FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT:
Chicago Hunger Strike Commemoration Committee
www.wemustbeunited.com

CHICAGO, IL - March 29, 2006

The Chicago Hunger Strike Commemoration Committee
Presents a Film Screening and Discussion
on the
1981 Hunger Strike at Long Kesh Prison, Ireland

The C.H.S.C.C. continues our yearlong Commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the 1981 Hunger Strike with an educational Film Screening and Discussion on Saturday April 29th at 5:00 PM at ACME Artists Collective, Chicago. We will be screening “Some Mothers Son” (Terry George, 1996), based on the true story of the 1981 hunger strike at Long Kesh prison, Occupied North of Ireland; where ten young Irish men died in protest to be treated as Political Prisoners rather than criminals. The film focuses on the mothers of two of the hunger strikers, and their struggle to save the lives of their sons.

The film screening will be followed by an open forum discussion with personal insights, Questions and Answers taken from members of the Chicago Hunger Strike Commemoration Committee.

WHEN/WHERE

Saturday April 29th at 5:00 – 7:00 PM
ACME Art Works, 1741 N. Western Ave
773-278-7677

Coffee, tea and Red Hen baked goods on sale during event in the collective café.

For more information on the C.H.S.C.C. please visit our website at www.wemustbeunited.com or phone us at 312-560-9311 or 708-655-2078

The Chicago Hunger Strike Commemoration Committee includes members from the following Irish Republican activist organizations:

The Concerned Group for Republican Prisoners
www.cgrp.info/

The Irish Freedom Committee
www.irishfreedomcommittee.net

The Irish Republican Socialist Committees of North America
www.irsm.org/firsca/irscna/

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