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Free Ireland: Towards a Lasting Peace
Free Ireland is Gerry Adams' personal statement on the meaning, importance, and inspiration of modern Irish republicanism. Adams reviews the history of Irish nationalism and British policies toward it, and catalogues propaganda and human rights abuses on both sides. A new conclusion for this North American edition outlines Adams' proposal for attaining lasting peace in Ireland, and discusses the impact on his visit to the United States in February of 1994 under the constraint of a 48-hour visa.
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First published January 1, 1986
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Gerry Adams
37 books31 followersGerard "Gerry" Adams, MLA, MP (Irish: Gearóid Mac Ádhaimh; born 6 October 1948) is an Irish republican politician and abstentionist Westminster Member of Parliament for Belfast West. He is the president of Sinn Féin, the political party at the top of the latest North of Ireland election polls amidst a three-way split in the traditionally dominant unionist vote. Sinn Féin is the second largest party in the Northern Assembly.
From the late 1980s onwards, Adams has been an important figure in Ireland's peace process, initially following contact by the then Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) leader John Hume and subsequently with the Irish and British governments and then other parties. In 2005, the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) indicated that its armed campaign was over and that it is now exclusively committed to democratic politics. Under Adams, Sinn Féin changed its traditional policy of abstentionism towards Oireachtas Éireann, the parliament of Ireland, in 1986 and later took seats in the power-sharing Northern Assembly. However, Sinn Féin retains a policy of abstentionism towards the Westminster Parliament.
From the late 1980s onwards, Adams has been an important figure in Ireland's peace process, initially following contact by the then Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) leader John Hume and subsequently with the Irish and British governments and then other parties. In 2005, the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) indicated that its armed campaign was over and that it is now exclusively committed to democratic politics. Under Adams, Sinn Féin changed its traditional policy of abstentionism towards Oireachtas Éireann, the parliament of Ireland, in 1986 and later took seats in the power-sharing Northern Assembly. However, Sinn Féin retains a policy of abstentionism towards the Westminster Parliament.
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August 12, 2023
Level-headed and realistic political analysis the Anglo-Irish conflicts and the path to lasting peace and equality. Adams is a straightforward writer but manages to be honest and conversational without having to resort to cliche when real analyses are needed
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January 3, 2024can you really rate a nonfiction memoir from a controversial man with potential links to a terrorist/separatist group that took you three-ish months to finish and that ended up not helping your essay at all?
October 31, 2024
Probably cannot give an accurate review as I read this when it was first published. Maybe after a re-read I can provide a fuller impression. Believe him or not, you cannot doubt his sincere intentions to improve the lives of the folks in the North of Ireland.
August 24, 2013
Essentially a book by a former revolutionary turned reformist who was able to take the reigns of Provisional Sinn Fein and steer them in a direction of integration of a revolutionary movement within a British colonial state (the six occupied counties). Essentially detailed his views and justified his actions of the 1986 Ard Fheis which in turn lead to heir recognition of Britain's insistence that they have a right to stay within the six counties of Ireland.
August 21, 2007
A bit dated but an excellent resource.
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