Palestine and the UN bid for statehood
by Duncan Shipley-Smith
A recent legal opinion highlighting the challenges and risks facing the Palestinian people in their quest for statehood in the lead up to the Palestinian Liberation Organisation’s bid at the United Nations in September.… Go to Article
Pitstop Ploughshares refered to as “the Fab Five” in new set of WikiLeaks released U.S. embassy cables
(SBU) On July 25, five anti-war protesters, the so-called “Fab Five” or “Shannon Five,” were found not guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court of criminallydamaging a U.S.… Go to Article
The September meeting of the 17 Group will be held on Wednesday the 7th of September at 7pm in unit 6 at 20 Drury St West End and will be addressed by Ralph Summy on the topic of political power, as entitled and summarized below:
Changing Power Paradigms: From Mainstream to Nonviolent Politics
This talk is directed at the question of how power might be organised and exercised in shifting the paradigm from the mainstream of politics, where violence has occurred on a large scale, to a paradigm of power that nurtures the construction of a nonviolent society.… Go to Article