This is an archive of material
mainly from 1992 until December 2020.
Please go to our CURRENT WEBSITE
for material from January 2021 onwards.
What's new?

Billy King

Editorial

Nonviolence News

 

Deadline for the next issue is 28 February 2021

Current editorial
Current Billy

February 2021
January 2021 (supplement)

December 2020
November 2020
October 2020
September 2020
August 2020 (supplement)
July 2020
June 2020
May 2020
April 2020
March 2020
February 2020
January 2020 (supplement)

December 2019
November 2019
October 2019
September 2019
July 2019
June 2019
May 2019
April 2019
March 2019
February 2019
January 2019 (supplement)

December 2018
November 2018
October 2018
September 2018
July 2018
June 2018
May 2018
April 2018
March 2018
February 2018

December 2017
November 2017
October 2017
September 2017
August 2017 (supplement)
July 2017
June 2017
May 2017
April 2017
March 2017
February 2017
January 2017 (supplement)

December 2016
November 2016
October 2016
September 2016
August 2016 (supplement)
July 2016
June 2016
May 2016
April 2016
March 2016
February 2016
January 2016 (supplement)

December 2015
November 2015
October 2015
September 2015
July 2015
June 2015
May 2015
April 2015
March 2015
February 2015
January 2014 (supplement)

December 2014
November 2014
October 2014
September 2014
August 2014
July 2014
June 2014
May 2014
April 2014
March 2014
February 2014
January 2014 (supplement)

December 2013
November 2013
October 2013
September 2013
July 2013
June 2013
May 2013
April 2013
March 2013
February 2013
January 2013 (supplement)

December 2012
November 2012
October 2012
September 2012
July 2012
June 2012
May 2012
April 2012
March 2012
February 2012

December 2011
November 2011
October 2011
September 2011
July 2011
June 2011
May 2011
April 2011
March 2011
February 2011
January 2011 (supp)

December 2010
November 2010
October 2010
September 2010
July 2010
June 2010
May 2010
April 2010
March 2010
February 2010
January 2010 supp.

December 2009
November 2009
October 2009
September 2009
July 2009
June 2009
May 2009
April 2009
March 2009
February 2009
January 2009 (supp)

December 2008
November 2008
October 2008
September 2008
July 2008
Aug 2008 (supp.)
June 2008
May 2008
April 2008
March 2008
February 2008

December 20007
November 2007
October 2007
September 2007
July 2007
June 2007
May 2007
April 2007
March 2007
February 2007

December 2006
November 2006
October 2006
September 2006
August 2006
July 2006
May 2006
April 2006
March 2006
February 2006
January 2006

December 2005
November 2005
October 2005
September 2005
June 2005
May 2005
April 2005
March 2005
February 2005

December 2004
November 2004
October 2004
September 2004

July 2004
June 2004
May 2004
April 2004
March 2004
February 2004

December 2003
November 2003
October 2003
September 2003
July 2003
June 2003
May 2003
April 2003

(Issues 58-107)
(Issues 1 to 57)
Dawn Train

Number 176: February 2010

Raytheon leaving Derry

[As reported in the January e-mail/web supplement] Missile-manufacturer Raytheon have announced the closure of their computer software plant in Springtown by the end of February (announcement made 13th January). This almost certainly means the end of its presence in Northern Ireland. While employment has recently been cut to single figures, and Raytheon explains its Derry closure in terms of consolidation, it is certain that this move would not have happened without the determined opposition to the presence of this world-leader in weapons of death and destruction. It looks like, following the trial and general acquittal of the Raytheon 9, the firm felt they did not have the law behind them. While the plant dealt with computer software – an essential element in any modern weapons systems - Raytheon (and others) initially lied to the public by stating that it was only engaged in civil, rather than military contracts; this was disproved by former employees. Congratulations to FEIC/Foyle Ethical Investment Campaign, Derry Anti-War Coalition and all involved. Meanwhile nine women are due up in court again on 8th March for entering the plant during the bombing campaign on Palestine a year ago. See interview with FEIC members in this issue.

Shannonwatch

Eight years after the U.S. military were given the use of Shannon Airport for the invasion of Iraq the airport continues to play a vital part in two wars. Around 5000 troops plus their weapons go through the airport every week, as do contracted cargo planes and other military aircraft on their way to and from Iraq and Afghanistan. The airport is also known to have been used by the CIA as part of their worldwide networks of kidnapping and torture. Shannonwatch is a group of peace & human rights activists based in the mid-West of Ireland that campaigns to end the U.S. military use of Shannon and to stop rendition flights through the airport. It also seeks to obtain accountability from the Irish government for complicity in human rights abuse and for the decisions to support wars that are both illegal and immoral. It records military and suspected CIA traffic through the airport and publishes summaries on its website http://www.shannonwatch.org. Shannonwatch holds regular monthly vigils at Shannon to draw attention to the airport's complicity in war and human rights abuse; these take place on the second Sunday of the month from 2 to 3pm. Groups and individuals from around the country are invited to join these peaceful demonstrations. The next one which is on Valentines Day, February 14th, will use the symbol of a black heart to show that it is war, and not love, that is being promoted at Shannon. For details, contact 087 8225087 or email shannonwatch@gmail.com

