Category Archives: Hunger Striker
IN MEMORIA DI BRENDAN HUGHES….DA ‘THE BLANKET’
Fear Dorcha Anthony McIntyre • 24 February 2008 I reached across and kissed him on the forehead. His skin was cold to the touch. I could feel his brow but he was beyond sensing my lips. Fear Dorcha had died the previous evening just after ten o’clock. Now he lay in his coffin, his body draped in the Irish tricolour,
Continua a leggereMorto l’ex Hunger Striker Brendan Hughes
The former hunger striker and IRA commander Brendan Hughes has died in hospital. The 59-year-old Belfast man was taken into hospital last week after becoming critically ill. His family said he passed away on Saturday night. He was the “officer commanding” IRA prisoners in the Maze jail and ordered a dirty protest and later led the first republican hunger strike
Continua a leggereLA VITA DI BOBBY SANDS DIVENTA UN FILM
…è una notizia di qualche mese fa, meglio tardi che mai! Bobby Sands story to become movie BBC news 16 May 2007 (the original news) LA VITA DI BOBBY SANDS DIVENTA UN FILM Le ultime settimane di vita di Bobby Sands, Hunger Striker dell’Ira, stanno per diventare un film. Questa sarà la priorità del vincitore del Premio Turner Steve McQueen,
Continua a leggereFRANCIS HUGHES
‘….Il 12 maggio, morì anche Francis Hughes: digiunava da 59 giorni. Subito dopo la sua morte, il fratello Oliver dichiarò alla stampa che la Thatcher aveva creato un altro martire.’
Continua a leggere26 ANNI FA MORIVA BOBBY SANDS
Bobby Sands spirò al 66esimo giorno di sciopero della fame 05 maggio 1981 My name is Bobby Sands, MP Born in the city of Belfast Divided by religion I grew up fast I was stabbed and I was spat upon My family run out of its home There was only one solution Turn the whole system upside down But the
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The Five Demands 