Kudos to Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign

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Full List of Signatories (511)
Last Updated – 5th September 2014

Astrid Adler – Visual Artist, musician, mime artist
John Arden († March 2012) – Playwright, novelist
Siobhán Armstrong – Musician
Derek Ball – Composer
Robert Ballagh – Visual artist
Margo Banks – Painter
Cormac Begley – Musician
Liam Bradley – Musician
Diarmuid Breatnach – Musician, poet
Cormac Breatnach – Musician
Cecily Brennan – Artist
Ronan Browne – Musician
Conor Byrne – Musician
Roisin Byrne – Visual artist
Séamas Cain – Poet, performance artist
Moya Cannon – Poet
Liam Carson – Scríbhneoir
Clare Cashman – Visual artist
Rhona Clarke – Composer
Siobhán Cleary – Composer
Mickey Coleman – Singer/songwriter
Joe Comerford – Filmmaker
Michael Connerty – Musician (Moutpiece)
Neilí Conroy – Actor
Dorothy Cross – Sculptor
Charles Cullen – Visual artist
Michael Cullen – Painter
Cindy Cummings – Dance artist
Sinéad Cusack – Actor
Margaretta Darcy – Author and playwright
John F. Deane – Writer
Raymond Deane – Composer
Seamus Deane – Author
Renate DeBrun – Painter and printmaker
Damien Dempsey – Singer
Tim Dennehy – Singer/songwriter
Eoin Dillon – Ceoltóir (Kíla)
Keith Donald – Musician
Philip Donnery – Musician
Gráinne Dowling – Visual artist
Kevin Doyle – Writer
Robert Doyle – Musician
Roger Doyle – Composer
Felim Egan – Visual artist
Martin A. Egan – Musician
Naisrín Elsafty – Singer
Róisín Elsafty – Singer
Zahrah Elsafty – Singer
Elaine Feeney – Poet
Stephen Gardner – Composer
Anthony Glavin – Novelist and short story writer
Dearbhla Glynn – Filmmaker
Johnny Gogan – Filmmaker
Carmel Gunning – Musician
Marie Hanlon – Visual artist
Robbie Harris – Musician
Paul Hayes – Composer
Graham Henderson – Musician
Donogh Hennessy – Musician
Rita Ann Higgins – Poet
Michael Holohan – Composer
Andy Irvine – Musician
Ryan Johnson – Musician
Fergus Johnston – Composer
Fred Johnston – Poet
Trevor Joyce – Poet
Bernadette Kiely – Painter
Brian King – Sculptor
Vincent Kennedy – Composer
Trevor Knight – Music/theatre
Conor Kostick – Novelist
Gavin Kostick – Playwright
Dave Lordan – Poet
Donal Lunny –Musician
Pól MacAdaim – Singer/songwriter
Iarla Mac Aodha Bhuí – Scríbhneoir
Mickey MacConnell – Singer/songwriter
Tony Mac Mahon – Musician
Lorcán Mac Mathúna – Singer
Alice Maher – Visual Artist
Brenda Malloy – Musician
Jimmy McCarthy – Singer/songwriter
Martin McElhinney – Musician (Coldwar)
Paul Nash – Musician (Coldwar)
Trevor McLave – (Coldwar)
Joe McGowan – Author
Jackie McKenna – Sculptor
John McLachlan – Composer
Joleen McLaughlin – Musician (Henry Sisters)
Karen McLaughlin – Musician (Henry Sisters)
Lorna McLaughlin – Musician (Henry Sisters)
Tina Mc Laughlin- Singer/songwriter
Eoin McLochlainn – Visual artist
John McSherry – Musician
Paula Meehan – Poet
Thom Moore – Songwriter, writer/translator
Sharon (Shaz) Morgan – Musician, photographer
Sami Moukkadem – Musician, film-maker, writer
Hassan Ould Muctar – Musician
Conor Mullan – Musician
Janet Mullarney – Visual artist
Gráinne Mulvey – Composer
Deirdre Murphy – Dancer
Niamh Ní Charra – Musician
Peadar Ó Ceannabháin – Singer
