'Undesirables' attempting to create tension

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'Undesirables' attempting to create tension

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Undesirable elements in Limavady are attempting to deepen religious
divisions within the local community by flying paramilitary flags,
according to local SDLP Councillor, Gerry Mullan.
The Limavady town representative was speaking after an INLA flag was
erected at Irish Green Street last weekend, in a development also
condemned by East Derry DUP MLA, George Robinson.

Colr. Mullan told the 'Journal' that the INLA flag was most likely erected
as a "act of bravado" and claimed the display of paramilitary emblems
"tarred communities with the same brush."

Irish Tricolours and the Starry Plough - the flag of the Irish Republican
Socialist Party - are also on display in the area.

"This flag was out up under the guise of marking August 15, but it is
really aimed at creating divisions. These flags are not wanted by the
majority of people in the community, but unfortunately areas become tarred
with the same brush when flags like this are put up.

"It only serves to bring unwanted attention to areas, because the next
thing you know is that someone living in that area will get a golf ball
through the window. Flying these flags only brings strife to communities.

"It was the same at Edenmore Road a few years back when U.V.F. flags were
erected under the guise of celebrating the anniversary of the Battle of
the Somme. That too was an excuse to create divisions and raise tensions
and this is an issue that needs to be tackled.

"I have
noticed that Union Jack flags put up for the Twelfth of July are still
flying in Limavady and I would call for these flags to be taken down. The
Twelfth is over and it's time to return to normality."

The DUP's George Robinson said the presence of the INLA flag in Limavady
was "utterly offensive" to the unionist people of the town.

"To see the flag of a terrorist organisation - which claimed the lives of
17 innocent people in the heinous atrocity at Ballykelly - flying in this
town is absolutely and utterly offensive to unionist and nationalist
people alike.

Symbols

"Symbols of terrorism and terrorists should not be allowed to be so
publicly displayed. Community relations in Limavady are excellent, but
those misguided people who erected this terrorist symbol are either trying
to create tension or add insult to the families affected by the atrocity
carried out a few miles away."
Last Updated: 27 August 2007 5:36 PM

www.derryjournal.com/countyinfocus/39Undesirables39-attempting-to-create-tension.3149840.jp

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They do know that the starry plough and the tri-colour are not INLA flags dont they?

[Papa C.]

Just goes to show how little the 'Social Democratic and Labour Party' know about Irish History, Irish Socialism and Irish Labour! F'in eejits. Totally contributing to the Paisleyite myth that the Irish Tri-colour is a sectarian flag. If they are indeed a 'social democratic and labour party' then they should be flyin the starry plough flag themselves but unfortunately they have no intention of fighting for socialism, democray or labour in Ireland. I'm sure they believe that anyone fighting again imperialism is living in the past and anti-imperialists have no place is 'civilised' society also. Filthy capitalist hypocrites!

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I couldnt believe it when i seen the flags they were on about, i was expecting a flag with INLA on it fo something crude. What a joke.

[Papa C.]

Indeed. The SDLP and DUP are just protecting their pocket as usual comrade. When Tony says jump, they'll ask how high.

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Colr. Mullan told the 'Journal' that the INLA flag was most likely erected
as a "act of bravado" and claimed the display of paramilitary emblems
"tarred communities with the same brush."

Irish Tricolours and the Starry Plough - the flag of the Irish Republican
Socialist Party - are also on display in the area.

I dont think the writer is on about the tricolour and the starry plough. He says they "are also on display". So it wouuld appear there were other flags involved.

But yeah, the article is badly written seeing it leads to confusion and there was no need to even mention the tricolour and the starry plough. Still, he see's it legitimate to raise one of the biggest terrorist symbols of all, the union jack - "during an event".

He's wearing some sort of blindfold.

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barry said:

Colr. Mullan told the 'Journal' that the INLA flag was most likely erected
as a "act of bravado" and claimed the display of paramilitary emblems
"tarred communities with the same brush."

Irish Tricolours and the Starry Plough - the flag of the Irish Republican
Socialist Party - are also on display in the area.

I dont think the writer is on about the tricolour and the starry plough. He says they "are also on display". So it wouuld appear there were other flags involved.

But yeah, the article is badly written seeing it leads to confusion and there was no need to even mention the tricolour and the starry plough. Still, he see's it legitimate to raise one of the biggest terrorist symbols of all, the union jack - "during an event".

He's wearing some sort of blindfold.

Im not so sure mate, they call the starry plough and the tri-colour the flag of the IRSP which seems to me like they are relating these flags to the IRSP/INLA. The problem was with an INLA flag so if these are the flags of the IRSP then they seem to be calling them INLA flags. Also if you click on the actual link to the story there is a picture of the two flags and under them is the heading "flag in question" which connects it to the title of the article about INLA flags,the flags shown are the tri-colour and the starry plough.

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At Scottish republican parades most of the time were not allowed to fly the starry plough in our colour party's, this depends on the police sargent of Strathclyde police who is in charge of the parade and some see the starry plough as a paramilitary flag for some reason, i.e. INLA.

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It was the flag of the ICA, a non sectarian labour force.LOL WTF is going on?

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Im not so sure mate, they call the starry plough and the tri-colour the flag of the IRSP which seems to me like they are relating these flags to the IRSP/INLA. The problem was with an INLA flag so if these are the flags of the IRSP then they seem to be calling them INLA flags. Also if you click on the actual link to the story there is a picture of the two flags and under them is the heading "flag in question" which connects it to the title of the article about INLA flags,the flags shown are the tri-colour and the starry plough.

Point taken. I should have looked at the actual link to see "the flags in question". If its the case then its total ignorance and I fully agree with you. Nearly every republican organisation uses the bloody symbol fgs - the ISN for example - and theyre hardly anything to do with the Inla.

At Scottish republican parades most of the time were not allowed to fly the starry plough in our colour party's, this depends on the police sargent of Strathclyde police who is in charge of the parade and some see the starry plough as a paramilitary flag for some reason, i.e. INLA.

Just watch how "terroristy" the starry plough is on the 100th aniversary. Bertie Ahern (if hes still in power) and the other scum will have it draped around them and itll fly high while bourgeois forces of aggression march by. The hypocracy makes me sick

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barry said:

Just watch how "terroristy" the starry plough is on the 100th aniversary. Bertie Ahern (if hes still in power) and the other scum will have it draped around them and itll fly high while bourgeois forces of aggression march by. The hypocracy makes me sick

Good point

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barry said:

Just watch how "terroristy" the starry plough is on the 100th aniversary. Bertie Ahern (if hes still in power) and the other scum will have it draped around them and itll fly high while bourgeois forces of aggression march by. The hypocracy makes me sick

Sure did he not do that on the 90th anniversary ;D

The Hollywood-like chopper fly-overs and marches by forces of capitalism were bad enough.


But on the subject of the flags, I don't think the SDLP are guilty of ignorance at all comrades. I think it's something much more despicable. As Jordan was saying, comrades aren't (even sometimes) allowed to fly the Starry Plough flag in British Occupied countries. The Starry Plough flag, a flag of working class unity, anti-sectarianism, peace, justice and working class revolution. This is what the forces of the crown are afraid of and is why they have tried to tar it as sectarian.

capitalist countries, not least the USA, are renowned for starting propaganda campaigns against anything they see as a threat to the capitalist state and that is what they are doing here. The SPDLP and DUP are active in the war on unity, justice and peace.