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International Day of Remembrance for Hungerstriker Kevin Lynch

category international | rights, freedoms and repression | event notice author Tuesday April 04, 2006 18:31author by Ógra B - Ógra Shinn Féinauthor email osf6county at yahoo dot com

'Be like Kevin!'

August 1 Marks the day Irish Republican Hungerstriker Kevin Lynch Died on Hungerstrike 25 years ago.

We are asking the youth of the world to join with Ógra Shinn Féin in commemorating this brave Irish revolutionary who died the most awful of deaths, to advance the struggle for freedom and socialism.

A well-known and well liked young man in the closely-knit community of his home town, Kevin was remembered chiefly for his outstanding ability as a sportsman, and for qualities of loyalty, determination and a will to win which distinguished him on the sports field and which, in heavier times and circumstances, were his hallmarks as an H-Block blanket man on hunger strike to the death.

Use poster for day of remembrance
Use poster for day of remembrance

Ideas suggested are:
Youth Marches,
'Rock The Block' concerts,
White line vigils,
Candle light vigils,
Torchlight processions,
Banner drops,
Leafleting,
Postering etc,
and especially making use of the '10 reasons posters.'
Every area should be organising an event, of whatever size to mark this momentous date in this significant anniversary.

Related Link: http://www.osf.pro.ie

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author by Socialist Republicanpublication date Wed May 03, 2006 12:11author address author phone

Be like Kevin, join a socialist revolutionary organisation, not a nationalist one.

author by Wee Liam - IRSPpublication date Mon Sep 11, 2006 12:19author address author phone

Shame on PSF and Ugly SF for exploiting and manipulating the the death of INLA volunteer Kevin Lynch and using his sacrafice in an attempt to copperfasten British rule in Ireland. When will the leadership release the comms that Richard O Rawe refers to in relation to the Mountain Climber. Never I suspect as they will show Adams and Co were culpable in the death of Kevin and 5 of his comrades.



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