By Eamonn McCann
But I remember after Mickey Devine died. Reading one of those little left-wing British papers, that are sort of, I forget the name of it, on demonstrations. And it had one of those little 'lists of events' down the sides, you know? Like, a PARIS DEMONSTRATION with a little paragraph, demonstration about such and such. And SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA : DOCKERS STRIKE BROKEN UP ! and blah blah blah! In the middle of this, it said "MEXICO!", it said "Last week in Mexico, students in Mexico University gathered in thousands and stood for a minutes silence in memory of Michael Devine, the Irish Hunger striker. And it struck me that in some curious way, and there's nothing mystical about it, but WE ALL FIGHT FOR ONE ANOTHER ! And what we're involved in here, just what Mickey Devine was involved in, is no small, narrow, parochial dispute ! It's not some little sordid thing going on in a backwater ! It is part of something great ! What we've been involved in over the last 20 years has been something great and we should be proud to have been involved in it ! It's a great thing to have been part of ! It would be a great thing to see the completion of ! Long Live Michael Devine !" ----Eamon Mc Cann
