Podcasts about Bobby Sands

It's episode 69, hey hey, and the ladies are not going to mention it. Jackie shares the pet photo challenge submissions including her bird who tried to drink her reflection water, and Ashe tells the proper version of Caleb's eighth birthday in Manhattan involving the Intrepid, Spider-Man dropping web from the rafters, Dylan's Candy Bar, and one harrowing taxi near miss. Christy unpacks the British idiom getting the sack, complete with a 1525 Zach spelling and the mental image of a Victorian raccoon hauling its belongings out the door. Ashe walks through a packed week in history covering Alan Shepard going to suborbital space (allegedly), Bobby Sands and the idea that everyone has a part to play, the Roger Bannister sub-four-minute mile, the Channel Tunnel, the Chinese Exclusion Act and its modern TPS parallels, the Lusitania, VE Day, Coca-Cola's first glass at Jacobs Pharmacy, Olympic boycotts as psyop fuel, Ben Franklin's Join or Die cartoon as the first political meme, the end of the Civil War, the Schuman Declaration as the birth of globalism, the transcontinental railroad golden spike, and Deep Blue defeating Kasparov as the original AI fear porn rerun we are still being sold today. Plus Gart updates and why all roads lead to Mark Elias being upset.

Springhill HeroesWhen I was a wee buck growing up in Ballymurphy there was a river at the back of the houses across from our home place at the corner of Glenalina Road and Divismore Park. The river ran the length of our street and the length of Ballymurphy Road before exiting below the Whiterock Road and into the City Cemetery. From there it meanders down to and under the Falls Road beside the Bus Depot and onwards to the Bog Meadows. You can see it there to this day.  The stretch which used to border our street was long ago captured and incarcerated in a pipe below ground.Before then it was one of our favourite places to play. The Ordinance Survey maps name this rivulet as the Ballymurphy Stream.  I can't find its Irish name. It rises in the mountain and cuts under the Springfield Road beneath a very high arch just up from our street. It used to be at its widest at that point. Perfect for jumping. Swinging across on a rope. Falling in. Catching frogs. Plastic sandals were all the go. Perfect for walking on water.  Tiocfaidh ár láIt does not feel as if 45 years have passed since the death on 5 May 1981 of Bobby Sands on hunger strike. Bobby's death and that of his nine comrades changed so much in our struggle and opened up so many new opportunities that it is rightly viewed as a tipping point in recent Irish history.On Sunday former hunger striker Pat Sheehan MLA gave a wonderful speech at Bobby's statue in Twinbrook. The courage and heroism of the ten men who died and those who took part in the hunger strike, and of Michael Gaughan and Frank Stagg, are a huge part of our republican history.  But we should never lose sight of the fact that Bobby and his comrades in the H-Blocks and in Armagh Women's Prison were more than political prisoners. They were family members, friends, neighbours. Comrades. They were ordinary young men and women who enjoyed life.  Free Marwan BargoutiFreedom struggles across the globe have their heroes. Nelson Mandela, Che Guevara, Bobby Sands and in Palestine, Marwan Bargouti .Last September a mural celebrating Marwan's leadership and resistance to Israeli occupation and the oppression of the Palestinian people,was unveiled at the international wall on Bóthár na bhFál. Two weeks ago at the Ard Fheis I met with Marwan's son Arab. Since then we have spoken by zoom. His family and those, like me, who believe he should be released are fearful for his life. 

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Standing at the crossroadsSinn Féin, but especially, the party in Belfast pulled out all of the stops at the weekend to ensure that the Ard Fheis was a huge success. The ICC Waterfront Hall was buzzing with republican voices from across our island and beyond talking about the big issues confronting all of us nationally and internationally. The number of young people attending and taking part in the debates was particularly encouraging.There were 167 Motions on the clár for discussion. They ranged across the cost of living crisis, housing, Irish unity, education, health, the climate crisis and our environment, rural Ireland, justice and human rights, and the fraught international situation.International SolidaritySinn Féin believes in international solidarity. Consequently, an important element of our annual Ard Fheis is the many international guests who travel to be with us. This year there were around 60 guests from the ANC in South Africa, EH Bildu in the Basque country, the ERC in Catalonia, from Australia, Kurdistan, France and other comrades.I was especially pleased to meet again with Arab Barghouti, from Ramallah in the west Bank and son of Marwan Barghouti who has been imprisoned for 24 years by Israel. The situation is Gaza continues to be appalling with scores of Palestinians being killed on an almost daily basis, and towns and villages in the west Bank regularly targeted by criminal Israeli gangs of settlers.Honouring Rita O'HareThe next time you go into Áras Uí Chonghaile on Bóthar na bhFál in Belfast go up to the first floor where there is a plaque dedicated to the work of Rita O'Hare, who played a huge part in securing the support of American Trade Unions for the Áras. Last Friday a bunch of us, her family and friends, got together to remember Rita and to unveil a James Connolly bust in her memory. It's a striking piece of art. It was created by the talented sculptor Steve Finney and Barry O'Neill of Lough Neagh Bronze. The bust was originally donated to the Moore St. Preservation Trust that is campaigning to save the 1916 Battlefield site in Dublin.Remembering Bobby SandsFinally, next Tuesday, 5 May, will be the anniversary of the death on hunger strike of Bobby Sands. He was the first of ten men to die during the six-month hunger strike in 1981.This weekend there will be a number of events to remember Bobby and his comrades and their contribution to the struggle for freedom.·      At 9.30 am on Sunday the Annual Bobby Sands Walk will take place on Divis Mountain.·      At the same time there will be a 12k freedom run meeting at the Bobby statue in Twinbrook.·      At 2pm on Sunday there will be a commemoration and wreath laying at the Bobby Sands statue in Twinbrook.·    And later that evening at 8pm the Annual Bobby Sands Lecture will take place in Andersonstown Social Club. 

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Send us Fan MailChristopher “Pinta” McKnight grew up in Derry's Bogside as this city erupted in violence and as a 15 year old boy he lied about his age and joined the Provisional IRA. Chris talks to us about his life in the IRA which included moving weapons and explosives as a young member , training camps in the Donegal Mountains and working closely with one of the troubles most notorious figures, Martin McGuinness. He tells us about his time on the “blanket protest” and being in Long Kesh during the pivotal 1981 Hunger Strike led by Bobby Sands as well as being the victim of one of Derry's famous “touts”.My guest recalls being there for the Battle of Bogside and how losing a childhood mate on Bloody Sunday turned him from a Catholic teen who was friends with a British solider to a young man intent on joining the IRA and waging war on the security forces.Chris has since ran for public office for Sinn Fein and earned a degree in Law & Politics from Ulster University.00:00 Growing Up In pre-conflict Derry06:35 BATTLE OF THE BOGSIDE 18:25 Bloody Sunday 41:15 Joining The IRA46:50 Training Camps53:00 Martin McGuinness, Claudy B*mb & South Derry 58:50 Prison1:16:10 In Long Kesh When Bobby Sands Died 1:22:45 Martin McGuinness as Chief of Staff1:25:58 Thoughts on Commercial B*mbing Campaign 1:26:30 INLA in Derry?1:28:00 Ray Gilmour 1:31:45 Did Steaknife come to Derry ?1:34:40 Cell Structure in Derry1:43:45 Frank Hegarty 1:47:50 Derry IRA vs Belfast IRA 1:50:00 Attempt to recruit Chris as an informant 1:51:20 Was Martin McGuinness an informant or agent ?2:01:55 Did Chris see Martin McGuiness change over time? 2:06:30 Thoughts on “Proxy B*mbs” and Joan Mathers M*rder (1981)2:10:20 “Pinta” Nickname 2:11:55 Move towards Politics 

