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Laughter Of Our Children
Blogger, 27-year-old Jafar Alam, a Muslim, based in Toronto, posted this painting on his blog, Divine Breezes, which was inspired by ‘the genius of Banksy’, the British graffiti artist whose real identity remains a mystery. Jafar writes below the painting: ‘Inspired...
Cuban Dies on Hunger Strike
A debate has raged on many websites in relation to the death in a Cuban prison of a hunger striker on February 23rd last. Here is one example from the website of The World Association of International Studies (WAIS). JOHN HEELAN: The Cuban dissident Orlando Zapata...
3,000 Weekly Visitors
A study of the statistics to this site shows that from across the world it receives an average of 3,000 visitors per week. There were over 700 visitors last Monday, March 1st, the date in 1981 when Bobby Sands commenced his hunger strike. In the last week of 2009 we...
Rocking The Kesh
‘Belfast’ is an alternative rock band based in Bergamo, Italy, and among the songs on their new CD is one called ‘Long Kesh’. Information about the band and this song (and a live YouTube performance) can be found here. Paolo Ghidini of the band, writing about the...
History – A Great Punisher
The award winning journalist, Robert Fisk, visited Belfast over the holiday period and wrote a feature for the London ‘Independent’, making historical comparisons between the Plantation of Ulster and Israel’s dispossession of the Palestinians. His article is titled:...
Hunger Strike in India
Indian journalist, Bhaskar Roy, in an article published in ‘The Times Of India’ (11 December), writes about recent political disturbances over the creation of a separate Telangana state and how a hunger strike is being used to advance the cause of one side. References...
Ras goffa Bobby Sands
Bu Bobby Sands farw ym1981 tra'n ymprydio yng ngharchar Long Kesh yn Belfast. Ei nod oedd adennill statws gwleidyddol i'r carcharorion gweriniaethol. Serch hyn, ymddengys ei enw ar safleoedd rhedeg ar y we. Wedi chwilio ymhellach daw i glawr ei fod wedi bod yn aelod o...
“You Keep Me In Jail”
“You keep me in jail and you lock me in prison” form part of the lyrics of the Woody Guthrie song, ‘I’ve Got To Know’. The actor Tim Robbins recommended this song to the Trust which is used at the end of his brilliant political satire, ‘Bob Roberts’ (1992). Woodrow...
Premiere of ‘Hungry’
A new play about the life and death of Bobby Sands will be performed as part of the 13th annual New York International Fringe Festival. Adapted and written by George Kehoe, ‘Hungry’ blends original writing with excerpts from Bobby Sands’ prison writings. “It is an...
Nâzım Hikmet, Communist Poet
Nâzım Hikmet was once declared by the Turkish state as a traitor. But almost fifty years after his death, this year the Deputy Prime Minister Cemil Cicek announced that “Turkey is restoring the citizenship of its most famous 20th century poet Nâzım Hikmet”. Mick Hall,...
