Ireland: Militant Protests and Blockades Against British Loyalist Marches in Ireland
Featured image: Blockades of Garvaghy Road being carried out by thousands of republicans. Source: BBC
In recent weeks, struggle has been waged by Irish republicans against the Orange British loyalist parade in Portadown, and the imposition from the State of routing the parade through Garvaghy Road, a street of historical significance and the center of struggle against the British occupation of Ireland.
After several years of popular struggle waged by the residents of Garvaghy Road against the loyalists, Since 1997, the Orange Order’s march was barred from routing its march through the neighborhood, until this year.
This year, the court order was overturned, allowing the Orange Order to march once again through Garvaghy Road. However, the residents, progressive organizations as well as republicans, including Anti-imperialist Action (AIA) traveling from all over Ireland, mobilizing in the thousands, blockaded the roads, and barred the loyalists from stepping foot in the neighborhood.
As the blockades of Garvaghy Road took place, supporting struggles were also being waged in Derry, where republican youth confronted the police by throwing petrol bombs.
The Irish Republican Prisoners Welfare Association (IRPWA) issued a statement from republican prisoners of the Maghaberry, Portlaoise and Hydebank prisons, offering their solidarity to the thousands of republicans standing their ground on Garvaghy Road.
You can read their statement here:
