North Korea Increases Aid to Russia, Mos... Tue Nov 19, 2024 12:29 | Marko Marjanovi?
Trump Assembles a War Cabinet Sat Nov 16, 2024 10:29 | Marko Marjanovi?
Slavgrinder Ramps Up Into Overdrive Tue Nov 12, 2024 10:29 | Marko Marjanovi?
?Existential? Culling to Continue on Com... Mon Nov 11, 2024 10:28 | Marko Marjanovi?
US to Deploy Military Contractors to Ukr... Sun Nov 10, 2024 02:37 | Field Empty
Anti-Empire >>
A bird's eye view of the vineyard
Alternative Copy of thesaker.is site is available Thu May 25, 2023 14:38 | Ice-Saker-V6bKu3nz
Alternative site: https://thesaker.si/saker-a... Site was created using the downloads provided Regards Herb
The Saker blog is now frozen Tue Feb 28, 2023 23:55 | The Saker
Dear friends As I have previously announced, we are now “freezing” the blog.? We are also making archives of the blog available for free download in various formats (see below).?
What do you make of the Russia and China Partnership? Tue Feb 28, 2023 16:26 | The Saker
by Mr. Allen for the Saker blog Over the last few years, we hear leaders from both Russia and China pronouncing that they have formed a relationship where there are
Moveable Feast Cafe 2023/02/27 ? Open Thread Mon Feb 27, 2023 19:00 | cafe-uploader
2023/02/27 19:00:02Welcome to the ‘Moveable Feast Cafe’. The ‘Moveable Feast’ is an open thread where readers can post wide ranging observations, articles, rants, off topic and have animate discussions of
The stage is set for Hybrid World War III Mon Feb 27, 2023 15:50 | The Saker
Pepe Escobar for the Saker blog A powerful feeling rhythms your skin and drums up your soul as you?re immersed in a long walk under persistent snow flurries, pinpointed by
The Saker >>
Wind Turbine Bursts into Flames Mon Feb 03, 2025 11:00 | Will Jones
A wind turbine has burst into flames in Cambridgeshire ? the latest instance of an issue previously described by Imperial College London as a "big problem" that is not being "fully reported".
The post Wind Turbine Bursts into Flames appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Year After Lockdown Saw Massive Spike in Attempted Child Suicides Mon Feb 03, 2025 09:00 | Richard Eldred
Lockdowns and school closures have triggered a devastating surge in child suicides and self-harm, with hospital admissions soaring and mental health disorders skyrocketing.
The post Year After Lockdown Saw Massive Spike in Attempted Child Suicides appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
The Chancellor?s ?Growth Agenda? Is Full of Sound and Fury, but Signifies Nothing Mon Feb 03, 2025 07:00 | Ben Pile
Ben Pile brands the Government's 'growth agenda' as empty political theatre, with wooden actors stumbling through hollow lines, written by someone who has no clue what growth actually is.
The post The Chancellor?s ?Growth Agenda? Is Full of Sound and Fury, but Signifies Nothing appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
News Round-Up Mon Feb 03, 2025 01:19 | Richard Eldred
A summary of the most interesting stories in the past 24 hours that challenge the prevailing orthodoxy about the ?climate emergency?, public health ?crises? and the supposed moral defects of Western civilisation.
The post News Round-Up appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Towards Post-Totalitarianism in the West: Some Warnings From the East Sun Feb 02, 2025 19:00 | Michael Rainsborough
The West's moral, spiritual and political decay mirrors the post-totalitarianism of Eastern Europe, says Michael Rainsborough. The difference is today's authoritarianism wears a progressive mask.
The post Towards Post-Totalitarianism in the West: Some Warnings From the East appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Lockdown Skeptics >>
Voltaire, international edition
Voltaire, International Newsletter N?118 Sat Feb 01, 2025 12:57 | en
80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp Sat Feb 01, 2025 12:16 | en
Misinterpretations of US trends (1/2), by Thierry Meyssan Tue Jan 28, 2025 06:59 | en
Voltaire, International Newsletter #117 Fri Jan 24, 2025 19:54 | en
The United States bets its hegemony on the Fourth Industrial Revolution Fri Jan 24, 2025 19:26 | en
Voltaire Network >>
galway |
miscellaneous |
event notice
Monday January 22, 2007 10:13
by GwayHeadz - Misc
printable version
Digg this
del.icio.us
Furl
Reddit
Technorati
Facebook
Gab
Twitter
View Comments Titles Only
save preference
Comments (3 of 3)
Jump To Comment: 3 2 1should be a good meeting - well done to the EcoSoc. I'd go a bit light on the 'hero of the year' stuff, though. If my recollection serves me correctly, Caoimhe was dismissive of this nonsense in Time magazine and dislikes 'hero worship'.
PRESS RELEASE
NUIG Eco-Soc with SpunOut Youth Media
Tel. Sarah: 086-3840973
'Hero of the year' peace campaigner to visit Galway
Well known Irish peace campaigner Caoimhe Butterly will visit Galway’s Town Hall on Thursday February 1st as part of a nationwide tour that seeks to raise awareness of the situation in Lebanon and the Middle East.
The public talk titled ‘Peace, War and Media’ is co-hosted by NUIG Eco-Soc and SpunOut Youth Media and will give members of the public an opportunity to hear first hand accounts of the situations in Iraq, Palestine and in Lebanon.
Caoimhe, still only 28, was awarded a Time magazine ‘hero of the year’ honour in 2003. She was in Lebanon last year during the war and is currently working on a film project with a community in the south of the country.
Caoimhe was brought up in a culture of liberation theology, which, she says, "deeply inspired" her to spend her life campaigning for human rights. At a very young age, she says, she developed a deep sense of duty. "I've always felt to almost a painful degree the need to stand up against injustices in whatever contexts they lie."
She left school at 18, wanting to travel, and headed to New York, where she spent time working in homeless soup kitchens. She went on to Guatemala and from there to Chiapas in Mexico, where she worked for two years among the Zapatista communities. In 2001 she spent 10 days fasting in front of the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs, in protest at the government's decision to allow US warplanes to refuel at Shannon Airport on their way to Afghanistan. She was arrested while trying to block the runway.
In recent years she has been a witness to war in Iraq, Lebanon and in Palestine. In Palestine she was shot by an Israeli soldier when helping children escape an assault on a refugee camp. She later spent 16 days inside the compound where Yasser Arafat was besieged in Ramallah. Last year she came to international prominence when she protested at Tony Blair’s post war press conference in Lebanon.
Caoimhe is a widely respected and inspirational speaker. People of all ages and backgrounds are encouraged to come and hear her speak. The talk takes place in the Town Hall Studio on Thursday, February 1st at 8.30pm. Entry is free but donations are welcome.
ENDS
Media enquiries/interviews: Tel. Sarah: 086-3840973
http://www.time.com/time/europe/hero/caoimhebutterly.html
Kicks off at 8.30 pm.