INTRODUCTION
“Ulster is not just another country. It is another planet.” — The Sun
Ireland is never out of the news for long. Open a paper, switch on a TV, and there’s bound to be some item about Ireland. And nine times out of ten, it’s about the North of Ireland or, in media-speak, “Ulster”. But few of the millions of words and images that are churned
out have attempted to tell the truth.
Beneath the media hype, there is a real conspiracy of silence about Ireland. The media, aided and encouraged by politicians, have done their best to portray the conflict in the North as a law and order problem involving a handful of crazed terrorists and a religious feud.
In the midst of all this, the British Army that patrols the streets is just a “peacekeeping” force.
All of this is a carefully engineered lie. The British state is not the upholder of justice and fair play. The Army does not exist to keep the peace.
The aim of this booklet is to expose these and other myths and to try to reveal the truth behind the lies of the media and their political controllers.
The longer we in Britain believe these lies, or just ignore Ireland in the hope that it will go away, the more we all have to lose. Ireland is not called Britain’s ‘testing ground’ for nothing. But there is another side to the story.
Repression has bred resistance...........