Saileog Ní Cheannabháin – Musician
Treasa Ní Cheannabháin – Singer
Áine Ní Chuaig – Musician
Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh – Musician/singer
Liam Noonan – Musician (Digital Disorder)
Dave Murphy – Musician (Digital Disorder)
Keith McGovern – Musician (Digital Disorder)
Ken Deasy – Musician (Digital Disorder)
Pádraig Ó Baoill – Scríbhneoir
Niall Ó Callanáin – Musician
Eamonn O’Doherty († August 2011) – Architect, sculptor
Méabh O Hare – Musician/filmmaker
Jane O’Leary – Composer
Brian Ó hUiginn – Musician
Donal O’Kelly – Playwright/actor
Ciarán Ó Maonaigh – Ceoltóir
Seosamh O Neachtain – Dancer
Eoin O’Neill – Musician
Jerry O’Reilly – Singer
Peadar Ó Riada – Ceoltóir
Gregory Rosenstock – Writer
Pauline Scanlon – Singer
Rossa Ó Snodaigh – Ceoltóir (Kíla)
Paul O’Toole – Singer/songwriter
Michael Quane – Sculptor
Bob Quinn – Visual artist/filmmaker
Jim Ricks – Visual artist
Stephen Rothschild – Painter/printmaker
Mary Russell – Author
Dermot Seymour – Painter
John W. Sexton – Poet
Eileen Sheehan – Poet
Ronan Sheehan – Novelist
Michael Smith – Poet and translator
Moira Tierney – Film-maker
Hugh Travers – Writer
Caoimhín Vallely – Ceoltóir
Laura Vecchi – Painter/writer
John Wakeman – Poet
Hilary Wakeman – Author
Hazel Walker – Visual artist
William Wall – Author
Ronan Wilmot – Actor/director
Steve Woods – Film-maker
Adam Wyeth – Poet
Luke Mercer – Musician (Oddsocks Revival)
Adrian White – Writer
Tom Fitzgerald – Visual artist
Clara Rose – Musician
Conor McGrady – Visual artist
Dermot McLaughlin – Musician
Michael Owens – Singer/songwriter
Anthony Fox – Actor, writer
Conor Grimes – Writer, actor
Stuart Nealon – Poet
Darach Ó Scolaí – Writer
Cahal Johnson – Musician
Michael Gallagher – Photographer
Kevin Spratt (aka Captain Moonlight) – Musician
Cara Dillon – Musician
Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh – Ceoltóir
Fiach (Moriarty) – Singer/songwriter
Loreana Rush – Photographer
Alice Hanratty – Painter
Barry McGovern – Actor
Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill – Poet
Lillis Ó Laoire – Musician
Stephen Rea – Actor
Liam Ó Maonlaí – Musician
Ellen Cranitch – Musician
Sharon Shannon – Musician
Seamus Cashman – Poet
Julius Guzy – Painter
Dermot Browne – Painter
Denise Cassidy – Painter
Kevin Crawford – Musician
Gráinne Holland  – Musician (Casadh)
Frainc Mac Cionnaith – Musician (Casadh)
Nioclás Mac Cathmhaoil  – Musician (Casadh)
Barry Kerr – Artist and musician
John Steele – Musician
Conor Biggs – Musician
Robbi McMillen – Singer
Alan O Connor – Photographer
Sarah Clancy – Poet
Maria McManus – Poet and playwright
Tiona McSherry – Musician
Paul McSherry – Musician
Daragh Carville – Playwright and screenwriter
Harry Moore – Artist
Dylan Walshe – Singer/songwriter
Melissa Nolan – Actor
Anthony Kane (aka The Lonely Schizophrenic) – Musician
John Ryan – Author
Dermot Kelly – Photographer
Ciaran Dwyer – Singer/songwriter
Tommy Halferty – Musician
Finian Cunninghman – Singer/songwriter
Eamon Murray – Musician
Rynagh O’Grady – Actor
Padraig Murray – Actor
Michal Leman-Lemanski – Theatre producer/cultural project manager
Sara Horgan – Visual artist
Pat ‘deVerse’ Burke – Traditional Singer/Songwriter