Michael Fassbender describes HUNGER as the work of which he's most proud. He endured malnourishment and physical abuse to faithfully portray Bobby Sands during his hunger strike inside Maze Prison in 1981. Steve McQueen offers an unflinching look at the violence endured at the hands of the British government, and documents the reality of the strikers' and the guards' existence inside the prison. SUPPORT THE SHOW: PATREON SHOP THE SHOW: TEE PUBLIC FOLLOW THE SHOW: INSTAGRAM // TIKTOK // YOUTUBE EMAIL THE SHOW: abreathoffreshmovie@gmail.com      

 And Flowers Grew up Through the Concrete is Laurence McKeown's second prison memoir. Big Laurny, is a very fine writer. This latest book is an account of his journey through imprisonment, hunger strike, brutality and growing self-awareness. It is beautifully written and unashamedly honest in its emotion.Laurence is one of those gifted republican POWs who spent years – decades in some cases – in British prisons and who have written about their experience. Together they have generated a huge body of prison literature comparable to previous periods in the independence struggle.Among them are Eoghan MacCormaic and Jazz Jim McCann; Pat Magee; Gerry Kelly; Síle Darragh's inspirational account of the women in Armagh - ‘John Lennon Is Dead'; Danny Morrison, Roseleen Walsh; Tony Doherty, Chrissie McAuley, Jim McVeigh; Jake MacSachais, Richard McAuley and others. I apologise to any I have left out - always a danger when you produce a list of any kind.Perhaps the best known of all the prison writers is Bobby Sands whose poems, songs and accounts of life in the H-Blocks and on Hunger Strike still resonate over four decades after his death. Writing on scraps of paper to be smuggled out, Bobby's poetry, prose, political polemic, songs and other writings in Irish and English are now part of the tradition.Laurence's previous books include, with Brian Campbell and Felim O'Hagan, ‘Nor Meekly Serve My Time” which covers the blanket protest from 1976 to 1981; ‘Out of Time: Irish Republican Prisoners Long Kesh 1972-2000'; and with Brian Campbell the script for the film H3. A Real Peace Settlement NeededLast week the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky visited the Irish state. In the course of his meetings President Zelensky also addressed the Oireachtas in which he called for a peace without humiliation.His visit came at a time when there is widespread speculation that the US government is pressuring Ukraine to accept a peace deal that would force it to cede land to Russia.My starting point as a republican is clear. The people of Ukraine have a right to self-determination and the Russian invasion is a breach of international law. With Russia intensifying its drone attacks on Ukraine, especially its targeting of civilian infrastructure like energy, health care and water, there is an urgent need for an intensification of the peace efforts.  Gearóid Ó CairealláinReáchtáladh deireadh seachtaine d'imeachtaí in An Chultúrlann cúpla lá ó shin chun Gearóid Ó Cairealláin, a fuair bás anuraidh, a chomóradh agus chun ár meas a léiriú dá fhís agus dá chrógacht. Scrúdaigh na himeachtaí téamaí an agóidMo bhuíochas ó chroí le hEoghan Ó Néill agus na daoine a chuir Scoil Gheimhridh Uí Chairealláin le chéile. Obair iontach, agus sílim go bhfuil Gearóid an-sásta leis. Diaspóra, ceol, siúlóid, fáthanna éagsúla… agus an taispeántas galánta fosta ar shaol Ghearóid — go han-maith.Seo mar chara é agus mar fhear a raibh go leor fiontar aige. Agus é ag baint sult as an saol. Tá gá le gach streachailt le glór ciotach – ach glór dearfach. Bhí Gearóid lón smaointe geala. 

Danny talks to PJ about how growing up during the Troubles changed the course of his life in unimaginable ways. Danny will be doing the Cork launch of his book which, again, is called "All The Dead Voices" this Fri Nov 28th at 7pm in An Spailpín Fánach Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Irlandia Północna w latach 80 ubiegłego wieku. Od ponad 10 lat sytuacja w kraju przypominała wojnę domową. Na wyspach nazywają to Troubles. Robert Gerard Sands, znany jako Bobby Sands bojownik Prowizorycznej Irlandzkiej Armii Republikańskiej tzw. Provos, po jednym z zamachów bombowych w Belfaście został skazany na 14 lat. Karę odbywał w więzieniu Crumlin Road a następnie w The Maze. Warunki w więzieniu były okropne a strażnicy brutalni, szczególnie wobec nacjonalistów. Republikańscy więźniowie często organizowali protesty. Przywódcą, najsłynniejszego – strajku głodowego był właśnie Bobby Sands. Strajk miał fatalne zakończenie. Sands po 66 dniach głodówki zmarł. Życie straciło jeszcze kolejnych 9 strajkujących. Ale Sands to nie tylko bojownik o wolność. Był muzykiem, grał na basie. Pisał również piosenki. Przynajmniej 4 napisał odsiadując wyrok. Wśród nich „Back Home in Derry” – wrócić do Derry. Piosenka  opisuje podróż irlandzkich rebeliantów do kolonii karnej w ramach tzw. penal transportation. 60 skazańców zmierza do Zatoki Botanicznej. Więźniowie płynął 5 tygodni w opłakanych warunkach, a potem czeka ich ciężka egzystencja z dala od rodzin, na ziemi Van Diemena. Piosenka została uznana za rebeliancką. A melodię Bobby Sands pożyczył właśnie od Gordona Lightfoota i jego Wraku Edmunda Fitzgeralda. Nie wiemy dlaczego autor w refrenie tęskni do Derry. Nie urodził się tam nie mieszkał. Ale może chciał podkreślić rebeliancki charakter utworu odnosząc się do miasta symbolu. A Derry na taki symbol nadawało się wyśmienicie. To drugie co do wielkości miasto Irlandii Północnej. W XVI wieku miasto opanowali angielscy najeźdźcy. Pierwotnej nazwie Derry Anglicy dodali człon London. Do dziś nazwa LondonDerry jest nazwą oficjalną. Stanowi pewien wyróżnik, używają jej unioniści, Republikanie mówią po prostu Derry. Ale Derry to przede wszystkim symbol The Troubles, konfliktu miedzy unionistami a republikanami, trwającego w Irlandii Północnej od końca lat 60 do 90. Właśnie w Derry, bitwą pod Bogside, zaczęła się ta swoista wojna domowa, tak to możemy nazwać. Konflikt pochłonął ponad 3500 ofiar.        The Troubles zmieniło na wiele lat obraz miasta. I o tym następna piosenka. Phil Coulter, irlandzki songwriter, słynął w latach 60 XX wieku z pisania przebojowych piosenek rozrywkowych. Jego piosenki odnosiły sukcesy na Eurowizji. We wczesnych latach 70 pracował z zespołem The Dubliners, wtedy bliżej zetknął się z irlandzkim folkiem. Luke Kelly namówił go aby zaczął pisać piosenki „folkowe” opatrzone poważniejszymi tekstami. Pierwszym sukcesem była „Free The People”, ale tę piosenkę autor uznał za zbyt patetyczną. Następna, powstawała prawie rok, ale okazała się majstersztykiem. Phil opisał w niej dzieciństwo i młodość spędzone w rodzinnym Derry. I zestawił ten obraz z miastem zrujnowanym prze Troubles, miastem przypominającym koszary, obwieszonym drutami kolczastymi, miastem w którym po ulicach snuł się niepokojący zapach gazu, miastem pełnym patroli wojskowych. Piosence nadał tytuł „The Town I Loved So Well” (miasto, które tak bardzo kochałem). Piosenkę w 1973 na Albumie Dublinersów Plain and Simple zaśpiewał Luke Kelly. I to wykonanie, pełne uczucia,  autor uznał za doskonałe. Nie tylko autor. Piosenka stała się niemal natychmiast irlandzkim standardem. A jej sukces jest tym większy, że dziś „The Town I Loved So Well” jest śpiewana w pubach zarówno katolickich jak i protestanckich.   Audycja zawiera utwory:   „The Town I Loved So Well” (w tle) w wykonaniu Jin-Sung Lee, muzyka: Phil Coulter, aranżacja na gitarę: Sin-young Ahn „Back Home in Derry” w wykonaniu Christy'ego Moore'a, słowa: Bobby Sands muzyka: na podstawie „The Wreck of The Edmund Fitzgerald”  Gordona Lightfoota „ The Town I Loved So Well” w wykonaniu The Dubliners, słowa i muzyka: Phil Coulter

