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Qaxootiga Soo Dhaweyn

2015-09-242025-12-10Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

The wave of people seeking asylum from political strife in Europe continues.”Fáılte romhaıbh a chaırde” is Irish for “Welcome, friends” while “Qaxootiga soo Dhaweyn” is Somali for “Refugees welcome”. Somalis make up about 9% of the current wave of migrants from Africa and Syrians 33%. (Irish Times) 2,000 refugees are to be settled in Northern Ireland. (belfastlive) The yellow-on-black outline of parents and daughter running originates in the United States, used on ‘caution’ signs along highways near the US-Mexico border. For images of the mural’s launch on September 12th, see the WARN twitter feed.

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Red Power

2015-09-172024-12-23Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

Among the sweepings at the site of the former RUC barracks are placards from Sinn Féin Youth (Fb), one bearing a (never-before-seen) Red Power flag (WP). “End social injustice”.

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Street Artist Trap

2015-08-222024-12-23Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

A can of spray paint acts as bait in this bear trap meant for street artists and writers.

Previously from Red Ant: Up In Flames | Cat & Mouse | New Graffiti Loading

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New Life

2015-08-212025-10-17Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

The eagle of Isaiah 40:31 flies outside the New Life church in the no-man’s land between the security gates on Northumberland Street: “Those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.” (BibleHub)

The signature and the giant “coins” in front of it are shown below, along with the Síocháın/Peace tower. The (brown) cross in the middle of the area is shown in Cross Of Crosses.

Respect Equality

2015-08-122025-09-12Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

The People Before Profit Alliance is an all-Ireland political party closely related to the Socialist Workers Party. In the north, candidate Gerry Carroll was elected to Belfast City Council in 2014, representing Black Mountain. Gay rights does not seem to form an explicit part of the platform, but the mural above, featuring a heart with the rainbow colours, appeared on Divis St in time for the Pride parade on August 1st.

Cherish

2015-08-062024-12-23Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

The 1916 Proclamation Of Irish Republic includes the sentence “The Republic guarantees religious and civil liberty, equal rights and equal opportunities to all its citizens, and declares its resolve to pursue the happiness and prosperity of the whole nation and of all its parts, cherishing all of the children of the nation equally, and oblivious of the differences carefully fostered by an alien Government, which have divided a minority from the majority in the past.” At the time, it had a political meaning, but it has since been pressed into service by advocates of children’s right and now, in the board above, by supporters of gay rights. James Connolly (leader of the Irish Citizen Army) and the text of the declaration are shown against a backdrop of the gay pride rainbow flag. Launched 2015-07-31

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You Cannot Kill Ideas

2015-07-242024-12-23Extramural Activity3 Comments

A week before he was assassinated and his government overthrown, Burkina Faso president Thomas Sankara asserted: “While revolutionaries as individuals can be murdered, you cannot kill ideas.” Sankara gained power of Burkina Faso (then Upper Volta) in a 1983 coup and launched an ambitious programme of literacy, feminism, public health, and agricultural self-sufficiency, in addition to launching a drive against corruption and of nationalizing natural resources. He attempted this all without the assistance of foreign aid or the IMF or World Bank. However, he wielded power outside the jurisdiction of the courts and controlled the press. He and twelve colleagues were killed in October 1987.

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Cuts

2015-07-192024-12-23Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

Cuts cosmetic and economic juxtaposed on Northumberland Street, west Belfast.

There is an éırígí (web) emblem just out of view to the right – see M10861.

Below: red paint splattered on the pavement below Jim Larkin’s outstretched arms.

Seasons Greetings

2015-06-262024-12-23Extramural Activity2 Comments

“Our wood goes, your windows go” – a message from the Bawnmore Zulus at Longlands Court/Arthur Road bridge in anticipation of August “festivities”.

SOS

2015-05-312024-12-23Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

“SOS – Wall St rapes Ireland”. Conor Devine (at EamonnMallie.com) provides context. This message on the mountain (Slıabh Dubh) came and went in a matter of days, if not hours, because the television exposé it was designed to coincide with was not in fact broadcast; also perhaps because parents did not appreciate having to explain rape to their young children – the mountain can be seen from a large portion of west and central Belfast.

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