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dublin | rights, freedoms and repression | feature

Thursday April 29, 2004 05:03

by redjade

Every Sunday, 12 noon to 4pm - ALL are welcome to speak their mind.

A conversation with Aengus
Ó Snodaigh

TD (Sinn Feín) about the history of Temple Bar and the Irish tradition of public speaking...

Click below for more photos and comments...

On Sunday 25 April 2004, the beginning of a revival of street speaking happened at Dublin's Temple Bar Square....

Click on the MP3 icons to download and listen to the street speakers...

Richard Boyd-Barrett, of the Irish Anti-War Movement speaks about street power and the need to speak out against Ireland's complicity in the Iraq War....

Ciaron O'Reilly, of the Dublin Catholic Worker / Pitstop Ploughshares, explains Direct Action from a biblical perspective....

The Shannon Colleens, introduced by Donal O'Kelly, sing about a different kind of Direct Action that could play out at Shannon Airport....

Smith recites his poem about something (you decide)....

Green Party candidate: 'Safer, Cleaner and Happier'...

more info:FreeSpeech.Community.ie

{ photos & audio by redjade }
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