Gaza – The Gates of HellLast Saturday millions across the world, including here in Belfast, participated in one of the biggest ever solidarity events as part of a Global Day of Action in support of the Palestinian people. At the same time dozens of boats, and hundreds of human rights activists, are taking part in the largest civilian freedom flotilla. Among them are three senior Sinn Féin representatives; Lynn Boylan MEP, Seanadoir Chris Andrews and Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh TD. They are all on their way to the Gaza Strip in a courageous effort to break Israel's illegal blockade. Their aim is to deliver much needed food and medicine to the people of that besieged territory.Next month will mark two years since the commencement of the Israeli genocide assault against the Palestinian people, following the Hamas attack on 7 October 2023. The statistics of death and destruction are horrendous. To date almost 65,000 Palestinians have been confirmed as killed with many thousands more buried under the rubble of Gaza.  Almost 20,000 children have been murdered and tens of thousands have suffered serious injuries, many of them life changing.UNICEF has described the situation in Gaza City as catastrophic with starvation now an integral part of Israel's genocidal war against civilians. Eight Palestinian children die every day from starvation. The Israeli forces kill 28 children every day. Over 350 children are daily being admitted to the limited U.N. facilities still operating within the Gaza Strip, suffering from acute malnutrition. Many will not survive and those who do will suffer from health problems for the rest of their lives because of this experience.The Voice of Hind RajabMovies can uplift and depress, frighten and inspire, and occasionally make us laugh. The Irish experience, through films like Hunger, which tells the story of Bobby Sands; In the Name of the Father which recounts the miscarriage of Justice experienced by the Guildford Four; of Michael Collins; Bloody Sunday and others is evidence of this. These movies focussed on important political or historical events while successfully and emotionally impacting on audiences.Last week ‘The Voice of Hind Rajab' received the longest ever standing ovation at the Venice film festival and won the Silver Lion prize. It is a drama based on true events – the killing by Israel of a five-year-old Palestinian child, Hind Rajab, in Gaza in January 2024.Hind was in a car with her Aunt and Uncle and four cousins trying to flee Israeli forces. Their car was struck by a shell and the adults and three children were killed. An Israeli tank fired consistently into the trapped vehicle. The fourth cousin was later killed. Hind was alone, surrounded by the bodies of her relatives. She spent hours on a mobile phone with the Palestine Red Crescent Society. She was terrified. She pleaded for help. “Come take me. You will come and take me? … I'm so scared, please come. Please call someone to come and take me.” Desperately the Red Crescent sought clearance from the Israeli Army to send an ambulance. They never got it.Van The ManA very happy 80th birthday to Van Morrison. This column is a big fan of Van the Mans music. It is great that he is still so creative. His   latest offering Remembering Now is a gem. It is reflective and musically very very positive and uplifting. Not bad for a man who started in the sixties . Still going strong. Chieftan's Walk - Martin McGuinness Peace Foundation14th September, 1pm Derry City: https://register.enthuse.com/ps/event/ChieftainsWalk20251CEARTA Dublin Rally: 20th September, Parnell Square 1:30pm: National Irish Language & Gaeltacht March. 

Our 1916The eight months of the 1981 hunger strike campaign changed the political landscape in Ireland. It was as Síle Darragh, former O.C. of the republican women prisoners in Armagh Women's Prison, said recently, “our 1916.” It began on 1st March 1981. When it ended on 3rd October ten hungerstrikers were dead. Bobby Sands had been the first to die on May 5th. He was followed over the following four summer months up to August by Francis Hughes, Raymond McCreesh, Patsy O Hara, Joe McDonnell, Martin Hurson, Kevin Lynch, Kieran Doherty, Thomas McElwee, and Micky Devine.On Sunday last people came in their thousands, from all parts of the island of Ireland, and from overseas, to participate in the annual August march and to honour and commemorate the ten who died forty-four years ago in the H blocks and others who starved to death decades before this including Frank Stagg and Michael Gaughan who died in the 1970s in prison in England. The stories of the ten hunger strikers and of their comrades in the H-Blocks and Armagh Women's Prison, who spent five years on the protest for political status, are many. The brutal physical and mental abuse the women and men endured in defence of the struggle for freedom and in rejection of the label ‘criminal,' has been articulated in a series of books, poems and articles. These include Ten Men Dead by David Beresford; Seachtain an an Bhlaincéad by Ruairí Ó Dónaill; The Crunch has come by Eoghan MacCormaic, written while he was in the H-Blocks and using the pen name Frankie O ‘Brien; Nor Meekly Serve my Time by some of the POWs; John Lennon is Dead by Síle Darragh; Time Shadows by Laurence McKeown; 6000 Days by Jim (Jaz) McCann: ; Pluid: Scéal na mBlocanna H, 1976-81 by Eoghan MacCormaic; Playing My Part by Gerry Kelly; and the many poems and articles written by Bobby Sands. And there are others including by this writer.Speaking at the Republican Plot in Milltown Cemetery where Bobby Sands, Joe McDonnell and Ciaran Doherty are buried, Uachtarán Mary Lou McDonald caught the legacy and memory of that time when she described the hungerstrikers as: “Ten brave Irish men who laid down their lives on hunger strike for the freedom of their country. Starved and persecuted they lay in the H-Blocks and with every sinew of their being, they refused to be criminalised, refused to be broken, refused to be defeated.” She said: “For them, we will do the work, we will walk the extra yards, we will write our nation's next chapter – Ireland, united and free… Joined by heroic women in Armagh Gaol, they hungered not only for political status, but for the Ireland envisaged by the proclamation – for the Republic… The legacy of the hunger strikers calls to us today.  To stay true to vision and the dream for which they gave everything. To never despair. Never lose hope. Never give up.”Perhaps one of the most emotional moments of the day was as the huge march made its way along the Falls Road toward Milltown. A huge banner of Bik McFarlane was unfurled as the march rounded the bend on the Falls Road, just above Beechmount. The blanket men and women who were leading the commemoration stopped and for a minute lifted their clenched fists in silent salute to the friend and comrade who had led them through that terrible year.In his contribution to Guthanna '81, published last Saturday, Bik, who died earlier this year, wrote about that experience. His account provides an insight, into t

‘Hope should never Die' – Bobby SandsWednesday 20th August marks the anniversary of the death on hunger strike in 1981 of Mickey Devine. Mickey was the last of the ten men to die and several weeks later the hunger strike end on 3 October. It was also the day the by-election was held in Fermanagh South Tyrone caused by the death in May of Bobby Sands. Owen Carron successfully held the seat as the ‘Anti-H-Block/Proxy Political Prisoner' candidate.This Sunday the annual National Hunger Strike March and Rally will take place in Belfast. Republicans and others remember with pride and sorrow those who died on hunger strike in 1981, as well as Michael Gaughan 1974 and Frank Stagg 1976, and others of earlier generations. The men of the H-Blocks and the women of Armagh Women's Prison hold a special place in republican hearts and minds. We also remember all of those who died during that summer of 1981.An ClogánAmong the many excellent events at this year's Féile an Phobail was the launch of a new journal called An Clogán (The Little Bell). It is an independent, politically unaligned magazine that takes its name, and I suspect its design as an A5 booklet, from The Bell. This was a left oriented magazine edited and published in the 1940's and 50's by Peadar O'Donnell, Roisin Walsh and Sean Ó Faoláin.An Clogán, which is edited by Oisín Gilmore and Oisín Vince Coulter is an ambitious magazine containing 27 contributions from a wide range of writers, including Claire Mitchell, Robbie McVeigh, Phillip Pettit, Martina Anderson, Margaret Ward, and an interview with me.

