Proud to be a Shinner.

[alexo]

Proud to be a Shinner

taken from

SINN FÉIN - KEEP LEFT: Proud to be a Shinner


It is very easy on a blog like this to look only at things in a negative way. However, this is not what this site is meant to be about. For me anyway, this blog is meant to look at things within the party, the good, the bad and the ugly.

Today I’ll look at the good.

I would just like to say that at this time I am very proud to be a shinner and very hopeful for the future of our party. Why you may ask?

Well, to me one of the main strengths of any party is its people and the attitude of the party towards them.

Three reasons I have at this moment to be proud of my connection with SF are the characteristics I see displayed in three different people within the party.

Firstly, I am involved in the election campaign in my area and I have got to know our local candidate very well. In all honestly I could not wish to meet a better man. He works in the care sector, is a family man and genuinely cares for this country and its people. He puts other people first and is in no way involved in an ego trip and I cannot speak highly enough of his wife who supports him in an inspirational manner.

I won’t mention his name because this is not meant to be a “vote for x” exercise, but rather a genuine assessment of a man, his character and the quality of the Sinn Féin candidate in my area. If the party is attracting and selecting people such as him then they are doing something right.

Secondly, I read recently on the Ogra webpage about Ógra Shinn Féin activist Gary McClean who recently spent 3 months as a volunteer worker in Autonomous Rebel Zapatista Territory (Chiapas, Mexico).

For me it is great to see that we have motivated young people involved in Sinn Féin who care enough about world issues to give up their time to work with, and learn from, liberation struggles from other parts of the world.

From reading his article it is clear that he was inspired by what he saw and wishes us to learn from his experience as well.

He wrote
“A movement such as ours has much to learn from the Zapatistas and should be doing everything it can to be a part of this network of international solidarity. We must support the Zapatistas, their cause and their demands, since this also is our cause and these are our demands…”

http://*****************************...ng-for_10.html


Once again this says to me Sinn Féin are doing something right in attracting committed young people such as Gary McClean.

Thirdly, I wish to comment on our Dublin South Central election candidate, Shaun Tracey.

I watched him on the Vincent Brown show on TV3 and I was worried about what would happen given that he was up against Lee, the FG candidate with years of Media experience, and White the labour candidate who is a trained barrister.

However, I needn’t to have worried. He handled himself really well and it was great to see that SF had not parachuted in some degree educated, media friendly candidate. What the party did was choose a young vibrant local working class man who is a plumber by trade and a genuine Sinn Fein member who is committed to bringing real improvements to the lives of Dublin people.

In my opinion we need more working class people in the Dáil and I hope it will not be too long before we see Shaun there.


[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knn3KHw4wLI]YouTube - Sinn Féin's Shaun Tracey confronts Fine Gael's George Lee[/ame]

All of these three people in their different roles in the party are an inspiration to me and as I said at the beginning make me proud to be a shinner.

Just hope now three feckers don’t turn up in SF and make me change my opinion!

[cd27]

should that not be...proud to be a freedom fighter,

the freedom to kill my own people. pathetic.

[The People's Party]

Thanks for that, a good blog I didn't even know existed. I may add it to my regular reading list.

should that not be...proud to be a freedom fighter,

the freedom to kill my own people. pathetic.

What I find hilarious about this point is that, while even most Brit's accept that there was War in the North, the partitionist thinking is much more one sided in the 26 County State.

Fine Gael and Fianna Fail have their roots in Sinn Fein, and yes there is a direct connection between members of the original Sinn Fein and that which fully re-emerged in 1969.

Fine Gael and Fianna Fail also killed many innocents, in fact, some estimates state the more people were killed during the Civil War ALONE, than died during the Troubles in the North.

Current Labour has it's roots in Official Sinn Fein, its leadership including Gilmore and De Rossa are ex-stickies (Official Sinn Fein) members. Who are no strangers to murdering innocents or opposition (see Seamus Costello).

[Al Bino]

Proud to be a Shinner

taken from

SINN FÉIN - KEEP LEFT: Proud to be a Shinner


It is very easy on a blog like this to look only at things in a negative way. However, this is not what this site is meant to be about. For me anyway, this blog is meant to look at things within the party, the good, the bad and the ugly.

Today I’ll look at the good.

I would just like to say that at this time I am very proud to be a shinner and very hopeful for the future of our party. Why you may ask?

Well, to me one of the main strengths of any party is its people and the attitude of the party towards them.

Three reasons I have at this moment to be proud of my connection with SF are the characteristics I see displayed in three different people within the party.

Firstly, I am involved in the election campaign in my area and I have got to know our local candidate very well. In all honestly I could not wish to meet a better man. He works in the care sector, is a family man and genuinely cares for this country and its people. He puts other people first and is in no way involved in an ego trip and I cannot speak highly enough of his wife who supports him in an inspirational manner.

I won’t mention his name because this is not meant to be a “vote for x” exercise, but rather a genuine assessment of a man, his character and the quality of the Sinn Féin candidate in my area. If the party is attracting and selecting people such as him then they are doing something right.

