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CAIN: Events: Hunger Strike 1981 - Chronology Even though the hunger strike was called off it was announced on 4 October 1981 that the 'blanket protest' was set to continue. The strike was to last until 3 October 1981 and was to see 10 Republican prisoners starve themselves to death in support of their protest. This protest was to culminate in the hunger strikes of 1981 when 10 Republican prisoners died. cain.ulst.ac.uk /events/hstrike/chronology.htm   (4759 words)

CNN.com Specials In protest at the ending of "special category status," they began a four-year campaign during which they wore only a prison blanket and later escalated the action by refusing to clean out their cells and smearing excrement on the walls. The effects of many of the events that occurred inside the prison reverberated far beyond the walls of its notorious H-blocks: the so-called dirty protest; hunger strikes; three mass breakouts; murder and riots (in 1973, the prison was set on fire and troops called in to restore order). The "Dirty Protest": When the first IRA prisoners arrived at the prison in 1976, they regarded themselves as prisoners of war and refused to wear prison uniforms. www.cnn.com /SPECIALS/2003/n.ireland/maze.html   (1104 words)

GlsryA_G.htm Dirty Protest- English reaction to the 1976 Long Kesh Blanket Protest was to not allow participating prisoners their chamber pots (toilets). This Protestant paramilitary group became the National Guard (a name not an official military organization of the government). This was not effective and led to the Dirty Protest and finally a hunger strike that killed many. users.ev1.net /~gpmoran/GlsryA_G.htm   (1104 words)

CAIN: Chronology of the Conflict 1981 Even though the hunger strike was called off it was announced on 4 October 1981 that the 'blanket protest' was set to continue. The strike was to last until 3 October 1981 and was to see 10 Republican prisoners starve themselves to death in support of their protest. Joanne Mathers (29), a Protestant civilian who was acting as a census enumerator, was shot dead in the Gobnascale area of Derry, while she was collecting census returns. cain.ulst.ac.uk /othelem/chron/ch81.htm   (1104 words)

WAIHOPAI 2004: The Protests Continue, With Some New Twists This was illustrated at 2003’s Waihopai protest in Blenheim when an estimated 200 local Blenheimites joined in the protest in Seymour Square and in a march through the city centre on a Saturday midday. Although the public turnout was lower than at the 2003 protest, the numbers were sufficient for a spirited and colourful march through the central business district with plenty of chanting for peace to edify and distract the locals enjoying Blenheim’s sunny sidewalk café experience. Murray Horton of the ABC focused the discussion on the nuts and bolts of Waihopai’s involvement, to the extent that we can know it given the blanket of secrecy that surrounds the activities of the GCSB. www.converge.org.nz /abc/pr29-97.html   (1906 words)

Triskelle - Irish history: Hunger strikes After the end of the hunger strike the prisoners started again with the blanket protest, which was postponed during the hunger strike. It is clear that the Catholic Primate of Ireland Tomás Ó Fiaich called on the protesters to end their strike, but there are also rumours of a document, now in the possession of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (pIRA), in which the government met many of their demands. On 6 October 1981 the government agreed to most of their demands and by the end of October most prisoners had stopped their protest. vincentpeters.nl /triskelle/history/hungerstrikes.php?...   (1388 words)

CNN Specials - Northern Ireland In protest at the ending of "special category status," they began a four-year campaign during which they wore only a prison blanket and later escalated the action by refusing to clean out their cells and smearing excrement on the walls. The effects of many of the events that occurred inside the prison reverberated far beyond the walls of its notorious H-blocks: the so-called dirty protest; hunger strikes; three mass breakouts; murder and riots (in 1973, the prison was set on fire and troops called in to restore order). Maze Prison was subject to many escape attempts during its three-decade history edition.cnn.com /SPECIALS/2000/n.ireland/maze.html   (1388 words)