Steve McQueen is one of Britain's most acclaimed filmmakers and artists. He is the recipient of the Academy Award for Best Picture, two BAFTA Awards, the Caméra d'Or, a Golden Globe, and the Turner Prize. McQueen's work includes his first feature-length film Hunger about Bobby Sands and the 1981 Irish hunger strike, the Oscar-winning 12 Years a Slave, the BBC anthology Small Axe, and his most recent film Blitz. In April 2025 McQueen joined us live on the Intelligence Squared stage to discuss the themes of his new book Resistance. Accompanied by a major exhibition of the same name at Turner Contemporary, Resistance is a landmark collection of photographs and essays charting a century of British activism. Speaking alongside author Gary Younge, McQueen explored the power of collective action and uncover the often-overlooked stories of individuals who have been instrumental in forming modern Britain. McQueen discussed how acts of resistance have shaped Britain and the powerful role of photography as a catalyst for change. From the radical suffrage movement in 1903 through key moments including the Battle of Cable Street, the Black People's Day of Action, Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp and the Miners' Strike; onto protests against environmental destruction, struggles for LGBTQ+ and disability rights; and the largest protest in Britain's history: the march against the War in Iraq in 2003. ----- If you'd like to become a Member and get access to all our full ad free conversations, plus all of our Members-only content, just visit intelligencesquared.com/membership to find out more. For £4.99 per month you'll also receive: - Full-length and ad-free Intelligence Squared episodes, wherever you get your podcasts - Bonus Intelligence Squared podcasts, curated feeds and members exclusive series - 15% discount on livestreams and in-person tickets for all Intelligence Squared events ... Or Subscribe on Apple for £4.99: - Full-length and ad-free Intelligence Squared podcasts - Bonus Intelligence Squared podcasts, curated feeds and members exclusive series … Already a subscriber? Thank you for supporting our mission to foster honest debate and compelling conversations! Visit intelligencesquared.com to explore all your benefits including ad-free podcasts, exclusive bonus content and early access. … Subscribe to our newsletter here to hear about our latest events, discounts and much more. https://www.intelligencesquared.com/newsletter-signup/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Steve McQueen is one of Britain's most acclaimed filmmakers and artists. He is the recipient of the Academy Award for Best Picture, two BAFTA Awards, the Caméra d'Or, a Golden Globe, and the Turner Prize. McQueen's work includes his first feature-length film Hunger about Bobby Sands and the 1981 Irish hunger strike, the Oscar-winning 12 Years a Slave, the BBC anthology Small Axe, and his most recent film Blitz. In April 2025 McQueen joined us live on the Intelligence Squared stage to discuss the themes of his new book Resistance. Accompanied by a major exhibition of the same name at Turner Contemporary, Resistance is a landmark collection of photographs and essays charting a century of British activism. Speaking alongside author Gary Younge, McQueen explored the power of collective action and uncover the often-overlooked stories of individuals who have been instrumental in forming modern Britain. McQueen discussed how acts of resistance have shaped Britain and the powerful role of photography as a catalyst for change. From the radical suffrage movement in 1903 through key moments including the Battle of Cable Street, the Black People's Day of Action, Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp and the Miners' Strike; onto protests against environmental destruction, struggles for LGBTQ+ and disability rights; and the largest protest in Britain's history: the march against the War in Iraq in 2003. ----- This is the first instalment of a two-part episode. If you'd like to become a Member and get access to all our full ad free conversations, plus all of our Members-only content, just visit intelligencesquared.com/membership to find out more. For £4.99 per month you'll also receive: - Full-length and ad-free Intelligence Squared episodes, wherever you get your podcasts - Bonus Intelligence Squared podcasts, curated feeds and members exclusive series - 15% discount on livestreams and in-person tickets for all Intelligence Squared events ... Or Subscribe on Apple for £4.99: - Full-length and ad-free Intelligence Squared podcasts - Bonus Intelligence Squared podcasts, curated feeds and members exclusive series … Already a subscriber? Thank you for supporting our mission to foster honest debate and compelling conversations! Visit intelligencesquared.com to explore all your benefits including ad-free podcasts, exclusive bonus content and early access. … Subscribe to our newsletter here to hear about our latest events, discounts and much more. https://www.intelligencesquared.com/newsletter-signup/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

“Our revenge will be the laughter of our children,” Bobby Sands famously said. But what happens in a land where children are being killed in their thousands?On Free State today, trauma surgeon Morgan McMonagle provides a harrowing insight into his time working in the Nasser Hospital in Gaza.Morgan went to Gaza for the first time in 2024 and returned in 2025. He talks about how Israel's onslaught over the past 20 months has destroyed a land and a people.He talks about the playgrounds that are no longer playgrounds but graveyards for the children who used to play there. They have no other use in a land where genocide is taking place and more than 50,000 children have been killed by the IDF.Morgan speaks about the four pillars of humanitarian work and why he has been compelled to speak out since he returned. It is not about taking sides, he says, it is about advocating for the truth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Statue of Bobby Sands to be unveiledOn May 4 at 3pm, a statue of Bobby Sands will be unveiled in the Republican Memorial Garden in Twinbrook, where Bobby lived. The organisers of the event, all local republican activists and all inspired by the courage and self-sacrifice of Bobby and his comrades, have worked hard over recent years to raise the funds for the statue. Former hunger striker Pat Sheehan who spent 55 days on the 1981 hunger strike will speak about Bobby and his comrades who died.There will also be a Bobby Sands Mountain Walk that morning and the annual Bobby Sands lecture will be given that evening by Pat Sheehan in the Andersonstown Social Club.Bobby was the first of ten republican hunger strikers to die during the H-Block hunger strike of 1981. He died on May 5. The others were: Francis Hughes; Raymond McCreesh; Patsy O'Hara; Joe McDonnell; Kieran Doherty TD; Kevin Lynch; Martin Hurson; Tom McElwee; and Mickey Devine. Nor should we forget Michael Gaughan 1974 and Frank Stagg 1976 who died on hunger strike in prisons in England.I knew Bobby and Francie Hughes, Kieran Doherty and Joe McDonnell. I also met Tom McElwee and Mickey Devine on a visit to the prison hospital in July 1981. They were all ordinary young working class men. Joe McDonnell at 30 was the eldest. The rest were all in their 20s. In extraordinary times they revealed a depth of resolve that few are ever called upon to demonstrate.The RefugeesA hurried worried people, a human stampede to God knows where,Were spat out from the back streets, for God knows who to care.Their little kitchen houses lit up the night around about‘For God and Ulster' was the reason that the refugees were driven out. Oh little humble homes where the people hugged the open fire,Oil-clothed floors and little ornamented cabinets that the neighbours would admire,The little backyard havens where the youngsters would playAnd in the hall the little font of holy water to bless you on your way! Pope FrancisThe funeral last Saturday of Pope Francis was an occasion to mourn the passing of a leader who championed progressive causes, stood up for those most marginalised and vulnerable while opening the door to reform within the Church. There is much more to be done to make the Church democratic. I am among those who are alienated by the deep absence of equality in the Church's structures.  Banning women from the priesthood is totally unacceptable as is the opulence of some institutions and the unaccountability of church leaders, particularly over the treatment of children and vulnerable people.  But still there are good priests and nuns and many decent people doing their best to make amends.  They include Pope Francis. The many stories of his deep sense of compassion for the sick and vulnerable and those who are victim of abuse and violence have filled the airwaves and social media since his death. His loss is a huge blow to the institutional Church which often seems aloof to the trials and tribulations of ordinary people while being less than open about the sins of some within its own ranks.