Denise Woods – Director of photography
Paul Flynn – Composer
Glenda Cimino – Writer, actor, director
Shane Cullen – Visual artist
Jaki McCarrick – Writer
Tim Ording  – Singer/songwriter (Melodica Deathship)
Roisin Ni Galloglaigh – Musician
Kevin McCarthy – Visual artist
Joby Fox – Songwriter
Rik Walton – Photographer
Connor Kelly – Poet/musician
Katrin Neue – Dancer and choreographer
Pamela Brown – Poet
Paul Kirby – Visual artist
Barry Hamilton – Filmmaker and director
Luke Fallon – Cartoonist
Ciaran Murphy – Singer/songwriter
Seán Harrington – Architect
Cormac O’Neill – Visual artist
Eamonn Crudden – Filmmaker
Fares Fares – Visual artist/photographer
Brian Dunning – Musician
Paul C. Reynolds – Photographer
Andrew Edgar (aka Zyme) – Musician (Gamepak)
Tim Daly – Lyricist
Gerry Fitzgerald – Musician (The Lee Harveys)
Stephen Cashell - Musician (The Lee Harveys)
Paul O Brien - Musician (The Lee Harveys)
Alice Walsh – Writer
Daniel Lynch (aka Danny Diatribe) – MC (Diatribe & The Crimson Underground)
Garvan McCann (aka The Crimson Underground) – Producer (Diatribe & The Crimson Underground)
Mick Hannigan – IndieCork Film Festival
Arezu Tabarsi (aka Top-Notch) – MC
Mikael Fernström – Multi-media artist
Des Donnelly (aka Drax) – Poet
Seamus Doyle – Musician
Shane O’Shea (aka Naphta) – DJ/Producer
Diarmuid Slattery (aka Diarmo) – DJ/Producer/Musician
Graham Montgomery – Musician
Daragh McCarthy – Filmmaker
Kevin Barrington – Poet
Joe McGill – Painter, sculptor and poet
Robbie Perry – Musician
Hugh McFadden – Poet, literary critic and editor
Catherine Ann Cullen – Poet
Martin Naarendorp (aka Ras Tinny) – Deejay
Leon Guilfoyle – Musician (Lluther)
Hytham Martin – Musician (Lluther & Eyesclosed)
Eoghan O’Neill [1] – Sculptor
Eoghan O’Neill [2] – Musician (Early House)
Kevin Rowsome – Musician
Khaled Ajamia – Filmmaker
Rónan Guilfoyle – Jazz musician/Composer
Dylan Tighe – Musician, theatre director and writer
Seán Murray – Filmmaker
Brian Fleming – Musician
Darragh Jáuregui-Hogan – Composer and musician
Jim McKee – Artist, singer and songwriter
Pa Curran – Singer/Songwriter
Katie O’Kelly – Actor and playwright
Keith O’Brien – Composer
Benjamin Dwyer – Composer and guitarist
Bernadette Hopkins – Artist
Mary Costello – Writer
Kimberly Campanello – Poet
Vincent Doherty – Traditional singer and musician
Jane Jermyn – Ceramic artist
Karl Parkinson – Writer/Poet
Colin Dunne – Dancer
Anthony Jackson – Hip-Hop Artist
Sebastian Clare – Writer and Voice Artist
Kathryn Maguire – Artist
Brian Kavanagh – Artist
Mollie Barrow – Artist
Liosa Ni Chiarain – Artist, Tatooist, Singer/Songwriter
Tom J. Byrne – Artist
Sue Cosgrave – Author and poet
Philip Fogarty – Musician
Anna Lardi – Musician
John Nee (aka Little John Nee) – Writer/Performer
Philip Casey – Poet, Novelist
Edel Meade – Musician
Honor Heffernan – Singer/Musician
Edward Boyne – Poet
Jürgen Simpson – Composer
Jackie Askew – Visual artist
Richard Geraghty - Filmmaker, photographer, musician
Maeve McCarthy – Visual artist
Katherine Duffy – Poet
Harry Bradley – Traditional musician
 Peter Cummins – Musician (The Fleadh Cowboys)
Sile Denvir – Musician
Tiarnan O Duinnchinn – Traditional musician
