The visit of Elizabeth Windsor to Ireland should be opposed. When the country is suffering from huge cutbacks, there can be no excuse for spending €15 million on the pomp and security of this visit.

Pilger speaks about the media, power and his new film The War You Don't See.

What is the war you don't see?

On the morning of Thursday 16th December the Galway Alliance Against War held a protest outside the Swedish Consulate in Galway in solidarity with the founder of Wilkileaks, Julian Assange. During the protest a letter was handed into Consul Patrick J. Daly, expressing the peace group’s abhorrence at the persecution of Julian Assange by the Swedish state.

A cable sent in 2006 indicated that the Irish government had colluded in allowing Shannon airport to be used for US arms shipments to Israel.

The former head of MI5, Eliza Manningham-Buller, said she told former Prime Minister Tony Blair that Saddam Hussein was not “an important sponsor of terrorism directed at Britain” before Britain joined the US in the invasion of Iraq. In her testimony before the Privy Council Iraq War Inquiry, she said the theory that Saddam’s regime would bring together international terrorism and WMDs in a threat to western interests “certainly wasn’t of concern in either the short term or the medium term to my colleagues or myself.”

Around 500 protesters confronted former British Prime Minister Tony Blair when he arrived at Easons on O'Connell St, in Dublin to sign copies of his memoirs. Protesters screamed 'war criminal' and 'arrest the butcher Blair' while throwing shoes, eggs, bottles and placards in the direction of Blair as he made a quick dash into the shop. Protesters scuffled with gardai manning the barriers around Easons.

Tony Blair’s book tour is a blatant attempt to exonerate his role in the mass murder of people in Iraq in order establish hegemony for Anglo-American imperialism.

The Irish Anti-War Movement (IAWM) has announced it will open a book of condolences this weekend in Dublin for the victims of Tony Blair's military actions and foreign policies in Iraq, Afghanistan and Palestine.

The book of condolences will be gathered in Dublin's city centre in the coming week as part of the preparations for a major demonstration on Saturday September 4th during Mr Blair's visit to Dublin to launch his memoirs.

Anti-war movements in Ireland are making waves protesting against mass murderer Tony Blair's book promotion visit to Ireland, planned for 3rd/4th September. The media is taking up the issue: good coverage on Galway Bay fm radio, Irish writers' letter of objection in Irish Times 26/8, Newstalk and 4 fm articles and again on 4fm Tom Mc Gurk's programme. Irish Times are doing a report, and Daily Mail also.
So important to keep up the protests.
Call Eason, O'Connell St., Dublin 01 8583800 to complain to manager Martin Black.

The news that the former British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, is to sign copies of his newly published memoirs at Eason’s in O’Connell St Dublin on September 4th has prompted the Galway Alliance Against War to call for him to be arrested for war crimes – specifically “for his unprovoked war of aggression against the defenceless people of Iraq”.