road, but only armed Police personnel will be sent in by air.

However, the Police spokesman said "Given the threat, it would not be appropriate to comment on the operational decisions we take in relation to the deployment of resourses.".


( Taken from the Impartial Reporter Thursday 16th July )

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Monday, July 13, 2009

PSNI/RUC harassment continues

On Sunday the 12th of July at approximately 8pm there was an Orange March through the centre of the village of Newtownbutler here in Co Fermanagh.

Tensions had already been high especially after the coat trailing exercise the previous week by Sectarian Loyalist bands that marched through the village.

The PSNI/RUC were there in force and then again on the 12th of July.

PSNI/RUC were very confrontational towards members of the 32csm here in Fermanagh, they were using camcorders and hi tec cameras to take videos and Pictures of our members.

With collusion between Loyalist british murder squads and the RUC confirmed in the past, the 32csm here in Fermanagh are concerned that this video footage and pictures taken by the PSNI/RUC of our members could fall into the hands of Pro British Loyalist death squads.

During the march PSNI/RUC intimidated and tried to provoke a riot by threatening Nationalist residents of the village.

They surrounded members of the 32csm and became aggressive to a number of our members during the march.

The 32csm here in Fermanagh reiterate that we will continue to oppose these sectarian marches in the Nationalist village of Newtownbutler.

PRO:
Fermanagh 32csm.

Sunday, July 5, 2009

Paramilitary PSNI/RUC storm Nationalist village


AChairde

The 32 County Sovereignty Movement here in Co.Fermanagh would like to take this opportunity to condemn a loyalist band parade that took place in the Nationalist village of Newtownbutler on friday 3rd of July at 8.30pm.

Up to 15 loyalist bands took part in what was nothin more than a provocative sectarian coat trailing exercise to stoke up tensions in the area.

If proof was ever needed of the unchanged nature of both British Policing and the wider occupation, it was provided in the sleepy Nationalist village of Newtownbutler last friday nite.

The village was taken over by the new British Colonial Police force who hemmed in the Nationalist residents out to protest against the loyalist march.
Dozens of Paramilitary Police stormed the centre of the village exiting from the backs of armoured land rovers brandising batons and rifles in riot gear. While a British Army helicopter circled over head.

This could have been a scene from back in the 70s or 80s but it wasnt it was July 2009.

A number of Fermanagh 32csm activists who were in the village to monitor and help the residents were victimized and harassed and searched under section 44 of the terrorism act by the PSNI/RUC under the watchful eye of known Sinn Fein members who refused to come to the assistance of those being searched,this speaks volumes in itself.

We in the Fermanagh 32csm would like to commend the many young and old residents of Newtownbutler for standing up against what was an overwhelming number of Crown force personnel and large number of loyalist supporters that were drafted into the town to cause trouble.

Furthermore we state that in the future the 32 County Sovereignty Movement will have activists on the ground for future loyalist parades in the town to support the Nationalist residents of Newtownbutler.

Beir Bua

Pro:
Fermanagh 32csm!

Friday, July 3, 2009

PSNI/RUC force loyalist band through nationalist village.


The PSNI/RUC forced a loyalist parade through the Nationalist village of Newtownbutler on friday 3rd of July at 8.30pm.


A major security operation swung into place in the sleepy border village of Newtownbutler in South Fermanagh tonite as Nationalist residents went out to confront what they seen was a provocative act and coat trailing exercise by the Orange Order and there protectors in the colonial Police force, when they were set apon by riot claddin police brandising batons.


The young Nationalist youth rebelled against this Police aggression by launching a barrage of missiles including bricks and bottles at the crown forces who were protectors for this loyalist band.

Fermanagh 32csm were in the village to support and assist the Nationalist residents in there plight.

On a number of occasions members of Provisional Sinn Fein were seen trying to stop the young Nationalists from attacking the Colonial Police.

We in the 32csm here in Fermanagh would like to commend the brave efforts of the young Nationalists in the border village of Newtownbutler for standing up to overwhelming numbers of crown force personnel and for there resistance to these bully boys.