Siobhán Peoples – Traditional musician
Katie Theasby – Singer
Fiona O’Dwyer – Visual artist
Fiona Kelleher – Musician
Paul Bradley – Fiddle player
John Carty – Musician
Eimer Casey – Musician
Ger Costelloe – Singer/Songwriter
Kate Thompson – Author
Leonard Barry – Musician
Mick Blake – Singer/songwriter
Liam P. Bradley – Musician
Paddy Kerr – Musician
Donogh Hennessy – Composer and performer
Paula Leyden – Author
Conor Caldwell – Musician
Philip Crickard – Musician
Noirin Lynch – Singer
Ger Ryan – Actor
Roisin Broderick – Musician
Thierry Masure – Fiddle player
Tara Baoth Mooney – Singer and musician
Clodagh Downing – Actor
Celine Kiernan – Author
Melissa Joan Diem – Poet, writer and visual artist
Denyse Woods – Novelist
Colm Mac Con Iomaire – Ceoltóir / Musician
Fionnbharr Ó Súilleabháin – Fine art photographer
Eleanor Methven – Actor
Eoghan McGrath – Visual artist
Ian Lynch – Singer/musician (Lynched)
Mael Coll Rua – Poet
Guiseppe Torre – Digital artist
Kinbria / Sorrellium – Musician, Recording artist, poet
Paul Larkin – Film-maker and author
Una Keane – Musician
Kevin Liddy – Writer, director
Mary Murphy – Author, illustrator
Bairbre Flood – Musician (Yearning Curve)
Lawrence O’Donnell – Musician (Yearning Curve)
Laura Ann Brady – Musician
Amanda Feery – Composer
Jose Miguel Jimenez – Actor and theatre director
Niamh McCann – Actor
Rory Pierce – Composer, cellist
Will Irvine – Actor
Gina Moxley – Actor/writer/director
Joanna Thompson – Artist
Alan Holly – Animation filmmaker
Jim Maginn – Photographer
Steve O’Sullivan (AKA Evil Uncle) – Musician
Tob Swift – Musician
Ella Clarke – Dance artist
Gary Lawlor – Musician (The Druids)
Mick Dunne – Musician (The Druids)
Mick O’Brien – Musician (The Druids)
Paddy Mangan – Musician (The Druids)
Noni Stapleton – Actor
Dahí Jim – Singer/writer
Dee Roycroft – Writer, actor
Michael Coult – Traditional flute player
Pádraigín Ní Uallacháin – Musician
Mary Barnecutt – Musician/writer
Paul Murnaghan – Visual artist
Oonagh Kearney – Filmmaker and writer
Rossa Mullin – Filmmaker
Grace Weir – Visual Artist
Joe Walker – Visual Artist
Pat Walker – Visual Artist
Tamara Him – Photographer
Thomas Mallon – Musician (Astralnaut)
Seoidin O’Sullivan – Artist
Jessica Traynor – Poet
Paul McCloskey – Visual artist
Mel Healy – Novelist
Brian Cross – Photographer/Film-maker
Margo Harkin – Filmmaker
Steve Wall – Musician
Kevin Curran – Author
Adrienne Geoghegan – visual artist/writer
Sean O’Reilly – Writer
Anamaria Crowe Serrano – Poet
Doireann Ní Ghríofa – Poet/File
Séighean Ó Draoi – Sculptor
Patricio Casssinoni – Artist and photographer
Afric McGlinchey – Poet
Dave Fleming – Musician
John Conneely – Musician
Jessamine O’Connor – Poet
Petr Pandula – Musician
Lia Mills – Writer
Ceara Conway – Visual artist
Steve Hanks – Musician
Christodoulos Makris – Poet
Derbhle Crotty – Actor
Margo Carr – Actor, comedian
John Joyce – Musician
Kathleen Joyce – Musician
Aindrias Stack – Actor, musician, storyteller
Robin Parmar – Sound artist and poet
Carmel McCreagh – Singer/Writer
Seamas Mac Annaidh – Scribhneoir (Writer)
Allen Kiely – Photographer
Cathal Synnott – Musician
Ronit Lentin – Novelist
Adrian Kenny – Writer
