Israeli Army on Derry walls

by polorian Fri Apr 26, 2002 19:10

Well done for putting this up - this is what Indymedia is about not all that crap from so-called socialists.

Thanks!

by Peter Doran - Free Radicals Fri Apr 26, 2002 20:10 peter at iisd dot org

In the name of Palestinian Liberation -

Guerilla Artists “Liberate” Derry’s Bogside Murals

“The collective immobilizes history. It exorcises the future by the commemoration of the past in the eternity of the present. Through ceremony, the death principle (repetition) overcomes the life instinct (innovation), and the group is stabilized.”
(Space and Nation, Lindsay Bremnar, 1994)

“Derry’s murals must not become shrines to a fossilized past….where memory, politics and struggle are rendered safe for the passive gaze of tourists and voyeurs. We must rescue the city from the dead time of museum culture and its curators who pose as our political class. The local struggle for justice and civil rights was and is part of a universal project. The frontlines may shift over time. Yesterday’s oppressed may have become the oppressors of today. Nevertheless, the cause of liberation in Palestine is ours. Boycott Israeli goods Now.”

Guerilla Artists

by Mark Pratterson - BBC Fri Apr 26, 2002 20:45 mark.patterson at bbc dot co dot uk

This is disgraceful. You take part in illegal activities like graffitiing, vandalising public spaces even though you have not been elected and therefore do not have the right to express your opinions unlike ... er... me. Ok I wasn't elected and I am a bbc presenter on radio foyle and I do spout half-baked pseudo-liberal, but basically pro-status quo, pro-authority gibberish, but I am a really nice guy and I mean well, and I was selected by those well-meaning people at the bbc because I represent that middle of the road sort of opinion unlike this sort of carry on which I deem fascism with a small f.

by Lalric Fri Apr 26, 2002 20:52

If this is not propaganda what is?

by Nora - Globalise Resistance Mon Apr 29, 2002 00:06 grnora at eircom dot net

Yeah good one guys, change with the times, reflect thre current issues, and always remember we are all in this together (except for this Lalric character who seems to have some serious negativity problems, oh well)
Viva la revolucion!!

by Tanya Sun Oct 20, 2002 01:33

I am glad to see the world has yet a ounce of humanity.....this is brilliant...powerful ..overwhelming and TRUE!!

by Eurosabra Fri Jan 14, 2005 03:32

At first I was somewhat neutral towards this topic given the
inveterate hostility of Europeans to Israel but I really have to
admire the quality of the artwork--brilliant expressionism at its
finest!
Then I read the commentary about "Warsaw-ghetto-like"
actions of Israel...still shocked.
Europeans have NOTHING to say to Israelis about that
subject...seriously...the only response I can make is to do my
damndest to make sure that the safety and survival of Israel
are never affected by the desires of our European enemies
to harm us...since any protests in favor of the legitimacy of
Israel are going to fall on your deaf ears.

by Paddy Whack Fri Jan 14, 2005 09:28

What kind of crap is this? PALASTINIAN? What the hell is that?

by Barry Fri Jan 14, 2005 10:04

Paddy Whack ?

What the hell type of name is that ?

Perhaps the Derry artists should have done murals about the happy homesteaders developing barbarous Arab lands, and Isaeli soldiers bombarding Palestinian kids with sweets and flowers. How dare they misrepresent the truth in this fashion.

by Noel Fri Jan 14, 2005 10:14

The UN never called for 'withdrawal of Israeli forces from the occupied territories'.

A bit of polyfilla is needed.

by Devil Dog Fri Jan 14, 2005 14:41

Can't wait for the mural showing the aftermath of a homicide bombing at a bus stop.

by Brian Vernon Fri Jan 14, 2005 15:02

Ah the dog is alive and well, still propping up the israeli position I see. Doire - like Palestine has already seen it's share of children being shot in the face by illegal occupying forces. Suicide bombers - get a grip!!