CAIN: Events: Hunger Strike 1981 - Chronology Tomás Ó Fiaich, Catholic Primate of Ireland, who had paid a visit to Republican prisoners in the Maze Prison on 30 July 1978, issued a statement saying that the prisoners engaged in the 'blanket protest' where living in 'inhuman' conditions. On 14 September 1976 Kieran Nugent was the first prisoner to be sentenced under the new regime and he refused to wear prison clothes choosing instead to wrap a blanket around himself. Kieran Nugent was the first prisoner to be sentenced under the new prison regime introduced on 1 March 1976 which meant that he would not receive special category status. cain.ulst.ac.uk /events/hstrike/chronology.htm   (1388 words)

BBC - History - The Troubles This section looks at the Blanket Protest the Dirty Protest and the seven-month hunger strike that led to the death of ten republicans. The Troubles refers to the period of violent conflict in Northern Ireland beginning with the Civil Rights marches in the late 1960s to the political resolution enshrined in the 1998 Good Friday Agreement. Experience the human cost of the Troubles by listening to the words of the people most affected www.bbc.co.uk /history/war/troubles   (315 words)

kingcountyjournal.com - Our View: A tough call, but right choice on primary Some pundits have predicted that voters will boycott the primary to protest the loss of the blanket primary. Our popular blanket primary has been declared unconstitutional and the Legislature adopted a new system in which voters will have to select a party preference in order to vote in partisan contests. The primary is the place where the parties will pick their contenders for the general election. www.kingcountyjournal.com /sited/story/html/168420   (398 words)

TalkLeft: Young Republican Kicks Female Protester But if we on the left take the wrong and unfortunate actions of this individual, and make blanket statements suggesting that all Republicans are like this, or approve of it, we are no better than groups like the Protest Warriors. The young man who resorted to violence should be punished so he can learn to handle things in a smarter way--especially at a peaceful rally, the officer should be punished for instigating, threatening and provoking violence at a peaceful protest, and opie should definately be put in jail for assault. Watch this ABC news video of a young Republican supporter kicking a female protester inside Madison Square Garden as she was lying on the ground being held by three secret service agents. talkleft.com /new_archives/007794.html   (398 words)

Provos :: Provisional Irish Republican Army The prison administration tried to force the men to unconditionally end their protest but at a further meeting between all the H-Block O/Cs on January 11th it was decided to attempt in a step-by-step process the de-escalation of the protests in a principled fashion. In March 1980 Cardinal O Fiaich again visited the prison and the following day he and Bishop Edward Daly met Direct-Ruler Humphrey Atkins for talks to attempt to settle the crisis, especially since the blanket men were now advocating hunger strike as a way out of the deadlock. On Wednesday, December 10th, when a senior member of the colonial Northern Ireland Office, a Mr Blellock, met the seven H-Block hunger strikers in the prison hospital and read out to them the prison reforms that were then available but refused to answer questions or negotiate with Brendan Hughes, former O/C of the blanket men. www.freewebs.com /provos2/hungerstrikers.htm   (398 words)

IRSC Statement for Kevin Lynch Commemoration Committed to Irish freedom and the liberation of the Irish working class, it was no surprise that when he entered Long Kesh in 1977, he immediately joined the blanket protest and participated in the "no wash" protest which later followed. His commitment to his ideals, his loyalty to his fellow comrades, and his strength of character, traits which were shared by all those who joined the protests, compelled Kevin Lynch to join the Hunger Strike of 1980. A fitting tribute to Kevin Lynch and the rest of the fallen hunger strikers would be a 32 County Irish Workers Republic, free from foreign imperialism and native capitalism, and with equal determination and commitment, we can yet write that epitaph. www.irsm.org /statements/firsca/980802.html   (398 words)

Flag desecration - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Union Flag of the United Kingdom and the tricolour of the Republic of Ireland are often defaced or burnt in Northern Ireland as a political provocation or as a protest. Flag desecration is a blanket term applied to various ways of intentionally defacing or dishonoring a flag, most often a national flag (though other flags may be defaced as well). The Flag of the United States is often used in symbolic defacement, often in protest of the policies of the American government, both within the country and abroad. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Flag_desecration   (1510 words)

