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A message from the Bloody Sunday Families and wounded:
To our supporters everywhere
On 30th January 1972, a dark cloud descended upon this beautiful city. It stayed until last Tuesday, 15th June 2010 – over 38 years of a journey. It has now been lifted.
It has been a long journey from the beginning of the Bloody Sunday [...]

I believe I may be the only person interested in live-tweeting the New York New Belfast Conference which begins today, but so be it! As someone who is interested in the post-conflict regeneration of the North of Ireland, absolutely loves Belfast (and New York!), I’m really looking forward to this conference. I’m also [...]

I came across a reference to the following prose poem in a book I read about lessons from the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission. It is called “Unchopping a Tree” and was written by M.S. Merwin; the book described it as a metaphor for the healing of a nation. I like to think [...]

The (fantastic) organization Reprieve today announced the release of a UN report (click that link to download the full report) into secret detention that exposes UK collusion in secret detention and torture. The investigation found, among other things, that the UK knew of the US’ rendition practices in 2002 but continued to hand them [...]

I had the pleasure of attending a discussion with graphic journalist Joe Sacco last night at the Brooklyn Public Library. It was both my first visit to the library and the first time I’ve heard Sacco talk about his work.
Footnotes in Gaza chronicles Sacco’s quest to uncover the truth about what happened [...]

A must-read article from the Guardian about the potential findings of the Nelson Inquiry by journalist Beatrix Campbell:
The public inquiry into the assassination a decade ago of the human rights lawyer Rosemary Nelson was about to open its doors in a blank Belfast office block to witnesses last year when a new and eccentric story [...]

Now that I can finally say I own a computer, I am finally getting around to writing a post about my participation in and my thoughts about the recent United Ireland forums hosted by Sinn Féin in New York and San Francisco. That’s a picture of me at the mic taken by my [...]

This afternoon I am off to New York, where aside from visiting long lost friends, I will be attending tomorrow’s Index 30 luncheon on Wall St, hosted by The Irish Echo. Mary Louise Mallick, Deputy Comptroller of NY State, whom I had the good fortune to meet in Belfast last May, will receive the [...]

In this new video, Sinn Féin’s Bairbre de Brún MEP discusses her recent trip to Gaza.
De Brún references a recently released report by Human Rights Watch on Israel’s use of white phosphorus in Gaza.  The report, called “Rain of Fire,” can be downloaded from HRW here.