3rd and 4th September – Conference On Irish Foreign Policy and Protest at Dublin book signing by Tony Blair

Contents

1. Conference AN INDEPENDENT IRISH FOREIGN POLICY A Future?
2. Saturday 4th September 11:30AM Protest at Tony Blair’s Book Signing in Eason’s on O’ Connell St Dublin.
3. Attend the Conference  On-Line.
4. Donating to the Irish Anti-War Movement
   1. Donating through PayPal
   2. Setup a Standing Order

1. Conference AN INDEPENDENT IRISH FOREIGN POLICY A Future?

Friday 3rd & Saturday 4th September 2010
The Teachers Club, 36 Parnell Square, Dublin 1, Ireland
Admission €10 for conference or €5 per session.
To register send a mail to: conference@irishantiwar.org

Session 1:- Friday 3rd September 7.30pm

Registration: 7.00 – 7.30pm
Opening Address: Jimmy Kelly, Irish Regional Secretary, Unite the Union
IRELAND AND THE UNITED NATIONS
Speakers:

Contents

1. Conference AN INDEPENDENT IRISH FOREIGN POLICY A Future?
2. Saturday 4th September 11:30AM Protest at Tony Blair’s Book Signing in Eason’s on O’ Connell St Dublin.
3. Attend the Conference  On-Line.
4. Donating to the Irish Anti-War Movement
   1. Donating through PayPal
   2. Setup a Standing Order

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1. Conference AN INDEPENDENT IRISH FOREIGN POLICY A Future?

Friday 3rd & Saturday 4th September 2010
The Teachers Club, 36 Parnell Square, Dublin 1, Ireland
Admission €10 for conference or €5 per session.
To register send a mail to: conference@irishantiwar.org

Session 1:- Friday 3rd September 7.30pm

Registration: 7.00 – 7.30pm
Opening Address: Jimmy Kelly, Irish Regional Secretary, Unite the Union
IRELAND AND THE UNITED NATIONS
Speakers:

• Senator Mark Deary, Green Party Foreign Affairs Spokesperson
• Dr. Ed Horgan, International Secretary of PANA
• Padraig Mannion, Research Officer of the Workers Party
• Dick Roche TD, Minister for European Affairs

Chair: Noel Dorr, former Secretary-General of the Dept. of Foreign Affairs, author of ‘Ireland at the United Nations’

Attend On-Line: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/142929312

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Session 2:- Saturday 4th September 10.00am – 1.15pm

Registration 9.30 – 10.00am

IRISH FOREIGN POLICY 10.00am – 1.15pm
Speakers:

• Seán Barrett TD, Fine Gael Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs
• Cllr. Richard Boyd Barrett, People Before Profit
• Joe Costello TD, Labour Party
• Joe Higgins MEP, The Socialist Party
• Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD, Sinn Féin Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs

Chair: Michael Youlton, Co-Chair of the IAWM & Executive member of PANA

Attend On-Line: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/178725216

Workshops 11.45am – 1.15pm

 

THE IRAQ AND AFGHAN WARS
Facilitator: Marnie Hollborow, IAWM

BURMA
Facilitator Gary Kilgallen, Burma Action Group

THE NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY
Facilitators: Seamas Ratigan, PANA, David Hutchinson Edgar, Irish CND

IRELAND, THE EU AND THE FOREIGN, SECURITY & DEFENCE POLICY
Facilitators: Patricia McKenna, The People’s Movement and Patrick Jackman, PANA

LATIN AMERICA
Facilitators: Simon McGuinness, the Cuba Support Group Ireland and Jose Antonio Guttierrez, LASC

 

Lunch: 1.15 – 2.00pm – Soup & Sandwiches for sale at the bar.

