ireland’s biggest summer school-2017-1.pdf · of the battle of jarama shankill road library light...

WWW.FEILEBELFAST.COM

Ireland’s BIggestsummer schoolan scoIl samhraIdh Is mó In ÉIrInn

// 3SUMMER SCHOOL2 // WWW.FEILEBELFAST.COM

(028)90 80 90 80

Travel with Translink Make Smart Moves with a Translink MetroSmartlink card. Click www.translink.co.uk. Call 028 90 66 66 30.Tweet @Translink_NI #smartmovers

Féile an Phobail- Ireland’s biggestcommunity arts festival is delighted topresent this year’s Discussions andDebates programme of events. Withalmost 50 talks, debates, discussionsand literary events, hosted in the mainin the wonderful surroundings of StMary’s University College in the heartof the Gaeltacht Quarter.

Féile an Phobal, born in the midst of amost difficult period of conflict,provides a platform for itscommunities' needs. It showsleadership by creating an enablingand compelling environment forpassionate debate and new thinkingabout Ireland's future. Those who visitit, whether local or foreign, will seetheir issues, their concerns beingconfidently aired. It looks back withrespect and forward with hope andoptimism.

As we celebrate our 29th anniversarywe feel the time is now to declare Féileas the home of Ireland's BiggestSummer School. This is Belfast at itsmost unique and daring.

Join us as we reflect, critique andconfidently look forward.

Bill Rolston

All events in St Mary’s University College unless otherwise stated. For full detailsconsult the Feile programme, print version or online www.FeIleBelFast.com

Tá áthas ar Féile an Phobail, an fhéile ealaíonpobail is mó in Éirinn, clár imeachtaí Phlé agusDíospóireachtaí na bliana seo a chur i láthair. Imeasc na 50 imeacht a bheidh ar siúl gopríomha i gColáiste Ollscoile Naomh Muire igcroílár na Ceathrún Gaeltachta, beidhcainteanna, caibidlí, díospóireachtaí agusimeachtaí liteartha.

Riarann Féile an Phobail, a bunaíodh i rith natréimhse is deacra den choimhlint, doriachtanais a pobail. Léiríonn sí ceannaireachttrí thimpeallacht chumasaithe agus iontach achur ar fáil do dhíospóireachtaí teasaí agus dosmaointeoireacht nua ar thodhchaí nahÉireann. Beidh daoine a bheas ag nahimeachtaí seo, bíodh siad ina ndaoine áitiúlanó coimhthíocha, ábalta páirt a ghlacadh iontuagus na ceisteanna mar aon leis na buarthaí abhaineann leo a phlé go muiníneach cinnte.Amharcann sí siar ar an am atá caite le measagus tá sí ag súil leis an todhchaí go dóchasach.

Agus muidne ag ceiliúradh ár 28ú bliain ar ansaol, sílim gur mithid dúinn fógairt gurb í Féileionad na Scoile Samhraidh is mó in Éirinn í.Seo Béal Feirste atá uathúil agus misniúil.

Bígí linn agus muid ag déanamh machnaimh,léirmheasa agus ag smaoineamh chun tosaighgo muiníneach.

Bill Rolston

Ireland’s BIggest communIty artsFestIval and summer school

FOR OTHER FESTIVAL EVENTSCONSULT THE FULL FEILEPROGRAMME, PRINT VERSION ORONLINE WWW.FEILEBELFAST.COM

FáIlte agusslán aBhaIleFéile wishes everyone a great time atthis year’s events and get home safewith our festival transport partnersValue Cabs, Belfast Taxis CIC andTranslink Metro.


A chairdeDebate and discussions are an integral part ofFéile an Phobail and that is entirely in keepingwith the people who had the vision toestablish a community festival back in 1998. StMary’s University College has been associatedwith the Féile since 1992 and our respectiveinterests coalesce around the significance thateach body attaches to “learning forcontinuous improvement”. We both believe inthe power of education. We understand thatdebate and discussions help to improve ourcollective understanding of the cultural,economic, political and social context in whichwe find ourselves – a context that is constantlychanging.

St Mary’s is proud to be so deeply associatedwith Ireland’s biggest community arts festivaland summer school, which welcomesthousands to the city of Belfast each year.Ourselves and Féile are involved in a truepartnership where collaborative action andlearning as well as mutual respect characterizethe relationship we enjoy.

The College has been a higher educationinstitution located on the Falls Road since1900 and our educational tradition continuesin an innovative way through the Féile. As PaulMaskey MP said at the launch of this year’sfestival, “it is our window to the internationalworld”.

Creidimid go gcumasaíonn foghlaimsíorfheabhsú.

