Celtic Diary Monday November 19: Res 12: A Call to Arms -The Endgame

It’s boring to hear this ‘move on’ diversion every time the illegality committed by the SFA is brought up. In law, when a victim of fraud complains then, just because that fraud was sanctioned by the authorities at the time, does not make it legal. The governing body, the SFA, clearly had knowledge of the fraud and participated participated in the UEFA licence being granted in breach of the rules. No matter who was disadvantaged, a crime was committed. Where is the case to move on?
The guilty party should never have been allowed to police themselves.
Enough is enough. An open and thorough independent investigation by the police is required. Now!
If our club don’t act then we the shareholders must.
And that does not exclude others from doing so. You don’t have to be a victim to report a crime.

Great article. TAKE ACTION ON THIS CELTIC plc !

There’s no AGM agenda item related to this and the only questions that will be asked will be limited and carefully controlled by the club.

If you think differently then you’ve not being paying attention.

Caption: Una Simpson rallies the troops ahead of a siege on the Kyle files studios!

TicToc November 19, 2018 at 2:29 pm ·

Had Res12 not been adjourned and instead voted down as was Celtic’s response (the Res was unnecessary) then the game was over.

That adjournment based on limited information held in 2013 allowed matters to continue as they have until now, the adjournment gave shareholders the authority to seek answers that did not exist prior to the AGM.

It was like peeling an onion, the process was enough to make you cry but each layer removed took us to one below.

Now what exactly would you have done in 2013 to get Res12 passed?

I also think there is no “moving on” until all questions and answered, wrongdoing admitted and reform underway. I think and I’ll repeat again that this is a Scottish football issue rather than a Celtic Issue only. It certainly affected Celtic in an major way and also affected everybody else in Scottish football. For those who are trying to demonise PL and the Celtic Board alledging they were in on it – I’d wait to get the answers about who did what when before I turn on my own Board. If they were part of it then they were acting against the best interest of Celtic and they should be held accountable for that and if they weren’t involved then we owe them an apology.

Not an STH myself and nothing on official site.

I think my mate pays £600 for North Stand Upper (unrestricted) but I’ll check with him.

Obviously depends what park of the ground you are, as going by match tickets, I’d expect Main Stand to be more expensive.

Monti might be able to advise on the ones that include free prawn sandwiches. 🙂

“I dreamt i saw Joe Hill last night alive as you and me” I remember my dad singing this and telling me all about this great union man as a kid.
He was executed on this day 1915
1915: The murder of Joe Hill
The story of the death of the American trade unionist, revolutionary and popular song-writer Joe Hill, framed for murder and executed.

Don’t mourn – organise!
Joel Emmanuel Haaglund was born in Gefle, Sweden in 1882. He emigrated to the United States in 1901 and settled in California where he changed his name to Joe Hill. Converted to socialism in 1910, Hill became a member of the revolutionary rank-and-file union the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) and was one of the leaders of the San Pedro dock workers’ strike. In 1912 he was beaten up and permanently scarred during a free speech campaign in San Diego.

Hill, was also a songwriter and his socialist songs appeared in the trade union newspapers, Industrial Worker and Solidarity. After his Red Songbook was published his songs were sung on picket lines and demonstrations. Songs such as The Preacher and the Slave (the phrase “pie in the sky” originates from a lyric in this song) and Casey Jones – The Union Scab became internationally known folk songs.

When Hill’s trade union activities made him a marked man and unable to find work in California, he moved to Utah. In 1913 it is believed Hill helped to organise a successful strike at the United Construction Company. During this dispute Hill stayed with some friends in Salt Lake City. While he was there, J. B. Morrison, a former policeman, was shot dead by two masked gunmen in his grocery shop. A few weeks before the murder, Morrison had told a journalist that he had recently been threatened with a revenge attack because of an incident while he was in the police force.

On the night of the murder, 10th January, 1914, Hill visited a doctor with a bullet wound in his left lung. Hill claimed he had been shot in a quarrel over a woman. Noting that the bullet had gone clean through the body, the doctor reported Hill’s visit to the police. They already knew about Hill’s trade union activities and decided to arrest him. Hill refused to say how he got the wound. As a witness standing outside Morrison’s store claimed that he heard one of the murderers say: “Oh, God, I’m shot.” Hill was charged with the murder of Morrison.

Leaders of the Industrial Workers of the World argued that Hill had been framed as a warning to others considering trade union activity. Even William Spry, the Republican governor of Utah admitted that he wanted to use the case to “stop street speaking” and to clear the state of this “lawless elements, whether they be corrupt businessmen, IWW agitators, or whatever name they call themselves”

At Hill’s trial in Salt Lake City none of the witnesses were able to identify Hill as one of the murderers. The bullet that hit Hill was not found in the store. Nor was any of Hill’s blood. As no money was taken and one of the gunmen was heard to say: “We’ve got you now”, the defence argued that it was a revenge killing. However, Hill, who had no previous connection with Morrison, was found guilty of murder and sentenced to death.

The IWW launched a campaign to halt the execution. Wobbly (IWW member) Elizabeth Flynn visited Hill in prison and was a leading figure in the attempts to force a retrial. In July, 1915, 30,000 members of Australian IWW sent a resolution calling on Governor William Spry to free Hill. Similar resolutions were passed at trade union meetings in Britain and other European countries. Woodrow Wilson also contacted Spry and asked for a retrial. This was refused and plans were made for Hill’s execution by firing-squad on 19th November, 1915.
Joe Hill’s funeral

When he heard the news, Hill sent a message to IWW leader Bill Haywood saying: “Goodbye Bill. I die like a true blue rebel. Don’t waste any time in mourning. Organise.” He also asked Haywood to arrange his funeral: “Could you arrange to have my body hauled to the state line to be buried? I don’t want to be found dead in Utah.” Hill’s last act before his death was to write the poem, My Last Will.

An estimated 30,000 people attended Hill’s funeral The instructions left in Hill’s last poem were carried out:

And let the merry breezes blow
My dust to where some flowers grow
Perhaps some fading flower then
Would come to life and bloom again.

Hill’s ashes were put into small envelopes and on May Day, 1916, were scattered to the winds in every state of the union. This ceremony also took place in several other countries.
“Says I to Joe your 10 years dead i never died said he i never died said he.”
Give it a listen if you haven’t heard it before.
God Bless the men and women who fight for justice.

Information from the sfa regarding flags tomorrow
Flags
Fans wishing to bring flags to the match should note that only flags of the two competing nations will be permitted into the stadium.
So does that just leave the star of David and the union flag.?
Haha fuck the SFA