Lou McMahon – Singer/Songwriter
Aoife Scott – Singer
Frances Black – Singer
David Carmody – Musician
Vanessa Gildea – Filmmaker
Barbara O’Meara – Visual artist
Daniel Doyle – Sculptor
Pat Nolan – Actor
Rory Tangney – Artist
Mark O’Halloran – Actor
John Buckley – Visual artist
Gari Deegan – Singer/songwriter
Izumi Kimura – Pianist
Tim Wallace-Murphy – Author
Raymond Beggan – Photographer, musician
Pat Boran – Poet
Michael Budd – Blacksmith and sculptor
Bernard Clarke – Radiophonic artist
Don Lydon – Musician
Nicki Griffin – Writer
Raymond Keane – Actor, writer, director
Desmond Traynor – Writer, musician
Van Poynton – Filmmaker
Liam Cagney – Writer
Elder Roche – Musician
Cormac O’Leary – Visual artist
Brian Hogan – Ceoltóir (Kíla)
Colm Ó Snodaigh – Ceoltóir (Kíla)
Tim Fleming – Cinematographe
Gregory Daly – Musician
Darragh Graham – Musician (Hermitage Green)
Darragh Griffin – Musician (Hermitage Green)
Dan Murphy – Musician (Hermitage Green)
Barry Murphy – Musician (Hermitage Green)
Dermot Sheedy – Musician (Hermitage Green)
Ollie Plunkett – Musician (The Lost Messiahs)
Ian Wilson – Composer
Seán Hillen – Artist
Wissam Abdel Samad – Photographer
Mary Ryan – Actor, singer
Krystyna Rawicz – Poet, artist
Sueanne Moore – Artist
Cian Finn – Singer/Songwriter
Lorraine O’Brien – Musician
Andrew Glenn – Artist
Medbh Gillard – Artist
Ciarán MacUilliam – Musician (Primordial)
Michael O Floinn – Musician (Primordial)
Simon O’Laoghaire – Musician (Primordial)
Philip McFadden – Sculptor & artist
Patrick Bradley – Painter & sculptor
Audrey Doherty – Milliner and Raqs Sharqi artist (Eastern Dance
Joe O’Byrne – Writer/director
Sarah Hayden – Writer
Daithi Brophy – Painter
Mary Kelly – Visual artist
Ronan Tully – Theatre artist
Vincent Wood – Composer and musician
Niall Vallely – Musician
Karan Casey – Singer
Dan Acheson – Musician (The Wood Burning Savages)
Wally Cassidy – Photographer
Fatin Al-Tamimi – Photographer
Deirdre Mackel – Artist
June Butler – Artist
Paul Walls – Artist
Carl Taylor – Artist
Colm Keegan – Writer, poet
Kathleen McCreery – Writer, actor, director
Colin Stanley – Musician (Big Bag of Tricks / Queen Elvis)
Johanne Webb – Actor, director
Siobhán Peoples – Musician
Paul Brady – Singer/songwriter
Breandán Clarke – Visual artist
Colin Darke – Visual artist
Brian Brannigan – Singer/songwriter (A Lazarus Soul)
Mary Coughlan – Singer
Áilbhe Hines – Performance artist / Community arts activist
John Dorman – Architect, artist
Aodán McCardle – Poet / Performance artist
Jenny Bassett – Drama and movement practitioner
Jim Roche – Architect
Micilín Mac An Rí – Musician (The Blaggards)
Jesse Jones – Visual artist
Elizabeth Clyne – Architect
Fergal Gaynor – Writer
Tom O’Dea – Artist
Mark Price – Architect
Peter Clyne – Filmmaker
Conor O’Reilly – Composer & musician
Roisín O’Donnell – Writer
Mary Byrne – Architect
Wissame Cherfi – Filmmaker
Jackie McKenna – Sculptor
Cora Venus Lunny – Musician
David G. Buckley – Singer/Songwriter
Martin Tourish – Musician/ Composer
Ali Morrison – Musician
Sokol Koka – Musician
Declan McHale – Irish dancer
Édaín Ní Dhomhnaill – Visual artist
Sorcha Fox – Actor
Ben Williams (Mark Benjamin Williams) – Musician


