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Death Row Prisoners Inspired
Denis O’Hearn, author of the biography on Bobby Sands, Nothing But An Unfinished Song, is Professor of Sociology at Binghamton University, USA, and has been involved in campaigning for the rights of death sentenced prisoners in US Supermax Prisons. He has sent us this...
San Diego Next Sunday
Last Sunday by visiting his grave, by commenting on social media such as Facebook and Twitter, many people marked the 60th anniversary of the birth of Bobby Sands. In the run-up to Bobby's anniversary he and his fellow hunger strikers were recalled at events in...
Christy Remembers Bobby
"Today marks the 60th birthday of Bobby Sands. His name we'll always remember, his sacrifice we'll never forget. Today, I think of his parents and his siblings, his son Gerard and his grandchildren. I remember too his comrades, all of whom held Bobby in such high...
Born Sixty Years Ago
Sixty years ago next Sunday, 9th March, Bobby Sands was born in Rathcoole on the outskirts of North Belfast. Bobby died on hunger strike on 5th May, 1981, at the age of 27, followed by nine more comrades: Francis Hughes, Raymond McCreesh, Patsy O’Hara, Joe McDonnell,...
Belfast Mural Guide by Ex-POW
Former republican POW and blanket man Rab Kerr has just issued a pocket-sized new guide to Belfast murals as a follow up to his 2008 book, ‘Republican Belfast: A Political Tourist’s Guide. "The book," says Kerr, "is aimed primarily at tourists coming to Belfast and is...
Mandela & Sands
RT (Russia Today), the international multilingual Russian-based television network carries a feature by writer and commentator John Wight comparing Bobby Sands and Nelson Mandela. The feature can be read here. RT has a worldwide audience of 630 million people in more...
Victory After 44 Day Hunger Strike
The six Singhs whose release Gurbaksh Singh Khalsa demanded have been released and Bhai Sahib Gurbaksh Singh Khalsa has ended has hunger strike after 44 days. This news has been sent to the Bobby Sands Trust by Inderjeet Kaur in a statement which said: "He is still...
Gurbaksh Singh Khalsa
Gurbaksh Singh Khalsa, a Sikh, has been on hunger strike since November 14, in Mohali, protesting against India's refusal to release six Sikh Political Prisoners that have served their terms, but remain imprisoned for political purposes. Campaigners and supporters...
THE ESCAPE!
Veteran republican Gerry O’Hare reviews the recently published book, The Escape, by Gerry Kelly, the Sinn Fein MLA for North Belfast and former hunger striker who was force-fed for over 200 days in British prisons in 1973 and 1974 after receiving two life sentences...
Another Prize for Bobby’s Diary
An Italian translation of ‘The Diary of Bobby Sands’, Il diario di Bobby Sands. Storia di un ragazzo irlandese, by Silvia Calamati, Laurence McKeown and Denis O'Hearn has won yet another prize, this time in Cassino, Italy, on October 19th last. Young students made up...
