Who are the 1916 Societies?

Posted by Jim on December 18, 2015

 

 

Who are the 1916 Societies?

For more information on our campaign visit our website: www.1916societies.com

 

WE BELIEVE:

• Constitutional authority resides with the Irish people alone
• The British Government Veto on Irish Unity is without legitimacy
• Dáil Éireann should be restored as the National Parliament of All Ireland

We contend the will of the people is for change in this country – for a National Republic in line with our democratic rights. We believe our flagship ‘One Ireland One Vote’ initiative – our demand for a single-constituency All-Ireland Referendum on Irish Unity – can realise that end.

Britain’s partition of Ireland and ongoing presence in the North is based on conquest, without mandate and usurps the will of the people. External interference in the democratic process violates Irish sovereignty and should be rejected.

‘One Ireland Vote’ is a means to resolve the constitutional conflict in Ireland. It seeks to end partition, establish a Government of National Unity and rebuild the Sovereign All-Ireland Republic.

Join 1916 Societies:

Membership of 1916 Societies shall be open to any Irish or Irish-American republican regardless of race, age, gender, sexual orientation, religion or ability, with the exception of those who endorse the legitimacy of British rule and the forces of British occupation in Ireland’.r ability, with the exception of those who endorse the legitimacy of British rule and the forces of British occupation in Ireland’.

 

The 1916 Societies are an Irish Separatist Movement and believe that the Irish Republic should be a Sovereign Independent State.

The 1916 Societies are committed to fostering and promoting Irish unity as set out in the 1916 Proclamation.

The 1916 Societies believe in the right of the Irish people to national self-determination. We demand that this right is recognised in the form of a 32 county referendum on Irish Unity.

The 1916 Societies believe the proposed Referendums under the 1998 Act do not constitute National Self-Determination, and would in effect be merely an internal six County border poll. Schedule 1 of the 1998 Act gives the British Secretary of State a supreme veto over the Self-Determination of the Irish people and guarantees Unionists gerrymandering of the island of Ireland. Under this act, the British Government through the  Secretary of State, claims that they and they alone may or may not call a Referendum,  and claims the right to decide who and who will not have the right to vote, decide on the wording of the Referendum and will only call one when they are satisfied as to its outcome.

The 1916 Societies believe it is for the citizens of Ireland who have the absolute and sovereign right to decide the future of this island. It is for them and they alone, free from external impediment, to choose their own destiny.

The 1916 Societies believe National self-determination expressed through an all-Ireland referendum will give every Irish citizen the equal right to vote on the issue of the partition of Ireland and the formation of sovereign independent unitary state.

The 1916 Societies are committed to organising a campaign for Irish Unity.

The 1916 societies believe that a party political strategy will not unite Ireland. They have no intention of engaging in an electoral strategy to partitions institutions.

The 1916 societies are committed to putting the issues of the partition of Ireland and Irish unity at the top of the political agenda.

The 1916 societies are committed to honouring Ireland’s patriot dead.

The 1916 societies will work with other organisations and individuals, at home and abroad, to promote Irish unity.

The 1916 societies’ are committed at a local level to the following

To remember the patriot dead of Ireland.