Stop Arming Israel: National March for Palestine to take place in Dublin on Saturday 20th July

 March will call for states to stop arming Israel's genocidal regime & demand Irish government sanctions on the Apartheid state

Press Release, Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign, 18th July 2024

This coming Saturday 20th July the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign, supported by over 100 Irish civil society groups, is holding a National Demonstration for Palestine – calling for an end to Israel’s genocidal assault on the people of Gaza, for states to stop arming Israel, and end to the use of Irish airspace by the US Military, and for the Irish government to take action to hold Israel accountable. It will be the seventh such national mobilisation since October - all of which have seen tens of thousands flood Dublin's streets in opposition to Israel's slaughter in Gaza that has seen at least 39,242 people killed, including some 15,000 children.

This march will also take place on the 40th anniversary of the 1984 Dunnes Stores Anti-Apartheid Strike, which led to the Irish government ultimately banning the import of produce from Apartheid South Africa, and we are honoured that Mary Manning, the woman who began the strike by refusing to handle a South African grapefruit, will be a special guest speaker.

Protestors will assemble at 1pm at the Garden of Remembrance on Parnell Square, and will march from there to Leinster House for a rally outside the Dáil.

Special guest speaker at the rally will be Dunnes Stores Anti-Apartheid Striker, Mary Manning. Other speakers include Walaa Sabah, a journalist and director of operations at We Are Not Numbers in Gaza, Salah Al Tanani, a survivor of the Gaza Genocide, Senator Alice Mary Higgins, the driving force behind the Arms Embargo Bill, John Lannon of Shannonwatch, and IPSC Chairperson Zoë Lawlor.

There will also be a musical performance by Katie O'Connor, a Galway-based singer-songwriter who will sing her new song 'We The People'. Michelle Byrne, Communications Officer of the member of the South East branch of IPSC will MC the event.

There will be a disability access point at the intersection of D'Olier St and College Green. The Trade Union assembly point is outside Mandate Head Office on Cavendish Row, and Community Groups will be assembling outside the Hugh Lane Gallery.

Note: The event is organised by the IPSC, and the full list of endorsing organisations are A4 Sounds, Academics for Palestine, Adult Education Tutors for Palestine, Afri - Action from Ireland, Animal Rebellion Ireland, Apartheid-Free Arts, Balbriggan Palestine Solidarity, Bloody Sunday Trust, Cairdeas Falasteen Chonamara, Centre for Global Education, Clare Solidarity Network, Climate Camp Ireland, Cloughjordan Palestine Justice, Comhlámh, Comhlámh Justice for Palestine, Community Action Tenants Union - CATU, Cork Families 4 Palestine, Cross-Cultural Conversations, DCU Student's Union, Disability Power Ireland, Dublin 4 Gaza, Dublin Council of Trade Unions, Dublin LGBTQ Pride, Dún Laoghaire for Palestine, East Wall Here for All, Ecojustice Ireland, Feachtas Inis Oírr don Phalaistín, Financial Justice Ireland, Gaza Action Ireland, GCN - Gay Community News, Ireland Palestine Mental Health Network, Irish Anti-War Movement, Irish Congress of Trade Unions, Irish Farmers for Palestine, Irish Football Fans Against Israeli Apartheid, Irish Lawyers for Palestine, Irish National Teachers' Organisation, Irish Pakistani Community Network, Irish Second-Level Students' Union, Irish Social Workers and Social Care Workers for Palestine, Irish Sport for Palestine, Jews for Palestine - Ireland, Kairos Ireland, Kashmir Peace and Solidarity Council Ireland, Kerry Friends of Palestine, Killorglin 4 Palestine, Kinvara Palestine Solidarity Group, Lawyers Against Racism, Le Cheile - Diversity Not Division, Mandate, Misneach, Monkstown Vigil for Palestine, Mothers Against Genocide, Movement of Asylum Seekers in Ireland, Mullingar 4 All, Muslim Sisters of Éire, National Animal Rights Association, National LGBT Federation, NCAD Students' Union, Neuro Pride Ireland, North Wicklow Against Genocide, Pavee Point Traveller and Roma Centre, Peace and Neutrality Alliance, Peadar Brown's Bar, Phibsboro For All, Places of Sanctuary Ireland, Psychologists for Palestine, Sadaka - The Ireland-Palestine Alliance, Shannonwatch, SIPTU, Slí Eile, Socialist Lawyers Association of Ireland, Spunout, TCD Students' Union, Teachers' Union of Ireland, The People's Movement, Trade Union Friends of Palestine, Trademark Belfast, Trans & Intersex Pride, TUD Students' Union, UCD Students' Union, Union of Students in Ireland, Unite the Union, United Against Racism, Waterford Ramallah Twinning Committee, West Cork for Palestine, World Beyond War, PalFest Ireland, Irish Artists for Palestine, Palestinian Rights Institute, Drogheda Stands with Palestine, Pals for Palestine, Irish Occupational Therapists for Palestine, Independent Workers' Union, Praxis Artist Union, Irish Council for Civil Liberties, Friends of the Earth - Ireland, An Dream Dearg, Conradh Na Gaelige, Access for All Ireland, Teachers for Palestine, TCD BDS Campaign, Irish Health Care Workers for Palestine, Cairde Palestine, Queers for Palestine Ireland, Postal Workers for Palestine, Gaels Against Genocide, Irish Creative Arts Therapists for Palestine, Art in Solidarity,  Communincation Workers Union, Bray and District Council of Trade Unions, Industrial Workers of the World - Ireland, Left Bloc, Rosa Socialist Feminist Movement, Grandfathers Against Racism, Dublin Bay North for All, Dublin Vegfest, Pallas Projects/Studios, Foyle Pride, DCU BDS, Fórsaand more to be announced.