Professor Peter FinnPrincipalSt Mary’s University College, Belfast

Social enterprise Loaf Cafe & Bakeryopened for business in west Belfast inJune 2015 after NOW Group breathed lifeback into the derelict building previouslyknown as the Oak Bar. Redeveloped into abright yellow building, the popular eateryis located opposite the Royal hospital onGrosvenor Road.

The café has breathed new life into thearea with a beautifully designed spaceserving fantastic coffee, locally sourcedproduce and Belfast's best sausage rolls.Loaf also has an outside catering businessdelivering high quality food to corporateand private events across Belfast. By usingLoaf your money helps people withlearning difficulties into jobs with a future.

We are delighted to once again supportthe work of Féile an Phobail and are theproud pouring partner of Irelands biggestSummer School. We look forward towelcoming you to Féile an Phobail andhope that our products add value to whatwill be a wonderful festival experience

maeve monaghanCEO NOW Project

Our work is driven by collaboration betweenpublic authorities, professional and non profitorganisations together with the localcommunity to achieve agreed goals. The key tothis is about people innovating together,renewing shared values, sustaining hope andbuilding optimism.

Collectively we are focusing on taking actionsthat inspire best practice outcomes. DuringFéile we have the opportunity of taking stockand interacting with academics and activistsfrom around the world. Adapting what we learnto our own local circumstances is the lifebloodof staying relevant.

Féile is also a time to celebrate achievementand to recognise that the Upper Springfield isan area that is redefining what is possible. Ourwork succeeds because it grows and developsthrough grassroots activity.

With a rich seam of resilience and a sprinkle ofmagic the Upper Springfield area sits at thefoot of the Black Mountain. Come and explorewhat is possible. you will find a warm welcomeand a community ready to engage.

noel rooneyChairpersonUpper Springfield Development Trust

COLLABORATIvEACTION ANDLEARNING ASWELL ASMUTUALRESPECTChARACTERIzEThERELATIONShIPWE ENJOy.


GRACE, GEnEROsITy AnD ACKnOwlEDGMEnT InRECOnCIlInG sOCIETyDuncairn Centre for Culture and Arts

Glenn Bradley, veterans for Peace, sophie long, Phd Student at Queen's, Alan McBride,manager of WAvE Belfast and Rev Cheryl Meban, Presbyterian Chaplain to Ulster Universitywill share their vision of reconciliation and what they believe grace, generosity andacknowledgement would look like from a broadly Protestant or Unionist or Loyalistperspective.

Chair: Peter Osborne, Community Relations Council

In partnership with the Greater New Lodge Community Festival supported by Féile an Phobail’s CommunityEngagement Programme and The Executive Office

7pm

n WEDNESDAY 2ST AUGUST

A UnITED IRElAnDIs InEVITABlE

Two recent votes have placed thequestion of a United Ireland firmly on thepolitical agenda: the Brexit referendumresult and the March Assembly electionresult when the unionist majority wasended in the Assembly. Kevin Meagher,author of the book 'A United Ireland, whyunification is inevitable and how it willcome about', and Sinn Féin's deputyleader, TD Marylou Mc Donald, willexplore the economic implications of aUnited Ireland.

Chair: Emer Hinphey

7pm

n THURSDAY 3RD AUGUST

n FRIDAY 4TH AUGUST

COMMEMORATInG80TH AnnIVERsARyOf THE BATTlE OfJARAMAShankill Road Library

Light lunch included. After the meeting flowerswill be laid on the Spanish Civil War Memorialin Writers Square.

Speaker: Brian Hanley: “The Radical Thirties”.Chairperson: Jackie Redpath

Organised by the IBCC in partnership with theGreater Shankill Partnership, Belfast andDistrict Trade Union Council, Shankill Library,Trademark, ICTU Youth Committee. Contact:0775195175

12pm

COMMUnITy AnDCRIMInAl JUsTICE

A discussion on the impacts of criminality onthe local community, and exploring thedifferent methods used to deal with theseissues such as restorative, criminal justice andcommunity policing. With stephen Magennis,volunteer Co-ordinator, Safer NeighbourhoodsProject; Harry Maguire, Director, CommunityRestorative Justice; Melanie Jones, LocalPolicing Superintendent for Belfast, and ChiefInspector Kellie McMillan, Local PolicingCommander for West Belfast and PatriciaMuldoon, Assistant Director, youth JusticeAgency. Also featuring a short film called TheLane, The Street and The Road made by localactor / filmmaker Brian Milligan with localyoung people.

Chair: Gerry McConville, Director FallsCommunity Council.

