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Belfast - Now The Most Racist City In The World According To Der Spiegel
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Thursday March 03, 2005 21:42 by Davy Carlin - Chairperson Anti Racism Network carlindavid at hotmail dot com 07774053223
200 Falls Road Residents Mobilise in Protest Against Rascist Attack on Home of Four Lithuanians Over two hundred residents from the Beechmount - Falls Road area mobilised last night in protest at the recent racist attack on the home of four Lithuanians. Addressing the crowd Sara Boyce {ARN steering group and West Belfast ARN} stated that: 'Only last week, a German magazine claimed Belfast was the most racist city in the world. What happened here at the weekend does little to dispel this claim. Ethic minorities throughout Belfast are being routinely victimised, whether it is through having their homes attacked or being called names when walking the streets'. Local Sinn Fein Councillor Tom Hartley called on the local community not to allow a gang of thugs to destroy its good name: 'We need to stand shoulder to shoulder with the Lithuanians forced from their homes and show them that what happened is despised by the wider community. People of all ethnic minorities are welcome in West Belfast. This area is not a cold house for anyone. The group that carried out the attack are not just racist - they have also continually attacked members of their own community.' Continue reading about the work of the Anti-Racist Network and about their upcoming 'Love Music Hate Racism' March 6th concert in Belfast at the 'feature continued' link below. ORIGINAL NEWSWIRE ARTICLE AND GIG DETAILS BELOW
Having been termed as the most racist city in Europe Belfast is now being termed as the most racist city in the world.
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Jump To Comment: 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1it was a good night, with good bands, a good crowd and good craic
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Tomorrows headline act is Duke Special [8pm Sunday 6 March Limelight].
He is an up and coming artist with a following that's increasing rapidly. He played the Empire to a packed out gig on Thursday night and will be the main act tomorrow.
From his web site:
"Resident in Belfast and carrying within his songs hints of the city’s music hall legacy, as a writer and performer Duke Special cuts and interesting dash. As likely to be found alone at a piano with only a wheezing old gramophone for company as he is to be surrounded by a vaudeville orchestra of musical cohorts.
One part late-night poker room balladeer, the other all flying hammers and devil-may-care, Duke Special mines an historic vein of pop writing, harking back to a pre-Beatles era of literate and theatrical performers. He brings a unique musical identity to songs of genuine warmth and accessibility. As the Duke once said, “I hear beauty, dirt, tremolo and smoke.”
Duke Special has toured extensively this year throughout Ireland and the UK as well Germany. Three tours with Aqualung so far this year as well as one with Juliet Turner, the rest of the year sees him touring with John Power (The La’s, Cast) before starting a 25 date Irish tour in the Autumn supporting Dundalk singer-songwriter Stewart Agnew. Duke will be joined on many of the Irish dates by Derry’s Réa Curran on trumpet and harmonium. There will also be some headline shows in the UK in November. The Duke’s reputation continues to spread with Jack White (of The White Stripes) and The Hives among his growing set of admirers.
Duke Special has just completed the follow up to the successful “Lucky me” EP. The new recording is entitled “My Villain Heart” and continues to showcase the otherworldly, imaginative and original song-writing that has become the Duke’s trademark."
www.dukespecial.com
See you there,
Mark, Barbara, Mick
Be there!!
Getting contacted by a number of people reading the site re - the Gig on Sunday.
It is casual dress - of course -
Also you can sign up to the network via the link provided.
In Solidarity and Resistance - Davy Carlin
Firstly - eeekkkk the photos of the rally can be found under the steering group section.
Once you click in wait for a minute or so and they will come up - you need to also do that when going to each page of photos. We are looking into that.
PS - we also have a CD of the recent Rally at Belfast City Hall, which interviews many ARN activists amongst others - with speeches and the march covered etc - it also includes the several hundred strong rallies on the Falls Road. If you wish to use that also drop me a line.
LAST NIGHT OVER TWO HUNDRED FALLS ROAD RESIDENTS MOBILISED IN PROTEST AGAINST RACIST ATTACK -
Over two hundred residents from the Beechmount - Falls Road area mobilised last night in protest at the recent racist attack on the home of four Lithuanians.
Addressing the crowd {and pictured in today’s Daily Ireland} Sara Boyce {ARN steering group and West Belfast ARN} stated,
'Only last week, a German magazine claimed Belfast was the most racist city in the world. What happened here at the weekend does little to dispel this claim.'
Ethic minorities through- out Belfast are being routinely victimised, whether it is through having their homes attacked or being called names when walking the streets'.
Local Sinn Fein Councillor Tom Hartley called on the local community not to allow a gang of thugs to destroy its good name.
'We need to stand shoulder to shoulder with the Lithuanians forced from their homes and show them that what happened is despised by the wider community'.
People of all ethnic minorities are welcome in West Belfast. This area is not a cold house for anyone. The group that carried out the attack are not just racist - the have also continually attacked members of their own community.
Its the only city in the western hemisphere were the estate agents actually carry advertisements clearly stating "no blacks, chinese, pakistani etc etc".
I must say they have progressed from my parents day when job advertisements stated no roman catholics need apply.
Fair play to Davy and co for standing up to this gutter trash. Theyre a disgrace to the nation.
just fyi - and no I don't mean the ones to press reports - I was looking for your photos of rallys in the North to use here ;-)
Did ye spot this tucked away in the middle of the report?
"During the year, there were three anti Semitic incidents in the country. One incident involved a swastika being painted on the Irish Jewish Museum in Dublin. The second and third incidents involved vandalism at a Jewish cemetery and synagogue".
Ithink AlQuds (Jerusalem),the capital of Palestine is even worse . Not much ! But a little.
The Government generally respected the human rights of its citizens, and the law and judiciary provide effective means of addressing individual instances of abuse. Abuse and mistreatment of children were problems. There were incidents of violence against immigrants, racial minorities, and some discrimination against Travellers (an indigenous migrant community).
In several communities, there were allegations of incidents of violence against racial minorities and immigrants
Societal discrimination and racial violence against immigrants and ethnic minorities, such as Asians and Africans continued to be a growing problem. Racially motivated incidents involved physical violence, intimidation, and verbal slurs, and the majority of incidents of racist violence took place in public places.