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Spartacist statement in defence of Mary Kelly
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Wednesday November 24, 2004 20:50 by John - Spartacist Group Ireland syc_dublin at hotmail dot com
Hands off Mary Kelly! Drop the charges now! On 28 October, Mary Kelly, a 52-year-old nurse and mother of four, was found guilty of “criminal damage without lawful excuse” for damaging a US military aircraft at Shannon Airport on 29 January 2003. Her sentencing is scheduled for 1 December and she faces up to ten years in prison. She admits striking the aircraft on the nose cone, landing gear and engine cowl with an axe but argued in her defence that “I did what I have done with lawful excuse” to save human life and to prevent Shannon Airport being used to support the invasion of Iraq. Nearly 113,000 US troops transitted through Shannon in the first nine months of this year. It is estimated that by the end of the year, just under 350,000 US troops will have passed through Shannon in the past three years (ie, since the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq). Mary claims this use of Shannon is a violation of both the Irish constitution and international law. |
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Jump To Comment: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12Maybe people will show some respect for the Sparts and actually listen to what they are saying if they actually get involved in the movements of the working class instead of just hanging around the youth members of the SWP and SP.
Sparts - come the revolution the working class wont just start istening to you even if you are right. You need to be active in the workplaces and communities and earn workers respect now if you are going to be in anyway relevent in the future.
aw leave the poor sparts alone, theres only three of them and theyre a long way from home (germany, america, scotland, mars, middle earth). Who would keep us awake at all those boring SP and SWP meetings, if they werent there to denounce all and sundry. And their newsletter is just fantastic...such bile, such sectarianism, such close print, such juicy gossip.
I agree, revolutionary gimp. Who else but the Sparts could come up with gems such as
Defend North Korea's right to nuclear weapons!
State out of the Bedroom!!
Two, four, six, eight, defend the Chinese Workers' State!!!
and not forgetting,
Down with Bourgeois Age of Consent Laws!!!!!
He ends his appeal to send donations to Mary's Legal Defence Fund.
No self respecting Spart would urge you to donate money to a rotten Capitalist Bank account.
Down with this sort of thing.
Don't they always set up a 'Partisan Defense Fund' whether or not the victim of injustice actually wants one.
More Spart slogans...
'China don't be catspaw of US Imperialism! Honor your Treaty with Vietnam!'
'Defend Jalalabad! Reject the Veil!'
I think sometimes people can be too hard on the comrades in the SGI. they may be small and as a result be unable to have the same form of activity as the SP and SWP but politically they are not bad and much better then the SWP. Their writing style might be unique but they are not scared of criticising people like the Labour Party and Greens unlike the SWP who seem to be a left wing split from the British Liberal Democrats! I would also commend their defence of the gains of the Bolsehvik revolution, something the Labourites and the SWP refuse to even aknowledge
"I would also commend their defence of the gains of the Bolsehvik revolution"
Enlighten me, what where they?
When RSF offerred Mary Kelly support some people here jumped on the news to attack Mary Kelly. Where are you now? C'mon... surely she's a spart now too?
Mary Kelly - you rock!
Three mistrials have escalated debt to an alarming level. Funds are urgently needed.
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Peace Defence Fund
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thank you very much for the excellent leaflet you have circulated and for putting the news out there.
very appreciated!
Mary Kelly
While I dont agree with your actions Mary I also dont believe that you got a completely fair trial and Im afraid I think you will get a sentence based on politics as apposed to normal legal practice. Of course I could be wrong, you might get a more lenient punishment than the norm for the same reasons.
Your defence also has my interest, I will have to look into that further.
Maybe the Sparticists could broaden their appeal by merging with those radical Sparticus holiday guides?