Ten Men Dead: The Story of the 1981 Irish Hunger Strike by David Beresford

Ten Men Dead: The Story of the 1981 Irish Hunger Strike



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ISBN: 9780871137029
Format: pdf
Page: 334
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.


Sep 10, 2012 - People can die of starvation in as short as a three-week span, or as long as 70 days. Welcome, thank you all for being here today for the unveiling of this mural dedicated to the memory of the ten men that died on Hunger Strike in the H-Blocks of Long Kesh in 1981. Nov 18, 2013 - Republican Socialist News - News and activities of the Irish Republican Socialist Party. Mar 14, 2014 - Bobby Sands, a 27-year-old member of the IRA, led a hunger strike at Her Majesty's Prison Maze in Belfast which resulted in the death of ten men. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the hunger strikes by Irish republican prisoners n the British-run Long Kesh concentration camp — an event that shook the world. Business Speaker, Author and History buff. The British government of Margaret Thatcher let ten men starve themselves to death rather than negotiate with them over their demand to be recognised as political prisoners. The first prisoner to begin the hunger strike was 27-year old Bobby Sands. IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands dies in prison following a 66 day hunger strike. In the House of Commons Thatcher commented on Sands death “Mr. Our story, and the story of the H-Blocks, why the British built prison camps and their forts in our country, is still being revised and told by people who are not friends of the Republican people. Sands would be the first of ten IRA men to die in an effort to gain political status in a very public battle with British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Apr 9, 2013 - In many obituaries published today, the story goes that Thatcher “faced down” Irish Republican Army hunger strikers, as the BBC put it. By “faced down” they mean “let them starve to death. Shaky edifice of British policy in Northern Ireland, which had been so painfully constructed on the hypothesis that blame for the 'Troubles' could be placed on a small gang of thugs and hoodlums who enjoyed no community support,” wrote David Beresford in “Ten Men Dead.”. Jan 15, 2014 - Her disgraceful decision to let ten IRA hunger strikers die in the H Blocks, in 1981, will always sully her name with the Irish worldwide, as will her hectoring attitude towards Irish people in general. *********************** WATCH: A Short History of Ireland 1981:Death of Hunger Striker Bobby Sands.





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