Republicans will prevail

IN RESPONSE to the, ‘Dissidents must not be allowed to win,’ article (The Irish Post, July 21).

The recent Troubles in the North of Ireland are a direct result of the British-arranged peace process.

This British arrangement enhances the British-fostered hate and distrust in the North; the hate and distrust the British rely on to maintain their presence in Ireland.

The Good Friday Agreement (not sure what they call it now) is deeprooted in sectarianism, and no Irish republican would ever support, or promote, a scheme like this. Irish republicanism is based on unity without interference from a foreign invader.

The Provisionals have ‘dissented’ from Irish republican principles; they do not represent the movement.

The young people in the North are expressing their discontent with their current environment, and what lies ahead for the future.

This is alarming because they are the future of Ireland. Irish republicans have promoted the Irish Federal Proposal, ‘Eire Nua’, for many years.

This viable solution has been ruthlessly censored in England, Ireland, and even the United States.

The British and Dublin Governments are fearful of this proposal. In the context of a British declaration of intent to withdraw from Ireland, Eire Nua proposes the drafting of a new All-Ireland constitution, incorporating a bill of rights to guarantee individual freedoms irregardless of religious or political affiliations.

Eire Nua proposes a four-province federal government, a government that would address the fear and distrust by providing access to authentic national power-sharing in a nine-county Ulster Parliament.

The British and Dublin Governments have a vested interest in the current partitionist set-up in Ireland.

They have gone to great lengths to discredit the proponents of this viable peace proposal, and this is at the expense of the people of Ireland and Britain.

Irish history has proved that as long as the British remain in Ireland there will always be resistance, and we are seeing that resistance in the North today.

Brian Wardlow
Rahway
New Jersey
USA