New Events

Sligo

no events posted in last week

Blog Feeds

Anti-Empire

Anti-Empire

offsite link North Korea Increases Aid to Russia, Mos... Tue Nov 19, 2024 12:29 | Marko Marjanovi?

offsite link Trump Assembles a War Cabinet Sat Nov 16, 2024 10:29 | Marko Marjanovi?

offsite link Slavgrinder Ramps Up Into Overdrive Tue Nov 12, 2024 10:29 | Marko Marjanovi?

offsite link ?Existential? Culling to Continue on Com... Mon Nov 11, 2024 10:28 | Marko Marjanovi?

offsite link US to Deploy Military Contractors to Ukr... Sun Nov 10, 2024 02:37 | Field Empty

Anti-Empire >>

Human Rights in Ireland
Promoting Human Rights in Ireland

Human Rights in Ireland >>

Lockdown Skeptics

The Daily Sceptic

offsite link Wind Farms Are Driving Up Electricity Bills, Admits Ofgem Wed Aug 27, 2025 17:36 | Will Jones
Energy bills are rising to help fund the extra costs of wind farms, Ofgem admitted today as it announced gas and electricity costs will go up by double the expected amount from October.
The post Wind Farms Are Driving Up Electricity Bills, Admits Ofgem appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Calling Male Transgender Samurai Killer a Woman Was Accurate, Insists BBC Wed Aug 27, 2025 15:00 | Will Jones
The BBC has defended its use of female pronouns to describe a male transgender killer who stabbed his partner to death with a samurai sword.
The post Calling Male Transgender Samurai Killer a Woman Was Accurate, Insists BBC appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Porsche Axes Plans to Build Electric Car Batteries as Demand Collapses Wed Aug 27, 2025 13:00 | Will Jones
Porsche has scrapped plans to build its own electric vehicle batteries after collapsing demand from drivers.
The post Porsche Axes Plans to Build Electric Car Batteries as Demand Collapses appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Starmer Should ?Decouple? From ECHR, Says Jack Straw Wed Aug 27, 2025 11:00 | Will Jones
Keir Starmer should "decouple" British laws from the ECHR to enable more migrants to be deported, former Labour home secretary?Jack Straw ? who helped draft the Human Rights Act ? has said.
The post Starmer Should “Decouple” From ECHR, Says Jack Straw appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Science Shock: ?Smoking Gun? Evidence Emerges That the Met Office is Inventing Temperature Data Wed Aug 27, 2025 09:00 | Chris Morrison
Daily Sceptic Environment Editor Chris Morrison reports on the emergence of shocking 'smoking gun' evidence that the UK Met Office is inventing key temperature data used to support the climate alarmist narrative.
The post Science Shock: ‘Smoking Gun’ Evidence Emerges That the Met Office is Inventing Temperature Data appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

Lockdown Skeptics >>

Voltaire Network
Voltaire, international edition

offsite link Will intergovernmental institutions withstand the end of the "American Empire"?,... Sat Apr 05, 2025 07:15 | en

offsite link Voltaire, International Newsletter N?127 Sat Apr 05, 2025 06:38 | en

offsite link Disintegration of Western democracy begins in France Sat Apr 05, 2025 06:00 | en

offsite link Voltaire, International Newsletter N?126 Fri Mar 28, 2025 11:39 | en

offsite link The International Conference on Combating Anti-Semitism by Amichai Chikli and Na... Fri Mar 28, 2025 11:31 | en

Voltaire Network >>

Sligo - Event Notice
Thursday January 01 1970

Bob Doyle to speak at Spanish Civil War meeting in Sligo

category sligo | rights, freedoms and repression | event notice author Thursday September 07, 2006 13:38author by John Dunne - Connolly Forumauthor address Sligoauthor phone 071-9145490 Report this post to the editors

Bob Doyle, the only surviving Irish veteran of the International Brigades, author of “Brigadista – an Irishman’s fight against fascism” will speak at a Public Meeting in the City Hotel, Quay Street, Sligo on Thursday 14th September at 8.30.p.m.

The event is one of a number being organised by the Connolly Forum in Sligo to mark the 70th anniversary of the beginning of the Spanish Civil War.

Harry Owens will also speak at the meeting and Councillor Declan Bree, of the Connolly Forum will preside at the event.

Everyone is welcome to attend.

author by Anti Fascist - Int Brigade Commemoration Committeepublication date Mon Sep 18, 2006 21:56author email irelandscw at yahoo dot co dot ukauthor address author phone Report this post to the editors

first reports
1st comments on the successful tour
Bob Doyle- author of the recent memoirs, Brigadista, and the last Irish veteran of the International Brigades in the Spanish civil war - recently completed a 4 city Irish tour.

As Bob said, he was not really there to promote his memoirs, or to relive history, he was there to act as a spur to get young people and workers into action against the war in Iraq, against globalisation, etc.

Would anyone at the 4 meetings please send in reports?

Belfast had 200 squeezed into the John Hewitt where Bob spoke and then unveiled a plaque to the anti-fascist volunteers.

Relatives of 12 other Irish volunteers attended (as did the son of 1 scottish vol.)

Bobs Belfast speech can be viewed at -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1wMogIL-xA

[thanks to Ciaran O'Brolchain for making this available.]

Related Link: http://www.geocities.com/irelandscw/ibvol-BobDoyle.htm
 
© 2001-2025 Independent Media Centre Ireland. Unless otherwise stated by the author, all content is free for non-commercial reuse, reprint, and rebroadcast, on the net and elsewhere. Opinions are those of the contributors and are not necessarily endorsed by Independent Media Centre Ireland. Disclaimer | Privacy