2004 image of the ‘UN Day For The Eradication Of Poverty’ (October 17th) mural in Dunlewey Street, Belfast, previously seen in 1998. “1/4 of W. Belfast is under 15 yrs”. “12 of 16 most deprived wards are in WB”.
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This, in 2004, is still the first version of the ‘chained’ Bobby Sands in Sevastopol Street, Belfast, originally painted on the new SF building in 2000. The image from 2001 lacks the paint-bomb.
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20th anniversary tarp on the side of the Falls Road Library, Belfast. Originally an 8 x 8 canvas, from which a 30 x 30 tarp was printed and hung in Harlem (see J0886) and this 20 x 20 version printed and brought to Belfast. For info on the faces in the corners, see the 2002 post.
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In 2004, the left-hand side of Divis Street, Belfast had yet to be painted (with Kieran Nugent) and the Palestinian V-for-victory sign led the lineup. The International Wall has its own Visual History page.
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The 2002 Leonard Peltier board is not in great shape.
Divis Street, west Belfast
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Érıu cherishes the children of all races. “Teens for justice Summer School 2004”, “Relatives for justice”. Clonard and Divis are portrayed in the background.
Divis Street, west Belfast
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This is a three-part mural condemning the US invasion of Iraq. On the left, President George W Bush is sucking on a tube of oil while pocketing a fistful of dollars, while oily bubbles with dollar signs float out of his ears. In the middle, a “British support hook” belittles the role of the UK in the “coalition of the willing”. And on the right, a Vietnam-era poster is repurposed for the current situation: a tattered stars and stripes is still flying, over a scene of death and mass destruction. The invasion began on March 20th, 2003; US troops did not leave until 2011.
Divis Street, west Belfast
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“Fuera fascistas de Castilla” (Out fascists of Castile!) The protester on the right is waving the flag of the Castilian Left, a political party working for recognition of the Castle region of Spain, roughly the north-central portion of the country, including Madrid (WP). Signed and dated “Juventades Castellanas Revolucionarias – Septiembre 2003”.
Divis Street, west Belfast
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Freedom for the Catalan Countries, Freedom for Ireland (Saoırse d’Éırınn). The ‘Catalan Countries’ include (in Spain) Catalonia, parts of Valencia, and the Balearic islands, Andorra, and (in France) the Roussillon region.
For a similar pairing (llibertat-saoırse) with portraits of international heroes, see Llibertat.
the International Wall, Divis, west Belfast
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The word “candidate” has been blanked out from this Tommy Crossan board in Divis Street, west Belfast, perhaps because he urged voters to spoil their votes rather than actually voting for him or anyone else in 2001, or perhaps because although he was not standing in 2004 (for the European Parliament), he was still in need of support in Maghaberry, where he was serving time for conspiracy to murder.
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