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 >>
A bird's eye view of the vineyard
Alternative Copy of thesaker.is site is available Thu May 25, 2023 14:38 | Ice-Saker-V6bKu3nz
Alternative site: https://thesaker.si/saker-a... Site was created using the downloads provided Regards Herb
The Saker blog is now frozen Tue Feb 28, 2023 23:55 | The Saker
Dear friends As I have previously announced, we are now “freezing” the blog.? We are also making archives of the blog available for free download in various formats (see below).?
What do you make of the Russia and China Partnership? Tue Feb 28, 2023 16:26 | The Saker
by Mr. Allen for the Saker blog Over the last few years, we hear leaders from both Russia and China pronouncing that they have formed a relationship where there are
Moveable Feast Cafe 2023/02/27 ? Open Thread Mon Feb 27, 2023 19:00 | cafe-uploader
2023/02/27 19:00:02Welcome to the ‘Moveable Feast Cafe’. The ‘Moveable Feast’ is an open thread where readers can post wide ranging observations, articles, rants, off topic and have animate discussions of
The stage is set for Hybrid World War III Mon Feb 27, 2023 15:50 | The Saker
Pepe Escobar for the Saker blog A powerful feeling rhythms your skin and drums up your soul as you?re immersed in a long walk under persistent snow flurries, pinpointed by
The Saker >>
U.K. Faces Rising Divide and Declining Trust, Warns Report Mon Dec 09, 2024 15:00 | Richard Eldred
A new report reveals that after the Southport murders, those seeing Muslims as having "completely different" values rose from 38% to 44%, while 80% of Jews now feel less safe since the October 7th Hamas terror attack.
The post U.K. Faces Rising Divide and Declining Trust, Warns Report appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
HIV Is an Immigration Rather Than a Health Issue. Why Can?t Starmer Admit This? Mon Dec 09, 2024 13:00 | Nick Rendell
Keir Starmer's pledge to end new HIV cases by 2030 glosses over a crucial truth: it is immigration, not just health, that is driving up HIV infections in the UK, says Nick Rendell.
The post HIV Is an Immigration Rather Than a Health Issue. Why Can?t Starmer Admit This? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Newcastle United Fan Who Was Banned From Matches Over ?Gender Critical? Tweets Prepares to Sue the F... Mon Dec 09, 2024 11:02 | Richard Eldred
Banned by Newcastle United for her 'gender-critical' tweets, Linzi Smith is suing the FA, criticising their LGBTQ+ rainbow campaign as an unlawful attempt to impose political propaganda on players.
The post Newcastle United Fan Who Was Banned From Matches Over ?Gender Critical? Tweets Prepares to Sue the FA Over ?Unlawful? Rainbow Armband Campaign appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Massive Cover-up Launched by U.K. Met Office to Hide its 103 Non-Existent Temperature Measuring Stat... Mon Dec 09, 2024 09:00 | Chris Morrison
Chris Morrison, the Daily Sceptic's Environment Editor, is astonished by the Met Office's attempt to conceal the fact that many of its 'climate stations' still regularly reporting temperatures closed long ago.
The post Massive Cover-up Launched by U.K. Met Office to Hide its 103 Non-Existent Temperature Measuring Stations appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Is it a Crime to Tell the Truth? If You Live in Britain, and That Truth Will Damage ?Community Relat... Mon Dec 09, 2024 07:00 | Laurie Wastell
Laurie Wastell asks whether Derek Heggie deserves to be imprisoned for saying something undeniably true about Muslim grooming gangs.
The post Is it a Crime to Tell the Truth? If You Live in Britain, and That Truth Will Damage ?Community Relations?, the Answer Seems to be Yes appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Lockdown Skeptics >>
Voltaire, international edition
Voltaire, International Newsletter N?111 Fri Dec 06, 2024 12:25 | en
Attempted coup d'?tat in South Korea Fri Dec 06, 2024 12:17 | en
What is changing in the Middle East , by Thierry Meyssan Tue Dec 03, 2024 07:08 | en
Voltaire, International Newsletter N?110 Fri Nov 29, 2024 15:01 | en
Verbal ceasefire in Lebanon Fri Nov 29, 2024 14:52 | en
Voltaire Network >>
dublin |
anti-war / imperialism |
news report
Friday October 21, 2005 01:54
by Elaine
printable version
Digg this
del.icio.us
Furl
Reddit
Technorati
Facebook
Gab
Twitter
View Comments Titles Only
save preference
Comments (13 of 13)
Jump To Comment: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13to offer solidarity, take a turn on the banner or hand out some leaflets
June 'Jazz Hands' Kelly And Pat
Joe Black Drops By, He's The One On The Right
From Left: Damien, Crowd Of People, Colm, Garda And Mike
An Illegal War You Say, I'm Intrigued And Would Like To Subscribe To Your Pamphlet
Martha, Jon (Street Seen), Damien And Little Uisce
dogged our steps today.
Don't Look Now Thomas But I Think You Are Under Surveillance
June Tries Out Her New Ventriloquism Act
Would You Believe It, A TV Crew
Vigil Done And Dusted, And Damien Gets Filmed Putting Away The Banners
People could turn up for a while tomorrow from 4pm to 6pm to show some solidarity at the GPO Dublin for people who are facing jail for opposing the unjust Iraq 'war' (For oil) and the Irish 'Free' states complicity in such...
Maybe we could show some sort of opposition...
Maybe we could revive or remember all that anti-War feeling...
Maybe we could forget all the 'party' political sectarian politics...
Maybe we could support some people who are facing jail for doing the things we all think are right..