Fermanagh 32csm will be there at future orange parades to assist the Nationalist residents in there plight.

PRO:
Fermanagh 32 csm.

Thursday, July 2, 2009

RUC/PSNI Harrassment


32CSM Fermanagh 29/06/09 A Chairde
Fermanagh 32CSM would like to condemn the recent victimization and harrasment of our members in Co. Fermanagh. Last week a number of our members houses were searched and two members of our cumann were arrested by the Colonial Police Force/PSNI in the Enniskillen town area.

While the 32CSM here in Fermanagh and indeed the entire Republican Community are well used to this Political Policing we would urge the wider Nationalist Community to open their eyes and take a good look at what is happening around them. The State Police in Ireland are acting on behalf of the British State's political interests in Ireland, there is no seperation of Political Policing and "ordinary" Policing in today's RUC/PSNI
.

We in the 32CSM ask all Republicans and Nationalists to reject this Political Police force. Fermanagh 32CSM will not be silenced, we will not be deflected or subdued. Republicans everywhere should follow our example and stand united against the onslaught that is sure to come with the devolution of Policing and Justice. In the words of the late great Brendan "The Dark" Hughes stay true to yourselves and stand by the Republic.

PRO:
Fermanagh 32 County Sovereignty Movement!

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Attacks on PSF members Counter Productive.

32 County Sovereignty Movement
11/5/2009

The 32 County Sovereignty Movement categorically deny that the litany of attacks on homes of PSF members and their property, culminating in Sunday nights attack on the home of Mitchell McLaughlin in Derry, are the work of anti agreement republicans. We also condemn, without reservation, attacks on monuments to our republican dead and other acts of wanton vandalism on republican monuments and state that those involved are guilty of crimes against the republican community.
Attacks on members of PSF, their homes or their offices are wrong and counter productive. The 32 County Sovereignty Movement are of the opinion that these attacks are being orchestrated by a dirty tricks department working in the state’s interest and being carried out by criminal elements.
These attacks do nothing to further the cause of republican separatism and serve only to polarise and divide republicans and republican communities. These attacks are taking place at a time when our members and supporters are winning the argument for republicanism against reformism, these attacks on PSF only deflect attention on their failure to protect the republican position and we welcome open, democratic debate on this issue rather than recrimination and tit for tat attacks that conveniently prevent debate from taking place.

Saturday, April 25, 2009

E3 Prison Protest to Escalate.

Irish Republican Prisoners Welfare Association
24/04/2009
E3 Prison Protest to escalate.
The current protest by republican POW’s on E3 landing in Portlaoise gaol is set to escalate following a ruling that yet another prisoner has been denied temporary release by the Free State department of justice. Last week two republicans prisoners went on a no wash/dirty protest over the politically motivated denial of temporary release, more prisoners were set to follow but an agreement was made between the Irish Prison Service and the Officer Commanding republican POW’s to call a temporary halt to the escalation of the protest in order to see what moves could be undertaken to end the action by the prisoners.
Earlier today the OC of the prisoners informed the IRPWA that the Irish Prison Service had come back empty handed and another prisoner was denied temporary release. It seems that the Department of Justice and the Irish Prison Service are committed to the policy of confronting republican prisoners.
We have been informed that all republican prisoners on E3 will join the protest on Monday. The POW’s had earlier stated that they would stagger men in pairs until the whole landing was on protest, the OC has informed the IRPWA that this is no longer the case as the prisoners now see no merit in this course of action.
The IRPWA call on the entire republican family to support the men in their protest and to support the IRPWA in a series of protests they are now planning, we thank those republican comrades who have already come out in support of the POW’s.
The Department of Justice and the Irish Prison Service are making a grave mistake if they think they can call these man’s bluff and they are guilty of a gross underestimation of the Óglaigh na hÉireann POW’s resolve.

Monday, April 20, 2009

Protest on E3 Portlaoise Gaol.


