THE JACKETS GREEN Part 1

THE JACKETS GREEN "What are you fighting for?"
Armed simply with this question, Arthur Mac Caig goes to Northern Ireland to confront Irish Republicans. The result is an inside look at the ghettos of Belfast.
The first image is of a young man marching through the city streets. He is 20 years old, but very much a child. His face belies enormous tension, as does the tight grip on his rifle. His teeth are clenched in fear. Rita O'Hare, director of "Republican News," a nationalist weekly, was severely wounded by British soldiers. Later imprisoned for 3 years, she now lives in exile in the South of Ireland. Then there is Brendan Hughes, former IRA leader, who has spent 13 years in prison, conducted a 53 day hunger strike, and been tortured on several occasions. He says, "In the beginning when a soldier or a policeman had been killed, I was happy. But now I feel sadness. I don't wish the death of anyone, but here the only reality is war."
THE JACKETS GREEN calls no one to arms, but offers simple portraits of a few men and women most often represented as fanatical zealots. As they speak candidly about their cause, it becomes difficult to continue branding them as "terrorists."

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• ARMY

[yingyangsang1]

Fuck the corrupt brit army and secterain RUC.

Up the PIRA

[phoenix1916]

Thanks for this its brilliant!

[armymanjames1]

@Hunnterrr7 actually the americans supplied them with guns ammo training and funds they helped us out alot so they have reasons to learn and document what happens here.

[johnserky]

Anyya Brit fucks pokin at the Irish sayin ya need to kill us, ya obviously can't imagine what the fuck yer talkin bout if u say that to any real Irishman they'll rip ya fuckin ugly heads off and shovem up ya queenies ass. No let me heir ya big tuff comments bitches

[RedHandLad]

@yingyangsang1 The Catholics welcomed the British Army in 1970 , thats a fact.

[Hunnterrr7]

what i dont understand is that why da fck do americans talk about this? it has fck all to do with them. its between northern ireland and england and only them fs.

[maddoxhell]

@mrbroadsword1 You mean like the way the British did when the IRA ran them out of Ireland

[classicrange760]

Anyone who thinks "the fight" in Northern ireland has been about unity in the last fourty years is smoking some of the drugs that it has really become about. Black market fuel, alchol, music, movies, ciggerettes and anything else that can earn them money. Its nothing more than gangland crap get over the religous argument!!

[angrynhpatriot]

@megaslushee here,here

[mrbroadsword1]

I R A = I RUN AWAY

[loveisEV0L]

oo a up the ra

[cuskey1]

THERE IS WRONG SPECH IN THIS SORRY THE REAL IRA WAS NOT PART OF SINN FEIN