“Nor meekly serve my time. Ex-prisoner’s day – Lá na nIarchımí. Friday 9th August. Photographic Exhibition, Discussions, 1-3 pm, Family Fun Day. Our revenge will be the laughter of our children.”
At the Felons Club, Falls Road, Andersonstown, Belfast. The painted board above the tarp can be seen in The Birth Of The Irish Republic.
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“No blacks, no Irish, no dogs, no POWs – sponsored by SDLP/TUV [Traditional Unionist Voice]”. The reference of this board in Turf Lodge is a June motion in the NI Assembly to bar anyone convicted of a serious offence from serving as a ministerial adviser (the trigger case being Mary McArdle). Passage of the bill was secured with SDLP support of the motion.
Springfield Road, Belfast
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“RIP Óglach Alan Ryan murdered by drug dealing scum.” For background, see this BBC article.
New Lodge flats, north Belfast
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“The Coalisland – Dungannon Civil Rights March left this point on 24th August 1968. This was the first march in the historic and momentous campaign to establish Civil Rights in the north of Ireland. Marchers were forcefully prevented by the RUC from entering Dungannon Square. This stone, erected on the fortieth anniversary, pays tribute to the courage and strength of those who carried forward the coming Civil Rights campaign – the marchers and stewards who stood against State and RUC threat and intimidation in August 1968 and the following years of struggle. 1968 Civil Rights Commemoration 2008.”
30-second RTÉ clip of the notice forbidding entry to Dungannon Square being served | An Phoblacht retrospective
2018 Irish Times article on the 50th anniversary of the march
Barrack Street, Coalisland.
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The G8 – meeting in Enniskillen next week – have the Earth in a vice and are making its children poor on a diet of “Arms trade, care home closures, bedroom tax, waste incineration, climate change, austerity.” Free Derry Collective
On the rear of Free Derry Corner from the “Free Derry Collective” (who were behind a 2010 board and event marking the centenary of James Connolly’s return to Ireland).
See also: preparations in the host city: G8 Cover-Up | protest on Slıabh Dubh, Belfast: The Usual Suspects.
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“Derry Antifa in the area – Frıth-Faısısteach Dhoıre”. Board on the rear of Free Derry Corner.
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“1 in every 4 women will experience violence in their lifetime – stop domestic, sexual & state violence.” Campaign of unknown origin on the rear of Free Derry Corner.
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Margaret Thatcher, former UK Prime Minister, died on April 8th. The paste-up on Free Derry Corner – “Let’s bury greed with her” – gives the impression that her primary legacy was neo-liberalism but the more visceral reactions – “Burn in hell” and “Your death made my day” – are inspired by her stance towards the hunger strikers in 1980 and ’81.
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“End sectarianism – it hasn’t gone away. Bring down the walls.” Workers Party (web) stencil on Northumberland Street, Belfast. “It hasn’t gone away” echoes Gerry Adams’s remark (Sunday 13 August, 1995) that the IRA “haven’t gone away”.
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The sixteen-year old Sınn Féın Trade Union Dept mural has been replaced (though the plaque remains in the top right-hand corner) with another mural featuring James Connolly but with a new quote, from his 1907 poem: “Our demands most moderate are/We only want the earth.” The Irish Worker headline reads “Belfast ITGWU organiser Connolly gets 905 votes municipal elections”, referring to the municipal elections of 1913 – Connolly stood in the Dock Ward (SIPTU).
Rockmount Street, Belfast
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