A Palestinian tear is shed for the West Bank and Gaza Strip. A copy of this stencil appeared in Beechmount Avenue; this one is in Iveagh Parade, Belfast. (Another appeared in Divis Street.)
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In Basque: “Euskai eta irlandur gazteria etorkizunagatik borrokan” (“Basque and Irish youth are fighting for the future”). “Éılíonn óıge na mBascach agaus na hÉıreann saoırse agus sóısıalachas”(“Basque and Irish youth demand freedom and socialism”).
Segi (“follow”) is a proscribed organisation in the EU on account of its ties with ETA (Euskadi Ta Askatasuna). It maintains fraternal ties with the youth wing of Sınn Féın.
Andersonstown Road, Belfast
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“Free Palestine – boycott Israeli goods.” A eye in Palestinian colours sheds a tear containing a map of the occupied territories. (somewhere on)
Beechmount Avenue, west Belfast
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816 prisoners in 18 Turkish jails went on hunger strike in protest at conditions in “F-type” prisons in late 2000. 122 people died, both inside and outside the prisons, in connection with the protest (WP).
Previously: F-Block Martyrs | Zehra Kulaksiz
Divis Street, west Belfast
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“We declare our right on this Earth to be a human being, to be respected as a human being, to be given the rights of a human being, in this society, on this Earth, in this day, which we intend to bring into existence by any means necessary.” The quote comes from Malcolm X’s speech at the founding of the Organization For Afro-American Unity, in which the phrase “by any means necessary” is used repeatedly. “Malcolm X: Inter-national. By Mike Alewitz/Labor Art & Mural project, USA. Special thanks to: Sean Colligan, Bill R, Mickey Doc, Danny Devenny & Radical Artists, Ardoyne Fleadh Comm.”
Ardoyne Avenue, north Belfast
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Londoner Stephen Lawrence was murdered by stabbing in 1993 and, although arrests were made, no charges were brought. A 1998 public inquiry found that the Metropolitan Police Service was “institutionally racist”. In 2012, two of the original suspects were found guilty of the murder (WP). Catholic Robert Hamill was beaten to death by loyalists in Portadown in 1997 while police in an RUC land-rover looked on (WP).
The same board (in slightly different colours) appeared in Artana Street, south Belfast.
Brompton Park, Ardoyne, north Belfast
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The Holy Cross dispute of 2001 (WP) is compared to desegregation in the southern United States in the wake of Brown v. Board Of Education in 1957 (WP). The left panel is a rendition of an iconic image of Hazel Bryan hectoring Elizabeth Eckford, one of the Little Rock Nine (WP), in Little Rock, Arkansas. The orange sweaters of the central children echo that of the child in the red coat in the (almost entirely black-and-white) Steven Spielberg movie Schindler’s List. “Everyone has the right to live free from sectarian harassment.”
Estoril Park, Ardoyne, north Belfast
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“Palestine Ireland Solidarity”. Ariel Sharon is described as a “Terrorist – indicted for war crimes” while Yasser Arafat is a “Peacemaker – a life devoted to conflict resolution”. A dove of peace is bleeding from Star of David bullets. On top of Disband The RUC in Cromac Street, Markets, south Belfast.
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“Palestine … the largest concentration camp in the world!!! 3.3 million innocent people tortured, denied their freedom!” Flanked on each side by a hand giving the V-for-Victory sign, on Palestinian and Irish flags.
Divis Street, west Belfast
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“Wani waci yelo ate omakiyayo” is the opening line of a Lakota healing song (here is a version from Robbie Robertson‘s album Contact From The Underworld Of Redboy) meaning “I am praying because I want to live”. The supplicant in this case is Leonard Peltier, who was convicted of killing two FBI agents on the Pine Ridge Reservation in 1975 and sentenced to two life-sentences (WP). “Saoırse do Peltier” = “Freedom for Peltier”. “Sign up on line http://www.LeonardPeltierDefenseCommittee”.
Divis Street, west Belfast
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