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 Wednesday September 18, 2002 13:57 by Mags
 ‘True Crimes; Rodolfo Walsh.’ (The Life and Times of a Radical Writer) by Michael McCaughan ***************** Book Launch: Liberty Hall on October 8th, 6.30pm, the Connolly room. Some information about Rodolfo Walsh and the author Author: Michael McCaughan Rodolfo Walsh, (b.1927) was an Argentinian writer and revolutionary of Irish descent. Pulverised by Irish priests in a boarding school for the Walsh travelled to Cuba in 1959, invited by Che Guevara to help launch ‘Prensa Latina’, a news agency set up to challenge anti-Castro Argentina’s leading expert on crime fiction, Walsh put his cryptography skills to the test when garbled messages came out of a Havana telexmachine in February 1961. After a sleepless week Rodolfo deciphered advanceplans for the Bay of Pigs invasion, launched by Cuban exiles training under US supervision in Guatemala. Walsh returned to Argentina in the 1960s, where he wrote ‘Esa Mujer’ a short story about Evita Peron, voted ‘Short story of the century’ by 60 prominent critics and writers. A womaniser and an adventurer, Walsh had an affair with Norma Leandro, the only Argentinian actress to win an Oscar (‘The Official Story’). Michael McCaughan tells Norma Leandro’s story of her relationship with Rodolfo for the first time inside ‘True Crimes.’ He joined the debate on the role of the intellectual in society and was invited to edit a Trade Union weekly (1968) which paved the way for a series of worker uprisings. Walsh joined the Montoneros, a revolutionary Peronist organisation, in 1973. He infiltrated police and army agents into the security forces and masterminded the Montonero’s two main operative coups. His daughter Vicki died fighting the dictatorship in September 1976, a blow from which he never recovered. Walsh is survived by his second daughter Patricia, who ran for the presidency in 1999 and was since elected a senator. Rodolfo was shot dead resisting arrest by an army-police death squad on the streets of Buenos Aires in March 1977. He had just posted five The government of Buenos Aires recently approved a law directing all secondary schools to read out his ‘Open Letter..’ on the coup anniversary each year, a fitting tribute to a remarkable life, recounted in colourful detail inside these pages. Michael McCaughan has covered Latin American issues for the Irish Times and the Guardian over the past eighteen years, living in Mexico, Colombia and Argentina. He specialises in tracking corruption, coups and revolutionary movements. The independent Irish journalist uncovered corporate malpractise by Irish companies abroad, taking Fyffes banana company to task for anti-union behaviour in Belize and challenging paper giant Jefferson Smurfit Ltd’s bullying tactics in Colombia. These investigations led to a major campaign at home with local organisation Action from Ireland (Afri) inviting the protagonists to Ireland to put their case directly to company executives. McCaughan has spent much of the past eight years covering the Zapatista movement in Chiapas, south-east Mexico. He was detained by Mexican McCaughan is a regular guest on radio shows around the world and has embarked on lecture tours of the US and Ireland. He is available for interview by arrangement in September/October. |
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somebody's acting the goat...
Why isn't this post removed? Is it because it is a book launch not organised by the SWP? Aidan O Brien- Come on line!
It appears the reason that the Shelley book was removed the first time was that it included details on how to buy the book and its cost. When it was reposted without these details it was not removed.
As the posting above never contained these details I guess this explains the thinking behind this.
everyone seems very grumpy today.
what youse are on about. I have been away for a week, so whatever rows/bickering have been going on have passed me by.
I got this from a friend and thought people on IMC might be interested in the book and/or the issues is addresses. Thats all.
There was in progress a minor bun fight about the removal or not of a post of another book launch.
http://www.indymedia.ie/cgi-bin/newswire.cgi?id=12395
your post arrived in the middle that's all
An Irish author publishes a radical book about Shelley in Ireland. The book launch is announced in Indymedia. Ray complains. The announcement disappears.
One of Ray's anarchist buddies then posts: "It appears the reason that the Shelley book was removed the first time was that it included details on how to buy the book and its cost."
This twisted reasoning hardly even pretends to be anything other than saying "fuck off".
Of course a book has a price and an availability.
If someone makes a film on Bloody Sunday or someone publishes a book of interest to radicals I would expect it to be news on Indymedia. And I would hope for details of price etc.
This sort of carry-on is why the cabal behind Indymedia have the reputation of sectarian bastards and why anarchism's pretence at libertarianism produces loud laughter.
Wise up!
This sort of carry-on is why the cabal behind the SWP have the reputation of sectarian bastards and why the SWP pretence at socialism produces loud laughter.
Rose, Always one to add wit, erudition and intelligent thought to any discussion.
read socialist W**ker
remove the SWP book launch one, but since then till now I've been away from my computer (pesky life that I have).
See this is Indymedia in action. Someone does something, a debate is generated and the decision is sorted out. What I'm staggered by is the fact that every time this happens it becomes a screaming match on the newswire.......
people are just trolling
I am glad there is notice of a book on Rodolpho Walsh.I am interested in the announcement of the film on Bloody Sunday. I am interested in a book by an SWP writer on Shelley in Ireland.
Seems to me this is part of what a genuine radical media independent of the big business press barons should be all about.
Only one of these notices was censored -- the Shelley book.
Aidan -- who seems to be the guy with power over what goes on the Indymedia and what gets censored -- has just admitted that he did it. Typically he gives no reason. The excuse that the price of the book was given as mentioned by a third party is just laughable.
Now a brain teaser for all of you in Indymedia-land. What was the REAL reason the Shelley book lauch was censored?
the real reason the book ad was removed was because it had a swp connection.
i am not a swp supporter but there has been a lot of red baiting on indymedia lately; most of it directed towards the swp. i'm not talking about debates between sp/swp/wsm/sf.(some justified criticism of swp tactics was outlined there) i'm reffering to the naming of names, attacks on swp because of an anti-imperialist speech by joe c at gr demo etc
as for the argument - get a fuckin life y'all anarchos and swimmers included - and watch out for that rose one - s(he) is a shitstirrer and boy are yiz easy to stir
Actually I felt that giving details how to purchase the book outside from the talk was an advertisement.
Since the comment was reposted sans this, I have no objection to this.
Pat you can believe this is anti SWP all you like. Since there is debate been generated on list theres no point removing anything.
This is how Indymedia works, collective decisions are reached.
You can accuse us of Anti SWP, as you've accused us of giving out your IP address, being Pro Zionist, and anti republician but it's not true.
Aidan you showed your anti republican bias, re the removal of mcmean articles. don't you remember arguing with blisset about it?
you somehow missed the anti ira articles by 666.
your excuse for removing the book ad is pathetic.
maybe the swps consistent anti imperialism (ie they oppose imperialism in ireland) bothers you.
For someone who's so big on privacy I find your use of my full name on the newswire incredibly hyprocritical and offensive. Considering how quickly IMC Ireland acting when you had privacy issues, I'd ask you to do the same.
You can accuse me of whatever you like.
For starts I find it ironic that you're bemoaning IMC bias on this thread and demanding IMC bias on the Bloody Sunday thread. Essentially you want Indymedia to have and parrot your world view. It's not going to, it's a loose collective made up of diverse voices, I'm just one of them. Unfortunately I've found myself arguing with you again.
Pat your memory is faulty you accused me of having a bias when I removed three out of six of mc Means posts, Blisset argeed with me. Not argued.
You can view this as an antirepublican bias, it's not. You can view this anti SWP, it's not you'll notice that once the details of where to purchase the book were removed my problem with the piece went as well.
I do hope we'll see you at the public meeting on Sunday where these "grievances" with Indymedia can be sorted once and for all.