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Date Posted: Sun, Oct 08 2006, 19:29:28 PDT
Author: Danielle Ni Dhighe
Subject: IRSCNA: Costello Commemoration Statement

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

8 October 2006
Irish Republican Socialist Committees of North America

Statement for the Seamus Costello Commemoration in Bray, Ireland on 8
October 2006

The Irish Republican Socialist Committees of North America send our
greetings and solidarity to all those gathered today at the grave of
Seamus Costello, the founder of the Irish Republican Socialist
Movement. As part of that movement, we recognise the enormous legacy
that he left to all of us.

If we truly wish to honour the memory of Seamus Costello, first
chairperson of the Irish Republican Socialist Party and first chief of
staff of the Irish National Liberation Army, then we must follow his
example and devote ourselves fully to building the only fitting
memorial to Seamus, James Connolly, and all the men and women who
devoted their lives to the struggle, and sometimes sacrificed them --­
namely a thirty-two county socialist republic on the island of Ireland.

Like Connolly before him, Seamus stood for the unity of the national
liberation struggle and the class struggle. Neither man could conceive
of an Ireland liberated from British imperialism truly being free
without it also being liberated from the shackles of capitalism which
kept the Irish working class in the condition of wage slaves for
domestic and foreign capital. Not for them was a capitalist republic.

When Seamus founded the IRSP and the INLA on 8 December 1974, it was
because he saw no other vehicles capable of leading the struggle for
national and class liberation. The Official Republican Movement had
become mired in reformism, while the Provisional Republican Movement
espoused militarism.

The Officials were an example of just how wrong former revolutionaries
could go when they went down a path of reformism. An Official IRA
gunman pulled the trigger of the gun that took Seamus from us, but the
gun was loaded by imperialism and capitalism. Today in 2006, the
Provisionals have also taken the path of reformism. Not only have they
reached an accommodation with British imperialism, they've actively
sought to administer British rule in the North and Gerry Adams has
gone as far as to support a reactionary like Ian Paisley for the
position of First Minister. When the Stormont Assembly was last in
session, Provisional Sinn Fein ministers supported privatisation
schemes and other anti-working class economic policies.

The lesson is clear. Only the Irish working class can build a better
tomorrow for itself and in doing so provide an example for the working
class internationally, to inspire it to wake from its slumber induced
by capitalist ideology, break its chains, and establish a new world
order where people come before profit. As Seamus Costello continues to
inspire us, so must we inspire our fellow workers. Liberation is in
our hands as a class.

Onward to the socialist republic, comrades!

###

Irish Republican Socialist Committees of North America
PO Box 8266
Austin TX 78713-8266
USA
irscna@irsm.org
http://www.irscna.org/
http://www.irsm.org/irsm.html

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