New York mobilises behind the prisoners

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From Tom Martin in New York City 'UNFORTUNATELY it looks as if we're once again entering a phase where the world will look disbelief at what is 'We're here to ask the world to do more than asking the America, the most powerful nation in the world, to stand up on this issue.

'This is not just an Irish issue - it's one of fundamental human rights. We're asking you to show Britain that she is a leper in the world.' Appeal This was the appeal made by Belfast city councillor Fergus O'Hare at a press conference here on 3 July. O'Hare is here on a speaking tour organised by the New York H-Block/Armagh Committee which take in meetings in Philadelphia, Boston, Syracuse, and Pittsburgh as well as a major rally in New York City. He has also been invited to address a city ington, Vermont.

Hotbed The press conference at which O'Hare spoke attracted considerable media attention, including several TV and radio stations. The conference former New York city council president Paul O'Dwyer. Other speakers included Alice McElwee, mother of hunger striker Thomas McElwee; Oliver Hughes, of late hunger striker Francis former US attorney general Ramsey Clark; and well-known anti-war activist Daniel on in horror and happening in people ot the Catskills, , Scranton council meeting in Burlwas chaired by brother Hughes; they are Ramsey Berrigan.

New York today is a hotbed of support for the hunger strikers. Some 10,000 реоple marched when Bobby Sands died; and hundreds still join in the daily pickets of Speakers at the New York H Block/Armagh Committee press conterence.

Clark, Oliver Hughes, Paul O'Dwyer, Fergus O'Hare, Alice McElwee.

Left to right the British consulate. These are organised tifies with the Provisionals -leadership plays down the Provisionals' leftward evolution to the extent of censorprisoners other aspects participating Irish-Americans attacked for been a Coalition the Irish support in the unions.

Building makes Reagan has so far stood by Thatche and her policy in Northern Ireland. But head of steam is building up here tha increasingly difficult Washington to continue with that stance And that is good news for all who suppor the H-Block and Armagh prisoners.

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