Irish "Anti-War" Movement / People Before Profit / Socialist Workers Party
The Irish "Anti-War" Movement (IAWM)
and the linked groups People Before Profit (PBP)
and the Socialist Workers Party (SWP)
are probably the main supporters of the global jihad
in Ireland, more than any Islamic group.
Oddly, they are not Muslims.
Rather, they are a group of Marxist leftists who think
the global jihad
somehow fits in
with their absurd plans for communist revolution.
These are not anti-war. Not remotely.
In fact they are in favour of unnecessary and barbaric war.
They are not anti-war.
They are anti-West,
and pro-the other side,
as we will see below.
The IAWM in
2006
claimed that Iran has democratic elections:
"The US wants to paint Iran as a fascist state with Ahnadinejad as the new Hitler
(just like Saddam before him).
Iran is a modern country ...
It is one of the more democratic states in the Middle East.
Iran has democratic elections and a powerful reform movement,
...
It is the US and its allies that are undemocratic.
...
In Iraq the US are trying to rig the parliament"
Socialist Worker, no.212,
26 Nov 2003.
The front page
describes the
communist butchers of North Vietnam
as a "heroic resistance".
Some "anti-war" people these are.
SWP article,
23 Apr 2002,
openly supports the intifada:
"Clearly, although the Palestinians can achieve tactical victories, to win against the huge military power of the Israeli state requires mobilising the whole region. This means extending the intifada across the cities of the Middle East, overthrowing the corrupt pro-Western Arab governments and mobilising the mass of Arabs in the fight against the racist Israeli state."
SWP statement on
31 July 2006
openly supports Hezbollah:
"we are happy to join the Arab masses in expressing our solidarity with the fighters of Hizbollah
and our hope is that they succeed in defeating the Israeli assault on Lebanon."
Richard Boyd Barrett
told a gathering of violent Islamists in Dublin
in Apr 2009
"that it was "entirely legitimate" to argue that "Israel has no right to exist"".
Open support by the SWP for the
jihad against the Jews
in 2002.
SWP poster at an anti-Israel march in Dublin, Apr 2002, as the
Intifada against the Jews
rages.
From here.
The Irish "Anti-War" Movement
marches beside the
Hamas flag
at an anti-Israel demo, Dublin, 31 May 2010.
From here.
Israeli flag burned by a mob in Dublin, Jan 2009.
Present are the
Irish "Anti-War" Movement,
the Sinn Fein - IRA terrorist group,
and a mob of radical Muslims.
Prayers were led by a Muslim Brotherhood cleric.
From here.
Niamh McDonald
of the SWP supports Hamas, 9 Jan 2011. "Hamas are the only group that are fighting for freedom", she absurdly says,
as if Hamas are fighting for any concept other than jihad and sharia.
She says "we look for a secular free state where all religions ethnicities and cultures can live together peacefully",
while ignoring the fact that such a place already exists.
It is called Israel.
She is attacking the only secular free state in the region,
and supporting religious fascists
who believe in brutal sharia law.
Hamas would kill to stop a secular state.
Niamh McDonald's Hamas heroes
celebrate
the barbaric killing
of the
Fogel children in Mar 2011:
"Five Israeli settlers were killed on Friday night
...
angry Palestinian attacked a home in the illegal settlement of Itamar near Nablus and killed Five settlers from one family
...
According to the International law Palestinian resistance factions have the full right to resist any kind of occupation on the land of Palestine".
Hamas MP and cleric Yunis Al-Astal, May 2011, looks forward to killing all of the Jews:
"In just a few years, all the Zionists and the settlers will realize that their arrival in Palestine was for the purpose of the great massacre, by means of which Allah wants to relieve humanity of their evil."
"SOLIDARITY WITH THE RESISTANCE"
Socialist Worker
no.262, 8 Aug 2006.
