The Dark contains selected writings and talks from former Irish Republican Army volunteer political prisoner and Hunger Striker Brendan Hughes. Focusing on the time after the signing of the Good Friday Agreement this new collection amplifies a voice the political mainstream worked doggedly to silence. With incredible wit Hughes words illustrate the struggles of revolutionary life after the GFA and describe how the Agreement was never intended for his classthe working class. In addition to a carefully curated selection of Hughes own writings The Dark includes new essays from Republican veterans close to Hughes as well as two previously unpublished communications to Hughes brother Terry dating from the 1980 and 1981 Hunger Strikes graciously donated by the Hughes family.At different times of the year Brendan will be remembered for different things. But during the week of the Good Friday Agreement he is remembered for his swift distillation of what the Agreement meant. It was he who coined the phrase Got Fuck All a play on the GFA acronym. For someone who went under the moniker of The Dark he brought remarkable light to bear on situations others tried to obfuscate. The Dark has bequeathed to posterity many of his thoughts whether on the Irish Republican struggle the poor or the Palestinians. A man with faults foiblesand feet not grounded in clay.Anthony McIntyre Ph.D. Former Provisional Irish Republican Army Volunteer and Political Prisoner Writer and HistorianAnnouncing the start of the 1980 Hunger Strike in Long Kesh IRA OC Brendan Hughes stated We come in search of a 32county Socialist Republic. He called the Strike off on December 18th saving the life of Sean McKenna who had fallen into a coma. Above all else Brendan Hughes was a freedom fighter with tremendous courage. He defied the British both insde and outside the prisons. And he died brokenhearted that his struggle had been sold out so cheaply by his former comrades.ampnbspTony OHara Lifelong Republican Social