Allister labels Sinn Fein and Castro as Marxist brothers
03 February 2006
In connection with a debate in the European Parliament on Cuba, DUP MEP, Jim Allister, entered in the official record of the House a declaration to remind MEPs of the Sinn Fein connection to the Marxist regime, by recalling that one of the Columbia 3 had been Sinn Fein's envoy there.
Mr Allister said:
"As a society built on the imperative of Marxist domination, it is no surprise that Cuba is a bastion of repression, where dissent is crushed and freedom denied.
It is a telling insight into the totalitarian and Marxist reality, which lurks behind its democratic facade, that Sinn Fein/IRA maintains representation in Cuba. It was most notoriously exposed when in 2001 that representative, Niall Connolly, infamously organised for himself and others to train FARC guerrillas in Columbia.
The EU's abandonment of sanctions in 2005 has been an utter failure. Human rights abuses have increased, not diminished. As ever with Marxist extremists, be they Castro or Sinn Fein, they simply pocket the concessions and carry on regardless. I say, it's time we learnt the lesson and put some steel back into our stand against this hideous regime."