Supported by PCSP and Belfast City Council Part of Féile an Phobail’s Community EngagementProgramme

1pm


An OUTsTAnDInGlEADER: THE lIfE AnDTIMEs OfMARTInMCGUInnEss

n FRIDAY 4TH AUGUST

TRADITIOns AnDTRAnsITIOns

Launch of the pamphlet by fergus Ó hÍr

2pm

HEAlInG THEwOUnDs Of OURTROUBlED PAsT

In this event the five member panel willput forward various suggestions as tohow we as a society help people heal thewounds of our troubled past. With DavidBolton, trauma writer, researcher,practitioner; Máire Braniff, Director ofIncore School of Criminology, Politics andSocial Policy, Ulster University; nicholaMallon MlA; Mike nesbitt MlA; KateTurner, healing through Remembering.

Chair: Tori watson, BBC journalist

Supported by Féile an Phobail’s CommunityEngagement Programme and The ExecutiveOffice

5pm

n FRIDAY 4TH AUGUST

A panel discussion about the life and times ofMartin McGuinness, lifelong republican, familyman and chief negotiator and close confidante ofSinn Féin President, Gerry Adams, TD who diedearlier this year.

Panel: Mitchel Mclaughlin, a Derry man and aclose friend and comrade of Martin; MarylouMcDonald TD, deputy leader ofSinn Féin; and a member of Martin's family.Chair: Danny Morrison

HOwARD GAylE –61 MInUTEs InMUnICH

Toxteth-born Howard Gayle made hisleague debut for Liverpool againstManchester City in October 1980 andbecame the first black footballer inLiverpool's 89-year history to play at firstteam level. his shining moment in aLiverpool jersey came when he ranBayern Munich's defenders ragged in theEuropean Cup semi-final, 1981. In thistalk Gayle will bring the shutters down ona childhood spent between Toxteth andNorris Green, detailing life on the streets,the racism, the other forms of abuse, andhis ascent from teenage football hooliganto a player with Europe's leading club.

5pm

FIRST BLACK FOOTBALLERIN LIvERPOOL'S 89-yEARhISTORy

7pm


PJ MCGRORyMEMORIALLECTUREléACHTCHUIMHnEACHáIn PJ MCGRORy

n FRIDAY 4TH AUGUST

THE GAA InCOnVERsATIOnSt Galls GAC

how can the anticipated development of CasementPark act as the catalyst for the regeneration of GaelicGames in Belfast and beyond? The panel will give theirviews on this and other leading GAA issues of the day.

Panel: Brian white, former Antrim GAA Manager,stephen McGeehan, Ulster GAA, Casement Parkproject lead, Jane Adams, Former All Irelandchampion and Camogie All Star, other GAApersonalities TBC

Supported by Féile an Phobail’s Community EngagementProgramme and The Executive Office

7pm

n SATURDAY 5TH AUGUST

AssAssInATIOn Of A sAInT: THE MURDER OfARCHBIsHOP ÓsCAR ROMERO AnD THE sTORy OfTHE sEARCH fOR JUsTICE

The thrilling story of an international team of lawyers, investigators, and human-rights expertswho fought to bring justice for the 1980 murder of El Salvador’s Archbishop Óscar Romero.Matt Eisenbrandt recounts how he and his colleagues searched for evidence against the killersas the team worked towards the only verdict ever reached for the murder – two decades laterin a U.S court.

1pm


sIsTERs In THETROUBlEs

Recorded conversations between womenreligious about their experiences during theTroubles reveal new perspectives on the roleof women and families as well as apreviously undocumented dimension ofChurch history in this period.

1pm


MADGE DAVIsOnMEMORIAl lECTURE

Micheal Quinn will give a presentationentitled: 'The relevance today of MadgeDavison's "hypocrisy and reality" article inPravda, January 1979'.

Michael Quinn, author of ‘Irish-Sovietdiplomatic and cultural relations, 1917-1991’, will consider Madge Davison’s 1979article, including Madge's castigation of theBritish government and media's doublestandard in relation to the ‘hooded Men’case against Britain at the Court of humanRights in 1977.

Organised by the Communist Party of Ireland.Contact 07751951785

3pm

n SUNDAY 6TH AUGUST

I, DAnIEl BlAKEAn Chultúrlann

Daniel Blake (Dave Johns) is a 59-year-oldwidowed carpenter who must rely onwelfare after a recent heart attack leaves himunable to work. It is a powerful, beautiful,and depressing drama about dignity in theface of humiliation. It's also about humanityin the face of insensitive bureaucracy andabout demanding respect and decenttreatment for all, not just those who can payfor it.

Panel: Dessie Donnelly, director(development) with Participation andPractice of Rights; Deirdre walsh, managerat Whiterock Children’s Centre. Chair:Patricia McKeown, Unison.

