More Dessie Ellis “stop extradition” graffiti, this time from Central Drive, Derry. For some info, see Don’t Hand Him Over.
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Don’t Let Dessie Ellis Die
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Dessie Ellis Must Not Die
Anti-extradition graffiti in Waterloo Place, Derry. On the right-hand side are Young Socialist posters saying “No to war in the Gulf”.
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Support Dessie Ellis
“Support Dessie Ellis” and “Ask about Dessie Ellis – No extradition” graffiti in Westland Street, Derry, at the centre of the stencils seen in Dionysia.
For basic info on Ellis, see Don’t Hand Him Over.
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Vol. Joe Doherty
This 1990 image of the Vol. Joe Doherty mural on the New Lodge Road (by Mo Chara and “New Lodge Republican Youth”), Belfast includes the message on the side-wall comparing the revolution in Ireland to the revolution in the United States: “Would the US Att. General Edwin Meese have deported George Washington? Don’t handover Joe Doherty to British warlords!”
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Stop Extradition
1990 image of Stop Extradition. “No justice for Irish people in British courts – stop extradition.” Ballycolman, Strabane
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Dionysia
Nancy Spero’s Notes In Time Part II comprises stencils of women from the troubles alongside poems such as Linda Anderson’s Gang-Bang, Ulster Style (about the murder of Ann Ogilby in 1974), and Roisin Cowman’s Dionysia. For history and discussion of the piece, see McGee (1993), Impact And The Visual Arts – Derry 1992 at NCAD.
For a wide shot, see Support Dessie Ellis.
Westland Street, Bogside, Derry.
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Remember The Prisoners
Remember The Prisoners modified in 1990 to read “At Christmas remember the prisoners.” Ballycolman, Strabane.
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Save Dessie Ellis From British Justice
The Union Flag forms a noose around the neck of Dessie Ellis, shown here as being on “hunger-strike day 13” (he would eventually go 35 days before being extradited from the Republic to Britain). See also Support Dessie Ellis and Don’t Hand Him Over.
Lecky Road, Derry
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Ask About Dessie Ellis!
Graffiti in Guildhall Street, Derry, protesting the extradition of Dessie Ellis. See also Support Dessie Ellis and Don’t Hand Him Over.
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Free Dessie Ellis
“Free Dessie Ellis. Stop extradition.” For more on the Ellis extradition, see Support Dessie Ellis and Don’t Hand Him Over.
Racecourse Road, Derry.
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