BBC - History - War and Conflict The republican prisoners' blanket/dirty protest had crystallised around five specific demands: the right to wear their own clothes; the right not to do prison work; the right to free association; the right to a weekly visit and to educational and recreational pursuits and the full restoration of remission lost through the protest. Bobby Sands was nominated as an anti-H-Block candidate and won the election. Command of the Provisional IRA at the Maze passed to Bobby Sands who began to make plans for a second hunger strike. www.bbc.co.uk /history/war/troubles/hungerstrikes/hunger.shtml   (498 words)

The Seattle Times: Local News: New style of ballot awaits state voters Concerned that voters either won't understand the new primary rules or will flout them to protest the new primary, Logan asked election workers last weekend to examine 700 absentee ballots received from the 5th, 46th and 47th legislative districts. When the courts threw out the state's 70-year-old blanket primary - in which voters could cross party lines on their ballots - Gov. Gary Locke signed a bill creating a new primary in which voters must vote partisan ballots. But Logan acknowledged some voters will sit out the election to protest the new primary. seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/localnews/2002034857_primary14m.html   (498 words)

Vincente Fox Timeline, 21st Century Mexican President canceled a trip to Texas in protest at the U.S. state's execution of a Mexican national Mexican President seeks wide-ranging immigration agreement this year including a blanket amnesty for illegall immigrants Vicente Fox has dismissed the attorney general to end a legal row over the capital's mayor www.mapreport.com /countries/fox.html   (498 words)

ScrappleFace: Kerry to Reenact Medal Tossing Protest Anyway, with blanket statements he accuses his fellow "band of brothers" of being baby-killers, mutilators, and murderers. Kerrie told Gibson that he should pull out some of that old file footage, and he'd see that Kerrie pulled ribbons off his chest and hurled them, not medals. Kerry is falling under increasing criticisms by influential powerbrokers within the Democratic Party who are unhappy to see White House hopes slipping away. www.scrappleface.com /MT/archives/001687.html   (498 words)

FootnoteTV® : South Park Goobacks: Immigrants from the future come to the present looking for work, taking over low-wage jobs and sparking an unusual protest. Jefferson, a man obviously based on Michael Jackson, moves to South Park with his son Blanket. About a fifth were, like Stan, not interested or did not like the candidates or campaign issues. www.newsaic.com /ftvsouthpark08i.html   (2385 words)

The Irish Reader In On The Brinks, Belfast-man Sam Millar tells of his time on the blanket protest in Long Kesh. In At Arm's Length, Anne Chambers elicits the views of 14 present-day Irish chiefs and peers who live and work in the Republic of Ireland, on that historical evolution, as well as on a range of social and political issues that shape their sense of place and belonging in the Ireland of the 21st century. Besides providing excerpts from Irish publications, this site also contains an index of contemporary Irish works and Authors which can be navigated through the Reference links on the blue bar above. www.irishreader.com   (2385 words)

THE BLANKET * Index: Current Articles Surveying the placards and listening to the speakers, it became clear that this was less a political protest against the occupation of Iraq, than a frustrated tantrum born of the left's own sense of isolation and powerlessness. Hutton has exposed Blair's lies, and now the media is refusing to believe a word he says'. SWP member and Stop the War convenor Lindsey German claims that the Hutton Inquiry into the suicide of Ministry of Defence scientist David Kelly is itself a consequence of the anti-war movement. lark.phoblacht.net /whateverhappbon.html   (2385 words)

Brazil News 24/7 - Nothing But Brazil - Brazzil Magazine - Fresh news daily - English-language Magazine on Brazilian Culture - Brazil - Brasil - Brésil Francisco Anselmo de Barros, 65, wrapped himself in an alcohol-soaked blanket and set it on fire during a protest Saturday, November 12, in Campo Grande, state of Mato Grosso do... Brazilian industrial production dropped 2% last September compared to August and 0.7% in the third quarter against the second quarter according to the latest release from the Brazilian Geography... Brazilian pork exports reached US$ 1 billion during the first 10 months of this year, which represents an increase of 63% over the same period of last year. brazzil.com /index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9425&Itemid=76   (1664 words)

