“You write about learning from ‘peaceful Ulster’, but what about the 30 years of sectarian violence?”
I didn’t say “Ulster was peaceful”, I said that many of the peaceful (i.e. nonviolent) techniques and institutions developed by both communities PARALLEL to the armed struggle would be of great value to our communities in the years to come.
I’m not only talking about the things done in Northern Ireland since 1968, either. The whole of Irish history is full of lessons in how to survive and eventually thrive as a persecuted minority facing relentless and often genocidal violence.
We are very lucky to have such experience so close to home and so easy to learn. No one else anywhere in the white world has such a resource. Use it! If you are serious and want to see it all for yourself in person, get in touch!
