No welcome for Clinton - Derry IRSP Via NY Transfer News * All the News That Doesn't Fit source - IRSP Irish Republican Socialist Party Press Statement - Press Statement - Press Statement 23 May 2001 No welcome for Clinton in Derry! Derry Irish Republican Socialist Party representative, Jim Robinson condemned the arrival of Former U.S President Bill Clinton to Derry by stating: "Today's actions, the protests outside Magee University and Guildhall Square, have been in solidarity with our comrades imprisoned in Turkey who are dying this very moment on hunger strike, in a struggle against the F-Type prisons where they are being held. The regime in that country is funded military and propped up economically, by E.U member states, such as the 26 County administration, but most importantly the U.S who have hundreds of military bases. "If people in this country have to be reminded that U.S imperialism isn't the wholesome Walt Disney picture it likes to paint itself as, then the IRSP will do just that by actively opposing such a visit, just as we have done today. The U.S is a fascist power that views itself as some form of global policeman subjecting many countries and their inhabitants to inhuman levels of brutality through direct and indirect wars, economic sanctions and environmental destruction. Mr Robinson concluded by stating "The IRSP along with other socialists took to the streets of Derry to object at the return of Bill Clinton to our city. It absolutely sickening in the extreme to have witnessed the type of encouragement given to such a figurehead and what he still represents. The Irish Republican Socialist Party completely reject such a showcase that was fully supported by a list of so-called dignitaries. We have nothing to be thankful for with Bill Clinton or any of his political allies, as they have proven time and time again to be the enemies of our class both in Ireland and in Turkey as elsewhere." ENDS Republican Socialist Publicity Bureau IRSP Press Office 392 Falls Road Belfast, Ireland. ================================================================= NY Transfer News Collective * A Service of Blythe Systems Since 1985 - Information for the Rest of Us 339 Lafayette St., New York, NY 10012 http://www.blythe.org e-mail: nyt@blythe.org ================================================================= nytire-05.29.01-01:35:10-6094