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 Wednesday March 12, 2003 13:20 by The St. Patrick's Day Peace Group
 The St. Patrick's Day Peace Group is a diverse group of Irish peace activists who include Eamonn Crudden, Deirdre de Burca, Joe Sheehan, Ciaran Moore, Graham Caswell, Pearse Stokes, Red JaDe, the Mid-West Alliance against Military Aggression (MAMA) and others. Join this group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pdaywarresistance and please spread the word! ******BEGINS****** On the eve of St. Patrick's Day, our national holiday, and as the 'St Patrick's Day Deadline' approaches we, the people of Ireland who seek to avoid war in Iraq, call for a peaceful resolution to the current crisis and for non-violent methods of conflict resolution to be employed. We believe that our own peace process, which ended years of violence on this island, can be used as a model for conflict resolution in the Middle East and elsewhere. The American and British contribution to the Irish peace process has been valuable and we call on these nations to approach the Iraqi crisis in the same spirit and with the same committment to political rather than violent means. As a practical gesture of support for these aims we call upon people in Ireland, in America, in Britian, in Australia and around the world to wear and display symbols of peace and of opposition to violence on St. Patrick's Day, March 17th, our national holiday. In particular we ask that you wear white shamrocks, white ribbons, white armbands, white flags and other creative symbols of peace and of opposition to violence and to otherwise make known your desire for a peaceful resolution to this conflict. Let this St. Patrick's Day be not only a celebration of Irishness but a celebration of peace. Please spread this message as widely as you can. ******ENDS****** |
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Jump To Comment: 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1The Irish 'peace process' solidifies N.I. in the U.K.. To make this a model to solve the Iraq crisis what are you proposing: To make Iraq part of the U.S.?
http://nyc.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=50430&group=webcast
http://nyc.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=50308&group=webcast
perhaps we might opt for dirty grey?
It is standard pacifist practise to dress
·victims· in WHITE
·killers· in BLACK
also liberal use of RED as a symbol of Blood is encouraged.
maybe the idea is NOT to wear Green?
I am now (fickle git that I am) supporting the wear ·WHITE· option. (only because I have a white boiler suit and gas mask and not a black one).
[ipsiphi-o'as if]
Alderman Declan Bree,
Chairman
National Association of Labour Councillors
Chairperson of the Green Party/Comhaontas Glas
PRO Dublin South Central Green Party
'Women Oppose War' the Dublin based group that organized the Int'l Women's Day demo in front of the Dail, have put their name to this as well.
If you're an individual or group who supports this call, add your name.
The Green Party
Joe Higgins (Socialist Party)
Joe Glynn (Friends of the Earth)
Gus Worth (Friends of the Earth)
Sean Doherty
Duncan Stewart
Davie Phillips (Sustainable Ireland)
Tom Hyland
Adi Roche
Michael D. Higgins
Ronan O’Snodaigh (Kila)
Sinn Fein
Joe Murray (AFRI)
Brendan Butler (NGO Peace Alliance)
Roger Cole (PANA)
Joe Sheehan (Mid-West Alliance against Military Agression)
Ciaran Moore (Indymedia Ireland)
John DeCourcy Ireland (CND)