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Free Stephen Kaczynski

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2015-08-23 FreeStephenKaczynski+

Stephen (or Stephan) “Steve” Kaczynski will go before a Turkish court on September 18th on charges of membership of the Marxist-Leninist ‘Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party-Front’ (DHKP-C). (WP) In April, members of the group took over a courtroom and held a state prosecutor hostage; when special forces stormed the building, the hostage and two of his captors died. (Independent) Kaczynski, a freelance journalist from Scotland, is alleged to be instrumental in financing the group. Alternatively, (according to various newspaper reports) he is an undercover agent of the Germans (Daily Sabah) or the British (Brian Shaw). He was on hunger-strike in protest at the conditions in Maltepe #3 from June 25th to August 12th.

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X02803 rnu in west belfast are today leading the way in combating anti-social behaviour reclaiming republican values fighting the benefits cuts tackling the increased drug problem exposing the slum landlords rebuilding community pride the only secure community is an organised one socialism communism red star phoenix

Mothers Of The Revolution

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Here are two murals from the Youth First (Tw) group in and around their Bogside home in Meenan Square. In the image above, a young mother sporting both a nappy pin and an Easter lily tends to her infant child while casting a look back at Free Derry corner and the silhouettes of marchers and washing on a line. The image below also shows Free Derry corner and the skyline of the city.

02830 2015-08-24 YouthFirst+

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We Had Our Distresses

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02802 2015-08-23 EasterLeckyUnderpass+

Today’s post is an assortment of republican posters, many of them in distressed condition, book-ended by the 1916 Societies’ Easter Parade posters from 2015 and 2016.

03653 2016-07-07 Tony Taylor poster+

03140 2015-10-19 Free Newry 10+

03444 2016-05-10 Unfinished Revolution d+

03462 2016-05-12 Torn Poster+

03617 2016-07-03 Stormont Abuse poster Sands+

03618 2016-07-03 Stormont Abuse poster Tone+

03619 2016-07-03 Easter Monday poster+

03613 2016-07-03 1916 Societies poster+

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X02802 X03140 X03444 X03462 X03617 X03618 X03619 X03613 lecky rd westland st beechmount ave clowney st ? ? ? ? liam hannaway sean o’neill hungering for justice wolfe tone bobby sands stormont abuse of irish republican prisoners ferguson racism in the US unfinished revolution free newry 10 maghaberry http://continuitysinnfein.org/

Republican Items

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IRA volunteer (and marksman in the Irish Army) John Starrs was killed in a May 13th, 1972, gun battle with the British Army in William Street (Seachranaıdhe), near his plaque in Chamberlain Street, Derry, which is also home to Connolly House, home of the IRSP in Derry, and Junior McDaid house, home of Saoradh/IRPWA.

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Trains, Planes, And Cranes

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02796 2015-08-21 NurseryH&W+

A view of east Belfast from the perspective of the children in a nursery school in Beechfield and Westbourne Streets: the modes of modern travel, including the Seacat, and a long-standing symbol of industry, the ever-present H&W crane.

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The Grens

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02787 2015-08-20 BangorTheGrens+

A tarpaulin celebrating the North Down Grenadiers (Fb) flute band has been added above the Red Hand Commando panels on the front of this house in Bangor’s Whitehill neighbourhood. (Compare the image above to M06398.) The emblems of both groups are very similar, featuring a red hand with wings. As well as the RHC emblem on the front gate, there is also a stone on the left dedicated to D. Company volunteers.

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X02787 Audentes fortuna iuvat – fortune favors the brave at the going down of the sun and in the morning we will remember them in memory of our fallen volunteers north down brigade D. Company lest we forget red hand wings star

Talk To The Hand

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02793 2015-08-20 Kincora+

The work above by TLO (featured previously in Demonizing Paisley, Ian Jong-un, and Wee Angel) comments on the long-running inquiry (or inquiries) into abuse at the Kincora boys home. Despite the conviction of several workers as a result of a 1980 RUC inquiry, the matter continues to resurface, with involvement alleged against British lords and notables, MI5, and loyalist paramilitaries. In the latest development, an appeal by campaigners to have Kincora included in the UK-wide sexual abuse inquiry was rejected (BBC-NI). In the poster above, a bloody red hand takes the place of the head above Mountbatten’s regimental uniform.

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Three-In-One

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02792 2015-08-20 HolywoodUDAUFFUYM+

This trio of Ulster Defence Association, Ulster Freedom Fighters, and Ulster Young Militants boards are in Holywood, County Down. The overtly paramilitary UFF acts as the link between the others, in that the UDA and UYM emblems appear in miniature alongside its own. The UFF slogan “Ferriens tego” is missing from its board. The local troop is the North Down 2nd Batt. D Coy.

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