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Important Reading!
Mission Statement of the Irish
National Caucus
About the Irish National Caucus
Foundation
Congressional Friends 111th
Congress 2009 – 2011
Fr. Mc Manus Reviews Mc Namara’S
Book
CAPITOL HILL. February 2, 2010
--- Fr. Sean Mc Manus, the
president of the Capitol Hill-
based Irish National Caucus –
which initiated and launched the
Mac Bride Principles – has
released his review of the new
book by former British Labor MP,
Kevin Mc Namara : The Mac Bride
Principles : Irish-America
Fights Back. ( Liverpool
University Press. 2009).
Read more.....
Mac Bride Principles - Genesis
and History
Now that
the MacBride Principles have
become a well- established and
powerful campaign in the United
States, it is appropriate to
recount how the Irish National
Caucus initiated, proposed, and
launched these Principles.Read more....
The Mac Bride Principles - The
Essence
There are 69 United States
companies (with over 9
employees) doing business in
Northern Ireland and many of
them — because of the systematic
practice and endemic nature of
anti-Catholic discrimination —
had been subsidizing
discrimination. (However, since
the MacBride Campaign began, 58
companies have agreed to "make
all lawful efforts to implement
the fair employment practices
embodied in the MacBride
Principles" in their Northern
Ireland operations).
Read more....
So You Think You Can Forget
About The North Of Ireland
Although great progress has
been made in Northern Ireland,
there is still a long way to go.
Irish-Americans must not fall
into complacency but must stay
the course. Only Irish-Americans
can keep America involved in
working for equality, justice
and peace in Ireland — and that
is as it should be.
Read more....
The Orange Order
Historically, the Orange Order
has served as the perfect
expression of British policy in
Ireland: suppression of
Catholics through sectarian
privilege and Protestant
supremacy.
Jacqueline Dana puts it very
well: " Orangeism -- the
ideology which promotes and
protects Protestant domination
over Catholics in Ireland.
Read more....
The Spicer Contract!
The Bush
Administration has given the
largest ever Iraqi -contract --
$293 Million -- to a former
British Army terrorist who
operated in Northern Ireland --
Lt. Col. Timothy Spicer.
Spicer's army unit terrorized
the Mc Bride family, killing
young, unarmed and innocent
Peter in cold blood in 1992.
Read more....
"I believe
that Ireland, too, should have
the right to be one Nation under
God, indivisible, with liberty
and justice for all..."
"I
believe the Good Friday
Agreement represents the best
chance we've had for peace since
the partition of Ireland by the
British government in 1920." Fr.
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