IRISH REPUBLICAN PRISONERS WELFARE ASSOCIATION
18/04/2009
Protest on E3 Portlaoise Gaol.
It is with great regret that the IRPWA call upon the republican family to once again support POW’s in their protest against the blatant injustice of the Prison system in Ireland.
The IRPWA have been tasked by the republican POW’s to state how and why this protest has occurred and to clarify the facts of this protest.
A protest is currently underway on E3 Portlaoise due to the suspension of the temporary release (TR) and compassionate release (CR) programmes. It is the belief of the POW’s that this has happened due to IRA actions in the occupied six counties, indeed the Irish Prison Service have indicated this much and one of their spokespersons has even asked the OC of E3 if he ‘Believed in the border’!
The situation at present is as follows: Two republicans prisoners (Vinny Kelly and Justin McCarthy) are currently involved in a no wash/dirty protest, NOT on the blanket as some have suggested. At intervals republican POW’s will join this protest until the whole landing is on protest , at this stage the protest will escalate.
The Irish Prison Service representative and the Governor have asked the Officer Commanding to reconsider the POW’s stance pending talks with the Free State government, the only concession the POW’s have been willing to make at this stage is to delay further men joining the protest for a short period to give them a chance to resolve the issue. It is the understanding of the IRPWA that this window of opportunity is fast closing and we would urge all those involved in the Free State government and the Irish Prison Service to make strenuous efforts to resolve this intolerable situation as soon as possible.

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

32CSM Easter Oration

32CSM Easter Oration
2009

A chairde, there are those who would say we are traitors gathered here to commemorate the actions of traitors. Pearse and Connolly were deemed to be traitors because the British trenches in the Somme were filled with Irishmen deceived into thinking that fighting in the imperial slaughter of the First World War would lead to Home Rule. Pearse and Connolly said it wouldn’t, and they were right, but still they were vilified and executed. Ninety three years later republicans once again state that the Home Rule strategy will not deliver Irish freedom. Calling us traitors for saying so from the steps of Stormont, flanked by Britain’s head policeman in Ireland, proves we are also right. We are immensely proud to share the views of Pearse and Connolly.

Once again British soldiers are being killed on Irish soil. Once again British soldiers are using Irish soil to train to kill in foreign wars. Once again establishment nationalists have moved to support the British regime in Ireland. Nothing has changed. Claiming that unity will be achieved by 2016 is similar to the deception employed to lure men to their deaths in the fields of Flanders in the lost hope of securing Home Rule. Nothing has changed here either. The men and women of 1916 fought for fundamental change. They were not reformists, but Irish separatists who articulated the basic republican message that our sovereignty is inalienable and indefeasable.

This year also marks the 90th anniversary of the establishment of the First Dail Eireann. The First Dail was the Proclamation in action. It was an Irish parliament of, by and for the Irish people. It declared our independence to the world and set about a radical social programme to cherish all of the children equally. It remains our blueprint for the future of our country and our people.

Our history is one of conflict because too often our history has been repeated. Political arrangements which usurp Irish sovereignty cannot lead to peace or freedom. Inherent in these arrangements is the attempted suppression of those who seek to defend our sovereignty. They murder us. They hang us. They intern us. They intimidate us. They malign us. It represents that familiar colonial chorus, ever desperate to maintain itself. Trading civil rights in return for recognition of foreign rule condemns our children to fight for that most basic of rights, their own freedom. The men and women of 1916 were not fooled or bought by the trappings of Home Rule nor intimidated by the forces of Westminster and her Irish lackeys. For them democracy meant more than an opinion poll rating or a gerrymandered election. The voice of the people can only be heard if it is freely expressed.

And this is the message which republicans need to articulate today. As republicans we need to put before the people our framework from within which Irish democracy can function without external impediment. We need to set our case against British occupation in a way which is relevant to our people’s needs today. Our aims cannot be solely the product of the past nor can they be a slave to that past. British reasons for remaining in Ireland will change according to modern British interests and republican strategies opposing these interests must adapt accordingly. But in doing so we cannot repeat the failures of history by compromising the legitimacy of our position for the appearance of short term gain. The British have no right to be here and our right to resist them is a matter for us to determine and not them.

