“… to Genocide Joe”. This mural – a copy of a cartoon by Carlos Latuff – was painted in Divis Street in advance of the visit by Irish politicians to the United States for St Patrick’s Day – for background, see Don’t Look Away and The Fog Of War (which showed the same message on Slıabh Dubh).
In the mural, the leaders of “SF”, “FF”, and “FG” (Sınn Féın, Fıanna Fáıl, Fıne Gael) on their knees offer shamrock to US president Joe Biden, the blood dripping from whose hands spells “Gaza” on the ground.
However, the mural was completely blacked out the week before March 17th (Xitter) and then had to be cleaned, to give the version shown above.
In 2016, a Latuff reproduction in Beechmount, which was critical of Martin McGuinness’s shaking hands with Queen Elizabeth of England, was whitewashed (and was not subsequently restored). See The Butcher’s Apron for ‘before’ and ‘after’ photos.
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