Last month, Simon Harris claimed on the Late Late show that weapons are not being moved through Shannon Airport. Years of NATO combat craft docking and refuelling prove otherwise. This week,9 photos revealed uniformed US military packing into the airport, showing further the brazen lies of the Free State. A recent investigation from “The Ditch” even exposed that an “Israeli” warplane was given clearance to stop in Shannon back in 2021.
As attempts are made to criminalise activists and drag them through the courts for exposing the Free State’s subserviance with NATO, it is clear that the ruling comprador class thinks it can intimidate Republicans and other anti-imperialists into silence. All the while, the media and the press is being flooded with scaremongering to justify militarisation and pave the way for the 26 counties joining NATO through the back door — against the wishes of the Irish people. This is being done at the behest of British imperialism and of lobbyists for arms manufacturers.
The greatest threat to Ireland throughout her history is Britain, who continue to occupy six Irish counties, aided and abetted by the other NATO powers. Far from protecting Ireland’s sovereignty, Free State “Minister For Defence” Simon Harris is only further eroding it, and copper-fastening the oppression and occupation of Ireland. This relationship with NATO means the Free State is also complicit in the zionist genocide in Palestine.
AIA is building a movement to resist imperialism in Ireland, to end the occupation and to put a stop to all cooperation with NATO. In the words of Vol. Seamus Costello: “No foreign army, under no matter what flag, will ever garrison in Ireland in peace”.
Saoirse Don Phalaistín!
Saor Éire Anois!
An Phoblacht Abú!