We are constantly asked; what is your alternative? The answer depends on who is asking the question. To those who call us traitors we say; any alternative but yours. To those who call us anti democratic we say; let us negotiate without pre conditions. To those republicans who genuinely seek an alternative we say; let us construct one together. We must be clear that the Good Friday Agreement represents a significant defeat for republicanism. And in the face of this we need to be pragmatic and not reactionary. Recrimination is not an alternative. Working constructively together is. Along with other republican comrades the 32 County Sovereignty Movement has engaged in an initiative to forge a way forward from a unified republican position. The ideology behind it is the ideology of necessity. All republican banners are welcome because all republican banners are needed.

How we engage with the Irish people is as important as what we engage them on. From the outset the truth of what we say will be judged by the strength by which we say it. Eloquence and emotion are no substitutes to a unified voice. The politics of conflict resolution requires clarity to ensure that any resolution is just and democratic. Armed conflict is in existence because such a resolution has not been entered into. Neither republicans nor the British government can invoke the existence of armed conflict as an excuse not to engage in a process to find a final democratic resolution to the Anglo Irish conflict. We have to deal with reality as it is and not how we wish it to be.

Standing here in commemoration of 1916 let us invoke the clarity of the Proclamation as we now address the British government today. You must leave Ireland. If, as you say, you have no selfish, strategic or economic reasons for remaining in Ireland then there is no excuse for you not to leave. There is no problem in Ireland which demands your presence that the Irish people themselves cannot resolve. If you require a framework to allow you to disengage from our country we will construct one for you. But for this to happen you must go before the international community and renounce your claim to sovereignty over the Six Counties. A claim of sovereignty represents the bedrock of any strategic interest so let this be the basic test of your intentions.

We call on all republicans to realign ourselves around the securing of achievable aims. We have set forth a programme to rebuild the republican movement through political advancement. We have proposed that commemorating 1916 should be the annual barometer by which we measure our success especially in the run up to its centenary in 2016. Irish republicanism must be in a position on the occasion of this centenary to tell the Irish people that concrete political gains have been made toward making national reunification an unstoppable reality. The Proclamation is too important a document to condemn it to perpetual aspiration.

The Unity Initiative is the only realistic way forward. Armed struggle is a reality in our midst. We must address it for what it is, a symptom of the unwillingness of the British government to engage on the core cause of conflict, namely, its illegal claim to sovereignty over part of our country. For those who want armed struggle to cease they must come forward with proposals to address its cause. The politics of condemnation is a failed irrelevancy just as British micro Ministers are sitting in Stormont. The 32 County Sovereignty Movement have endeavoured since its formation to put such proposals into the public domain.

We sought a peaceful alternative through the auspices of the United Nations only to have that route disbarred to us when the US authorities, acting on influence from London and Dublin, banned our organisation from travelling there. But we are not deterred by this and efforts are underway to petition the Obama administration to reverse this policy. Because contrary to previous declarations made there, Ireland is not at peace.

We have sought dialogue with both governments, unionist and nationalist parties in an attempt to seek a peaceful way forward but these offers have been largely ignored. We thank all those who worked toward achieving this. And we say it again now; if you truly believe our position is so flawed come and tell us how, rather than grandstanding on media soap boxes. Our door remains open and we will not stop knocking on yours.

Comrades, the template of 1916 remains supremely relevant for us today. It was republican unity which drafted the Proclamation and allowed for the accommodation of its diverse views so magnificently. It was republican disunity which led to that fateful confusion on that day. They have given us the benefit of their foresight and the lessons of their errors. Let us leave here today all the wiser for both.

Beir Bua.

Monday, March 23, 2009

Vol Jim Lynagh Cumman 32CSM Fermanagh

Following a meeting with his family this evening, it is with great pride that we can announce the new 32CSM cumman in Fermanagh will be named after Vol Jim Lynagh a great republican and soldier of Ireland.

