Pit_Stop Ploughshare on Radio Free Eireann

national | anti-war / imperialism | other press Saturday August 05, 2006 23:42 by RFE - Radio Free Eireann

"an axis of solidarity between Dublin, Glasgow and New York!"

Damian Moran of the pit-stop ploughshares was guest on Radio Free Eireann in New York today. Damian talked in detail about the case and the anti-war movement in Ireland. Damian was joined by Angela McCormack of the Stop the War Coalition (Glasgow, Scotland).

Damian Moran of the pit-stop ploughshares was guest on Radio Free Eireann in New York today. Damian talked in detail about the case and the anti-war movement in Ireland. Damian was joined by Angela McCormack of the Stop the War Coalition (Glasgow, Scotland). Phone calls were taken by Damian and Angela at the end of the program. As co-host John McDonagh stated “Bush may talk of an axis of evil, but we are talking about an axis of solidarity between Dublin, Glasgow and New York.”

Preceeding the interview with Damian and Angela, Hosts Sandy Bowyer and John McDonagh had on Edwin Torres on the Save St. Bridgets Committee.

St. Brigids a Roman Catholic church, is on Avenue B and Eighth Street on NYC's lower east side.It was built by Irish immigrants fleeing An Gorta Mor, "The Great Hunger."(or more accurately the great starvation) The Committee To Save St. Brigid's Church has led the opposition to the Archdiocese of New York's move to raze the church. The committee represents a coalition of residents, former parishioners, preservationists, and Irish-Americans bridling at both the loss of the historic church and the archdiocese's seeming indifference to the church's growing tide of support.

Damian is on after news from Irish correspondent Nolliag O’Gahdra. You can listen to it at on the WBAI Archives at http://archive.wbai.org/