Maybe we could be there...
Having spent the past month between Australia and New Zealand, I have come to realise the opinion which many people hold of the Irish. We are not just seen as being great craic and alcos; but we are in fact held in high regard for being a nation of passionate intellectuals.
Over the past month I have been told on many occasions how the Irish are honest, peaceful people who stand up with great passion for what we believe in. What a crock of sh*t! I can only think think that they have commited a bushism and confused us with Iceland.
Countless illusions have been shattered once I have informed them of how we willingly standby and ignore causes such as that of The Pitstop Plowshares,Rossport and The Hill of Tara. Would our ancestors have fought so hard for our country had they known they would be handing it over to the shower of soulless, money grabbing pr*cks we have become. I for one do not think so.
So I thank Deirdre, Nuin, Karen, Damien and Ciaron for putting the conscience back in Irish society, and I can only apologise for not having the courage to stand there beside them. I wish you all the best and may true justice be restored in Ireland so that once again we can be proud to say we are Irish.
Hi Pit Stops,
All the best as you head to trial. A few of us from Ringwood Uniting Church will be at the Office of the Honourary Irish Consul in Melbourne on Monday in support.
Cheers,
Paul
Vigil for the Pit Stop Ploughshares
Monday 24th October 2005, 5pm-6pm
Office of the Honourary Irish Consul
Cnr Queen & Little Lonsdale Sts, Melbourne
On Monday 24th October Ciaron O'Reilly and the rest of the Pit Stop Ploughshares will be going to trial in Dublin.
Show your support by coming along to the vigil.
Bring signs, e.g. "No War", "Stop Australian and Irish Complicity in War", "Justice for Pit Stop Ploughshares" etc
http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=72526
It may be the Great FireWall of China, but www.peaceontrial.com doesn't seem to be a live address.
On the other hand, a quick look through Google shows up www.warontrial.com which appears to be the correct address.
Arrah lads when ye're painting the banners leave down the spliff for a half-hour and the oul' memory and the message might benefit from it!
The very very best of luck to the Pitstop Ploughshares. I can't agree with the actual action they took, as it endangered their own lives as well as may have broken laws, but believe that their hearts and their courage are most certainly in the right place.
My admiration for their courage and good intentions far exceeds my disapproval of their actions. I really hope these people are vindicated, but fear they may have cut a rod for their own backs.
I sincerely hope that I am wrong. I sincerely hope these courageous, convicted people are not convicted for their courage.
Cindy Sheehan made a return visit to the streets of New York Wednesday, joining the weekly vigil of Grandmothers Against the War outside Rockefeller Center.
( see: http://nyc.indymedia.org/en/2005/10/58737.html )
....
But Sheehan vowed to turn up the heat by returning to the front gate of the White House as soon as the death toll of American soldiers hits 2,000 (as of Tuesday it was 1,968). “I’m going to deliver a speech and then I’m going to get arrested. And when I get out I’m going to go back and get arrested,” Sheehan told the Voice.
Sheehan said she now believes lobbying and marching in the streets is no longer enough and that “nonviolent civil disobedience is the way we have to go” to end the war.
more:
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/1020-10.htm
Maybe we need Grannies at Shannon?
I know of at least one grandmother, one grandfather, and a little girl who's done some (arrestable) civil disobedience at Shannon Airport, the Aviation Authority building, or Government Buildings.
Peace on Trial website may not be alive and kicking from China but it's working fine in Ireland and regularly updated over the past weeks.
Best of Luck lads, give 'em heaven!
Article & Essay: The Costs of War at Walter Reed
By Stewart Nusbaumer
I see in the halls of Walter Reed hospital soldiers with leg braces and neck supports, soldiers with faces slashed by bombs and stitched up by doctors. Soldiers with legs terribly mangled, soldiers with no legs -- amputees with short stumps, with long stumps, without any stumps since entire limbs are missing. A man walks by without an arm. I suddenly travel back in time to another war, to another hospital when I was one of those young men without a limb. But the human carnage and waste in Walter Reed is too overwhelming to escape for more than a flash of time.
At the Army’s flagship medical facility, where thousands of wounded soldiers pass through, there is no political spin, no media filter, no presidential lies, and no patriotism without cost as there is in America. There are only the wounded and mangled from Iraq. There is the ground zero for ugly war reality. For these men and women there was no safe “Champagne Unit,” no other options, no Ivy League hiding, no just talking while others did the fighting. At Walter Reed there are not Chickenhawks.
....
In America’s shock and horror at Walter Reed there are rules. I will give you the four that I believe are most important....
read the rest...
Inside Walter Reed Army Hospital is the horrible reality of the Iraq War, a reality that few Americans see, and fewer want to see.
In an October 20 article on Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's questioning before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, The New York Times reported: "The hearing was punctuated by a heckler who called for an end to the war, only to be hustled out." But what one would not know from reading the Times' account was that the "heckler" is a former senior-level U.S. diplomat and former Army colonel. The Washington Post report on the hearing noted: 'As Rice testified, former U.S. diplomat Mary Ann Wright stood up and shouted from the audience, "Stop the killing in Iraq. You and Congress have to be responsible." Wright, a senior envoy in the U.S. embassies in Afghanistan and Mongolia, resigned in protest in 2003.'
from
http://mediamatters.org/items/200510200001
former U.S. diplomat Mary Ann Wright's
March 19, 2003 Resignation Letter...
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0303/032103wright.htm
more info about Mary Ann Wright
http://www.truthuncovered.com/interviews.php#colonelmaryannwright
viewing from 6 counties.