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Anti-war protest planned outside OSCE dinner at Dublin Castle

Foreign ministers including US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will be hosted at the dinner this evening.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton meets An Taoiseach Enda Kenny at Government Buildings this evening.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton meets An Taoiseach Enda Kenny at Government Buildings this evening.
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THE IRISH ANTI-War Movement (IAWM) will march from Dame St in Dublin to Dublin Castle this evening to hold a demonstration as foreign ministers from the OSCE are hosted at a dinner.

The IAWM said the protest has been called to draw attention to the contradictions between the stated aims of the OSCE regarding concerns for human rights and security and the actions of many of the participating countries.

Jim Roche, PRO of the IAWM said is is “deeply ironic” that Ireland as a neutral country should be hosting this meeting.

“The claims made by the OSCE regarding concerns for ‘human rights, conflict resolution, ensuring the sustainable use of natural resources and promoting the full respect of human rights and fundamental freedoms’ are just not credible given the actions of the participating countries,” he said.

“Social and foreign policy in these countries, especially in the US, Britain and Russia, is not set by the needs of human rights and security but by the prerogatives of geo-political strategies and the needs of industrial military complexes,” he added.

“This needs to change in order to achieve true human rights and real security.”

Outside DCU today a small number of protesters greeted US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as she arrived to launch the International Conflict Resolution Institute.

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Comments (42 Comments)

  • The Irish don’t come out in the rain !

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  • sounds like a short march. is this why there is such a huge garda presence in town?

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  • Wasting their time. Their protest has no influence on world affairs. All it does is delay traffic in rush hour.

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    • Note: Must not delay traffic in rush hour just because illegal wars are being waged using our civilian, and formerly neutral, air resources. Also must turn blind eye to torture, lies, propaganda, use of depleted uranium weapons, or anything that might upset the imperial masters.

      Did I miss anything Ronan?Oh yeah, must continue to thank Wall St for phukking us over in cahoots with ECB/IMF/WB Troika white-collar crimbos.

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    • Dont forget to starch your forelock before you sleep on it.

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  • Why is Enda rowing in on Eamons gig?

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  • Do these guys protest against the North Koreans, Syrian govt and all the other states that cause grief?

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    • Other cranks is the one thing that cranks don’t get upset about Paul.
      I’m anti-war myself. War is hell. But it is clear to me that the IAWM and their buddies have another agenda, as seen by their selectivity in organizing protests.

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    • I don’t see any North Korean or Syrian delegations over here so how could they. Anyway the biggest warmongers in the world reside in the west and give the illusion that they want to bring peace to the world which is the complete opposite to their interests which is making loads of mulla.

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    • Do tell Winston, what the other agenda is.

      Oh, and what your agenda is in knocking anyone who publicly opposes warmongering?

      Looking forward.

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  • I want to slap that man.

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  • Alberto 06/12/12 #

    funny thing, Clinton wasn’t even in Dublin castle at the time!!!! WASTE OF TIME

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  • All four to ten remaining members of the Irish anti-war movement….woah….I’m sure the gardai will be shaking in their boots. All you need to do is play a bit of Slayer and they’ll be on their way.

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    • You’d have fitted in nicely to Munich in ’36 with that good attitude. Keep swallowing and recycling the shyte.

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    • Ah Damo, sure don’t you know that Slayer weren’t around in ’36. If Ireland had a genuine anti-war movement I might not take the piss out of them, but since most of their members float around between the ULA and the like I really cannot help myself. Besides they really aren’t anti-war…their agenda is against the USA, capitalism and the virtues of a meritocracy.

      Lastly Damo, I’d say a fair decent percentage of the Journal readers (and reporters) are sick of reading your recycled anti-establishment crap. Maybe you should think of getting out of here to a socialist paradise (thats called an oxymoron so you know) and leave the mess for us to clean up here. The majority of Irish people are not as weak willed or unambitious.

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    • Well Your Majestic Fatuosity, you seem better acquainted with your ‘anti-war movement’ than I am. Meantime I suggest you leave the editing of the Journal to those with the cranial capacity you so sadly lack.
      I’ll leave you to your pro-establishment dystopian fantasies while us adults adress issues.
      You are the mess we need to clean up. Its in train.

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    • Did I touch a nerve Damo? They are some mighty big words for someone of your disposition to be using. Best be sure you actually understand what you are intimating. Pity that you never seem to be able to put your (apparently) far superior cranial capacity to better use and actually add something constructive to your arguments. I am so sorry our state education system has failed you in such a fashion and you had to resort to Youtube videos and Wikipedia to learn. I can see why you ended up being so bitter.

      Yes, please do leave me though.

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    • No such majestic luck, O’Larf a minute,..you’re far too entertaining, with your inane and feeble stabs in the dark. You are too ignorant of the constructive uses of neural systems to touch any nerve.

      Daddy may have put you through Eton or Princeton(most likely the latter, given your regally pretentious nom), but you obviously have yet to learn the difference between being schooled and educating youself.

      Do explain what was constructive about you original tendentious comment. Your inate sense of inferiority will not be expunged by insulting those with an ethical atom, or by grandstanding for the applause of the lowest common denominator in ignorance.
      When I stated I would deal with the issues, I was only promising not to be drawn down to your imbecilic level, not that I would ignore your dangerous shyte-stirring to rouse animosity against your conscientious betters.

      Do have another jab.

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    • Andrew P 07/12/12 #

      nutter

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    • Damian, you seem to do your posting here during working hours, if you are unemployed you should be as lavishley spending your time compiling your C.V. to get a job as you do posting.
      I suspect you are actually employed sorry, HIRED , the word ‘employed’ suggests you spend your time working.
      It must be a cushy position you have , funded by the ever increasing national debt. But you don’t worry about such things because you are a intellectual (quasi in my book) anti capitalist lefty. As such you shouldn’t have to work, the world owes you .
      It is people just like you who brought down the USSR. The whole system collapsed because in the end the whole population were just like you.

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    • @John

      Got me in one. Except you forgot me causing the Wall St crash in ’29. And the neo-liberal sub-prime scam sank the Tiger. You are obviouly in forensic logic, yourself. So the rest of us can phukk off and emigrate from your smug little FF/FG/Scabour Anglo-Oirlind?

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  • Liam 06/12/12 #

    What’s really ironic is groups like this protesting against people who are protecting them, are they really this gullible?

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  • Protesting against a system that supports, fights and sacrifices it young soldiers to uphold THEIR right to protest.
    Look at the item on this ‘Journal’ about NASA photos of Earth at night, see the difference between North and South Korea.
    So which would these protesters prefer North or South Korea?
    Me thinks their are “barking “up the wrong tree.

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  • U.S.= Terrorists!

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