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Session 3:-Saturday 4th September 2.00pm – 6:00pm

HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION – THE NEW IMPERIALISM? 2.00 – 3.30pm
Speakers:

• Maurice McQuillan, Humanitarian Programme Manager of Trócaire
• Prof. John Maguire, Afri
• Paul O’Brien, Overseas Director of Concern

Chair: Gary Honer, The Labour Party

Attend On-Line: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/782329217

Workshops 3.45 – 5.00pm

HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS
Facilitator: Jim Loughran, Frontline Defenders

PALESTINE
Facilitators: David Landy, National Organiser of Irish Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Dr. Azam Tamini, Palestine Rights Institute

CLUSTER BOMBS
Facilitator: Tony D’Costa, Chair of Pax Christi

EXTRAORDINARY RENDITION FLIGHTS, SHANNON AIRPORT & WAR
Facilitator: Noeleen Hartigan, Director of Amnesty International
John Lannon, Shannonwatch

ANGLO-IRISH RELATIONS
Facilitator: Roger Cole, Chair of PANA

Workshop Reports 5.00 – 5.45pm

CLOSING REMARKS

• Roger Cole, Chair of PANA
• Cllr. Richard Boyd Barrett, Chair of the IAWM

Attend On-Line: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/941315169

 

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2. Saturday 4th September 11:30AM Protest at Tony Blair’s Book Signing in Eason’s on O’ Connell St in Dublin

The protest will assemble at 11.30am at the Garden of Remembrance in Parnell Square, before marching to Eason’s where the book signing will be taking place.

The IAWM protest will focus on Tony Blair’s key role in launching the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq that have claimed hundreds of thousands of lives and devastated both countries.

The protest will also focus on Blair’s effective complicity – both as Prime Minister and now as EU envoy to the Middle East – with the war crimes and human rights abuses committed by Israel against the Palestinians.

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3.  Attend Conference On-Line.

The Irish Anti-War Movement is holding a number of online meeting at the Conference the meetings which can be attended on-line are listed below. Workshops can’t be attended on line neither can the protest!

On-Line participants will be able to ask questions in the same way as people who are physically attending the meeting.

WARNING THE RESULTS WILL DEPEND ON YOUR INTERNET CONNECTION.

Session 1:- Friday 3rd September 7.30pm

Registration: 7.00 – 7.30pm
Opening Address: Jimmy Kelly, Irish Regional Secretary, Unite the Union
IRELAND AND THE UNITED NATIONS
Speakers:

• Senator Mark Deary, Green Party Foreign Affairs Spokesperson
• Dr. Ed Horgan, International Secretary of PANA
• Padraig Mannion, Research Officer of the Workers Party
• Dick Roche TD, Minister for European Affairs

Chair: Noel Dorr, former Secretary-General of the Dept. of Foreign Affairs, author of ‘Ireland at the United Nations’

Attend On-Line: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/142929312

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Session 2:- Saturday 4th September 10.00am – 1.15pm

Registration 9.30 – 10.00am

IRISH FOREIGN POLICY 10.00am – 1.15pm
Speakers:

• Seán Barrett TD, Fine Gael Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs
• Cllr. Richard Boyd Barrett, People Before Profit
• Joe Costello TD, Labour Party
• Joe Higgins MEP, The Socialist Party
• Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD, Sinn Féin Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs

Chair: Michael Youlton, Co-Chair of the IAWM & Executive member of PANA

Attend On-Line: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/178725216

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Session 3:-Saturday 4th September 2.00pm – 6:00pm

HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION – THE NEW IMPERIALISM? 2.00 – 3.30pm
Speakers:

• Maurice McQuillan, Humanitarian Programme Manager of Trócaire
• Prof. John Maguire, Afri
• Paul O’Brien, Overseas Director of Concern

Chair: Gary Honer, The Labour Party

Attend On-Line: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/782329217

CLOSING REMARKS

• Roger Cole, Chair of PANA
• Cllr. Richard Boyd Barrett, Chair of the IAWM

Attend On-Line: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/941315169

 

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 4. Donating to the Irish Anti-War Movement

4-1. Donating through PayPal

Follow this link to donate to the Irish Anti War Movement through PayPal.

4-2.  Setup a Standing Order

To set-up a standing order with the Irish-Anti War Movement please go to the following link https://www.irishantiwar.org/files/standing-order-form.doc fill in the form and post to the Irish Anti-War Movement P.O. Box 9260 Dublin 1.

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