Secondly, I read recently on the Ogra webpage about Ógra Shinn Féin activist Gary McClean who recently spent 3 months as a volunteer worker in Autonomous Rebel Zapatista Territory (Chiapas, Mexico).

For me it is great to see that we have motivated young people involved in Sinn Féin who care enough about world issues to give up their time to work with, and learn from, liberation struggles from other parts of the world.

From reading his article it is clear that he was inspired by what he saw and wishes us to learn from his experience as well.

He wrote
“A movement such as ours has much to learn from the Zapatistas and should be doing everything it can to be a part of this network of international solidarity. We must support the Zapatistas, their cause and their demands, since this also is our cause and these are our demands…”

http://*****************************...ng-for_10.html


Once again this says to me Sinn Féin are doing something right in attracting committed young people such as Gary McClean.

Thirdly, I wish to comment on our Dublin South Central election candidate, Shaun Tracey.

I watched him on the Vincent Brown show on TV3 and I was worried about what would happen given that he was up against Lee, the FG candidate with years of Media experience, and White the labour candidate who is a trained barrister.

However, I needn’t to have worried. He handled himself really well and it was great to see that SF had not parachuted in some degree educated, media friendly candidate. What the party did was choose a young vibrant local working class man who is a plumber by trade and a genuine Sinn Fein member who is committed to bringing real improvements to the lives of Dublin people.

In my opinion we need more working class people in the Dáil and I hope it will not be too long before we see Shaun there.


YouTube - Sinn Féin's Shaun Tracey confronts Fine Gael's George Lee

All of these three people in their different roles in the party are an inspiration to me and as I said at the beginning make me proud to be a shinner.

Just hope now three feckers don’t turn up in SF and make me change my opinion!

It's ok, Shaun. You can stop the constant posts about yourself now. We get the message.

[Gabha Óir]

It's ok, Shaun. You can stop the constant posts about yourself now. We get the message.

Here's Shaun here. It kind of spoils your line.

http://www.politics.ie/sinn-fein/634...ml#post1594945

[The People's Party]

It's ok, Shaun. You can stop the constant posts about yourself now. We get the message.

Name the 15,000 public sector workers you're going to cut. Are any of the teachers in my Secondary School going to go along with our two Special Needs Assistants?

What about the nurses in the local hospital, both the Midland Regional at Portlaoise and Tullamore, but geographically close to me. Who is Fine Gael going to shaft there?

Perhaps you could give me an answer, as Charlie Flanagan can only seem to send out letters with appalling spelling and grammer errors, so I don't think we can afford any more cutbacks in education if that's the best Solicitors/Fine Gael TDs can send out.

[Al Bino]

Here's Shaun here. It kind of spoils your line.

http://www.politics.ie/sinn-fein/634...ml#post1594945

Have we two Shaun's in the house. I detect a SF conspiracy here.

Ah know, seriously, the best of luck in the elections, hope it goes well for ya.

[meriwether2]

Name the 15,000 public sector workers you're going to cut. Are any of the teachers in my Secondary School going to go along with our two Special Needs Assistants?

What about the nurses in the local hospital, both the Midland Regional at Portlaoise and Tullamore, but geographically close to me. Who is Fine Gael going to shaft there?

Perhaps you could give me an answer, as Charlie Flanagan can only seem to send out letters with appalling spelling and grammer errors, so I don't think we can afford any more cutbacks in education if that's the best Solicitors/Fine Gael TDs can send out.

Are you accusing us of intention to behave towards the Health Service like SF did to Omagh Hospital?

[SFInbhear]

Shaun Tracey conducted himself very well here. He correctly pointed out that the candidate (G. Lee) should be judged on the policies his party have put forward and not on the candidates media history. Also if Lee fails to make it in the bye-election it would be hard for him to return to media work as he has now aligned himself to one party and would be unable to comment on party policy as he has compromised his neutrality.

[Tiernanator]

Thanks for that, a good blog I didn't even know existed. I may add it to my regular reading list.



What I find hilarious about this point is that, while even most Brit's accept that there was War in the North, the partitionist thinking is much more one sided in the 26 County State.

Fine Gael and Fianna Fail have their roots in Sinn Fein, and yes there is a direct connection between members of the original Sinn Fein and that which fully re-emerged in 1969.

Fine Gael and Fianna Fail also killed many innocents, in fact, some estimates state the more people were killed during the Civil War ALONE, than died during the Troubles in the North.

Current Labour has it's roots in Official Sinn Fein, its leadership including Gilmore and De Rossa are ex-stickies (Official Sinn Fein) members. Who are no strangers to murdering innocents or opposition (see Seamus Costello).

Your absolutely right. The hypocrites who forget their own party's bloodstained past make me sick. As regards Democratic Left/Labour I find their platitudes the most sickening, two of my very dear friends were slaughtered by the stickies. In the interests of left unity I totally agree with Gerry Adams and his call for our voters to transfer to Labour and other left candidates but I must say I get really sick of the hypocrisy. I never supported the "armed struggle". I am delighted by the imperfect peace but I am not a hypocrite. I am very very proud to be a Shinner.