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TWENTY-SIX years ago, Pol Brennan was an Irish Republican Army (IRA) prisoner in the H-Blocks of Long Kesh, watching his friends die on hunger strike. Today, he is in solitary confinement in a
His story reveals a great deal about the evolving Anglo-American attitude toward the IRA wrought by the Northern Ireland Peace Process. It is also where the war on "terrorism" meets the war on immigrants in the
Pol Brennan was born in 1953 in one of the poorest neighborhoods of
Ni ọdun 1976, Brennan jẹ ẹsun pe o ni awọn ibẹjadi ati lẹsẹkẹsẹ darapọ mọ atako ibora ni ẹwọn H-Blocks ti Long Kesh. Nibi, awọn ọkunrin IRA kọ lati wọ aṣọ ẹwọn, wọn beere pe ki a mọ wọn, ni otitọ, bi awọn ẹlẹwọn oloselu. Wọ́n gbé fún ọ̀pọ̀ ọdún nínú àwọn sẹ́wọ̀n ẹ̀wọ̀n tútù, tí wọ́n bò mọ́lẹ̀ bí kò ṣe ibora.
Brennan pin sẹẹli kan pẹlu Bobby Sands, ọkunrin akọkọ ti o ku lori idasesile ebi ni ọdun 1981 fun ipo iṣelu. Bi awọn ọkunrin 10 ti ku, o padanu ọpọlọpọ awọn ọrẹ miiran. Pẹ̀lú àwọn awakùsà ilẹ̀ Gẹ̀ẹ́sì, àwọn agbábọ́ọ̀lù ebi Irish wà ní ìpakúpa ìpakúpa ìkọlù ìjọba Thatcher lórí àwọn ènìyàn tí ń ṣiṣẹ́ níbi gbogbo.
Fun alaye diẹ sii lori ọran Pol Brennan ati lati wa bi o ṣe le ṣe afihan atilẹyin rẹ, lọ si Pol Brennan Support Aaye ayelujara. Awọn alatilẹyin ti n kaakiri ẹbẹ lori ayelujara demanding that Pol not be deported from the
In 1983, two years after the hunger strike ended, Brennan was one of 38 IRA prisoners who escaped from the H-Blocks. It was the largest prison break in British history from Her Majesty’s Prison Maze, considered one of the most secure prisons in
Pol made his way to the Bay Area, where he met and married Joanna Volz, a
The British government finally withdrew its extradition request in October 2000. By that time,
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Pol, Joanna ati ọmọbirin rẹ Molly ni anfani lati gbe igbesi aye alaafia ati deede ni Ipinle Bay. Ó ṣiṣẹ́ lábẹ́ òfin gẹ́gẹ́ bí gbẹ́nàgbẹ́nà, òun gẹ́gẹ́ bí akọ̀wé òfin pẹ̀lú ọ́fíìsì agbèjà gbogbo ènìyàn. Brennan ni anfani lati ṣe itara ifẹ rẹ fun imọ-jinlẹ nipa ṣiṣe yọọda ni planetarium agbegbe. Awọn tọkọtaya gba meji whippets. Nwọn si ti a npè ni ọkan Marley, lẹhin Pol ká pẹ ore Larry Marley, awọn ayaworan ti ona abayo lati Long Kesh.
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Ṣugbọn awọn aṣoju ran orukọ Brennan nipasẹ awọn kọnputa wọn ati pe o wa pẹlu igbala 1983 lati Long Kesh. Brennan sọ pe, "Wọn ṣe bi ẹnipe wọn ti mu apanilaya al-Zarqawi, bi wọn ti npa ni ayika awọn iboju kọmputa wọn. Awọn oju kekere wọn ti nrin ni ori wọn pẹlu idunnu."
The Border Patrol agents ignored the evidence faxed to them by Brennan’s lawyer. As Brennan describes it, "They said, ‘Well, just because you have an application pending doesn’t mean you have a legal right to be in the
Pol Brennan was taken to the
Brennan was soon moved to solitary confinement, because, apparently, he was considered an escape risk since he broke out of Long Kesh 25 years earlier. It was as if they expected the IRA to invade
Loni, Pol ti wa ni titiipa ninu sẹẹli 23 wakati lojumọ. O lo awọn miiran wakati ni TV yara. O ṣe atilẹyin ara rẹ pẹlu awọn iwe ati awọn ipe foonu si aye ita. Nígbà tí ó bá tó àkókò láti lo fóònù náà, àwọn ẹ̀ṣọ́ gbé e wá sórí trolley kan, wọ́n sì gbé e lé e lọ́wọ́ láti gba ẹnu ọ̀nà ilé ẹ̀wọ̀n náà. Brennan lẹhinna ni lati mu foonu naa ni igun kan ati ki o punch ni koodu oni-nọmba 10 fun eto foonu tubu. O le ṣe awọn ipe gbigba nikan tabi lo kaadi foonu kan.
Joanna Volz has moved to
An immigration judge denied Brennan bail, saying he is a "flight risk" and "a danger to the community." The judge, who is notoriously anti-immigrant, ignored numerous letters of support from the Bay Area, including one from Brennan’s employer saying his job was being held open for him. Brennan was deemed a "flight risk" despite the fact that he had twice reported back to prison in
Bayi Brennan yoo ni lati lọ nipasẹ igbọran pro-forma ṣaaju adajọ kanna lori ohun elo ibi aabo iṣelu rẹ. Lati ibẹ, oun yoo lọ si Igbimọ Awọn ẹjọ Iṣilọ ati, ti o ba jẹ dandan, si Ile-ẹjọ Awọn ẹjọ. Oun yoo fẹrẹ wa ni ẹwọn o kere ju ni Oṣu Kẹsan.
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POL BRENNAN is collateral damage in the war on "terrorism." His 32-year-old IRA conviction and the escape from Long Kesh are keeping him from receiving a green card or
Brennan is also a victim, like many millions of others, of the
Ni bayi, ohun elo ibi aabo ti Brennan yoo fẹrẹẹ dajudaju jẹ ipinnu nipasẹ Igbimọ Awọn ẹjọ Iṣiwa. Pol ṣe apejuwe ohun ti n ṣẹlẹ si awọn aṣikiri ni ipo yii:
Ibanujẹ, eto imulo lọwọlọwọ ti ni apẹrẹ nipasẹ paranoia lẹhin-9/11, ati si diẹ ninu awọn xenophobia ti a le rii ni iru awọn iṣe bii Ofin AMẸRIKA PATRIOT ati awọn ọgọọgọrun maili ti adaṣe aala ati awọn odi bayi labẹ ikole lẹba US-Mexico ààlà.
The vast majority of detainees here are from Central and South America (
Joanna Volz ṣe akopọ ipo Pol: "Eyi jẹ iroyin atijọ nikan. Ogun naa ti pari. O to akoko ti eyi ti pari. Iṣẹlẹ Pol ti kopa ninu ṣẹlẹ 30-odd ọdun sẹyin. Ṣugbọn gbogbo eyi n tun ṣe ararẹ. O dabi iyipo. Gbogbo eniyan miiran n gbiyanju lati lọ siwaju, ṣugbọn ko ṣe deede. ”
The Irish government can certainly demand Brennan’s release and call for an end to deportations proceedings. Born in
Popular mobilization and political pressure aimed at both the
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