Workers Revolutionary Party
BY FRA HUGHES
‘THEY will not criminalise us, rob us of our true identity, steal our individualism, depoliticise us, churn us out as systemised, institutionalised, decent law-abiding robots. Never will they label our liberation struggle as criminal,’ Bobby Sands.
The 1980 Hunger Strike led by Brendan Hughes comprised of seven Republican male prisoners at Her Majesty’s Cellular Prison, the Maze, also known as Long Kesh Prison Camp and three female Republican prisoners at Armagh Women’s Prison ended in December 1980 after 53 days.
An agreement was reached between the protesting prisoners, the prison authorities and by extension the British Government ending the Hunger Strike. The prisoners demanding the reinstatement of Special Category Status were Republican volunteers jailed for opposing politically and militarily the British occupation of Ireland were treated as POWs, Prisoners of War.
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Chloe Fineman Is the Chameleon
Saturday Night Live Needs
As
SNL’s 46th season comes to a close, the comedian lets us in on the magic that makes her uncanny impressions so endearing.
By Andrea Cuttler and Photographs by Menelik Puryear; Styling by Sean Knight May 7, 2021 Menelik Puryear
For the season premiere of
Saturday Night Live in the fall of 2020, comedian Chloe Fineman put on a brown wig with long beachy waves, a bright floral blouse, and stretched her face into distinct, expertly crafted contortions. “I am just like you, a boho, free spirit, mommy, mother, movie star!” she exclaimed with pitch-perfect vocal fry, lovingly yet precisely skewering Drew Barrymore and her new talk show.
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Biden is spending big to expand the nation s safety net in the wake of the pandemic.
In his first 100 days, he spent $1.9 trillion and pitched another $4 trillion to assist families and create jobs. COVID has now created a stormwave of support for government, Barney Frank told Insider.
When he first stepped into the national spotlight, Joe Biden made a big gamble seeking to sweep aside the legacy of a Republican president who came to power pledging to diminish the reach of the federal government.
President Ronald Reagan was nearly done putting his imprint on national politics in the fall of 1987. He had declared government to be terrifying, and resisted social safety net expansions. There was little appetite among voters for a major tax increase once Reagan slashed them for individuals and companies across the board.