Come to Ardoyne and put an end to sectarian marches.

national | rights, freedoms and repression | opinion/analysis

Thursday August 05, 2004 16:40

by P.j.

People from all over Ireland should come to Ardoyne on the 14th of August in order to prevent the blatant sectarian march, which will take place there. Last month the parades commission’s determination was ignored by the PSNI, this time they have not even bothered to prevent the hangers on from coming into the nationalist area knowing full well that the PSNI will just ignore it in anyway.

For those of you who are not aware of what happens on this day here it is. The marchers board buses in their own area to go to Derry. They stop just up the road from Ardoyne, get off the bus, walk through the Nationalist area, re board the busses and then head off to their destination. In order that they be allowed do this nationalists are prevented from leaving their area, large numbers of troops are drafted in and tensions are ratcheted up as a result.
This parade takes place for one reason, to try and cause maximum disturbance in the area. The people who wish to walk through this area are the very same people who prevented young school children going to class for many weeks last year. Who stood five yards away from 4-year-old children and shouted Fenian Bastards in their face. The actions of the PSNI are in stack contrast to the way they allowed these young kids to be terrorised. And let us be clear this has nothing to do with culture; these people are supremacists and fascists. We should approach this matter in the same way we would if the KKK were walking through Galway main St. I call on all people who appose racism and the supremacist ideals of the so called “Loyal Orders” to come to Ardoyne and prevent this march from taking place.
Down with racism – Down with fascism.