Above: Some photographs sent on from daily life at the front. Jamie Goldrick chats to an Irish volunteer who traveled East to volunteer with the YPG in the fight against ISIS. He chats about his motivations, life in Rojava and the realities of day-to-day life on the front-lines in Syria. Can you describe your immediate surroundings right now as you type this? I’m sat on the veranda of a building … Read More
Euro In The Army Now!
Above: Irish Anti-War Movement Says No To Lisbon A poster arguing for a no vote in one of the Lisbon referendums. From William Murphy on Flickr. Every European referendum that happens in Ireland brings with it a plethora of campaigns prattling on about an EU army and neutrality. Mainstream politicians scoff at this and then apparently nothing happens. It feels very much like the boy who cried wolf. Oisin Gilmore reminds … Read More
Cherishing Chelsea And Her Stolen Secrets.
Above: A piece of street art proclaiming a hero. Photo by Timothy Krause on Flickr. The decision by the Barack Obama administration to commute the prison sentence of Chelsea Manning is something of an anomaly of late. It is the strange phenomenon of a good news headline. With Trump rising to the throne, Sean Finnan takes a look. There is a strain of mythos being written into American politics over the … Read More
What Do The People Want?
Above: Joseph Daher, author and activist who has a new work coming out on Pluto Press. Then a solidarity demonstration outside the GPO some weeks ago. Syria fills our screens and timelines with the results of sieges, Russian jets and barrel bombs leveling Aleppo and elsewhere. Meanwhile, the far-right is on the rise in many European countries, as they scapegoat those fleeing this hell . Rabble’s Shane Ragbags talks … Read More
London City Warlords.
Here’s the full image of my Trident poster which went up this morning for #StopDSEI (@SpecialPatrols) pic.twitter.com/i1PNaiIqtf — Darren Cullen (@darren_cullen) September 14, 2015 Over 300 of these went up on the #LondonUnderground this morning. #StopDSEI pic.twitter.com/Q5BV6i82Zq — Special Patrol Group (@SpecialPatrols) September 14, 2015 A pack of pranksters plastered London with prints from Bansky’s Dismaland. The group calling themselves Special Patrols targeted an notorious biennial arms fair. Strike magazine … Read More
Two Go To Shannon.
While you were stepping over vomit in Temple Bar or hiding away from the world as the Paddy’s Day vortex swept through the nation, this video of activists pulling stunts in Shannon Warport was gaining viral momentum. Their rendition of Irish Eyes Are Smiling was filmed on March 15th but didn’t last long as the boys in hi-viz descended to cut their antics short. Speaking of the incident, Dylan Tighe a musician … Read More
Spotted In Banba.
The ideal gift for the war mad junior imperialist in your life. It’s just one in a line of bombed out civilian dwellings from model makers Airfix. They sure start them young. There’s some worthy reading on the whole gendered madness of play over at the No Gender December website. Cheers to Red Eye for the photo.
Israel’s Dealings In Dodgy Diamonds.
As the Gaza death toll breaks the 1,000 mark and a full one tenth of the population find themselves homeless Fionka Gallivanti take a look at how the Israeli military benefits from the diamond trade. Your Facebook feed – like mine – is probably overflowing with shared and re-shared images of unimaginable horror: sobbing mothers, blackened bodies, cratered streets and the blank, wide-eyed stares of shell-shocked children. Maybe you join in … Read More
Ambush 2004 Video.
Remember earlier in the week we highlighted how it was a decade since anti-war protests greeted George Bush at Shannon Airport? Well, a missing video put out under the banner of Indymedia.ie at the time has just materialised online. Age had wiped the dance block, seizure of the armoured personal carriers and the trad session abusing the pigs clear from our memory. Thanks to Polly Genic for the hard drive salvaging.
Unwelcoming Bush In 2004.
Captured tanks, the pissing rain and running around fields being chased by thousands of cops. Who remembers the Ambush mobilisation against George Bush’s visit to Shannon Airport? The summer of 2004 was a heady age of protest matched with a huge state mobilisation to dampen it. Donagh Davis reminds us: Ambush: 10 years ago today. Camping on motorway islands. Car chases with the Special Branch. Waterlogged tents. Bush. War. Client states. … Read More
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