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

End The Conflict, End British Rule In Ireland

12/03/2009

End The Conflict, End British Rule In Ireland
If the conflict in Ireland is to end once and for all, so too must the illegal British claim to sovereignty over the Six Counties. That has been made clear in light of the violent events of recent days. That the so called peace process failed to openly address this central core issue of conflict is the reason for its failure now. Attempts to cocoon the problem in a puppet British Assembly arguing along sectarian lines are doomed to failure. From the outset of this process the British government have moved to defend their illegal sovereign claim to Irelands territory. This was evident when they made it an absolute pre-condition that the entry fee into negotiations was the acceptance of a partitionist outcome. Once republican leaders acquiesced to this British demand the republican project within that process was doomed. As it limped from crisis to crisis its British and unionist credentials began to assert themselves. What also emerged was the clear fact that rather than accept their abject defeat in negotiations with the British, republican leaders dug deeper into the morass whilst making outlandish and unsustainable claims about achieving Irish unity by certain dates to keep supporters on board. It was a classic British trap. This British strategy has now reached its pinnacle with a Provisional Sinn Fein leader standing at Stormont, under the British flag, as a minister of the British crown, calling IRA Volunteers ‘traitors’ for continuing to resist British occupation.

We note the ritual chorus of condemnation emanating from Leinster House. Far from reflecting a unity of purpose it represents a bankruptcy of will from that institution to pursue the objective of a Sovereign Irish Republic. From its inception Leinster House abandoned the Irish people in the Six Counties. It abandoned them further under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement. It evolved a politics which made it a slave to vested interests. It is economically on its knees because of financial and political corruption at the highest level. It has selectively spurned its own referenda results because it lacked the courage to represent those results to the political elite in Europe. It is no position to lecture to anyone on any matter of substance.

From its inception the 32 County Sovereignty Movement has endeavored to place the issue of Irish National Sovereignty at the heart of the political process via peaceful methods. We sought to raise our concerns by pursuing our case at the United Nations only to have that peaceful route disbarred to us when London and Dublin petitioned Washington to have our organization declared illegal in the US. We petitioned all the main parties with detailed submissions but were met with silence. We sought peace. We seek peace, but we recognise clearly that this can only be achieved if true parity is brought to a negotiations process. Britain’s claim to have ‘no selfish, strategic or economic reasons’ to remain in Ireland is laid bare when one sees its use of Irish soil to train and dispatch British soldiers to kill in foreign wars. The British are not neutral in Ireland, no more than they are in Afghanistan or Iraq. To allow them to claim this, which the Good Friday Agreement does, represents a massive abdication of duty and responsibility by all those supposed nationalists who support it. The recent loss of life as a result of military action is yet another tragedy in the continuing conflict in Ireland. What is required to resolve it is an end to British Parliamentary activity in Ireland so that the people of the island can come to their own democratic arrangements as to how we govern ourselves.

Monday, January 26, 2009

British Army Incursion

32 County Sovereignty Movement
25/01/2009

British Army Incursion in County Monaghan.

The 32 County Sovereignty Movement are calling on the 26 county government to clarify its position regarding British Army and police activities in the 26 county jurisdiction following the latest incursion by Crown Forces.

It has been reported that a British military spotter plane circled over the town of Clones in County Monaghan on at least three occasions between 10.00am and 1.00pm on Saturday 24th January 2009.
A large deployment of Crown Forces has been just over the illegal border for the last number of days in the nearby village of Newtownbutler following warnings that the IRA have left a rocket in the area.

Republicans in Counties Fermanagh, Cavan and Leitrim have been aware of RUC/PSNI patrols straying over the border on numerous occasions recently and this latest incursion is another blatant affront to Irish Sovereignty.

The 32 County Sovereignty Movement would like to know if this incursion has been sanctioned by the 26 County administration as part of their war on Irish Republicanism and if so where does that leave their own claims to having sovereign integrity over their own jurisdiction and where does it leave their claims of neutrality given that a heavily armed occupation army and police force may be allowed to use their territory.

The 32 County Sovereignty Movement not alone condemn the military wing of the British government for continuing these deliberate incursions but we also condemn the 26 county administrations failure to protect its sovereignty in 1998 and again in 2009 when attacks on that sovereignty are ignored , encouraged or even facilitated.