Talking about Bobby Sands, the Troubles, the Irish Republican Army, and the Good Friday Agreement with John M. Burney and Andrew J. Auge.

Who organised the bombing of The Old Bailey in Central London? Why was Jean McConville abducted in December 1972? Why did the British government choose not to intervene when hunger strikers like Bobby Sands refused food in 1981? How was the graveside grenade incident linked to the first seed of peace that would one day end The Troubles? In the third of four episodes, William and Anita are joined once again by Patrick Radden Keefe, author of Say Nothing, to discuss Bloody Friday, the infamous IRA bombings in London in 1973, and the hunger strike that changed the trajectory of The Troubles toward a battle for the ballot.  _____________ Empire UK Live Tour: The podcast is going on a UK tour! William and Anita will be live on stage in Glasgow, Birmingham, York and Bristol, discussing how the British Empire continues to shape our everyday lives. Tickets are on sale NOW, to buy yours head to empirepoduk.com. Empire Club: Become a member of the Empire Club to receive early access to miniseries, ad-free listening, early access to live show tickets, bonus episodes, book discounts, and a weekly newsletter! Head to empirepoduk.com to sign up. Email: empire@goalhanger.com Instagram: @empirepoduk  Blue Sky: @empirepoduk  X: @empirepoduk goalhanger.com Assistant Producer: Becki Hills Producer: Anouska Lewis Senior Producer: Callum Hill Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Seachtain na GaeilgeSeachtain na Gaeilge used to run for one week but because it was so popular it was extended. It now runs annually from 1 March to 17 March – St. Patrick's Day. Is í Seachtain na Gaeilge an ceiliúradh is mó den Ghaeilge agus Cultúr na hÉireann ar domhan. Bhí an oiread sin ráchairt uirthi gur síneodh amach chuig coicís í. Bíonn sí ar siúl ó 1 Márta go dtí 17 Márta - Lá Fhéile Pádraig, achan bhliain.Seachtain na Gaeilge was founded in 1902 by Conradh na Gaeilge as part the Gaelic  revival of that time. Initially Seachtain na Gaeilge was limited to the island of Ireland but today it is now a global phenomenon and the largest celebration of our language and culture here and overseas.Seachtain is an opportunity to celebrate our native language and culture and to enjoy it all.  I was lucky to attend the Belfast launch in An Cultúrlann on the Falls Road last week. I certainly enjoyed it. It was a great event. Bia blasta agus ceol milis. You could tell a new generation is here to take the language movement forward with confidence.  To read what's on in the festival, go to Seachtain na Gaelige le energia or cnag.ie Death of Dafyyd Elis-ThomasNext week the funeral will take place in Cardiff of Dafyyd Elis-Thomas the former leader of Plaid Cymru, the Welsh independence party, who died in February. Forty-four years ago Dafyyd was an MP in the British Parliament where he played a pivotal role in the 1981 hunger strike.Bobby Sands commenced his hunger strike on 1 March 1981. He was to be followed in the weeks and months that followed by other blanket men. Five days after Bobby first refused food Frank Maguire, the Independent Republican MP for Fermanagh South Tyrone suddenly died of a heart attack. Following days of intense discussion, it was decided by Sinn Féin to stand Bobby Sands in the by-election. Harry West was the Unionist candidate.When the result was announced on the 9 April in Enniskillen's Technical College - “Sands, Bobby – Anti H-Block/Armagh Political Prisoner – 30,492; West, Harry – Unionist – 29,046” – history was made and the political landscape on the island of Ireland changed forever. Bobby was elected with a majority of 1447 on an 87% turnout. 

Brendan ‘Bik' McFarlane's life could be a metaphor for The Troubles. When he was 16, Bik McFarlane left Belfast to train as a priest in North Wales for two years. But with the nationalist community under siege, he cut short his studies and joined the IRA. During the hunger strikes, he was the commander of the IRA in the H-Blocks, with the unenviable task of being the man whose duty it was to let Bobby Sands and others die. But this was not the whole of Bik McFarlane's life. On Free State today, Joe and Dion discuss the man who in 1975 was part of the IRA unit that murdered five people at the Bayardo Bar in Belfast during the height of sectarian killings in the north. How does a man like Bik McFarlane, remembered by so many for his intelligence and charm, end up committing acts such as these? Joe remembers his friend who became a key champion of the peace process, while Dion wonders what it tell us about Sinn Fein in 2025, that they can be so effusive in their tributes to Bik McFarlane? Is he missing the point about what was endured during The Troubles or does his view have merit?Free State with Joe Brolly and Dion Fanning is a Gold Hat Production in association with SwanMcG.For more on Free State: https://freestatepodcast.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Michael Fassbender goes to absurd lengths to portray Bobby Sands in Steve McQueen's biopic, while Ron Howard pits Frank Langella's Richard Nixon against Michael Sheen's Bobby Sands. Connect with us: Never Did It on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@neverdiditpod Never Did It on Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/bradgaroon/list/never-did-it-podcast/ Brad on Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/bradgaroon/ Jake on Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/jake_ziegler/ Never Did It on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/neverdiditpodcast Hosted by Brad Garoon & Jake Ziegler

