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He was back in\u003cbr\u003eprison when the historic IRA ceasefire was called in August 1994 and after his release\u003cbr\u003ebecame a full-time writer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn vivid, tender, thought-provoking pieces, in prose of wry humour and others candid,\u003cbr\u003ebordering on anger and indignation, Danny Morrison celebrates the indomitable human spirit\u003cbr\u003ethat sustains us through our darkest moments. 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This new memoir covers his time in the H-Blocks for the period 1981–1992.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this frank, revealing and deeply personal memoir, McKeown leads us through the development of the many prison struggles that followed the hunger strikes and the deaths of ten of his comrades.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst came the mass escape of 1983. This was followed by years of a relentless war of attrition against the prison authorities. Deploying new strategies and tactics, coupled with a revolutionary mindset and politic, the republican prisoners built upon victory after victory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe author speaks candidly and movingly, especially when recalling relationships with his mother and father, and how he had to come to terms with their deaths while imprisoned.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is not just a story of prison struggle; it is a story of a communal life lived, a coming to terms with material conditions so as to better challenge those conditions. It is a story of flowers growing up through concrete.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContents: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements; Glossary; Foreword by Prof Phil Scraton; Preface; Prologue; 1. The Hunger Strike Ends; 2. Moving Forward; 3. The Campaign for Segregation; 4. The Issue of Prison Work; 5. My Mother; 6. The Mass Escape of 1983; 7. Aftermath of the Escape; 8. Political Education and Organisation; 9. Communes; 10. 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They were eventually released under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMartina immersed herself in politics, becoming a Sinn Féin Junior Minister at Stormont. She was twice elected to the European Parliament and for three years chaired the Parliament’s Delegation for Relations with Palestine. She is now Co-ordinator of Sinn Féin’s Training and Political Development Unit. 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