Eamonn Mccann

Northern Ireland election won't solve the deep crisis in the system
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Northern Ireland election won’t solve the deep crisis in the system

A polarised election squeezed the left, but what matters more is the movement, says Simon Basketter
07 March 2017
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Eamonn McCann: A year on from the Saville report into Bloody Sunday

The Saville Report’s recognition that all of the 13 Bloody Sunday dead and 13 wounded had been innocent sparked an eruption of joy in Derry. The sea of shining faces gathered in Guildhall Square for the release of the report on 15 June 2010 could have lit up a continent. This was the acknowledgement the Bloody Sunday families had craved through the long years of their trek towards the truth, and it was sufficient unto the day.
16 June 2011
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Eamonn McCann on Colonel Gaddafi

I once challenged Muammar Gaddafi when he suggested that Libya could support revolutionary movements around the world while maintaining agreeable trading relations with world powers.
26 March 2011
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Eamonn McCann: Britain and the US’s hypocritical condemnations of the Egyptian dictatorship

US president Barack Obama said on Friday, "The people of Egypt have rights that are universal. That includes the right to peaceful assembly and association, the right to free speech, and the ability to determine their own destiny. These are human rights. And the United States will stand up for them everywhere."
31 January 2011
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Eamonn McCann wins Foot award

Socialist Worker would like to congratulate Eamonn McCann on winning a special lifetime campaign award as part of the Guardian/Private Eye Paul Foot awards.
16 November 2010
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Eamonn McCann: David Cameron’s stomach-churning hypocrisy

If David Cameron seriously believed that slaughtering unarmed civilians is wrong, he would cancel the imminent deployment of the Parachute Regiment to Afghanistan, where in the past year, around 2,000 civilians have been killed by US and British troops.
22 June 2010
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Eamonn McCann and Bloody Sunday families on the Saville Report

Eamonn McCann on the Saville Report Eamonn McCann, who was present at Bloody Sunday and wrote Socialist Worker’s front page after the massacre, said on Tuesday:
15 June 2010
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Eamonn McCann: Beyond the sectarian divide

Eamonn McCann, a veteran anti‑imperialist campaigner and socialist, got a fantastic 7.7 percent vote in Foyle, Northern Ireland. He stood as part of the People Before Profit coalition taking nearly 3,000 votes.
07 May 2010
Eamonn McCann: Fighting for unity in Derry
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Eamonn McCann: Fighting for unity in Derry

The general election in Northern Ireland is dominated by sectarian division – except in Foyle, Derry, where People Before Profit candidate Eamonn McCann is standing.
27 April 2010
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Tributes to Chris Harman

Eamonn McCann, Civil rights activist, Northern Ireland
10 November 2009
Eamonn McCann on the victory of the Raytheon 9 anti-war protesters
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Eamonn McCann on the victory of the Raytheon 9 anti-war protesters

On 9 August 2006, nine Northern Irish anti-war activists occupied the Derry offices of Raytheon, one of the biggest arms manufacturers in the world, and destroyed its computers.
17 June 2008
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Raytheon 9 in court

Nine anti-war protesters, including socialist and civil rights campaigner Eamonn McCann, were in court in last week over their occupation of the offices of US arms manufacturer Raytheon in Derry, Northern Ireland, last August.
10 April 2007
Eamonn McCann: Fighting for workers and trade unions - and against war and water charges
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Eamonn McCann: Fighting for workers and trade unions – and against war and water charges

The Socialist Environmental Alliance is not running in this election just to make a point. We are in to win a seat – and we believe it can be done.
10 March 2007
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Video of Eamonn McCann speech at Time to Go demonstration

Eamonn McCann, civil rights activist from Derry and one of the Raytheon Nine, speaks to the crowd at the rally after more than 50,000 people marched on the Stop the War Coalition 'Time to Go' demonstration against the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and for Tony Blair to go. The demonstration was in Manchester outside the venue of the Labour Party conference on Saturday 23 September 2006.
23 September 2006
Irish civil rights leader Eamonn McCann arrested at occupation of Raytheon
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Irish civil rights leader Eamonn McCann arrested at occupation of Raytheon

Nine anti-war protesters, including socialist and civil rights campaigner Eamonn McCann, have been charged under terrorism laws following an occupation of the offices of US arms manufacturer Raytheon in Derry, Northern Ireland. Police claim £350,000 damage was done to computer equipment during the protest.
19 August 2006
Derry anti-war protesters, including Eamonn McCann, arrested after Raytheon occupation
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Derry anti-war protesters, including Eamonn McCann, arrested after Raytheon occupation

Nine anti-war protesters, including socialist and civil rights campaigner Eamonn McCann, are in jail in Northern Ireland for occupying an arms manufacturer
12 August 2006
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Derry anti-war protesters released on bail

Eight of nine anti-war demonstrators remanded in custody, including socialist and civil rights activist Eamonn McCann, have been granted bail in the Northern Ireland High Court. They had been charged following a protest at the Derry offices of US missile manufacturer Raytheon.
12 August 2006
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‘Right wing smears on Belfast post strike’ – Eamonn McCann

Anyone who doubts postal workers’ claims that Royal Mail management is characterised by offensive arrogance should ponder the statement issued in relation to the Belfast dispute.
18 February 2006
G8 Diary
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G8 Diary

Friday 1 JulyG8 Alternatives opening rally5.30pm, Queens Hall, Edinburgh University. Speakers include Dennis Brutus, Haidi Giuliani, Bill Speirs, Mark Ruskell, Trevor Ngwane, Eamonn McCann.International Socialist Tendency meeting7.30pm, Gillis Centre, 100 Strathearn Road, Edinburgh EH9. Speakers include Petros Constantinou from Greece’s SEK, Chris Bambery from Socialist Worker, and a speaker from Spain’s En Lucha.
02 July 2005
Eamonn McCann on Sinn Fein’s contradictions
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Eamonn McCann on Sinn Fein’s contradictions

THE PROVISIONAL IRA is less popular today in the north of Ireland than at any time for the last 35 years.
05 March 2005
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Brent election rally

EAMONN McCANN made a rousing speech at a rally in support of Socialist Alliance candidate Brian Butterworth on Monday of this week. The rally was held three days before the Brent East parliamentary election which takes place on Thursday of this week. Over 80 people heard from film director Ken Loach, journalist Paul Foot and local people disillusioned with Blair.
20 September 2003
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Eamonn McCann writes on Bloody Sunday

Bloody Sunday should fill the British ruling class with shame. Instead they send up flurries of outrage to distract attention from the truth. The two new TV dramas marking the thirtieth anniversary of the massacre have been denounced by a variety of politicians and commentators. Some of these people didn't feel the need to see the films before delivering their judgement.
26 January 2002
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Reviews & Culture

Our father – who art not in heaven

IF YOU were born into a Catholic family, attended a Catholic school, were sent to mass every Sunday and lived in fear of the local priest then Eamonn McCann's new book on religion is the one for you. Conversely, if you were lucky enough to escape the Catholic church, then you'll also find Dear God a fascinating and funny read. Not being one of the lucky ones, I devoured McCann's book and by the end thought that he had penned it especially for me.
27 November 1999