7pm

n MONDAY 7TH AUGUST

BORDER wARs,sECURITIsATIOn AnDIslAMOPHOBIA

It's not just the rhetoric of the far Right. AcrossEurope, mainstream parties are increasinglyimplementing anti-immigrant, anti-refugee andanti-Muslim policies. Borders are beingmilitarised and education securitised. howshould we respond?

liz fekete, Institute of Race Relations, London

1pm

DO wAlls wORK?

30 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall and yetthe construction of walls, fences and barrierscontinues to be used as a policy response to apolitical problem in Europe and the US.Meanwhile in Northern Ireland the Government iscommitted to remove all peace walls by 2023.This lecture will look at both the global and local,in order to consider questions of where and howhave walls been used; what has been their effect;and do they work?

Speaker: Professor Cathy Gormley-Heenan,Pro-vice Chancellor Research, Ulster UniversityResponse: Professor Elisabeth Porter, Professorof International Relations, University of SouthAustralia

1pm


AN DREAMDEARG

n MONDAY 7TH AUGUST

sHAPInG THE sHAnKIll: wOMEn’s PERsPECTIVEOn 100 yEARs Of CHAnGEShankill Library

Dr. Myrtle Hill, visiting Research Fellow, Queens University, Belfast

During the 20th century, personal, family and community life in the streets between Peter’shill and Woodvale underwent significant change. This talk will explore the impact of thesechanges through the lens of gender, focussing on the daughters, mothers, grandmothers,wives and sisters who resided in these streets between 1900 and 2000.

1pm

Irish republican Joe Austin, historian Philip Orr and veterans ForPeace activist lee lavis examine the meaning and historical origins ofthe poppy and the lily. These iconic symbols commemorate the wardead of past and recent conflicts. The panel will explore thesignificance of and controversies about the poppy and the lilycommemoration and discuss the personal significance of thesesymbols for them.

THE POPPy AnDTHE lIly;COnTEsTATIOnAnDCOMMEMORATIOn

3pm

n MONDAY 7TH AUGUST

DEARG lE fEARG-lAnGUAGE RIGHTsARE HUMAn RIGHTs:

DEARG lE fEARG- IsCEARTA DAOnnA IADCEARTA TEAnGA

Panellists: Ciarán Mac Giolla Bhein (Acht naGaeilge campaign): Katy Rose ní Mhiach(Irish medium youth work campaign):Pádraig Ó Tiarnaigh (Líofa bursariescampaign): and Aisling ní labhraí(campaign against removal of Cultúrlannfunding).

Painéalaithe: Ciarán Mac GiollaBhein (feachtas Acht na Gaeilge):Katy Rose ní Mhiach (feachtasobair óige lán-Ghaeilge): Pádraig ÓTiarnaigh (feachtas spárántachtaíLíofa): agus Aisling ní labhraí(feachtas in éadan aistarraingtmhaoiniú na Cultúrlainne).

5pm 5in


n MONDAY 7TH AUGUST n MONDAY 7TH AUGUST

THE BElfAsT/GOODfRIDAy AGREEMEnT:ADDREssInG “THETOTAlITy OfRElATIOnsHIPs”

Since the Agreement was signed in 1998,cross-border, all-island and east-west co-operation has been evolving on manyfronts: civic, public and business. however,the impending exit of the UK from theEuropean Union means that the need forcooperation across all three strands of theAgreement has never been more important.Ruth Taillon, Director of the Centre forCross Border Studies, will address a numberof questions as the 20th anniversaryapproaches.

5pm

HOME swEETHOME

Join home Sweet homefounder Dean scurry, tradeunionist Dave Gibney andwriter-director Terry McMahon'as they discuss how a newIreland with a new homelessand housing policy can beachieved. home Sweet home sparked aflame of decency in Dublinduring Christmas 2016 – referredto by actress Fionnula Flanaganas the 'most revolutionary eventto have occurred in Dublin citysince 1916'.

5pm

InEQUAlITIEs InEDUCATIOnAlACHIEVEMEnT

One of the key features of a world-class school system is the promotionof equal educational opportunities.Unfortunately, the school system inthe north of Ireland displayssignificant inequalities in educationalachievement. As a result, such asituation requires interventions, whichtake account of contextual factors, tobring redress. The West BelfastPartnership Board has been workingfor many years to promote theprinciple of equal educationalopportunities and with considerablesuccess. A panel of educationalistsworking in the local area will discussthe challenge of continuously raisinglevels.

Supported by Féile an Phobail’s CommunityEngagement Programme

5pm

fROM PARTITIOn TOCIVIl wAR: MICHAElCOllIns, THE CRAIG-COllIns PACTs AnDnORTH BElfAsT 1922Duncairn Centre for Culture and Arts

This illustrated talk will trace the involvement ofMichael Collins-elected TD for Armagh in the SecondDail- in the North of Ireland from the onset ofpartition until his tragic death in the Irish Civil War.