Corrymeela – more building work

The Cottages and Village at Corrymeela, Ballycastle, closed at the end of January and the building of new residential accommodation for 42 people will start at the end of February. Accommodation will therefore be restricted for some 15 months. A wind turbine will soon be erected on the site. A brochure of open events for 2010 for both the Corrymeela Centre and Knocklayd is about to be published. Ray Davey, Founder of Corrymeela, had his 95th birthday in January. Contact: Corrymeela, 8 Upper Crescent, Belfast BT7 1NT, ph 028 – 90508080, e-mail Belfast@corrymeela.org, and website http://www.corrymeela.org The subscription to become a Friend of Corrymeela (who receive Corrymeela magazine) is £26 waged (€33/US$50), £13 unwaged (€16/US$25).

Prejudice and Pride

“Defeated intellectually, prejudice lingers emotionally” - The Irish Peace Centres (IPC) biennial conference will be held in La Mon Hotel, Belfast on Tuesday, March 30th and Wednesday, 31st 2010. The conference will explore the role of prejudice and its impact for peace-building both in Northern Ireland and in other conflict regions. It will consider the various manifestations of prejudice such as sectarianism and racism, the vested interests surrounding it, ways of combating it and identifying pathways towards a society free of prejudice. Speakers confirmed to date include Anna Lo MLA, Duncan Morrow (CRC), Bernadette McAliskey (STEP), Chen Alon (Israel), Nouraddin Shehadah (Palestine), Nenad Sebek (Balkans), Kenneth Bush (INCORE), Maureen Hetherington (Towards Understanding and Healing), Peter Tatchell (Human Rights activist), Wilhelm Verwoerd (IPC), Theatre of Witness, Alistair Little (IPC). Entertainment will be provided by Different Drums. Further information, including brochures and booking forms, are available from peacecentre@eircom.net or paddy@donegalpeacecentre.com See also http://www.irishpeacecentres.org The Irish Peace Centres is a consortium of 4 peace-building organisations - Co-operation Ireland, Glencree Centre for Peace and Reconciliation, The Donegal Peace Centre at An Teach Ban and the Corrymeela Community.

The Organic Centre

The Organic Centre in Rossinver, Co. Leitrim is a non profit organisation set up in 1995, with the aim of providing public education, training and information about organic growing and sustainable living. The Centre is located on a 19 acre site in Rossinver, Co Leitrim, and we have outreach centres in Co. Clare and Co. Wicklow. We run workshops on organic horticulture, gardening, green building, alternative energy, and artisan food production. The Centre is a recognised eco-tourism destination. Our facilities include demonstration gardens & polytunnels, an orchard & soft fruit area with heritage varieties and an eco-shop selling organic seeds, garden tools, books, and seasonal vegetables.

Projects run by the Centre include Community Food Projects funded by the HSE and a full-time course in organic horticulture supported by FAS. In the past The Organic Centre has organised a cross-border schools programme and women’s cross-community projects promoting peace through gardening together, funded by the Programme for Peace and Reconciliation and the IFI. We enjoy the support of a wide network of friends. Our Friends Scheme offers a range of benefits including free entry to our gardens and open days, gardening advice, and 10% discount on shop & seed sales, and training courses. Our online shop for quick and easy shopping is on our website. The Centre is open daily from 10am to 5pm. Our annual Potato Day is on Sunday March 14th from 11am – 5 pm. Tours of the centre and workshops for groups can be booked. For more information ph 071-9854338, e-mail: info@theorganiccentre.ie and website:http://www.theorganiccentre.ie

‘Be the change’ at Drumalis

"Be the Change" - a weekend event at Drumalis, Larne, from Friday 26th to Sunday 28th February (main events on Saturday); an exploration into the underlying causes and possible solutions to the critical planetary issues of our time – “Towards an ecologically sustainable, socially just, spiritually fulfilling approach to life on the planet”. £75 residential, £50 non-residential, Saturday only £10. Coming up at Drumalis from 13th – 18th July; “The other way round – Revisioning our beliefs in an emerging universe”, retreat with Anne Harnett and Margaret Rose McSperran. Further information: ph 028 – 28272196 e-mail drumalis@btconnect.com website: http://www.drumalis.co.uk

INCORE 11th International Summer School 2010

INCORE (International Conflict Research Institute) at the University of Ulster invites you to the 11th International Summer School which will run from 7th-11th June at the Magee Campus in Derry. The INCORE Summer School provides a structured learning opportunity to analyse the dynamic and constantly changing field of conflict resolution and peacebuilding; the three courses to choose from his year are Peacemaking and Peacebuilding: Exploring the Lessons Learned from Northern Ireland, Evaluation in Conflict Prone Settings, and Interpersonal Reconciliation after Violent Political Conflict. For more information visit the website INCORE contacts; e-mail school@incore.ulst.ac.uk ph 028 7137 5500. INCORE, University of Ulster, Aberfoyle House, Northland Road, Derry/Londonderry BT48 7JL.