Open support by the SWP
for the violent, anti-semitic, civilian-targeting, gay-hating,
atheist-hating,
Jew-hating,
Islamic religious fundamentalist terrorist group
Hizbollah
(for there is no other "resistance" to
Israel's 2006 attack on Hizbollah in Lebanon,
the Lebanese government having wisely chosen to sit it out).
Inside the issue,
Richard Boyd Barrett
writes explicitly opposing the disarming of Hizbollah.
"a key part of our task is to resist calls for a western force or Irish troops
to be sent into Lebanon to disarm Hizbollah.
... the people of Iraq, Palestine and Lebanon have the right to resist
colonial aggression and occupation",
says this "anti-war" person.
Another article by some
useful idiot
says:
"We support Hamas and Hizbollah in their courageous stand against imperialism".
Hizbollah, of course, are an agent of Iranian imperialism,
while Hamas want to cleanse Israel of all Jews.
They are not fighting "against imperialism".
They are fighting for jihad.
The SWP editorial
openly supports Hezbollah.
"we are happy to join the Arab masses in expressing our solidarity with the fighters of Hizbollah
and our hope is that they succeed in defeating the Israeli assault on Lebanon."
Despite this disgraceful support for violent groups, the SWP
are still welcome at "anti-war" marches.
At
this "anti-war" march in Galway, Aug 2006,
a woman actually holds up this issue
supporting Hamas and Hizbollah.
That looks like the
gay rights flag
behind her,
as she supports gay-murdering religious fascists.
An anti-Israel march in Dublin, 10 Jan 2009,
featured both Hezbollah and Hamas flags.
The IAWM, SWP, PBP, IPSC, Socialist Party, Sinn Fein and SIPTU
were on this march.
Irish Israel-hater
"K_M_C_90"
is actually proud of this picture.
"Hezbollah flags always on show at our protests in Ireland".
Hamas flag at the march.
From here.
See another shot of
Hezbollah flag
on the march.
From here.
Poor
Edmund Burke
having to watch this abomination go past his statue!
The Irish "Anti-War" Movement openly admits:
"The IAWM is NOT a "Peace organisation" - there are, at least, 10-12 Peace organisations
in this country, some of them anti-war / some of them not.
The IAWM, as stated in its constitution, is an anti-imperialist organisation
whose main objective is to stop the use of Shannon and other Irish facilities
by the forces of the Empire,
while simultaneously extending support and solidarity with those who are invaded,
and those who fight against that invasion and occupation
by any means at their disposal."
The IAWM also refers to:
"some plans we have to invite a couple of leading Hamas and Fatah militants into Ireland soon".
"The conference will challenge the myths and propaganda peddled by the main stream media and discuss practically how we can build the movement of resistance to war and occupation over the coming months. Unity of the anti war movement across organisational and territorial boundaries and solidarity with those who fight the illegal occupation of their country is what we seek."
I don't see one word of condemnation of the violence of those who "fight" and "resist".
The "anti-war" people are only against some wars, it seems.
The conference also has Lebanese and Iraqi politicians.
No, not tolerant liberal democrats, silly.
Rather, pro-Syrian and pro-al-Sadr politicians, respectively, of course.
Supporting this disgraceful event are the
"anti-war" groups
PANA
and the NGO Alliance.
Of course, the fact that the "anti-war" people also invite a violent Irish group
like Sinn Fein is simply unnoticed.
Alan Shatter spoke
in the Dail,
4 October 2007,
about this conference, and the shameful attendance of mainstream politicians at it:
"I think it is a disgrace that some Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas, including a member of a party that is in Government, will, according to the leaflet published by the Irish Anti-War Movement, share a platform with a member of Hizbollah at this meeting."
In the end, it did not happen:
The Hezbollah man was refused a visa on security grounds,
so in the end, none of the above useful idiots did actually share a platform with Hezbollah.
To his credit,
Declan Meehan
of East Coast FM
asked Michael D. Higgins
about this during his (sadly successful) run for the Presidency in 2011.
(Think this was on
29 Sept 2011.)
Michael D. simply replied:
"I never shared a platform with Hezbollah",
which is technically true.