Introduction & Chair: Joe Austin, Chairperson of theNational Graves Association In partnership with the Greater New Lodge CommunityFestival supported by Féile an Phobail’s CommunityEngagement Programme and The Executive Office

7pm


n MONDAY 7TH AUGUST

GAs, CRUIsE MIssIlEs,GOOD GUys, BAD GUysAnD CIVIl wAR.

Beirut-based Independent Middle Eastcorrespondent Robert fisk reflects on the West'sobsession with showing its power in the Arab world.According to the West, if you're one of the non-existent "moderate" rebels, you're a good guy, evenif you carry a Kalashnikov. If you're a White helmet,you're a star. As for the Russians bring back the ColdWar. And as for the terror-cult ISIS and the head-chopping al-Nusrah Front who are supported bySaudis and Qataris, well, they're our friends.

7pm

n TUESDAY 8TH AUGUST

MOTHER AnDBABy HOMEs:TIME fOR JUsTICEFalls Library

Panel: Oonagh McAleer and EunanDuffy, Birth Mothers and their Childrenfor Justice NI; Kathyrn Torney, TheDetail website; Patrick Corrigan,Amnesty International

Mother and Baby homes did not existonly in the Republic of Ireland. Theyoperated north of the border too, someas recently as the 1980s. AmnestyInternational and former residents arecalling for a public inquiry into the manyabuses suffered in the homes: fromdeprivation of liberty to ill-treatment andforced adoption.

11.45am

RHI AnD THEMEDIA

Alison Morris, Irish News and samMcBride, News Letter. Chair:Slugger O’Toole’s David McCann

The Renewable heat Incentiveshould have been a scheme tobenefit the environment andincrease usage of renewableenergy. however following Red Sky,Nama and talk of Brexit darkmoney, RhI is the latest financialscandal to hit the DUP. The topicdominated the March 2017 electiondebate. The panellists will shine alight on the role of the media inuncovering the detail of how half abillion pounds of tax payers moneyliterally went up in smoke.

1pm


n TUESDAY 8TH AUGUSTn TUESDAY 8TH AUGUST

THE ABORTIOn ACT 1967: JOURnEys TRAVEllEDAnD THE JOURnEys THAT REMAInFalls Road Library

Panel: Jude Bunting, human rights barrister, Heather low and Ruairi Rowan, FPA, andBreedagh Hughes, Royal College of Midwives.

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Abortion Act which provided for greater access toabortion in Great Britain, but was never extended to Northern Ireland. This discussion willfocus on the experiences of women forced into long journeys from legal, political and medicalperspectives.

1.30pm

TIME TO DEAlwITH THE PAsT

An RFJ event on the matters of legacy anddelivery to victims and survivors of theconflict. Speakers to be announced.

2pm

'HAnnA sHEEHysKEffInGTOn - sUffRAGETTEAnD sInn féInER'

Dr Margaret ward will look at significant events in thelong life of hanna Sheehy Skeffington. From a Fenianbackground she was a suffrage militant, campaignedfor the truth about her murdered husband Frank,supported the Russian Revolution, defied partition andserved a prison sentence in Armagh jail. "hanna SheehySkeffington, Suffragette and Sinn Feiner: her memoirsand political writings", edited by Margaret Ward, will bepublished by UCD Press in September 2017.

3pm

HAROlD GOOD InCOnVERsATIOnwITH BARnEyROwAnFalls Road Library

Journalist and author Barney Rowan talksto Methodist minister Rev Harold Goodabout his life and times, and in particularhis involvement in peace processes, andthe decommissioning of arms, in Ireland,the Basque Country and Colombia.

3pm

lIfElOnG AnD lIfE-wIDE lEARnInG fOR A wORlDwORTH lIVInG In

Speaker: Alan Tuckett, professor of Education at the University of Wolverhampton, pastpresident of the International Council for Adult Education, and a Fellow of the UNESCOInstitute for Lifelong Learning. he was Director of the National Institute of Adult ContinuingEducation 1988-2011, where he started Adult Learners’ week.

5pm

AnnUAlféIlEHEAlTHlECTURE

THE wOMAn OfBElfAsT CUMAnn nAMBAn EAsTER wEEKFalls Road Library

Margaret Ward

2pm


TEn DARK sECRETs Of THEIRIsH REVOlUTIOn

Paddy Cullivan of Callan’s Kicks, The Late Late Show,Leviathan and Kilkenomics brings you an audiovisualspectacular a century after the Easter Rising. UsingSatire, Imagery, historical Insight and Song - Paddyreveals the 10 strangest things (and Darkest Secrets)that happened during our Rising, Revolution andCounter-Revolution (Civil War).

