East Down Ógra Shinn Féin commemorated the 40th anniversary of the death of Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara with a mural unveiling Kilcoo. The mural, painted by a number of Ógra Shinn Féin members in east Down encapsulates the revolutionary bond between Ireland Cuba. The iconic images of Che Guevara and Bobby Sands alongside the national flags of Cuba and Ireland with a quote from Bobby Sands make up the mural.
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Speaking after the unveiling one of the artists and east down Ógra Shinn Féin member Roisin McGreevy said
“We undertook this initiative to mark the 40th anniversary of the death of Che Guevara. Che was a visionary, revolutionary soldier, member of the Cuban government and an inspiration for freedom loving peoples throughout the world. His iconic image has circled the world many times over. In Irish terms he can be compared to Bobby Sands who died after 66 days on hunger strike in 1981. Bobbys name and indeed those of the other 9 men will always been remembered for those turbulent events of 1981.
“Whilst the two men were in different countries, different continents, and even different eras both Che and Bobby fought against the evils of Imperialism. Both are remembered for standing up and fighting the injustice and striking the blows for freedom. Whilst freedoms day has yet to dawn in Ireland , we are confident that because of the sacrifice of people like Bobby Sands that it is dawning. However we must not get complacent and leave the work to a few. As Bobby himself has said ‘everyone has their part to play, no part is too big or too small’. Join the Struggle, join Ógra Shinn Féin.
Speaking after the unveiling one of the artists and east down Ógra Shinn Féin member Roisin McGreevy said“We undertook this initiative to mark the 40th anniversary of the death of Che Guevara. Che was a visionary, revolutionary soldier, member of the Cuban government and an inspiration for freedom loving peoples throughout the world. His iconic image has circled the world many times over. In Irish terms he can be compared to Bobby Sands who died after 66 days on hunger strike in 1981. Bobbys name and indeed those of the other 9 men will always been remembered for those turbulent events of 1981.
“Whilst the two men were in different countries, different continents, and even different eras both Che and Bobby fought against the evils of Imperialism. Both are remembered for standing up and fighting the injustice and striking the blows for freedom. Whilst freedoms day has yet to dawn in Ireland , we are confident that because of the sacrifice of people like Bobby Sands that it is dawning. However we must not get complacent and leave the work to a few. As Bobby himself has said ‘everyone has their part to play, no part is too big or too small’. Join the Struggle, join Ógra Shinn Féin.
3 comments:
Bril good stuff, looke the part.
Brilliant work East Down.. Keep er Lit!
Joe
it didn't work then, it won't work now. human lives lost for no cause. peace & equality don't come thru martyrdom or conflict. peace must be realized, expressed and lived thru consciousness; thru connection with the heart.
when i was young and foolish, Che was my 'hero'. But that was only because I was young and foolish. Now his face is selling t-shirts & soft drinks.
there is no cause worth any form of violence, there is no "justice" served by anger.
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