Meehan did not have the material to question him any further.
The IAWM's heroes,
the Shia fundamentalist militias of Iraq,
stone 90 young people to death for having tight jeans and "Emo" haircuts, Feb-Mar 2012.
Do the IAWM know anything about the kind of people they associate with?
What Hamas and Hezbollah say about the Jews.
From here.
Support for Saddam Hussein's regime during the American invasion in 2003:
IAWM discussion boards showed clear support for Saddam Hussein's regime during the American invasion.
Now these are not official IAWM statements (like the ones below)
but it is interesting how many "anti-war" people
became pro-Saddam once the fighting started in 2003,
and went on to
sympathise with the fascist
"resistance" after the liberation.
"COME ON THE IRAQIS!!", March 27, 2003.
"I know that it's not very "anti-war" of me but am I the only one cheering the Iraqi military on against the US and UK?"
"Liberating Iraq", March 26, 2003:
"1. Saddam Hussein is the only state leader to publicly support the Palestinian people. This is enough to make him into an eternal hero in the eyes of the Arab people and everyone who believes in justice.
2. Saddam Hussein is the only state leader to stand up against the mighty American and Zionist colonial hegemony. This is more than enough to make him the ultimate hero for those who believe in the idea of 'free man', 'anti-colonialism' and 'anti-globalisation'."
IAWM support for the
Iraqi "resistance" after 2003:
"Resistance is the First Step Towards Iraqi Independence",
by Tariq Ali, November 5, 2003, posted to IAWM site.
"the resistance is predominantly Iraqi - though I would not be surprised if other Arabs are crossing the borders to help. If there are Poles and Ukrainians in Baghdad and Najaf, why should Arabs not help each other?
...
Meanwhile, Iraqis have one thing of which they can be proud and of which British and US citizens should be envious: an opposition."
Open IAWM support for the Iraqi "resistance":
IAWM statement, 9 Apr 2004.
Richard Boyd Barrett, Chairperson of the IAWM said:
"For the sake of the suffering Iraqi people we must hope
that Iraqi resistance and protest here in the west force the US
to pull out as quickly as possible."
Rory Hearne of the IAWM, letter to
Village,
19-25 Feb 2005:
"It is the historic global anti-war movement, manifest on February 15th 2003
- when over 40 million demonstrated across the world
- and the defiant resistance in Iraq
which have created the crisis for Bush and Blair.
It is only through the continued growth and resistance of these movements
that we can end the bloody occupation of Iraq
and ensure there are no more wars against Bush's "axis of evil""
You would think that,
even if they support their aims
(the end of democracy, and the setting up of an Islamist fascist tyranny),
the "anti-war" people would complain
about the fact that the Iraqi "resistance" is violent.
"Freedom for Iraq, Palestine, Afghanistan.
End the Occupation. Victory to resistance".
Councillor Brid Smith
(later TD) of
"People Before Profit"
carries an SWP placard openly supporting the jihad resistance in
Iraq, Israel and Afghanistan. Demo against Tony Blair, 4 Sept 2010.
Screenshot from
this video
(see here).
See blocks me
on Twitter.
This conference was openly dedicated to
"Supporting the resistance in Palestine and Iraq".
Given that both of these resistances are violent,
it seems strange that "anti-war" people would support them.
Present at this international hate-fest were:
The child-killers Hamas.
By that I don't mean they kill children by accident, as all armies do
(and all car manufacturers do).
I mean they target children, because they are Jew-hating racists.
The IAWM declined to condemn any of these groups.
On the contrary, it said:
"There is a growing unity of anti-occupation groups in Iraq, anti-imperialist currents across the region and anti-war groups in the west."
The jihad-loving IAWM and the
Brit-hating RIRA protest
Tony Blair's launch of his memoirs, Dublin, 4 Sept 2010.
Irish useful idiots, commies and Islamist-lovers
blame counterjihad leader Tony Blair
for the deaths caused by the jihad!
Why are they not protesting (every day) outside the
Iranian and Saudi and Pakistani embassies?