The Transitional Justice Institute (TJI) at the University of Ulster will be running their Summer School entitled "Gender, Conflict and Transition" in the same week as the INCORE Summer School.

Radical booksellers take on Amazon

Housmans, one of Britain's oldest and last-remaining radical bookshops [and the nearest peace-and-nonviolence bookshop to Ireland - Ed], is attempting to turn the tide in online bookselling by offering an alternative service to that of market-dominating Amazon. Amazon has a record of abusing its position of market dominance by forcing publishers to supply them with books under value, and also from actively stopping its workers from unionising, further increasing their profits. Housmans’ history as the bookshop of the peace movement in Britain makes it the ideal candidate to take on the corporation, and it can now provide over half a million titles by mail order. Books can be shipped worldwide, with secure payment. Visit http://www.housmans.com

War Resisters on nonviolent livelihood struggle and global militarism

War Resisters International recently completed a conference, with Indian partners, having 175 participants from 32 countries; “What resonated throughout the conference were the amazing parallels that can be seen across the world. People engaged in myriad struggles across the world discover the irrefutable link between “development”, mining and industrialisation, arms manufacture and trade, militarism and war profiteering on the one hand, and displacement, loss of livelihoods, assault on traditional lifestyles and state violence on the other.” See http://www.wri-irg.org for further details including the conference statement and background reader.

Talk about Mordechai Vanunu at Peace People

Meir Vanunu, his brother, will speak about Mordechai Vanunu and his call to be allowed to leave Israel, at a meeting on Tuesday 9th February from 7.30 pm at Fredheim, 224 Lisburn Road, Belfast. Mordechai Vanunu is the Israeli former nuclear technician, who citing his opposition to weapons of mass destruction, revealed details of Israel’s nuclear weapons programme to the British press in 1986; kidnapped in Italy, he spent 18 years in prison and continues to live under severe restrictions. Peace People, 224 Lisburn Road, Belfast http://www.peacepeople.com ph 028 - 90 663475.

Still, the blackbird sings

With the subtitle “Incidents at Ebrington Barracks”, Dave Duggan’s play re-invents dramatic events in the life of the poet-soldier Francis Ledwidge, with hard questions being asked which are very relevant today. Francis Ledwidge, sometimes referred to as the ‘poet of the blackbirds’, was an Irish nationalist who joined the British Army and was killed on the opening day of the Third Battle of Ypres in the First World War. Written by Dave Duggan, directed by Caitríona McLaughlin, and produced by Jonathan Burgess in a Playhouse production, “Still, the blackbird sings” is on as follows; Playhouse Theatre, Derry 25th – 27th February (plus matinee on 26th February); Project Arts Centre, Dublin 1st – 6th March (matinee on 6th March); Balor Arts Centre, Ballybofey, 9th March (including matinee); An Culúrlann, Belfast, 11th – 12th March (Matinee 12th March); Ebrington Barracks, Derry, 13th – 14th March.

Rossport

It’s all continuing to happen in Rossport regarding the Shell to Sea Campaign. Rossport Solidarity Camp’s mid-January update covered a lot of ground which we won’t repeat but see http://www.rossportsolidaritycamp.110mb.com in general, http://livinginrossport.wordpress.com for a blog on living in the camp, and http://www.indymedia.ie/article/95167 for a court report on cases recently. You can sign a petition calling for the suspension of work and look out for "The Pipe" Documentary which should hit cinemas this year

in the story of the controversial Corrib Gas project told through the eyes of locals – see http://www.breakingnews.ie/entertainment/eymhsnqlojkf/

Cultivate programme

As always there is lots to choose from in the current programme from Cultivate who are at their new premises, The Greenhouse, St Andrew Street, Dublin 2. For information and for bookings please ph 01-6745773. One series to look out for - along with a variety of practical courses - is “All you need to know about climate change”, a four week workshop with Gavin Harte that explorers the science, causes, impacts and responses to climate change, taking place on Thursdays 25th March to 15th April from 7.30 – 9 pm, fee €60 with 20% discount for Cultivate Members. For more details on all the courses see http://www.cultivate.ie

INNATE networking group meets next on Weds17th Feb at 7pm in Corrymeela House, 8 Upper Crescent, Belfast – all welcome.

Engendering discussion of violence and nonviolence

Rob Fairmichael talks about gender, masculinity, nonviolence and violence, following a course he attended in December 2009 with the Women Peacemakers Program (WPP) in the Netherlands on “Overcoming Violence - Exploring Masculinities, Violence and Peace”.

This is followed by the “Call to Men and Boys” put together by the group.

Please click on this link to the PDF

 

Nonviolent News is usually produced 10 times a year (on paper) and extended e-mail and web editions

Subscriptions for the printed edition are; UK£5 or €8 minimum (£3 or €5 unwaged or you can have Nonviolent News e-mailed (suggested donation £2 or €3 minimum).

Additional donations welcome and vital to keep INNATE afloat. Submissions are welcome - the deadline for the next issue is noted on the left.

You can browse through previous issues from the menu on the left.

Copyright INNATE 2021