This is a 25 minute interview I gave for Hungarian radio before departing to Belfast for the Bush visit. I reflect on the Raytheon 9 acquittal and the misuse of anti-terror laws to silence nonviolent anti-war dissent. Within 24 hours of giving this interview I was detained under the Terrorism Act twice.
Today’s Dublin Metro reports that £300,000 was spent on policing costs on Bush’s half day visit to Belfast.
Meanwhile back in the land of the free, President Bush was confronted on 4th. of July by anti-war dissent. The clips (2 mins) are kind of ironic as Bush responds that the U.S. of A believes in free speech, the crowd applauds and those citizens exercising are disappeared by the thought police
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jRj-pWbWJo&eurl=http://….org/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDQv5CbhipI&eurl=http://….html
Kathy Kelly Writing from Jordan on Raytheon 9 and Pitstop Ploughshares
http://www.counterpunch.org/kelly07042008.html
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