In this interview we talk to C. Crowle about the recently republished and expanded edition of Attack International's text The Spirit of Freedom: Anticolonial War & Uneasy Peace in Ireland. The new edition includes the original unabridged 1989 text by Attack International and some great supplementary material compiled by Crowle. The book is a concise and powerful text on the national liberation struggle in Ireland from the perspective of radicals in the UK. It's a text that challenges us to think critically about how people in an imperial center practice solidarity with the masses under the yoke of colonialism. We discuss different facets of the Irish context, including the revitalization of the armed movement in Ireland in the 1960's, the prisoner hunger strikes, and some of the different strands of Irish Nationalism and Ulster Unionism. We also talk about Attack International's critical analysis of the shortcomings, and problems with the anti-imperialist solidarity movement in Great Britain during the period of Irish armed struggle. This episode was recorded back on November 7th 2023 so while we discuss western liberalism, media and the western left with regards to Palestine, many of the questions we raised but didn't fully flesh out are topics we've covered more deeply since then. Having said that, one cannot help but ponder the resonances between the failures of the British left in supporting Irish liberation to the failures of the western left to materially impact the genocide on Palestinians & to support the Palestinian liberation struggle. We close by talking about the very real prospects for a United Ireland, what that might mean, and some of Crowle assessments of Irish Republicanism today. Kersplebedeb published this book, and their online bookstore is leftwingbooks.net. They are based in Canada, and are having a sale of 25% off during the Canada Post strike, because shipments will be delayed (solidarity to the striking postal workers). I highly encourage people to check out their catalogue, and in addition to The Spirit of Freedom, I will include some books I love from them in the show description.  We have a current discount for new patrons, you can get 20% off your first month if you sign up for a monthly membership, or off your first year if you sign up for a yearly membership by using the code A7E32 when you sign up on patreon.com/millennialsarekillingcapitalism. You also can now give a membership to our patreon as a gift if you know someone who would enjoy that this holiday season. We'll include a link for that in the show description as well  Our George Jackson Blood In My Eye study group will be available for patrons who support the show at any level. We are going to meet to discuss the book weekly on Thursday nights at 7:30 PM Eastern Time starting December 12th. Comrades from the George Jackson Organizing School will also join us for these discussions.  Links: The Spirit of Freedom: Anticolonial War & Uneasy Peace in Ireland Leftwingbooks.net Give the gift of a patreon subscription Use promo code A7E32 to get 20% off the first month (if you sign up for a monthly subscription) or year (if you sign up for yearly) at https://www.patreon.com/millennialsarekillingcapitalism Other conversations we've had on Ireland: Ireland, Colonialism and the Unfinished Revolution with Robbie McVeigh and Bill Rolston (Jared also references this book multiple times in the conversation) The Lost & Early Writings of James Connolly 1889-1898 with Conor McCabe Irish Women's Prison Writing: Mother Ireland's Rebels, 1960's-2010's with Red Washburn Books Casey references:  Three Way Fight Book  Confronting Fascism - Discussion Documents for a Militant Movement - A few book recommendations from Leftwingbooks/Kersplebedeb (there are many more, but these are just a few we love): On Necrocapitalism Riding the Wave - Torkil Lauesen A Soldier's Story - Kuwasi Balagoon Lumpen: The Autobiography of Ed Mead Stand Up, Struggle Forward - Sanyika Shakur Night Vision - Butch Lee & Red Rover Conversations we've held on Palestine that flesh out some of the points raised: The Question of Hamas and the Left by Abdaljawad Omar Western Theory and the Demonization of the Palestinian Resistance with Max Ajl Palestine & The Problem of Narrative with The Good Shepherd Collective Time for Autonomous Action for Palestine with Within Our Lifetime

Prison Poems by Bobby SandsIn a recent interview Christy Moore remarked that the death of Bobby Sands robbed us of a great writing talent. Christy was praising the quality of the work Bobby created in the harsh conditions he endured. He was making the point that you can only imagine what Bobby might have gone on to produce in different circumstances where his creative imagination could have been nurtured and not repressed. But of course this was not to be. Bobby led the second hunger strike in the H-Blocks of Long Kesh and he was the first of the ten men who fasted to death in that awful summer of 1981. Rally to Defend Moore St this weekendThe campaign to protect the 1916 Moore St Battlefield site from demolition is moving up a gear. As regular readers will know An Bord Pleanála  - the planning authority in the South – gave the go ahead recently for the Hammerson development plan which will see much of this historic site reduced to rubble.Irish government fails PalestiniansMore massacres. More children dead and maimed. More civilians killed by the Israeli government in a series of deadly assaults in Gaza and Lebanon. Health workers, journalists, and children continue to be the preferred targets for a right wing Israeli government that is being armed, funded and empowered by its western allies.

John Nixon, ex-Offical IRA and INLA member begins this episode at the start of his second prison term in Long Kesh during which he would volunteer for the IRA/INLA Hunger Strike of 1980, led by Brendan “The Dark” Hughes.John speaks about the horrors and trauma of years in prison, beatings and torture from the guards and his account of the hunger strike that preceded the 1981 Hunger Strike, most known for Bobby Sands death.I asked about the effect that 53 days without food has a man's body and mind and how John has tried to moved past everything to life a normal life post prison Please forgive us for any parts that might overlap or be repetitive, we recorded this part over several sittings as you can tell. 00:00 2nd Prison Sentence 12:45 Staying Sane in Prison 30:50 Would John Meet With an Ex-Prison Guard 36:45 Brendan Hughes43:00 Hunger Strikes 57:42 1980 HUNGER STRIKE 1:04:42 Selecting Hunger Strikers 1:13:35 Stages of John's Hunger Strike (53 days) 1:29:52 Hunger Strike ENDS 1:32:42 Prison after Hunger Strike 1:41:20 Release & Life after prison (Q&A coming soon so please drop any questions in the comments or email me at thegoodlistenerpodcast@gmail.com )PLEASE HELP OUT THE SHOW IF YOU CAN SPARE IT.. THANK YOUhttps://www.buymeacoffee.com/goodlistenerpodcast

Irish republican Bobby Sands leads the inmates of a Northern Irish prison in a hunger strike. Steve McQueen. 2008.

Dr. Shahd Abusalama talks to Eamon about the Palestinian people since the creation of Israel, her family, growing up in Jabalia Refugee camp in northern Gaza, and Bobby Sands. Shahd is a Palestinian scholar-activist and artist. Her Ph.D. from Sheffield Hallam University explores the historical representations of Gaza and its refugees in documentary films. It will be published by Bloomsbury this year, under the title, "Between Reality and Documentary". Shahd's blog can be found at https://palestinefrommyeyes.com/First posted on 4th June 2024. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/the-stand-with-eamon-dunphy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chaith Eoghan Mac Cormaic 15 bliana sa phríosún. Fuarthas ciontach é as bean óg RUC a dhúnmharú. Le linn na tréimhse a chaith sé i Long Kesh, ghlac sé páirt in agóidí ar son aitheantas mar chimí polaitiúla - The Blanket Protest agus The Dirty Protest. Agus i measc na príosúnaigh eile ar nós Bobby Sands a bhí in éineacht leis, d'fhás an Ghaeilge as "a tool of resistance". Labhraíonn Eoghan le Seachtain faoin saothar úr seo agus labhraíonn sé go hoscailte faoin tréimhse i bpríosún. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr. Shahd Abusalama talks to Eamon about the Palestinian people since the creation of Israel, her family, growing up in Jabalia Refugee camp in northern Gaza, and Bobby Sands. Shahd is a Palestinian scholar-activist and artist. Her Ph.D. from Sheffield Hallam University explores the historical representations of Gaza and its refugees in documentary films. It will be published by Bloomsbury this year, under the title, "Between Reality and Documentary". Shahd's blog can be found at https://palestinefrommyeyes.com/.Recorded on Thursday 30th May 2024. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/the-stand-with-eamon-dunphy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Send us a Text Message.Just another Saturday getting ready to carpe diem with some coffee and some hot new Icelandic tunes! This week we have a doubles-special, with two releases off marvaða records, two releases off Heavy Knife records, and two cover songs! (But only 5 tracks—one of those fits two categories.)This one is an absolute banger of a list so get ready to kick off your weekend with some kitchen dancing!Episode Tracklist:Ultraflex — Say Goodbye (Hiroshi Sato cover) (r.  May 10)AfterpartyAngel — Anja's Nightmare (r. May 2)viibra — Eyg (r. May 3)Bobby Sands ft. Alfred Drexler — High Stakes Low Rider (r. May 10)Thoracius Appotite — Way Over Yonder In The Minor Key (Billy Bragg/Woody Guthrie cover) 66 Degrees of Sound is a podcast production by The Reykjavík Grapevine, hosted by music editor Jóhannes Bjarkason and listings editor Rex Beckett.Editing and intro music by Rex Beckett.All tracks played on the show are in accordance with STEF, the Composers' Rights Society of Iceland.Check out grapevine.is for the full magazine coverage and events.grapevine.is for more upcoming events. Instagram: @rvkgrapevine Facebook: The Reykjavík Grapevine Youtube: The Reykjavík Grapevine

