North Korea Increases Aid to Russia, Mos... Tue Nov 19, 2024 12:29 | Marko Marjanovi?
Trump Assembles a War Cabinet Sat Nov 16, 2024 10:29 | Marko Marjanovi?
Slavgrinder Ramps Up Into Overdrive Tue Nov 12, 2024 10:29 | Marko Marjanovi?
?Existential? Culling to Continue on Com... Mon Nov 11, 2024 10:28 | Marko Marjanovi?
US to Deploy Military Contractors to Ukr... Sun Nov 10, 2024 02:37 | Field Empty
Anti-Empire >>
Indymedia Ireland is a volunteer-run non-commercial open publishing website for local and international news, opinion & analysis, press releases and events. Its main objective is to enable the public to participate in reporting and analysis of the news and other important events and aspects of our daily lives and thereby give a voice to people.
The Golden Haro Fri Oct 31, 2025 12:39 | Paul Ryan
Top Scientists Confirm Covid Shots Cause Heart Attacks in Children Sun Oct 05, 2025 21:31 | imc
Fraud and mismanagement at University College Cork Thu Aug 28, 2025 19:30 | Calli Morganite
Deliberate Design Flaw In ChatGPT-5 Sun Aug 17, 2025 09:04 | Mind Agent
AI Reach: Gemini Reasoning Question of God Sat Aug 02, 2025 21:00 | Mind Agent
Human Rights in Ireland >>
The National Police Chiefs? Council Should Abandon its Efforts to Salvage Non-Crime Fri Oct 31, 2025 17:00 | Paul Birch
The Metropolitan Police may be ditching Non-Crime Hate Incidents but the National Police Chiefs' Council didn't get the memo. It's released a report trying to salvage non-crime, but it shouldn't bother, says Paul Birch.
The post The National Police Chiefs’ Council Should Abandon its Efforts to Salvage Non-Crime appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Just Stop Oil Activists Who Covered Stonehenge in Orange Powder Are Cleared of Criminal Damage Becau... Fri Oct 31, 2025 15:00 | Will Jones
Three Just Stop Oil activists who sprayed Stonehenge with orange powder using fire extinguishers?have been found not guilty of criminal damage and causing a public nuisance after citing their 'human rights' to protest.
The post Just Stop Oil Activists Who Covered Stonehenge in Orange Powder Are Cleared of Criminal Damage Because ‘Human Rights’ appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
J.K. Rowling Leads Backlash Against Glamour Magazine After Nine Male Trans Activists are Named ?Wome... Fri Oct 31, 2025 13:42 | Will Jones
J.K. Rowling has led the backlash against Glamour Magazine after the publication named nine male trans activists its "Women of the Year", including one who called the Suffragettes "white supremacists".
The post J.K. Rowling Leads Backlash Against Glamour Magazine After Nine Male Trans Activists are Named “Women of the Year” appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Labour Abandons Disability Benefit Cuts Ahead of Budget Tax Hikes Fri Oct 31, 2025 11:18 | Will Jones
Labour has abandoned urgently needed welfare cuts as it admits that its review of disability benefits will not recommend reducing spending, despite a spiralling welfare bill and further tax hikes expected in the Budget.
The post Labour Abandons Disability Benefit Cuts Ahead of Budget Tax Hikes appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Is Trump Embracing Europe?s Energy Suicide? Fri Oct 31, 2025 09:00 | Tilak Doshi
Is Trump embracing Europe's energy suicide? His imposition of Russian oil sanctions is a rejection of his earlier energy pragmatism and a shift to imitating the failed moralistic policies of Europe, says Tilak Doshi.
