Passive resistance question for IRSP

Title

Passive resistance question for IRSP

Genre

Phone-in

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1983

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Duration

00:01:59

Description

Female caller phones in asking IRSP (Irish Republican Socialist Party) leader Ray Collins why they support violent struggle in Northern Ireland rather than peaceful protest as seen in India’s independence struggle. He replies with comparison to black civil rights movement in the USA. Ray Collins may be guesting on Brian Hayes show.

Contributors

Ray Collins

Keywords

Politics; Northern Ireland; Terrorism; Violence; Political parties; INLA; IRSP; Martin Luther King; Civil and political rights; Peaceful protest; Mahatma Gandhi

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