Éirígí Launches 'Reclaim The Republic' Campaign
Éirígí, the newly formed Socialist Republican campaigns group, launched it’s ‘Reclaim the Republic-Athshealbhaígí an Phoblacht’ campaign over the course of last weekend.
The campaign aims to bring the message of 1916 to the people and trigger a debate about the nature of modern day Ireland and how it compares to the Ireland envisioned in the Proclamation of the Irish Republic.
In attempting to make this a reality, Éirígí has begun to distribute thousands of full colour poster-size copies of the Proclamation to the citizens of Dublin on a not for profit basis.
Over the course of the weekend Éirígí activists distributed hundreds of copies of the Proclamation in various location across the city, including, Tallaght, Crumlin, Walkinstown, Drumcondra, Ballybough and the City Centre.
Éirígí activists will continue to distribute these posters over the coming weeks and months. Any donations received will be used to cover the cost of printing additional posters for further distribution. In this way Éirígí hopes to ensure that the Proclamation will hang with pride in homes, workplaces and schools across the city.
The campaign asks what the unfinished business is that needs to be concluded before an Irish Republic based upon the 1916 Proclamation can be established. The campaign further encourages people to reclaim their rights as citizens of the Irish Republic declared in 1916. These rights include -
• The right to religious and civil liberty, equal rights and equal opportunities for all people
• The Right to pursue the happiness and prosperity of the whole nation and all of its parts
• The right that all of the children of the nation be cherished equally
Éirígí views the 1916 Proclamation as the seminal document of modern Irish History. It is a living document as relevant today, in many ways, as it was ninety years ago. It should hang with pride in every home, workplace and school in the country.