IRSP organising in north Antrim - party spokesman

The Irish Republican Socialist Party (IRSP) have recently organised in North Antrim particularly in the following areas, Loughgiel, Ballycastle, Rasharkin and Dunloy.

An IRSP spokesman said: “We stand for the establishment of a 32 county republic in which the working people are in charge of their own destinies, a republic which is representative of all the people and one which will cherish all the children of the nation equally.

“Recently we have been active in highlighting the conditions which republican prisoners are currently enduring in Maghaberry prison. We have put posters up in various areas and spoken to community and political representatives in North Antrim and we intend to carry on this work until such times as the situation is resolved.

“This development in North Antrim is part of the continuing expansion of the IRSP throughout Ireland and reflects the desire among working class people for an alternative political voice to represent their views.

“For too long the people of North Antrim have had very little choice in terms of political representation, it was either of the main two nationalist parties, the SDLP or Sinn Fein. We see very little political difference between these parties in terms of their positions on many fundamental political issues.

“We intend to offer the people of North Antrim an energetic and vibrant voice that can and will challenge the current political situation. We will offer the people of this area the chance for real positive change. We will be exposing the hypocrisy within the established political parties and showing their contradictions for what they are.

“In these days of cutbacks brought about by the banking crisis we intend to hold the parties of Stormont to account and to prevent them from punishing the poor and marginalised.

“We will be at the forefront in the battle against the cuts and we will be standing shoulder to shoulder with the poorest and most deprived sections of our society. Why should the working class suffer for the actions of the rich bankers?,” asked the spokesman.