Commentary on earlier promises not to decommission: “”Not a bullet, not an ounce” – what a laugh.” Dove Gardens/Stanley’s Walk, Derry.
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What A Laugh
Area Affiliation
Celtic Venus
The symbol for female and Venus is stencilled in purple and pink on Lecky Road, Derry.
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Réalité
A little bird in Lecky Road, Derry, sings a song of “Liberté, egalité, fraternité” while concealing the “réalité”. (A copy also appeared on one of the buttresses to FDC next to Toussaint L’Overture.)
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A Revolutionary Party
“A revolutionary needs a revolutionary party. Join Ógra Shınn Féın.” A close paraphrase of Mao’s statement that “If there is to be a revolution, there must be a revolutionary party.”
Divis Street, Belfast
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SSharon
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is likened to the Nazi Schutzstaffel (SS), perhaps because of Operation Defensive Shield, a reaction to the Second Intifada involving invasions of West Bank cities, which took place under Sharon.
Divis Street, Belfast
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Let Erin Remember The Days Of Old
The old Michael Dwyer’s GAC hall on the Grosvenor Road, Belfast, is torn down, revealing a mural on the interior wall.
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Stop The Extradition Of Sean Garland
Sean Garland, long-time OIRA member and president of the Workers’ Party, was arrested in Belfast in October 2005 in connection with a USA extradition request on charges of trafficking in counterfeit dollars.
Grosvenor Road, Belfast
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Sandy Row UFF
The UFF mural in Albion Street, Belfast, seen in better health in 2005, is damaged by fire.
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The Young, The Brave, The Fearless
The Young Citizen Volunteers are the youth wing of the UVF which takes its name from the Ulster Volunteers of 1912 (see the license plate of the van). Seen previously in 2001.
Walnut Street, Donegall Pass, south Belfast
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Brigadier John McMichael
“Murdered by the enemies – 22nd December 1987. We forget him not.” The South Belfast UDA/UFF commander was killed by an IRA car bomb in 1987. In addition to organising a team of assassins in the 70s and 80s, he founded a Political Research Group and wrote two documents proposing an independent Northern Ireland.
Previously seen in 2005.
Blythe Street, Sandy Row, south Belfast
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