People power needed
Gerry Adams told a packed audience in the Europa Hotel ballroom
in Belfast on Sunday night ``not to allow under any circumstances
this struggle to be reduced to a room at Stormont.''
It was a point repeated throughout the historic meeting and it is
a point which goes to the heart of republican politics. ``Don't be
duped or hypnotised into spectatorism. Don't sit back and leave
it to the negotiators, the future of this island is too important
to be left to politicans,'' Adams said to the thousand people
present.
The slow pace of the talks process is frustrating for an activist
party but it is clear that there is much that can be done outside
the negotiating chamber. In particular, during Prisoners' Month
in December street demonstrations and mobilisations have been
organised for all parts of the country. It is imperative that
they are fully supported.
The peace process is another phase of struggle and must be
grasped with every bit of energy and determination which
republicans possess.
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