7pm

n TUESDAY 8TH AUGUST

IMAGInInG AnEw IRElAnD

how will a new Irelandaccommodate the Protestant,British, Loyalist, Unionistidentities? SDLP leader ColumEastwood, SF leader in the NorthMichelle O'neill and Fianna FáilSenator Mark Daly will share theirvision of what a "New Ireland"might look like. Followed by Q & A

Supported by Féile an Phobail’sCommunity Engagement Programmeand The Executive Office

7pm

“BEATInG THEnATIVEs”

Britain’s colonial history, in Kenya,yemen, Malaya and elsewhere broke allaccepted moral and legal standards.Using statements made by people whowere tortured, and declassified officialdocuments, The Pat finucane Centreexposes a continuum of brutality to thepresent day.

1pm

n WEDNESDAY 9TH AUGUST


lIEs, DAMnED lIEs AnD sTATIsTICs

Myths are emerging from the fog of war about who killed who during the conflict and whetherthe rule of law was applied equally. Statistics are used as weapons in the battle for the truth.Did the IRA, as some unionists say, kill more Catholic civilians than loyalists did? Is there a‘witch hunt’ against former soldiers? The Pat finucane Centre casts a cold eye on thestatistics, which tell a very different story about the administration of justice.

3pm

A DEClInInG UnIOnIsT MAJORITy?

Panellists: Eamon Phoenix, susan Mc Kay, sophie long and Chris Donnelly. Chair:Andree Murphy

The Assembly election in March produced a remarkable result. For the first time sincepartition, unionist parties lost their majority in the north’s Assembly. This result waspreceded by another remarkable vote, some months before, when 56% of the people of thenorth voted to remain in the EU. how significant are both results in terms of the outcome ofborder poll for Irish unity, were one to be held?

1pm



CHAllEnGEsOf THE BAsQUEPOlITICAlPEACEPROCEss

Josu Juaristi Abaunz MEP (EhBILDU) will speak on the challengesassociated with the Basque politicalprocess, including the issue ofpolitical prisoners, and will arguethat it is time for the Spanish andFrench Governments to engagepositively in the process. WithMartina Anderson MEP (Sinn Féin).

Organised by Belfast BasqueSolidarity Committee

5pm


sURVIVAl AnDREsIsTAnCE In THEOCCUPIED PAlEsTInIAnTERRITORy

Tania Hary and Mohammed Azaiza, Gisha Legal Centrefor Freedom of Movement

Palestinians and Israelis this year mark 50 years ofoccupation of the Palestinian territory and 10 years ofclosure in Gaza. The reality on the ground in Gaza is grim,with water and energy sources at crisis levels andworsening movement restrictions crippling economicactivity and hope. The panellists will provide the latestanalysis from their work and experiences on the groundin Tel Aviv and Gaza respectively, as well as someunexpected reasons to be optimistic.

Sponsored by Trocaire

6pm

// 2726 // WWW.FEILEBELFAST.COM


wEsT BElfAsT TAlKs BACKSt Louises Comprehensive College

Féile an Phobail’s flagship panel discussion. MichelleO'neill MLA, sir Jeffrey donaldson MP and other panellistswill discuss and debate the local, national and internationalpolitics of the day. Chair: noel Thompson, BBC.

7pm

? ???THE lEfT

sPEAKs OnBRExIT

Panellists: Clare Bailey,Gemma weir, Jim McVeigh,Julie-Anne Corr-Johnston,People Before Profitrepresentative. Chair: GerryMcCormick, sIPTU

Brexit has divided the Left.Many stress the protectionswhich the European Unionprovides for workers and thosefacing human rights abuses aswell as support for thecommunity and women'ssectors in the North throughpeace money. Others see theEU as a 'rich man's club',guided by neoliberal ideals andbent on imposing austerity onthe bulk of the people toprotect bankers and others.Our panel will argue out thesepositions.

1pm

SUMMER SCHOOL

n THURSDAY 10TH AUGUST

wInIfRED &GEORGE fAlls lIBRARy

Ruth Taillon

2pm



THE HIsTORyTHIEVEs

Author Ian Cobain looks at some ofthe key moments in British historysince the end of WWII, including themeasures taken to conceal theexistence of Bletchley Park and itssuccessor, GChQ, for three decades;the unreported wars fought duringthe 1960s and 1970s; the hiddenlinks with terrorist cells during theTroubles; the sometimes opaqueworkings of the criminal justicesystem; the state's peacetimesurveillance techniques; and theconvenient loopholes in theFreedom of Information Act.