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Free Terry McCafferty

32 CSM New Year Statement

32 County Sovereignty Movement.
New Year Statement
2009

On behalf of the National Executive I would like to extend our sincere gratitude to all our activists who campaigned so effectively for our goals during 2008. I choose the word effectively deliberately as I believe certain milestones in Irish republicanism were achieved during the past year. At the outset let me address the realities of our struggle by welcoming home the Derry 4 but in equal breath call for the immediate release of Terry McCafferty, Michael Campbell and all incarcerated Irish republicans. If ever a set of circumstances so described the nature of justice under partition it is these which do so with the greatest clarity. Partition is maintained by the establishments on either side of it which makes our struggle a thirty two county affair. A protest in Kerry is no less important than a protest in Belfast and in our efforts to build our organisation this is the message we must bring with us.

Our organisation has grown in 2008. We have reached into new areas and attracted new people who share our strategic vision. 2009 must see the Sovereignty Movement consolidate this growth and give it firm political leadership. The effective activism I speak of was visible in a number of areas;

A mature campaign for a No Vote against Lisbon.
The sustained protests on Prisoner issues.
The establishment of the Irish Republican Forum For Unity.

Our efforts at securing a No Vote in the Lisbon referendum were based on ensuring that the issue of Sovereignty and Partition were at the heart of our strategy. In doing so we made it clear that all issues of national relevance, be they concerned with natural resources or national heritage, can only be addressed in the context of National Sovereignty and that a resolution of one must contain a resolution of all. Sovereignty cannot be sub-divided.

Our comrades in the Irish Republican Prisoners Welfare Association facilitated our activists in holding protests and demonstrations concerning imprisoned Irish Republicans. We point to the successful intervention in the Aidan Hulme case and the release of the Derry 4. But the cases of Terry McCafferty and Michael Campbell loom large and require similar attention to secure similar outcomes. We send solidarity greetings to all imprisoned republicans but we will do so through continued activism on their behalf.

After long and searching debate the Unity Initiative bore fruit with the formal establishment of The Irish Republican Forum For Unity. At its inaugural meeting in Derry City the republican base could finally see the unity idea transformed into political action on an inclusive basis. A series of public meetings have been planned throughout 2009 to bring the Unity Forum to different areas so that the broad republican base can be instrumental in forging its political activity. The 32CSM will remain fully engaged with the Unity Forum and have proposals prepared to put to it for the coming year.

2009 will see us once again confronted with the Lisbon issue. Those who make the repeated charge that republicans should respect the ‘democratic’ wish expressed in the dual referendums on the Good Friday Agreement should have their hypocrisy thrown back at them. A second referendum will have the added issue of its democratic nature and once again the 32CSM will campaign to ensure that this undemocratic premise and that of Partition itself will be seen as one. Our analysis of the re-run Nice Treaty convinced us that only a Yes vote will satisfy the Dublin Government and having anticipated the inevitability of a second poll we had begun our preparations for our campaign soon after the No victory. I take this opportunity to formally launch ‘Countdown To Lisbon II’ as our effort in the forthcoming campaign. It will be a campaign which will focus on our original objections to Lisbon and also on the status of a second referendum as it relates to our National Sovereignty. We will also campaign for a No Vote by highlighting the extraordinary corruption and social bankruptcy of the Twenty Six Counties political and financial classes as it tries to convince the people that a treaty hewn from the same bankruptcy is in our best interests.

2009 will not see the ending of Partition. Neither will 2016. These are the realities which face us and they need to be recognised by all republicans. However, this does not mean that 2009 and 2016 cannot witness political achievements that will help us secure this objective. Acting within our limitations and acting together to reduce those limitations can greatly enhance our prospects to once again place the republican position back onto the national agenda. Wallowing in the past or afraid to grasp nettles is the stuff of cul-de-sac politics. There is no need to reinvent the republican wheel but we do need to reinvent ways and means by which our core message is given the weight of political activity behind it. We view the Unity Forum as one such means and we strongly urge that all republican groups engage with it so that 2009 can become a watershed in our history.

Beir Bua.

Francie Mackey
National Chairperson
32 CSM