The post Is Trump Embracing Europe’s Energy Suicide? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Lockdown Skeptics >>
Voltaire, international edition
Will intergovernmental institutions withstand the end of the "American Empire"?,... Sat Apr 05, 2025 07:15 | en
Voltaire, International Newsletter N?127 Sat Apr 05, 2025 06:38 | en
Disintegration of Western democracy begins in France Sat Apr 05, 2025 06:00 | en
Voltaire, International Newsletter N?126 Fri Mar 28, 2025 11:39 | en
The International Conference on Combating Anti-Semitism by Amichai Chikli and Na... Fri Mar 28, 2025 11:31 | en
Voltaire Network >>
antrim |
anti-war / imperialism |
press release
Monday October 27, 2008 17:52
by Maire - Ógra Shinn Féin
osfnational at yahoo dot ie
printable version
Digg this
del.icio.us
Furl
Reddit
Technorati
Facebook
Gab
Twitter
View Comments Titles Only
save preference
Comments (10 of 10)
Jump To Comment: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10The brutalising tactics of the British Army received a little public attention recently in the matter of the unexplained deaths of young recruits at Deep Cut Barracks. This is now being washed under a tide of jingoism over 'our boys'. Young, under-educated people are tempted by British Army offers of training & adventure & even of doing good in benighted or war-torn countries, but soon find they have to fall in with the group mentality. A few people with violent tendencies love the idea of using a gun with approval, but the majority are unknowingly tools of the British (& lately, American) Government. Some ex-soldiers have come to realise the deadly charades they were sent to play. I can't hate anyone simply for wearing a British uniform.
all the brit gov wants is more and more war to keep their arms industry going and to create jobs for asbo youths, the saddest thing about the kids wearing the uniform is they can't even have any honour like thier grandads-when tommies in 1st and 2nd world war were asked why they did it they all said the same thing-for the women back home-wives,girfriends,Mothers-now when interviewed all the boys in afganistan say they do it for each other! pathetic! I almost feel sorry for them.
How can SF present this as an anti-war protest when they their leaders met with George Bush in belfast just after the 2003 invasion began and have met him on several occasions since? Why not boycott meetings with Tony Blair they man who sent these troops into battle? This is just an excercise in trying to keep people happy while SF administer British rule and its even more cynical because kids are going to get their heads burst in senseless sectarian rioting on Sunday.
Ógra SF have produced a fine quality film here in promoting their demo, a very slick production and v professional approach to campaigns.
Great to see opposition to these war criminals, they can't even get a parade in their own country.
Will Gerry Adams not be taking part in the protest? Apparently he is speaking in Sligo at SFs Euro North West selection convention. So presumably that also means that SF activists from all those counties, Donegal, Cavan, Monaghan, Sligo, Leitrim, Roscommon, Mayo, Galway, Clare, Longford and Westmeath, will also not be taking part in this protest.
Surely the convention could have been have being put back to another date? Which is more important?
Just wondering how Mark Thompson plans to be in two places at once,a mate of mine told me that he was speaking at the eirigi protest
It is a bit stupid having two protests.
where the hell is the Irish Anti War Movement in all of this. This is the biggest display of war on the island and there is not a murmer out of them. Do they like to take the easy option. I am genuinely concerned. if there is anyone out there who knows their position or why they arent mobilisin please post it here.
Now Assembling @ Dunville Park 10.30am and departing along the Grosvenor Road to the city centre to confront the RIR March.
http://www.sinnfein.ie/news/detail/35962
The Ulster Star reported yesterday that the Mayor, of Lisburn ,Ronnie Crawford, has been trying unsuccessfully to get his town to hold a homecoming parade for troops . Perhaps if the issue had involved Lisbon rather than Lisburn the IAWM might have been able to work up some interest.
The front page of the IAWM's website currently has an article about an anti-war march which took place in Manchester a month ago and an article reprinted from the New York Times about the stock market crash -the NYT article doesn't make any association at all between financial crises and war. It seems perverse that the IAWM isn't publicising or mobilizing for the Belfast march . I suspect that the leadership of the organization is still too dominated by the SWP which doesn't want to give too much prominence to demos that have been organized by republicans .