You know, the governments that actually support violence in Iraq
and Afghanistan?
Open jihad supporter
Richard Boyd Barrett
appears in the above video, to blame Blair for the deaths caused by the jihad!
Video was here.
"Freedom for Iraq, Palestine, Afghanistan.
End the Occupation. Victory to resistance".
Placard in open support of the jihad resistance in Iraq, Israel
and Afghanistan, carried by Richard Boyd Barrett's own party,
as they blame Blair for the
tens of thousands killed by the jihadis.
Nauseating hypocrisy.
Screenshot from
this video.
See another screenshot.
See another shot
from here.
See another shot
from here.
"Victory" to the "resistance" that is causing the genocide in Iraq
and Afghanistan.
And lock up anyone who is trying to stop it.
Even better, lock them up for the crimes of the "resistance".
From here.
Jason O'Mahony:
"Is there anyone Richard Boyd Barrett will not enter a Von Ribbentrop style pact with?"
Someone rather pathetically claims they can't control who turns up to the demo.
O'Mahony replies:
"I doubt RBB would sit passively by if the BNP or old National Front turned up to protest the war."
Of course, the gardai would have happily separated the SWP from the RIRA types if the
SWP had ever asked.
The idea that the SWP - who support Hamas -
would have a problem with the RIRA is ludicrous.
Here
on their website
the SWP happily name the RIRA people as their co-demonstrators.
Another article in the same issue tells jihadis how to carry out
random attacks on civilians in western cities.
The article claims that if you slaughter innocents, a being called "Allah"
will welcome you into a place called "paradise".
No evidence for these ludicrous claims is ever presented.
This Al Qaeda magazine was produced by
Samir Khan.
I broke the story here in Oct 2010. The Irish Times
(and here)
prints it in May 2011.
Hey, where's my acknowledgement!
Irish politician
Richard Humphreys
carries out a forensic demolition of
Richard Boyd Barrett
and his jihad loving groups.
Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council meeting, 11 Oct 2010.
Boyd Barrett is challenged to condemn Hamas, Hezbollah, the Iraqi insurgents
and the Taliban.
He declines to condemn them.
"The self-styled Irish Anti-War Movement ... is not a peace organisation. ... It is not so much an anti-war movement as a strident anti-American one. Rather than an organisation which wishes to see the peaceful resolution of conflicts around the world through discussion and compromise, it is a collection of misty-eyed old Soviet Union sympathisers who have now befriended Islamic fundamentalists."
- Alan Shatter
in the Dail,
4 October 2007.
"This position of the far-left to defend Islamic extremists demonstrates a cognitive dissonance of an unbridled magnitude.
As a secular Muslim Arab who has lived my entire life in the Middle East and North Africa, I find the level of convergence of the far-left in the West and the Islamists (who represent a far-right ideology) both perplexing and alarming.
...
Do the extreme left have any idea what the goals of the Islamists are?
As someone who stands for liberal views and stands against Islamists and their extremist ideology, I was very surprised to learn that the Islamists' biggest defenders weren't the Arab and Muslim world, but are, in fact, the far-left Westerners and Israelis who claim to be liberal. In the course of publishing my personal blog, I have been viciously attacked on numerous occasions by far-leftists in the United States, Europe and even Israel
...
My position as an Arab who lives in the Arab world and deals with the issues I write about on a daily basis was not enough to convince these attackers that I was in a better position in truly knowing what is happening in the Arab world, despite the fact that most of them live thousands of miles away from the Arab world and do not speak Arabic. Most of them seem to be under the impression that Islamist acts of terror against the West and Israel only occur because of Western imperialism or support for Israel, when in fact the Islamists have been committing terrorist acts against the Arab world for centuries. ... it has nothing to do with Western imperialism, but, in fact, has to do with Islamist imperialism."
- Algerian secular Muslim
Omar Dakhane, 7 Mar 2012, is baffled by Islamism-supporting left-wing extremists like Richard Boyd Barrett and the IAWM.
