Tuesday, November 13, 2012

BBC News - Life as a protesting republican prisoner in Maghaberry

This is a BBC report and interview with a recently released republican prisoner who talks about the use of frequent degrading strip-searches to humiliate and dehumanize prisoners at Maghaberry Prison in N. Ireland.

BBC News - Life as a protesting republican prisoner in Maghaberry

The Arrest of former Provo commander Padraig Wilson: Some Thoughts, Some Questions. | ORGANIZED RAGE

Late last year, at an International Community Artists Network conference held in Belfast, Ed Moloney told of the attempt by the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) to obtain access to sequestered  tapes he and Anthony McIntyre had garnered during an oral history project at Boston University. Now, this PSNI request will be decided in a case that is headed to the US Supreme Court for adjudication.

In the attached link, Moloney discusses some of the potential ramifications if the Supreme Court rules in favor of turning over these tapes to the PSNI.

The Arrest of former Provo commander Padraig Wilson: Some Thoughts, Some Questions. | ORGANIZED RAGE

Irish Republican prisoners protesting in Maghaberry Prison: Have the British government not learned a thing from the bloody past. | ORGANIZED RAGE

I must admit I have lost sight of what has been happening to Irish republican prisoners in Maghaberry Prison (with the exception of Marion Price and her deteriorating health). Now, with the killing of a guard at this prison, I have gone on the internet to become informed. This is one of several articles I've located to which, as I find them, I will add more.

Irish Republican prisoners protesting in Maghaberry Prison: Have the British government not learned a thing from the bloody past. | ORGANIZED RAGE

Saturday, November 03, 2012

Sunday, May 13, 2012

Tomgram: Ernest Callenbach, Last Words to an America in Decline | TomDispatch

Tomgram: Ernest Callenbach, Last Words to an America in Decline | TomDispatch

As I move toward my 80th year, I find the words of Ernest Callenbach in the above article as wisdom gems that need to be shared. And I like the idea of a West Coast Country consisting of CA, OR and WA to have great merit. Especially, as I now contemplate moving back to the CA Bay Area from the emerald jewel of the Inishowen Peninsula in Ireland.

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Web of Debt - Chapter 1

Web of Debt - Chapter 1 by Elaine Brown

Regarding The Wizard of Oz as a populist metaphor.