As you gather today to pay homage to all who have died for the liberation of the Irish nation and working class, on this 80th anniversary of the Easter Rising, the members of the Irish Republican Socialist Committees of North America, are with you, though we may be thousands of miles away.

We have been with you since our organization was first founded, twelve years ago, and we have never left your side. We have struggled onward with you through those bitter years when the Republican Socialist Movement fought just to survive, and remained with you, witnessing with elation the incredible revitalization of the RSM during the past year. Through the dark night and the glorious red dawn, we have kept the Starry Plough banner flying here, in tribute to the fight you have ceaselessly waged for national liberation and socialism in Ireland.

At this time, when the pain of comrade Gino Gallagher's murder is still raw, and when the bourgeois media has used the actions of a handful of pseudo-British agents to again attempt to smear the RSM with black propaganda of the most vile and distorted sort, we send greetings to affirm our unwavering support for, and commitment to, the RSM. We reaffirm our support for the IRSP as the leadership of the RSM, and as such, the leadership of the most advanced section of the Irish working class. We pledge ourselves anew to the IRSP, and subordinate ourselves to its political direction; from it alone we accept our mandate. We see in the IRSP today the continuation of the vision of Gino and of Ta, of Costello and Connolly, indeed of Marx and Engels; and we place our complete faith in their leadership.

We stand firmly with the RSM in opposition to the charade of the so called "peace process" and against those who would have us believe that Ireland can be free without the liberation of the working class -- the overwhelming majority of its people. We applaud the IRSP's efforts to engage Irish socialists, republicans, and class conscious workers from all communities in Ireland in dialogue to forge together the way forward to a 32 county Irish Workers' Republic. We whole-heartedly agree with the IRSP's willingness to talk with all segments of Irish society, while having nothing more to discuss with Britain. Most importantly for ourselves, we completely support the IRSP's refusal to accept any role for the US government in resolution of Irish affairs. The US remains the leading imperialist superpower in the world today and can in no way contribute to a solution that benefits the working class of Ireland.

We understand and support the INLA's decision to adopt a position of defense and retaliation, and salute their restraint in having held to a "no first strike strategy" for the past twenty months. But, we agree fully with their having reiterated that the working class movement has the right to maintain itself in arms, and defend itself by whatever means necessary, until a Socialist Republic has been won.

We send warm comradely greetings to the Republican Socialist Prisoners of War, who have been a source of strength to us in the darkest of times, and with whom we have forged enduring bonds of friendship and solidarity over the years. We reaffirm our commitment to increase our efforts on their behalf, and to press forward their cause, and that of the whole RSM, throughout North America. The unbending resolve of the RSPOWs in the face of daily adversity is an inspiration to us all.

We send revolutionary greetings to the other supporters of the RSM in Britain and Europe. We embrace these organizations as our sisters and brothers, with whom we share a special bond, as the RSM's representatives abroad. We look forward to renewing and building closer links in the years to come.

The members of the Irish Republican Socialist Committees of North America stand with our comrades in the RSM today, proud to declare our continuing commitment to support the RSM, and to affirm our continued solidarity.

Victory to the struggle for an Irish Workers' Republic!

Victory to the International Working Class!