3pm


THE fAIlUREs OfPOsT-APARTHEIDsOUTH AfRICA:fRAnTz fAnOn AnDTHE sHACKDwEllERs REVOlT wITH, PROf nIGEl GIBsOn

Professor nigel Gibson, one of the world'sleading scholars on the work of Algerianrevolutionary Frantz Fanon, will speak, fromfirst- hand experience of working with andanalysing the Shack Dwellers movement,Abahlali baseMjondolo, the "Fanonianpractices," and the continuing relevance ofAlgerian revolutionary, Frantz Fanon’s writingsto understand the "pitfalls" of South Africa'sfailed post-apartheid regime and thecontinued revolt by ‘the wretched of the earth’.

5pm

AnOTHER wORlD Is POssIBlE: THE ClOUGHJORDAn ECO VIllAGE AnD OTHER GlOBAlInITIATIVEs

Panel: lynn finnegan, co-founder of Freckle Magazine and one-time resident of Cloughjordan;Albert Bates, lawyer and co-founder of Global Ecovillage Network; and Johnny Connolly,criminologist and founding member of Cloughjordan eco village. Chair: Peter Doran, QUBSchool of Law.

Examining community-led experiments in social and economic innovation from Fr JamesMcDyer’s Glencolmcille co-operative in Co Donegal in the 1950s to the pioneering Cloughjordaneco village in Co Tipperary today. Communities here and around the world are still buildinginnovative responses to neoliberalism and climate chaos.

5pm

TRUTH, AMnEsTy AnDDEAlInG wITH THE PAsT InnORTHERn IRElAnD

On 26 April 2017, the house of Commons Defence Committeepublished a report recommending that the UK governmentenact a ‘statute of limitations’ covering all Troubles-relatedincidents involving former Armed Forces, the RUC and othersecurity personnel. The report stated that this should becoupled with a truth-recovery mechanism to provide ‘facts’ tobereaved families once the prospect of prosecution had beenremoved. In this talk, Professor louise Mallinder,Transitional Justice Institute, Ulster University will reflect onhow these proposals fit with longstanding internationalefforts to combat amnesties and promote accountability.

RESPONSE: AnDREE MURPHy, RFJ

7pm



12 - 2pm – Stalls providingsolidarity items, literature,books etc and authenticPalestinian cuisine.

2pm - 4.30pm – “Children inChains”. Debut screening ofa documentary filmcommissioned by two localPalestine Solidarity Activists,documenting thetestimonies of Palestinianmothers in the West Bank.

7pm - 9.30pm – “theBalfour declaration -legacy of apartheid, Israeliexceptionalism andengineering perception”.

In the centenary year of theBalfour Declaration a panelof invited guests speakerswill discuss the legacy of theBritish government'sinfamous agreement.

Speakers: georgegalloway and richardFalk (via Skype) a formerUN Special Rapporteuron human rights inPalestine. Chair:Patricia mcKeown ICTUTrade Union Friends ofPalestine Chair

BElfAsT IPsCPAlEsTInEDAy 2017

THE lEGACy Of AlICEMIllIGAn: PROTEsTAnT,fEMInIsT, MODERnIsT AnDUnREPEnTAnT fEnIAnFalls Library

Ruth Taillon, Director of the Centre for Cross Border Studies,will review the life and work of Alice Milligan, cultural andpolitical activist, her ideas and models of participatory artisticpractice that have resonance and relevance today.

1pm

n FRIDAY 11TH AUGUST

THE DAnGER Of PREsCRIPTIOnDRUGs

Certain prescription drugs are involved in the deaths of moremembers of our community than Class A drugs like heroin andcocaine. The solution involves input from a number of sources, thepolice, the courts, the Coroners Service, the health Service and,importantly, from the community. Joe McCrisken, Coroner forNorthern Ireland, will speak about the risks associated with takingprescription medication not properly prescribed by a doctor.

ChAIR AND RESPONSE: GERRy MCCOnVIllE, FALLSCOMMUNITy COUNCIL

1pm

wHy wE sHOUlD UnDERsTAnD,nOT fEAR, RUssIA

The Guardian's former Moscow Correspondent Jonathansteele argues for a more informed view of Russian foreignpolicy. Mainstream media depict an aggressive Russia - Syria,Ukraine and the U.S.A. But there is a deeper story behind theseheadlines. It is now largely forgotten that there were more co-operative relationships between Russia, Europe and the U.S.A.at the end of the Cold War. The factors that have contributed tothe current hostilities are explored in this talk.

3pm

BElfAsT AnD THE RIsInGRODDy’s ClUB

Jimmy McDermott

2pm


lOwERInG THEVOTInG AGE TO 16

The Irish Seanad recently debated amotion on lowering the voting age to 16from 18. seanador fintan warfield (SinnFéin) and lynn Ruane’s (Independent)proposal was lost because Fine Gael andFianna Fail blocked it. seanador niall ÓDonnghaile from Belfast will joinSeanadoiri proposers to debate loweringthe voting age to 16 nationally and theimportant contribution teenagers make toIrish society in many areas of life.

