AN Challenge Comrade, Once again, Irishmen face death; resisting imperial face the supreme challenge in pursuance of our Blocks of Long Kesh have taken it upon ourselves to I and six of my fellow hunger strikers in the H had long tried, by all and every means, to gain our right to political status, which had been repressed in March Our decision to hunger strike was inevitable. We physical comfort and we were subjected to a campaign criminalisation policy was met with barbaric... (indecipherible). We were deprived of every mental and Our original protest of non-cooperation with the and mental conditions, and two of our comrades had date we found ourselves much deteriorated in physical tween September 1976 and April 1978. By the latter We, the blanketmen, suffered these conditions be physical assault was the government's answer to this highlight our plight. A campaign of savage and facts, to embark on a dirt strike in an attempt to We were compelled, due to the aforementioned perverted mirror search during which we were forced to squat naked over a mirror while six to eight screws various forms of degradation, so clearly seen in the blanket. Beatings continued and so, too, the many and filth with nothing but a filthy mattress and the token We have lain, since April 1978, in cells covered in refused to yield. So, on Monday 27 October we em- our behalf. Yet the imperial war-lords at Westminster Long much-publicised protest had been made on cerned workers, the British authorities will simply col- that if our hunger strike receives the support of all con. more than willing to allow us to die, but we also know We seven do know that the right-wing war-lords are And help bring this, our prison struggle, to a successful all means at your disposal to prevent another tragedy. gling comrades offer you a true socialist challenge. Use shown through action. So I, on behalf of all our strug. But the only support which speaks clearly is support sent struggle... (indecipherable) ...but for the achieve- ment of Ireland's dearest need - British withdrawal continued solidarity and support, not only for our pre- I write to you in full hope and confidence of your munication is headed Letter Socialist Challenge'. smuggled portunity to express their 'support through action' on of Socialist 273 1162 8.15am include: £1.50 Solidarity tion takes place on the very demand Sean expresses in the last sentence of his letter , when a demonstra- withdrawal 15 November in Memory have another opportunity in demands for political status will be one of the themes o Sean McKenna may not Support for the prisoners' Don't to ask for your out his Name suggest electorate presidential election.
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