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Release The Prisoners Of War Now

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Three in a row, and a wide shot, from Racecourse Road, Derry. Two for the green ribbon campaign to release republican POWs – the ribbon itself is bursting through prison gates in a blaze of sunshine – and the Slán Abhaıle mural previously seen in 1994.

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Ireland Ribbon

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Two images from the Sinn Fein [sic – Sınn Féın] office on the Falls Road, Belfast. A dove (inside a braided circle) carries a tricoloured ribbon. To the right is a list of prisoners, seen previously in 1995’s Sınn Féın Peace Action Monitor.

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UN Day For The Eradication Of Poverty

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October 17th, each year, is the United Nations’ International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. The mural shown above states that “12 of the 16 most deprived wards in Belfast are in W. Belfast”. Mural by Andrea Redmond and Margaret McCann in Dunlewey Street, Belfast, sponsored by W. Belfast Economic Forum and the Falls Women’s Centre, showing children of the world under a rainbow and between a dolmen and a ?parrot?. For close-ups see this 2015 post on Extramural Activity.

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Llibertat

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Mural of international solidarity between Catalonia (llibertat), Ireland (saoırse), the Basque country, Palestine, and Mexico. Skulls from Kenya, India, Ireland, Cambodia hang on the left. Painted by Féıle Artists along with Victor Ochoa (WP), featuring Steve Biko, Che, Máıre Drumm, Maıréad Farrell, Miram Daly (whose son Donal worked on this mural), Nelson Mandela, Leila Khaled, and Leonard Peltier. The aboriginal flag is on the chimney breast and the pots are painted in the four colours of man.

Falls Road, west Belfast

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Ireland – Catalonia

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“Not Spain, not France. Free Catalonia. Since 1714 the Catalan nation is military [sic] occupied for the Spanish and French states. Catalonia has their own culture, language, and history. Our country have [sic] more than 1000 years of history as a nation. The Catalan flag is the first European flag. Our fight flag is the “Estelada”. The white star means the freedom, and the blue triangle stands for the sky of humanity. Free Catalonia! United Ireland! El nostre dia arribarà! Tıócfaıdh [sic] ár lá. 11/8/97″

Beechmount Avenue, west Belfast

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