'End US Complicity in Israel’s Genocide' protest TODAY at AmCham 4th July Gala Event with Simon Harris

 TOMORROW 4th JULY the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign, supported by over a number of other solidarity groups, is holding a demonstration at the Clayton Burlington Hotel on Sussex Road.

 

 – calling for an end to Apartheid Israel’s genocidal assault on the people of Gaza;

 – calling for the US government to end their funding and facilitation of the ongoing genocide;

 – calling for US multinational companies to end their complicity and profiteering from the genocide;

 – calling for the Irish government to take concrete action at national, EU and UN levels to hold Israel accountable;

 – and calling for an inspection regime to ensure that weapons or military tech are not being transported to Apartheid Israel via Irish airspace

 

Campaigners will assemble at 11am outside the Clayton Burlington Hotel on Sussex Road, and will line both sides of the street with at least 30 metres of red banners in a highly visual protest that will appeal to photographers and videographers alike, to symbolise the non-existent “red line” that US President Biden promised would be crossed if the Israeli state attacked the tent encampments of Rafah where hundreds of thousands of refugees sought shelter.

 

Speakers at the rally will include former RTÉ producer Betty Purcell, Conall Ó Dufaigh of Teachers for Palestine, Martin O’Quigley of the IPSC, and Zak Hania, a Palestinian-Irish survivor of the genocide, who recently lost yet more members of his family.

 

IPSC National Chairperson Zoë Lawlor said: “In March, US President Biden warned of a ‘red line’ if Israel attacked the refugee camps of Rafah. Israel proceeded to bomb the refugee camps, burning dozens of Palestinians alive, and destroyed hospitals and murdered medical staff. Millions face famine, and there are sickening reports of widespread torture in Israeli prisons. It is clear that there never was a ‘red line’. The US government continues to fund and facilitate a livestreamed genocide, and US multinational corporations continue to profit from it. This is nothing to celebrate.”

 

Ms Lawlor concluded: “Instead of attending this celebratory Gala event, we call upon the Taoiseach to use every means at the Irish government's disposal to stop the genocide and to hold the Israeli state to account - including sanctions on Israel, and ensuring Irish airspace isn't used to transport weapons or military technolohgy to the genoical apartheid state of Israel.”

 

The event is organised by the IPSC, and endorsed by Academics for Palestine, Dublin 4 Gaza, Irish Anti-War Movement, Gaza Action Ireland, Pals for Palestine, Psychologists for Palestine, Teachers for Palestine, and more to be announced.

SARS-CoV-2 is surging globally: Demand the reinstatement of universal masking in healthcare now

 Today's Indo article👇

https://www.independent.ie/opinion/comment/tess-finch-lees-were-drowning-in-a-wave-of-covid-but-hospitals-arent-even-insisting-on-masks/a504621681.html

Extracts:

"Why is the HSE’s IPC hospital guidance so at odds with the science? Why has it not been updated to include the World Health Organisation’s “indoor airborne risk assessment” findings? Instead, former IPC lead, Professor Martin Cormican’s publicly expressed “anti-mask” stance seems baked into HSE guidance.

The European Centre for Disease Control recently reported almost 44,000 patients contracting infections, predominately SARS-CoV-2, in Irish hospitals, ranking Ireland as having one of the lowest levels of hospital masking in Europe. French and UK hospitals have reinstated mask mandates.

Meanwhile, Health Minister Stephen Donnelly has washed his hands of all responsibility".

".....The BMJ, the British Medical Association’s journal, reported “unequivocal evidence that SARS2 is airborne”, noting: “[Hospital] infections occur despite strict contact and droplet precautions and reduce when airborne precautions are added.” Respirator masks are a vital IPC tool.

Last week, a study found that when Swiss hospitals switched to a more stringent mask policy “the percentage of healthcare-associated infections subsequently declined”. 

"...Medica haven't been informed of more than 400,000 studies documenting the harm caused by SARS2 infections. That a recent study revealed people who recovered from "mild" Covid lose around three IQ points, a further two IQ points on reinfection and that another recent peer-reviewed study showed that 90pc of long-Covid patients had mild or asymptomatic initial infections" 

"Given the extent of known harms, no informed doctor should ever refuse a patient’s request to don a respirator mask so they can access healthcare safely.

While patients and staff breathe disease-laden hospital air, occupants of Leinster House breathe fresh air pumped in at 10 exchanges per hour. Everyone’s vulnerable to SARS-CoV-2, especially our vulnerable.

Politicians and their lackeys gave us permission to stop caring about them. We grabbed it. We traded our humanity and health for brunch and lipstick".

Stay safe: Mask up, crack open windows, meet outdoors, stay at home when sick & get boosted if you can. Do it for yourself, your loved ones & your community 💓