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The Irish Anti-War Movement (IAWM) is planning to stage a national protest at Shannon Airport over the continuing military use of the airport.
- sympathy with the victims and survivors of this horrific act
- massacre needs to be seen in wider context of us culture of violence including foreign policy
- Obama should stop slaughtering innocents abroad as a first step in stemming violence
The Irish Anti-war Movement (IAWM) issued a statement today expressing sincere sympathy with the victims, survivors and families affected by the horrific killings at Sandy Hook School in Connecticut earlier this week but noted that the massacre must be seen in a wider context of a culture of violence perpetuated by successive US Governments.
The Irish Anti-War Movement (IAWM) and Ireland Palestine Solidarity (IPS) campaign has released a schedule of events planned around the country to highlight current events in Gaza and to call on the Irish Government to take positive action against Israel's military action.
The Irish Anti War Movement (IAWM) strongly condemns the killing, injuring, arrest and torture of civilians by the Assad dictatorial regime in Syria and in particular condemns the onslaught by the Syrian army on the city of Homs over the last three weeks and more recently on Deraa.
In a statement released today the Irish Anti-war Movement expressed concern at what is said was 'the indulgent manner' in which China’s vice president Xi Jinping was being welcomed in Ireland by the Government and the media.
The Irish Anti War Movement is to stage a protest to oppose Obama’s wars next Sunday 22 May at 2 pm at the G.P.O. on O’Connell Street in Dublin.
The Irish Anti-war Movement is to hold a black balloon protest at the GPO in Dublin' O'Connell Street next Tuesday evening at 6.30pm, as a reminder of the thousands killed in Afghanistan and Iraq at the hands of western troops. This includes the deaths of young British troops, many of who joined the army purely to improve their economic circumstances—only to be killed or maimed in Iraq or Afghanistan.
In a statement the Irish Anti-War Movement (IAWM) has announced plans to hold a major demonstration to protest during the planned visit to Dublin of former British Prime minister, Tony Blair on September 3rd/4th.
The Irish anti-War Movement (IAWM) has again called for an immediate ceasefire and direct negotiations of the ten-point plan put forward by the Hamas leadership, which has been endorsed by the PLO and has called on the Irish Government to support such a move.
The Irish anti-war Movement (IAWM) said today that this week's events in Iraq, beginning with the capture of Mosul by ISIS and continuing with the country's descent into civil war, are a clear case of the chickens of the 2003 invasion coming home to roost. The IAWM is calling on the Irish Government to publicly reject any policy of intervention in Iraq.