National March for Palestine this Saturday, 9th November 2024
The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign has called another National Demonstration for Palestine on Saturday, 9th November. The march will begin at the Garden of Remembrance at 1pm and finish outside the Dáil
Lex Innocentium Launch, The Law of the Innocents, 21st Century
Lex Innocentium, The Law of the Innocents, 21st century, was launched on International Peace Day, September 21st, 2024, in Birr, Co. Offaly.
Campaign to Pass the Occupied Territories Bill
The time is now. We endorse the Pass the OTB Campaign. We urge the Irish government to pass the OTB before the election is held. #ActNow #PassTheOTB ‘No more time to waste’ Ireland should pass the Occupied Territories Bill urgently, says civil society campaign Campaign to Pass the Occupied Territories Bill welcomes change in Government position,…Continue reading Campaign to Pass the Occupied Territories Bill
Urgent joint statement: Northern Gaza is being erased – global leaders must act now to end Israel’s atrocities
Oxfam and 37 other humanitarian organisations are raising the alarm about the catastrophic situation in Northern Gaza The Israeli forces’ assault on Gaza has escalated to a horrifying level of atrocity. Northern Gaza is being wiped off the map. Under the guise of “evacuation,” Israeli forces have ordered the forced displacement of an estimated 400,000…Continue reading Urgent joint statement: Northern Gaza is being erased – global leaders must act now to end Israel’s atrocities
Peace Groups Express Alarm At Dismantling of Triple Lock
Peace Groups Express Alarm At Dismantling of Triple Lock Afri is joining peace groups throughout Ireland in expressing alarm regarding the upcoming proposed changes to the ‘Triple Lock’, which requires UN authorisation along with Cabinet and Dáil approval if our troops are to be deployed overseas. The Tánaiste has said that the draft legislation will…Continue reading Peace Groups Express Alarm At Dismantling of Triple Lock
Hiroshima anniversary – Afri calls for Irish leadership in global peacebuilding
Hiroshima anniversary – Afri calls for Irish leadership in global peacebuilding Irish peace and justice organisation Afri, along with anti-war groups and peace campaigners from around Ireland attended Irish CND’s Hiroshima commemoration in Dublin today, Tuesday, August 6th. The annual commemoration took place at the iconic CND cherry tree in Dublin, which was planted in Merrion…Continue reading Hiroshima anniversary – Afri calls for Irish leadership in global peacebuilding
14.04.24. Afri joined thousands of people protesting at Shannon Airport against Ireland’s complicity in war crimes and the genocide in Palestine. #Gazagenocide #warcrimes #Shannon airport Photo credit: Joe Buckley Photography
‘When Starvation is a Weapon, The Harvest Is Shame’ by Kathy Kelly
March 14, 2024 In a work entitled “Irish Famine 4,” Palestinian-American journalist and artist Sam Husseini combined grass and paint to commemorate a bitter time in Irish history when starving people died with their mouths stained green because, according to historian Christine Kinealy, their last meal was grass. Shamefully, British occupiers profited from exporting out of Ireland food crops so…Continue reading ‘When Starvation is a Weapon, The Harvest Is Shame’ by Kathy Kelly
Brigid to bring message of peace to Foreign Affairs on Feb. 1st.
On Thursday, February 1st, ‘Brigid of Kildare’, accompanied by members of Afri and StoP, attempted to delivered a letter, a copy of the Downpatrick Declaration and a St. Brigid Peace Cross to Tánaiste Micheál Martin at the Department of Foreign Affairs in Dublin. The doors of the Department, however, were firmly closed against Brigid –…Continue reading Brigid to bring message of peace to Foreign Affairs on Feb. 1st.
Louie Bennett Commemoration
Afri will once again begin our calendar year with an informal gathering at the bench in Stephens Green commemorating Louie Bennett and her companion Helen Chevenix. All are welcome to meet there at 1 pm on her birthday, on Sunday, 7th January.