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Poem - The Prostitute Party

Labour’s Gilmore an old whore trying to sell herself in bad light

‘clients’ ignoring the smell of rotting principles

Connolly roaring mad through the Hall of the Slain

the Party shroud the dead skin of social justice

a few decent people having the decency to resign

the damned generation pouring out into a vindictive world

the new concentration camp terminal quietly efficient

airlines clamouring to take bodies away

putrid politicians bent over backwards towards The Troika

diligently stealing from the corpse of old Ireland  

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Yasmin by James Elroy Flecker

Yasmin

How splendid in the morning glows the lily: with what 
grace he throws
His supplication to the rose: do roses nod the head, Yasmin?

But when the silver dove descends I find the little flower of 
friends
Whose very name that sweetly ends I say when I have said, 
Yasmin.

The morning light is clear and cold: I dare not in that 
light behold
A whiter light, a deeper gold, a glory too far shed, Yasmin.

But when the deep red eye of day is level with the lone 
highway,
And some to Meccah turn to pray, and I toward thy bed, 
Yasmin;

Or when the wind beneath the moon in drifting like a soul 
aswoon,
And harping planets talk love's tune with milky wings 
outspread, Yasmin,

Shower down thy love, O burning bright! For one night or 
the other night,
Will come the Gardener in white, and gathered flowers are 
dead, Yasmin.

-- a ghazel by James Elroy Flecker 

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The poem as it was set in the Collected Poems of James Elroy Flecker.

Tebbit.. need a refresher?

it would seem that Norman Tebbit did not learn anything from his last speed reading course, 3 stories in 40 seconds.. ;-)

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somewhat ironically holding grudges is a very Irish thing, there is a reasonable amount of evidence here in North Ireland that we are learning to forget the grudges. This remains seasonal, at this time.

Saji Darwish - the march of the Israeli Reich

Saji Darwish was killed by the Israeli Army yesterday with a bullet to the back of his head. He was a media student at Birzeit University. He was 18 years old.

It is very sad to see this... I say to people everywhere we must raise up our voices in protest... it is beholden on all of us to resist the Israeli state at every level;... no matter how small the contribution it will help our comrades the Palestinians...

I call on everyone to boycott Israeli goods and furthermore to take an active role in ensuring they are not sold in Ireland.

Poem - Looking Back at Earth

looking back at earth
that pang of regret
will I see her again
or feel the pull of her g
gravity..
the drug of the space junkie
take in small doses only
for now free in flight 
my mind roams unhindered
far behind the networked ad hoardings
their cheap laser light pale 
in the rich black blue of space
starlight reflected in the metal seed
all around
feed me  nurture me  protect me 
as down the fallopian road my ship crawls
a few parsecs more
from the body of the earth mother
just as in far history
the first mothers
carried the ancestors 
on the inside
or so they say
body to body
seed to skin
m times v = f
as I force myself out into
the universe
here I am 
I of earth
I of earth

European businesses & existence and expansion of illegal Israeli settlements

EU involvement in illegal Israeli settlements – ECCP’s presentation in European Parliament

"On November 27th, Michael Deas, ECCP representative and coordinator in Europe with the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC), gave a talk in the European Parliament about European businesses involvement in illegal Israeli settlements. It was the first time that the topic of EU involvement in illegal Israeli settlements was presented in detail in the European Parliament by a civil society organization."

"According to international law as applied in the 2004 International Court of Justice advisory 

opinion on Israel’s wall and settlements, third party states are violating their own obligations to 

not recognize nor render aid or assistance to these serious Israeli violations by allowing financial 

and economic activity with the settlements to continue."

Read the article here

Read the full report here

Salute to Che Guevara

Che Guevara

October 9 marks 46 years since the cowardly execution of Ernesto Che Guevara, freedom fighter and legendary guerilla of Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina...

..to Che...  Hasta Siempre

His father Ernest Guevara Lynch said "The first thing to note is that in my son's veins flowed the blood of the Irish rebels", he said in a 1969 interview. He went on: "Che inherited some of the features of our restless ancestors. There was something in his nature which drew him to distant wandering, dangerous adventures and new ideas".



By Drax Ireland