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20 December, 2007 |
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Features
INTERVIEW : Gerry Kelly, H-Block escapee and Sinn Féin Assembly member for North Belfast 
GERRY KELLY (54) took an interesting journey to become a junior Minister in the Six County Executive. After involvement in the Civil Rights Movement, active service with the IRA, imprisonment, hunger strike and numerous escape attempts, Kelly became a member of the North's Assembly. He chats to ELLA O'DWYER about the road he's travelled. Photo: Cool dudes – Gerry Adams and Gerry Kelly canvass for Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin during the 1997 general election 
ELLA O'DWYER is from County Tipperary. MARTINA ANDERSON is from the Bogside in Derry. Both were arrested in Glasgow in June 1985 with Gerry 'Blute' McDonnell, Peter Sherry and Pat Magee, 'The Brighton Bomber'. Ella was 26 years old. Martina was 23. Photo: Martina and Ella at Ard Fheis Wexford memories of the 1956-'62 Border Campaign 
The past year saw ceremonies and commemorations to mark the 50th anniversary of the beginning of the IRA's Operation Harvest (1956-'62) also known as the Border Campaign. Here, LABHRÁS Ó DONNGHAILE, an IRA activist during the 1950s recalls the role played by Wexford republicans in the campaign. Photo: Charlie Murphy consoling Fergal O’Hanlon’s mother with cousins Teresa, Nuala, Tommy and Frank, also included is neighbour Noel Kavanagh Rambling Jack - the Fenian Balladeer 
With 2008 marking the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, Mícheál MacDonncha recalls a forgotten Fenian whose life spanned the decades from before the Great Hunger to within living memory of our own time. Photo: Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa 
IT'S the Fifth Column Xmas Quiz, pulling some arguably intellectual plums from the staple diet of schoolboy humour and sniggering of yer man slumped in front of the telly with a large bottle of Southern Comfort and a box-set of Reverend William McCrea DVDs. Philip Connolly: Born Christmas Survivor SOME PROBLEMS in modern life have few tangible answers. Why does vinyl sound better than CD? Can I wear these very wide trousers again? And for those of us who live in what used to be called the countryside, what is it like having broadband? Fortunately, there are answers to the vexed question of how to survive a modern Christmas. Here is a list of things to help guide you through the festivities, all the while maintaining your heightened sense of alienation. The republican movie buff's guide to Christmas films WITH Christmas fast approaching, many weary republicans will be looking forward to a Yuletide break and a lengthy soujourn on a comfy couch by the toasty embers of a turf fire (or renewable wood, pellet, brick, etc) with suitable beverages and perhaps the odd mince pie, with cream, of course. INTERVIEW : Michelle Gildernew, Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development 
MICHELLE GILDERNEW is the minister in charge of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD), which also has responsibility for fisheries. Photo: Michelle Gildernew INTERVIEW : Susan George, social activist and writer, on the EU Treaty 
EOIN Ó BROIN speaks to writer and social activist SUSAN GEORGE about how important the Irish referendum on the EU Treaty is for democrats and progressives across Europe. With her satirical political novel, The Lugano Report, acclaimed by no lesser figures than Noam Chomsky, John Pilger and George Monbiot, Susan George's is a voice that should be heard. Photo: Susan George Venezuela - the revolution has only just begun In recent years Venezuela has been a beacon of hope for those who know that another, more just political and social order is possible. The Bolivarian revolution has overseen a huge redistribution of Venezuela's oil wealth, primarily focusing on significant levels of social spending in the areas of public health, education and nutrition projects. With the defeat of a right wing coup and a string of stunning election victories, President Hugo Chavez looked unstoppable until the defeat this month of his constitutional reform referendum. Here, An Phoblacht's DARA Mac NIALL looks at the implications of the latest developments in Venezuela. Interview : Salome Mbugua, Director of the African Women's Network Ireland 
SALOME MBUGUA (36), from Kenya, has been living in Ireland for the last 13 years. Salome is the director of AkiDwA (the African Women's Network Ireland) an organisation aiming to empower African women living in Ireland. Salome talks to ELLA O'DWYER about the motivations behind her work, the discrimination she's encountered in Ireland and her hope that the racism currently at work in Irish society will abate. Tá sneachta ar an talamh ach tá mé i bhfad ó mo mhuintir agus tuaisceart Thír Chonaill, m'áit dúchais. Cuimhní ar Nollaig Phoblachtánach Cathaoir folamh ag dinnéar na Nollag, m'athair i ngéibheann i gCampa an Churraigh, trí bliana i ndiaidh a chéile, mé féin agus beirt dheirfiúr len ár máthair, gan de theagmháil againn leis ach litir a tháinig uaidh faoi chinsireacht an Churraigh, seo é an chuimhne Nollag is láidre ó m'óige. Ní raibh aon Nollaig againn faoin tuath go dtí go raibh mé ocht mbliain d'aois mar ní raibh aon leictreachas againn agus bhíomar ró sprionnlai chun é a chaitheamh. Interview : Glenn Brady of ReClaim 
Dublin republican, Glenn Brady is lead singer and guitarist with ReClaim, a Dublin-based rock band that includes bassist Graham Tully and drummer Aran O'Malley. The band have just released their debut single. Glenn, a former Dublin Sinn Féin Organiser and election worker for Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD speaks to An Phoblacht about the band, the various influences on his music and song-writing. Feature : Profile of Cuban leader Fidel Castro 2007 marked the 40th anniversary of the death of Che Guevara, icon of the Cuban revolution and an inspiration to freedom fighters across the globe. The anniversary occurred at a time when Che's comrade in arms and leader of the Cuban revolution President Fidel Castro, was recovering from illness and had transferred responsibilities to the country's First Vice-President, younger brother Raúl Castro. SEÁN Ó FLOINN looks back at the fascinating career of Cuba's defiant 81-year-old leader who has survived nine US administrations, several of which have attempted to kill him. This news feature is funded by the European United Left/Nordic Green Left (GUE/NGL) 
EU abandons temporary agency workers, De Brún in Friends of the Earth panel debate on Waste Directive, Cyprus unity on Brussels agenda and EU public hearing on PEACE Programme 
"WHEN Vincent's are good, Dublin are good," or so the old saying goes. And it is not without foundation. Since the 1950s, only in 1995 have Dublin won an All-Ireland in a year when Vincent's were not either reigning county champions or about to become county champions. And, in 1976, Vinnie's won the All-Ireland club championship the same year Dublin won Sam Maguire. 
THE deaths of men and women from drugs overdose is something that most active republicans will be familiar with, having campaigned against this cancerous threat to their communities down the years. Photo: Bertie Ahern’s aide-de-camp at the funeral of Katy French 
Unfortunately it seems that society does not pay much attention to the scourge of illegal drug use until there are high profile fatalities. I recognise that family grief is the same whether the victim is from a rich or poor family or whether the deceased was an individual with a high media profile. But when there is a high profile fatality it seems that we get lots of contrite hand wringing from government and blustering from the opposition but little practical action. Iníon Dubh - Forgotten heroine 
DURING 2007, the 400th anniversary of the Flight of the Earls, we have heard tales of times of brave and daring warriors and of an era which marked the end of an ancient Gaelic order. Hundreds of people have been involved in the debate on this historic event. Photo: Flight of the Earls 
An tIomaire Rua - Cogadh na Saoirse i dTuaisceart Chonamara Leis an tOllamh Tomás Ó Máille Eagrán nua ag Mairtín Ó Cadhain An Gúm €10. Reviewed by Mícheál MacDonncha |
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