'To be a student and not a revolutionary is a contradiction!'

national | miscellaneous | press release Sunday September 02, 2007 17:15 by Radical Student - Ógra Shinn Féin oisindolan at gmail dot com 00353879153106

Oisin Dolan
College Co-ordinator
Ógra Shinn Féin

To succeed in our goals and achieve the Republic we must build a mass movement and a party of thousands of young, dedicated, educated and radical activists who campaign for social and economic justice, and Irish unity on a daily basis. The need to build the party in membership and structure is one that is constant and undeniable.

'To be a student and not a revolutionary is a contradiction.' -- Salvador Allende

With this in mind Ógra Shinn Féin will be setting up cumainn in more colleges this Autumn than ever before. This year we aim to have a republican presence in over 30 colleges and IT's across the country but in the years to come it will be possible to have a presence at every higher learning institute of note. This is our goal and we are strongly focused on achieving it.

Ógra will be campaigning throughout the year on issues which are relevant to young people and students including road safety, housing, educational resources, campus censorship and college fees. We seek to create a real political alternative to the snobbery and negativity of youth politics and stand as a strong voice for irish youth.

This is a massive task and Ógra will need your help make our plans a success and organise for freshers events. Ógra calls on all local party structures to aid them in the development of Sinn Féin and the republican ethos in colleges across Ireland, we also ask high profile members of the the party to lend their support to our efforts.

If you are interested in helping Ógra organise for college freshers starting next week, or would be interested in joining a College cumann please contact us at oisindolan@gmail.com or 003538795106.