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Where Is The World?

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“Immediate expulsion of all Israeli diplomats from Éıre”. Gazans flee ahead of smiling soldiers from homes set ablaze by a tank flying the Israeli flag. This new mural on the international wall associates the current Israeli invasion of Gaza (which the Israelis call “Operation Protective Edge“) with the US/South Vietnamese attack on the village of Trang Bang during the Vietnam war by modelling itself on Nick Út’s 1972 Pulitzer prize-winning photograph for the Associated Press of villagers fleeing a napalm bombing (the photo can be seen at Wikipedia).

The mural is on the International Wall, Divis Street, west Belfast, as are the pavement stencils. “Free Gaza” is on Northumberland Street.

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Touts Will Be Shot

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Here is a gallery of graffiti from the Bogside (Meenan Square and around the Bogside Inn): “Death to Israel – God bless Hamas”, “RUC scum”, “All touts will be shot dead!”, “End loyalist marches now”, “Kill all RUC members now!”

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End Genocide In Gaza

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A Palestinian wearing a keffiyeh sheds a tear in the colours of the Palestinian flag, along with additional tears of blood, over the “genocide” in Gaza due to the long-running Israeli blockade of Gaza, forbidding movement by air and sea and controlling what enters and exits via the three (land) border-crossings, and sanctioning the Palestinian Authority (led by Hamas). The mural has perhaps been prompted more specifically by the recent Israeli airstrikes on Gaza and arrests of Palestinians in the West Bank – see the WP page on the 2014 Gaza War.

‘Free Derry Corner’ has its own Visual History page | Click here for previous Gaza entries.

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Caırde Sınn Féın

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This Caırde Sınn Féın (Fb) mural joins others in Conway Street sponsored by Australian groups. From left to right, the four are: Australian Aid For Ireland & Saoırse Melbourne | this Caırde Sınn Féın mural | AMWU mural | ETU (the Electrical Trades Union).

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Say “No” To Racism

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A new mural on the International Wall combines two current events. One is the furore surrounding the recent description of Islam as “satanic” by Belfast pastor James McConnell (Tele) (and a ‘Rally Against Racism’ to take place today (Saturday, May 31st) – Tele). The middle of the mural reads “Respect and defend our Muslim brothers + sisters – kardeslik azadi”.

The other is the death of Maya Angelou (WP), who died this past Wednesday (May 28th). Angelou is pictured in the top half of the mural, with Muhammad Ali, along with an Angelou quote: “Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the past inaccessible.”

In the bottom half appear Padraig Pearse and James Connolly and a line from the Proclamation of the Irish Republic: “Cherish all the children of the nation equally.”

Takes the place of the Miami Five.

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The Thirtieth Of January, 1972

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Above is a local interpretation of Robert Ballagh’s 1970 rendering of Goya’s The Third Of May 1808 in Glenfada Park, Derry/Doıre, site of four deaths on Bloody Sunday, 1972.

The original commemorates Spanish resistance to the forces of Napoleon (WP). For this Derry version, features from the city’s skyline – the Guildhall, St. Columb’s Cathedral, and an intact Governor Walker column – have replaced the original’s outline of Madrid, and an insignia of the Paras appears on the arm of a soldier. 

For Ballagh’s original (“1970”) version and a description and video of the launch see bloodysundaymarch.org. Here is an Eamonn McCann lecture on the political history of the Goya painting. Until recently, the piece above was adjacent to a version of Picasso’s Guernica.

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Margaretta D’Arcy

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Actor and activist Margaretta D’Arcy (here, “Margaritta” D’Arcy) was arrested in October, 2012, for climbing the perimeter of Shannon airport and standing on the runway, in protest at the use of the airport by US military planes. She was jailed – aged 79 – for nine-and-a-half weeks in 2014. (Irish Times | Journal)

The image above is a close-up of the Falls Curfew mural on the International Wall, using one of the painted “posters” that were added for Marian Price in 2012.

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