Galway  Alliance Against War BENEFIT GIG Wednesday August 6th – Hiroshima Day –

An Púcán, Forster St. Galway

 
INTINN – IRELAND’S NO.1 REGGAE BAND

Tickets: €10. Door 10pm.

What is so special about the date - 8.8.88

8TH AUGUST 2008 marks the 20th anniversary of one of the most sad and tragic days in the history of modern Burma.  On 8th August 1988 upwards of 3,000 students and supporters demonstrating on the streets of Rangoon, Mandalay, and other Burmese towns were brutally massacred by the military,  who have been in power for almost 50 years.

IPSC Film Screening: Memory of the Cactus (al-Haq)

The Story of Three Palestinian Villages

What: IPSC Film Screening: Memory of the Cactus - A Story of Three Palestinian Villages (plus Q&A session with John Reynolds of al-Haq)
When: 8pm, Thursday 28th August 2008
Where: New Theatre, Connolly Books, Essex St, Dublin 2
Cost: No Cover Charge

The new Palestinian documentary film, “Memory of the Cactus” reveals the true story behind “Canada Park” and it is a story of dispossesion, destruction and continuing displacement.  John Reynolds a member of the Al Haq production team that made the film will take part in a Q&A session after the showing of the 42 minute documentary.

Nun’s Island Studio, Nun’s Island, Galway City

 Tuesday 2nd September 8.30pm.

Admission free.

hosted by Galway Alliance Against War with Galway’s Palestine Children’s Appeal.