Censorship at the Irish Echo John McDonagh, National Irish Freedom Committee, and Brian Mór • 1 August 2005 The National Irish Freedom Committee considers the refusal of their advertisement by The Irish Echo newspaper critical of the Provisional surrender to be censorship of a viewpoint that The Echo’s readership would be the best judge. Now the readership must consider whether their First amendment rights are to be diluted by the new Irish born ownership, who was raised on the Dublin governments state sponsored censorship under the draconian Section 31 that still exists in self censorship form also for political matters This refusal to accept the ad is unfortunate because the Echo prides itself on its openness and fairness as the largest Irish American newspaper. We in the NIFC are wondering if the Irish Echo are following the same Bush policy of visa denial of Irish Republicans with the right of Irish Americans to express their point of view. While we are allegedly spreading "Democracy" around the world, Irish Americans First Amendment are being trampled on right here in the land of the free.                                   Index: Current Articles + Latest News and Views + Book Reviews + Letters + Archives

All censorships exist to prevent any one from challenging current conceptions and existing institutions. All progress is initiated by challenging current conceptions, and executed by supplanting existing institutions. Consequently the first condition of progress is the removal of censorships. - George Bernard Shaw Index: Current Articles 10 August 2005 Other Articles From This Issue: Failed Entity Anthony McIntyre Towards Justice: Damien Walsh Lecture Fr Sean Mc Manus Where Terror Reigns Fred A Wilcox Lack of Trust — Or Courage? Mick Hall Process of Consulting Loses Sway David Adams Unionism Can't Run on Empey Anthony McIntyre Another Side to the Surrender Brian Mór Provisional Surrender A Sell-Out Joe Dillon The Greatest Betrayal of All Proinsias O'Loinsaigh Censorship at the Irish Echo John McDonagh & Brian Mór Take Ireland Out of the War: Irish Anti War Movement News Michael Youlton Venezuela: Factories Without Bosses Tomas Gorman • 1 August 2005 • An Open Letter to Gerry Adams Dolours Price The Inevitable Anthony McIntyre PIRA Statement 'Neither Surprising nor Historic' 32 County Sovereignty Movement 'Provisional IRA Should Disband Completely' Ruairí Ó Brádaigh A Momentous, Historic, Courageous and Confident Statement Jimmy Sands When History Was Made Brian Mór Roundup on the IRA Statement Liam O Ruairc The Way of the Apache and Lakota Eoghan O'Suilleabhain Strange Bedfellows? Eamonn McCann Rewriting the Past to Suit the Present Mick Hall Shoot to Kill: Getting Away with State Murder Eamonn McCann Parents of the World Unite Fred A Wilcox

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