Friends –In the near future the ABC, through the generosity of a donor, will place the attached ad in the following outlets: the San Francisco I-A newsletter; the Chicago I-A newsletter; the Cleveland I-A paper & newsletter; Irish Central; and the Irish Echo*.
We hope to accomplish four things with this effort.
First, if you think the British mean what they say about accountability for their murderous reign of terror in NI that is a big mistake. Labor will work with snail like speed to repeal or ‘fix’ the Legacy and Spycops laws which Labor helped pass. The UK Department of Defense will continue to freely shroud the truth with the Official Secrets Act and ignore any US-UK Atlantic Charter or GFA requirements for transparency. Memories will be purposely lost and evidence will continue to go ‘missing.’ Our Dept of State will repeat, ad nauseam, that Labor is trying. This despite a 140-vote plurality over the Conservatives, the party of the monarchy and the military.
Only America can make a demand for accountability that will REQUIRE real British action. Geraldine Finucane knows that the only way to get the truth over the killings of 1000+ innocent civilians, including her husband Pat, is for a totally independent inquiry with complete and compulsory powers of investigation. She has been waiting for 35 years!!! Americans must crank it up and that means you!!
Second, The GFA obligation of an Irish Unity poll is in the GFA treaty because of the democratic ‘deficit Britain imposed with partition, economic bullying, spies and arms, and the garrison of NI. This despite the 1918 32- county Irish vote for independence. The British were prepared to orchestrate the charade of democracy but not to accept the results especially one so overwhelming in favor of independence. Since Ireland’s partition, Britain has maintained a corrupt and unjust rule which survives only because the British handlers in London keep destabilizing and disrupting democratic institutions. British governments have no intention of conducting the poll until Whitehall contrives a way the British will win the poll. That may take a “very, very long time” according to former British PM Boris Johnson.
Whenever Labor PM Starmer is asked about the Irish poll, he expresses the same sentiments. Aside from the EU, only America, a presumed ally of Britain, can impose consequences for ignoring GFA obligations. British tanks are deployed to the Ukraine and their ships rush to the Middle East but they will not observe international law or offer recompense for the first and greatest theft of democracy in the 20th century. Americans need to remind our Dept. of State of British duplicity and its’ abandoning of the rule of law. That means you.
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Fourth, throughout the 8 years of the American Brexit Committee we have sought your membership to impress other Americans and draw attention to issues we are attempting to address. Our mission was simple, our resources few and our focused advocacy basic. We believe we have achieved modest success.
We have a website that possesses all of the official documents, commentary, press releases and correspondence we have collected and generated by our advocacy. We ask first, those of you who have Facebook, email or other digital platform accounts, to tell our story by sharing americanbrexitcommittee.com. and perhaps posting a commentary, press release or research piece from the site. Secondly, we ask that you share materials from the website for distribution at upcoming festivals, fair, feis, concerts and dances, family, friends etc. We make this request as we no longer will maintain the website past December 31, 2024.
Finally, we are grateful for the generosity of our benefactor, and for the passion of our members for truth, justice and for an end to British rule in Ireland. We note with sadness the passing of Sharon Murphy Kissel who shared that passion as a longtime member of the IAUC. This ad is our way of publicly thanking all of you for sharing our mission. We believe your example will inspire others.
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