“Join Amnesty and take action for human rights worldwide.” Amnesty painted two murals on Northumberland Street, Belfast, one on each side of the security gates. This is the lower, CNR, one, showing the global poverty caused by natural resources extraction by large corporations (Amnesty).
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“Restore political status for republican POWs.” A CIRA banner is added above the Liam Mellows/Sınn Féın centenary board at Carnagat Road/Camlough Road.
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“The Republican Network for Unity supports all political prisoners and calls for the end of internment by remand now!”
Lecky Road, Derry
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“Internment – political suppression and state oppression, 40 years on.” “Join the 32 county sovereignty movement.” www.republicannetwork.ie, www.32csm.info, www.derry32csm.com
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“Belfast’s Irish language radio station”, “Guth nua Gaeılge”, “An Irish voice for all”, “Glór Beo Bríomhar” [An active, vigorous, voice]. Raıdıó Fáılte (Welcome Radio) broadcasts at 107.1 FM and raıdıofaılte.com.
International Wall (Visual History), Divis Street, Belfast
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“Ag fıorú [sic] na ceathrún gaeltachta”/”Delivering on the Gaeltacht quarter”. Laochra Loch Lao [Belfast Lough Warriors] is a Gaelic-games club operating through Irish. The club’s emblem is the blackbird, from the ninth-century poem: “Int én bec/ro léıc feıt/do rınn guıp/glanbuıdı:/fo-ceırd faíd/ós Loch Laíg,/lon do chraíb/charnbuıdı.” “The little bird/that whistled shrill/from the nib of/its yellow bill/a note let go/o’er Belfast Lough/a blackbird from/a yellow whin” (Ciaran Carson’s translation). With support from Forbaırt Feırste.
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“IRSP supports political prisoners human rights in Maghaberry.” The red stars in the panel on the right are held over from the previous ‘George Dubya Bush – war criminal‘ mural. The panel to the left, and the ‘plough in the stars over Long Kesh’ are new (late 2009).
Northumberland Street, Belfast
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“Make a difference, join Sınn Féın” above the Sınn Féın office on the Falls Road, with plaques to Máıre Drumm and Pat ‘Beag’ McGeown to the left and right.
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“End PSNI harassment – smash section 44!” ‘Section 44’ is a reference to the Terrorism Act of 2000, which allows police to stop and search people without “reasonable suspicion”.
Éırígí campaign banner on the Falls Road, Belfast.
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These are 2010 images of the Ballymurphy Massacre panels at the junction of the Springfield and Whiterock roads. The left-most panel, shown second, above, with information about Relatives For Justice, is new compared the early and in-progress shots from 2009. On the gable is Where’s The Joy?
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