Solidarity to Student ProtestersIn the late 1960s the major national and international issues of the day that helped shape my politics were the anti-Vietnam War movement, the anti-apartheid struggle against the racist South African government and the civil rights movement in the North.  In all three the activism of students was central to raising public awareness and opposition to injustice.Today students are again at the heart of an ant-war movement. In the USA students at over 100 university campuses have taken a stand against the genocidal war of the Israeli government against the Palestinian people.Captive Columns – an untold account of prison lifeCumann na Meirleach Poblachtach Éireannach/ The Irish Republican Felons Association celebrated its 60th birthday last weekend.The first part of last Friday evening's celebrations was given over to Danny Morrison who hosted two conversations. The first was with Síle Darragh and Mary Doyle and focussed on their experience in Armagh Women's Prison. The second was with Colm Scullion, Jackie McMullan, and Jazz McCann. This centred on Bobby Sands, Joe McDonnell and Kieran Doherty who they knew well in the H-Blocks. The discussions were insightful, informative and inspiring.Rights in a New IrelandLast week the British government's Legacy Act took effect and a group of international human rights experts published a major report accusing the British state of operating a “systematic” practice of impunity to protect state forces. In the same week people interested in human rights packed into St Comgall's – Ionad Eileen Howell. The Conference was organised by Sinn Féin's Commission on the Future of Ireland.

Send us a Text Message.Bobby Sands rose to international prominence in 1981 when he embarked on a fatal hunger strike while imprisoned for activities related to the IRA's armed campaign against the British government.Sands's rough childhood, which included several assaults by unionist paramilitaries and local Protestant gangs, led to his decision to volunteer for the IRA in 1972. Sands was arrested twice, the first time for weapons possession, in 1972, and imprisoned at Long Kesh as a “special category” prisoner due to his involvement with the IRA. The special category status acknowledged a sort of political status and granted those prisoners the right to wear their own clothing.  When these privileges were taken away and seen as criminals they started several protest to get them back.  When Margaret Thatcher would not budge, he died at the age of 29 and 9 others would follow.Support the Show.Irish Mythology - Mythical Cycle - Book of Invasions

Christy Moore has been a giant in Irish life. In the final part of the Free State special he talks to Joe and Dion about the songs and the people who have guided him along the way.He plays the songs whose success surprised him and he talks about the ones that were censored. What word led the BBC to ban ‘St Brendan's Voyage'? How did a review of ‘The Time Has Come' lead to it being taken off the airwaves? He also tells the extraordinary story of how he was given the lyrics to ‘Back Home In Derry' which were written by Bobby Sands in the H Blocks.Free State with Joe Brolly and Dion Fanning is a Gold Hat Production in association with SwanMcG.For more on Free State: https://freestatepodcast.com/To get in touch with the podcast: info@freestatepodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stephen White is former commanding officer of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (police force at the time) during some of Northern Ireland's most violent and volatile years. Stephen tells us about his early years growing up in an environment where sectarian tension and violence was a constant. Stephen spent time in the Ulster Defense Regiment before he joined the RUC.I asked Stephen about the daily reality of policing Northern Ireland's streets during some of its most tumultuous years, thoughts on Irish reunification, facing rioters after Bobby Sand's death, accusations of collusion, death threats and much moreTIMESTAMPS00:00 Growing up in N.I 10:22 Story from teen years about sectarian violence on catholic friend 12:42 Thoughts on Irish reunifaction     21:02 JOING ULSTER DEFENCE REGIMENT (UDR)33:02 UDR clashes with loyalist paramilitaries   35:22 UDR/UVF dual memberships ?? 38:52 JOINING RUC (1978)42:02 BOBBY SANDS RIOTS 47:32 John Weir conviction 53:20 Any officers under Stephen's command investigated for COLLUSION ?  57:20 Rougher policing back then (70s-90s)1:04:02 RUC “dirty war” use of loyalist paramilitaries as agents1:14:02 Dealing with the trauma of the job 1:19:12 ASSASSINATION PLOTS AGAINST STEPHEN 1:26:32 Toughest area in N.I to be a cop during the troubles 1:30:12 Running into IRA men while off-duty mosaic: Exploring Jewish Issuesmosaic is Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County's news magazine show, exploring Jewish...Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify

Glenn Bradley was born 1967 in West Belfast and grew up in the loyalist Woodvale area. He is a former soldier, one-time politician and a made-good businessman. Today, Glenn is Chair of Veterans For Peace Ireland and a Board Member of the Belfast Charitable Society. He remains an unapologetic Irish peace processor.I was  eager pick Glenn's brain about what it was like to grow up surrounded by the violence of "the troubles" conflict that began when he was a small child and particularly about the years of his youth spent in the army before he became completely disillusioned with violence after experiencing it's futility firsthand. Glenn told me about his childhood in a staunchly loyalist area of Belfast during one of Ireland's bloodiest times including when he was injured by a no-warning IRA bomb at the age of 5. We also spoke about a particularly horrific incident during the Bobby Sands riots when his schoolbus was petrol-bombed by a republican mob. Glenn would eventually join the British Army, a time in his life that he has made sure not to let define him and I was fascinated to get his insight on the soldiering of N.I.I asked about the daily realities of being a soldier during this period, what it feels like to be in a shootout with paramilitaries and how The British Army viewed the IRA and Loyalists. Glenn also explained the mindset of a trained soldier in terms of how they were trained to view their enemies/opponents.PART 2 COMING SOON ( We discussed more of Glenn's military days and how he would eventually become  entirely disillusioned with violence.)00:00 Intro & growing up in troubles-era Woodvale area6:05 Injured by IRA bomb at 5 years old13:25 How realistic was Irish reunification as a possibility in the minds of unionist people at the time?17:45 View of the RUC in the area? 20:35 How did Glen view British soldiers in the streets?22:55 GLEN'S SCHOOLBUS PETROL-B*MBED (day of Bobby Sands death) 26:16 How were loyalist paramilitaries viewed by the community in his area? 32:35 Joining British Army instead of Loyalist paramilitaries 43:00 Where was Glen 46:50 Shoot-outs with the IRA50:15 How competent did British troops consider the IRA 53:35 Any clashes w/ Loyalists 55:10 Soldiers from mainland UK- how good of an understanding did they have of the conflict in N.I 

Almost forgotten big band that played at the Savoy in NYC at the same time as Chick Webb. Hopkins was among the best stride pianists of the day and a very good arranger as well - his band included Sylvester Lewis and Ovie Alston on trumpets, Fred Norman and Fernando Arbello on trombones, Gene Johnson and Bobby Sands on saxes and most notably Edmond Hall on clarinet and baritone sax. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/john-clark49/support

In this episode, Paddy educates The Yank on some of Ireland's past troubles, including the 1916 easter uprising, Bloody Sunday, and Bobby Sands and the hunger strikers of the infamous Maze prison in Northern Ireland.Featuring original music by Ohio's Wizard Seizure