Pilgrimage of Grace - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Pilgrimage of Grace was a rising by Roman Catholics in Northern England in 1536, in protest at England's break with Rome and the Dissolution of the Monasteries, as well as other specific political, social and economic grievances. The Pilgrimage of Grace is brought to life by John Buchan in his historical novel The Blanket of the Dark (Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1931). Although the Pilgrimage was a specific rising around York, the term has come to describe a series of rebellions that occurred in the North in late 1536 and early 1537. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pilgrimage_of_Grace   (1001 words)

Tame Iti For those in the know, Tame lti is no Hone come lately He's been involved in Maori protest for much of his life, prepared, according to Tamati Kruger, to risk the wrath of his elders and "walk his talk". When it was his turn to talk, he stated his case and then handed a bewildered Doug Graham a blanket. Tame himself is a socal worker dealing with substance abuse and domestic violence issues in his home valley he's lucky that his partner Karen and his whanau are so supportive of him, says longtime associate Tamati Kruger "his home is like a bloody marae. aotearoa.wellington.net.nz /he/tame.html   (1542 words)

icCoventry - Students to boycott lectures over fees "But in Coventry it is slightly different, as we are not only protesting against tuition fees but what we believe has been the uncompassionate and aggressive way Coventry University has gone about collecting them, using a blanket approach." STUDENTS at Coventry's two universities are to boycott lectures next week as part of a national protest against tuition fees. Gareth Wilde, president of the Coventry Student Union, believes there is a lot of bad-feeling in the city about the charges. iccoventry.ic24.com /0100news/0100localnews/page.cfm?objectid=7534075&method=full   (1542 words)

BBC NEWS Scotland Rambler's naked court protest Stephen Gough, 44, was due to appear in the courtroom of Dingwall Sheriff Court, in Ross-shire, but declined to get dressed or wear a blanket supplied by police. The court hearing was moved to his cell where the sheriff, his clerk and the fiscal stood in the corridor while Mr Gough stood naked for the pre-trial hearing. A Highland sheriff conducted his court in the cell of a man dubbed the "naked rambler" when the accused refused to put any clothes on. news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/scotland/3119856.stm   (311 words)

THE BLANKET * Index: Current Articles We decided that as a anti-imperialist party, we could not agree to meet President Bush in protest against Iraq and that sort of thing generally. Despite receiving sound advice from Martin not to bother their heads with politics, they have allowed themselves to be manipulated by enemies of the peace process such as the SDLP and, it pains me to say, certain people not a million miles away from this publication. It is a matter of regret that the McCartney family, whom we fully support of course, took the opportunity to visit Washington in our place in order to smear the Republican Movement. lark.phoblacht.net /js2803051g.html   (776 words)

Maze Prison - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Prisoners participating in that protest were "on the blanket". The name "Maze" is taken from the village of the same name near the prison. Believing that the prisoner officers could not control the prisoners with these privileges the new Secretary of State, Merlyn Rees, ended Special Category Status from March 1, 1976. www.wikipedia.org /wiki/HM_Maze_Prison   (776 words)

Northern Ireland Prison Service Prisoners began to use blankets instead of clothing and the protest quickly became known as being 'on the blanket'. The Maze was a unique prison establishment in that, with the exception of a small group of ordinary prisoners employed as kitchen workers, its population consisted entirely of prisoners who had been convicted of terrorist offences and who had claimed affiliation to paramilitary organisations. From June 1972 convicted prisoners who claimed political motivation where granted what became known as 'special category status.' To be considered for special category status inmates had to have been convicted to serve more than nine months: in addition they had to be 'claimed' by one of the paramilitary compound leaders. www.niprisonservice.gov.uk /maze.htm   (776 words)

UC Berkeley Library Social Activism Sound Recording Project: Free Speech Movement The student demonstrators shall desist from all forms of their illegal protest against University regulations. Mario Savio reports on the same meeting with the Chancellor, recaps student demands and reports on the Chancellor's blanket rejection of these demands. Mario Savio leads a lengthy discussion regarding proposals and counterproposals to abandon the Sproul Hall sit-in and to allow the police car to leave Sproul Plaza in return for concessions in regard to Jack Weinberg's arrest and the suspension of the eight students. sunsite.berkeley.edu /VideoTest/pacificafsm.html   (5085 words)

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