3pm

DIsClOsURE InITIATIVE/ExTRATERREsTRIAls

Based in the US, stephen Bassett is a lobbyist workingtirelessly for a single, unusual cause: confronting the USGovernment on the existence of extraterrestrials and theirpresence here on Earth. he aims to end the 68-year embargo ofclassified information relating to alien activity while pressuringhigher political authorities to disclose these findings to thepublic.

Supported by Féile an Phobail’s Community Engagement Programme

5pm


THE MCGURK's BAR MAssACRE -fOllOw THE PAPER TRAIl

McGurk's Bar relatives have searched the British governmentarchives in Belfast and London to prove the innocence of theirloved ones and the guilt of the British state which engaged in a45-year battle of denial and delay to cover up what reallyhappened on that fateful night on Saturday 4th December inNorth Belfast. Family members will present the key documentsin their campaign to have a second inquest where they canmake their case in open court.

5pm

DOEs BRExIT THREATEn THE PEACE PROCEss

Chair: slugger O'Toole's David McCann, Speakers: Irish Times Columnist fintan O'Toole, CBIDirector Angela McGowan and former Police Ombudsman nuala O'loan.

A discussion on the implications of Brexit on the Peace Process, this is one of the stand outevents in this year's debates and discussions Programme.

7pm


'nO fIRE zOnE',fIlM On sRI lAnKA

Examining the final weeks of the Sri LankanCivil War this documentary uses footage ofwar crimes, summary execution, torture andsexual violence which was recorded by boththe victims and perpetrators on mobilephones and small cameras during the war'sfinal 138 days. No Fire zone is directed bythe Nobel Peace Prize nominee CallumMaCrae, a Peabody and Colombia DupontBroadcast Journalism Award winner andGreirson and BAFTA nominee. It has alreadywon many awards and is a nominee for anInternational Emmy Award 2014.[11]The event will be followed by a Q&A withDirector Callum McCrae and will be chairedby local filmmaker sean Murray.

7pm sHOUlD BRITIsHsOlDIERs BE ABOVETHE lAw?

British and some local politicians are callingfor a statute of limitations for soldiersserving in the north of Ireland during thetroubles, in other words an amnesty.Should soldiers involved in BallymurphyMassacre be given an amnesty fromprosecution because they wore a BritishArmyuniform ? The panel will explore theimplications of a statute of limitations andor an amnesty in relation to legacy casesand its impact on families and wider society.

Panel: Trevor lunn MlA, Alliance party,John Teggart Ballymurphy MassacreCommittee, Pádraig Ó Muirigh, humanRights lawyer and a Unionist Politician to beconfirmed.

7pm

34 // WWW.FEILEBELFAST.COM


DEMOCRACy nOw!: COVERInG THE MOVEMEnTsCHAnGInG THE wORlDA TAlK By JOURnAlIsT AMy GOODMAnBelfast Media Group, Teach Basil

The unprecedented resistance to President Donald Trump’s rise to power did not materializeovernight. Grassroots movements have been challenging the establishment for years, and arewhat Democracy Now! reports on every day in its global news hour. From the standoff atStanding Rock to the voices of grassroots leaders; from Black Lives Matter activists to thosefighting for peace, climate justice, migrant rights, and LGBTQ equality; from uncoveringgovernment surveillance to fighting attacks on freedom of the press, Democracy Now! hasbeen reporting for two decades from the front lines of the movements that are changingAmerica and changing the world. It is a modern day underground railroad of information.

7pm

CHAnGInGAMERICAAnDCHAnGInGTHE wORlD

DELIVERING CATERING ACROSS BELFAST

Tel: 028 9031 3123www.loafcatering.comWe're a social enterprise supporting people with learning dif�culties and autism.

OUR MISSION IS TO LEAD POSITIVE CHANGE INPEOPLE'S LIVES THROUGH SUSTAINABLE,SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL

REGENERATION. WE WILL DO THIS THROUGHCOMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, CAMPAIGNING

AND SERVICE DELIVERY.

If you would like further information about any of our services please do nothesitate to contact us:

689 Springfield Road, Belfast BT12 7FP

Tel: 028 90 236677, Email: [email protected]: www.upperspring.com

We provide the following local services:

• Action Ability Belfast• Arts Programme• Healthy Living Centre• Job Assist Centre

• Outsource Finance• Saol Úr Sure Start• Youth Programme

FÉILE SUMMER SCHOOL KEY PARTNER

ireland’s biggest summer school-2017-1.pdf · of the battle of jarama shankill road library light...

Documents