Can we reverse the damage done to our polluted rivers and seas? What was it like to write Teenage Kicks? How has Brexit hamstrung the music industry? From punk singer to political activist, Feargal Sharkey is now the leading figure in the fight against sewage and water pollution in the UK. On today's episode of Leading he sits down with Alastair to discuss environmentalism, growing up in Derry, the success of The Undertones, and much, much more. TRIP Plus: Become a member of The Rest Is Politics Plus to support the podcast, enjoy ad-free listening to both TRIP and Leading, benefit from discount book prices on titles mentioned on the pod, join our Discord chatroom, and receive early access to live show tickets and Question Time episodes. Just head to therestispolitics.com to sign up, or start a free trial today on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/therestispolitics. Instagram: @restispolitics Twitter: @RestIsPolitics Email: restispolitics@gmail.com Producers: Dom Johnson + Nicole Maslen Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Moore StThe threat of demolition to parts of the Moore St Terrace - that played a central role in the Easter Rising - has increased significantly. Last month the Executive of Dublin City Council rejected a motion by Councillors that Number 18 Moore St should be designated a Protected Structure. The Councillors had previously passed a motion in support of this.Coffin ShipsEight years ago the death of two year old Alan Kurdi brought a focus on the refugee tragedy that has turned the Mediterranean into a sea of death for thousands. The photograph of the child lying face down on a Turkish beach as the water washed over him was a distressing and evocative image.Last week at least 78 refugees are known to have drowned when the packed trawler they were on capsized. Survivors have said that as many as 500 more, including possibly 100 children who were in the hold of the trawler, are thought to have gone down with the ship when it sank off the southern coast of GreeceThe Pen Behind The Wire.  Thousands of republicans were imprisoned during the conflict. They created a commendable body of prison literature, in keeping with prison writings from other phases in the freedom struggle. Former POWs, as well as writing their memoirs, have written short stories, novels, plays and screenplays and, of course, poetry. The writings of Bobby Sands, for example, have never been out of print over the past forty-two years and have been translated into many languages. 

Denis O'Hearn on Irish Revolutionaries, Bobby Sands, Prison Abolition, and the Zapatistas https://www.utep.edu/liberalarts/sociology-and-anthropology/people/denis-ohearn.html  Music by AwareNess: https://awareness0.bandcamp.com/ Please support the podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/timetalks Channel Zero Network: https://channelzeronetwork.com/

Candidatitis:This syndrome is capable of moving even the most rational aspirant or shy wallflower into a state of extreme self belief.  It strikes without warning, is no respecter of gender, and can infect the lowly municipal hopeful, the aspiring Parliamentarian, as well as the lofty presidential wannabe.Solidarity with Palestinian peopleI want to extend my solidarity and condolences to the Palestinian people and especially to the family of Khader Adnan who died on the 2 May last week after 87 days on hunger strike. His death in an Israeli prison, coming just three days before Irish republicans commemorate and celebrate the life of Bobby Sands, was especially poignant.

Christophe Hondelatte revisite chaque jour une année (société, politique, mœurs, culture…) en puisant dans la richesse du patrimoine sonore d' Europe 1. Au programme, un mariage Royal pour le meilleur, et surtout pour le pire ... Papy qui  fait de la résistance, L'Irlande du Nord qui pleure Bobby Sands et la Jamaïque qui enterre Bob Marley.

Nous revenons sur les deux plus longs règnes de la monarchie britannique, ceux des reines Victoria et Elizabeth II. Le premier a vu naître le mouvement pour le vote des femmes, le second a marqué l'arrivée au pouvoir des premières ministres: Margaret Thatcher, Theresa May et Liz Truss. Au micro d'Étienne Duval: Véronique Molinari, historienne spécialiste de la place des femmes au sein du Royaume-Uni. Photo: la Première ministre britannique Margaret Thatcher dans un char d'assaut lors d'une visite aux forces britanniques à Fallingbostel, sud de Hambourg (Allemagne), le 17 septembre 1986. Son surnom de "Dame de fer" - que le journal L'Étoile rouge, organe de presse de l'armée soviétique, lui décerne en 1976 dans le but de stigmatiser son anticommunisme - symbolise notamment sa fermeté face aux grévistes de la faim de l'IRA provisoire en 1981. Cette grève s'acheva par la mort de dix prisonniers, parmi lesquels Bobby Sands, élu député durant sa grève et dont les funérailles à Belfast attirèrent 100'000 personnes.

durée : 00:21:59 - Les Nuits de France Culture - par : Albane Penaranda - En 1991, France Culture regardait dans le "Rétro" les grandes pierres de la fondation de la République d'Irlande. En 1991, à l'occasion des 70 ans de l'indépendance de l'Irlande, France Culture revenait sur les étapes historiques qui ont marqué la construction de la nation Irlandaise. Dans l'émission Rétro, Arnaud Laporte reprenait des archives de témoins de ces grands événements. * Le journaliste Joseph Kessel, interrogé en 1950 sur le sujet, se rappelait au micro de son reportage dans le pays en 1920, alors qu'un an plus tard l'Irlande allait obtenir une semi-indépendance au terme de deux ans de guerre civile : J'étais à Londres au moment où le légendaire maire de Cork, Terence MacSwiney, était en train de faire une grève de la faim qui allait le mener à la mort.  Puis en 1949, juste après la naissance de la toute jeune République irlandaise, un journaliste fraîchement revenu d'Irlande venait répondre à toutes les questions que les Français se posaient sur ce nouvel Etat.  Le problème politique de l'Irlande, il n'y en a qu'un, c'est celui de la partition. La vie est agréable en Irlande, on a l'impression qu'on a le temps ici. On se laisse aisément convaincre par cette sympathique nonchalance, qui tient à cette sorte de flegme britannique, cette sorte de "take-it-easy", de "ça-ira". Et la vie de société est très développée, le soir on aime se réunir fort tard pour parler des vieilles histoires du pays ou parler des thématiques plus actuelles. L'Irlande n'est pas un pays triste, même s'il pleut souvent. Contre cette mélancolie naturelle, l'Irlandais a le sens de l'humour, il a le sens de l'ironie la plus fine, c'est pourquoi on dit quelques fois que les Français sont ceux qui comprennent le mieux les Irlandais. 60 ans après la mort de Terence MacSwiney, en 1981, c'est l'évocation de la mort de Bobby Sands, à travers un extrait de journal radiophonique, qui conclura le programme. Le présentateur de l'émission, Arnaud Laporte fait lui même le rapprochement entre ces deux grandes figures de l'histoire Irlandaise, qui sont toutes deux mortes dans les mêmes conditions : après une grève de la faim pour lutter contre l'oppression britannique.  Rétro - L'Irlande dans tous ses états (1ère diffusion : 01/12/1991) Par Arnaud Laporte - Réalisation André Mathieu

Dem Vinyl Boyz are back this week we're diving into one of the most prolific debut albums that tackles political issues with undeniable conviction, Rage Against The Machine. These guys created this album with a purpose, displaying a photo of the self-immolation of Thích Quảng Đức, a vietnamese monk, on the album cover. He was protesting President Ngô Đình Diệm's administration for oppressing the Buddhist religion and the international attention this photo gained persuaded U.S. President John F. Kennedy to withdraw support for Diệm's government. The songs on Rage Against the Machine all feature political messages with activists such as Provisional IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands and Black Panther Party founder Huey P. Newton are listed in the "Thanks For Inspiration" section. Through this album's success, it remains an essential call to activism and a necessary lesson on how to withstand the opposition. Aside from the album's obvious political themes, the music itself defies the way "normal" albums would be released and offers a genre-bending experience that makes it difficult to categorize as one specific thing. Throwing mixes of rock, funk, and rap throughout the album, it is recognized as one of the first albums to successfully merge the seemingly contrasting sounds of rap and heavy metal. The album peaked at number 1 on the US Billboard Heatseekers chart and number 45 on the US Billboard 200 and has gone on to achieve triple platinum sales certification in the US. Thanks for tuning in to Dem Vinyl Boyz, like and subscribe!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

THE Sinn Féin building on the Falls Road at the corner of Sevastopol St. is internationally famous for its mural of Bobby Sands. Less well known is the fact that the building is dedicated to the memory of another Irish republican, Joe McKelvey. 

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