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category galway | rights, freedoms and repression | news report author Sunday January 25, 2009 18:33author by Socialist Society NUIG - Socialist Partyauthor email socialist at socs dot nuigalway dot ie Report this post to the editors

David Irving has been invited to speak at NUI Galway's Literary and Debating Society.

The fascist and Holocaust denier David Irving has been invited by the Literary and Debating Society (Lit & Deb) to attend a debate at NUI Galway on the 19th March.

The invitation was granted after an initial debate last Thursday as to whether Irving would be allowed speak. A vote was held after this debate, with the result: 100 for and 63 against inviting Irving.

It is unclear whether it was Lit & Deb who approached Irving or if it was Irving who offered to speak. If it was Irving's offer, it shows how intent he is to speak, especially on prestigious university platforms. In March 2008, the UCC Philosoph invited Irving but the debate was cancelled due to protests and the campaigning of the Stop Irving Campaign (see http://www.indymedia.ie/article/86405).

Unlike UCC, this debate will focus directly on Irving's views on the Holocaust, not just free speech. The motion will probably be of the form: 'That This House believes the Holocaust happened'. This title makes it even easier for Irving to cut straight to his anti-Semitic, racist and Fascist views and more worryingly to use these views to recruit to the Fascist cause.

Other significant developments since the UCC event have been the economic crisis, deepening disillusionment with the mainstream political parties and the recent Israel-Gaza conflict. Each of these, in their own way, will be an assist to Irving and his Fascist supporters.

At the debate, the Socialist Society (with other socialists and anarchists) argued that Irving should not be given a platform for his views, especially a prestigious platform where his views could be seen as respectable or credible.

Over the coming weeks, the Socialist Society in NUIG along with the Galway branch of the Socialist Party will seek to build a campaign of all those affected by the visit of Irving. And on March 19th, we will be calling for all anti-fascist activists to travel to Galway to resist Irving's visit.

This Fascist recruiter must not be allowed to speak and build in our city!

An extended statement will follow this announcement in the next few days.

Related Link: http://www.socialistparty.net/pub/pages/socialist033mar08/5.html
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 #   Title   Author   Date 
 1   No reason to fear him     Lenny    Sun Jan 25, 2009 19:22 
 2   Sane and Rational people     Edward Horgan    Sun Jan 25, 2009 20:45 
 3   debate     lulu    Sun Jan 25, 2009 22:14 
 4   No free speech for Nazis     Joe Moore    Sun Jan 25, 2009 22:37 
 5   He Shall No Speak     Vigilante Rebel    Mon Jan 26, 2009 04:51 
 6   No Platform     Con Carroll    Mon Jan 26, 2009 10:51 
 7   Not a denial of free speech     Cactus Col    Mon Jan 26, 2009 11:29 
 8   free speech???     ed    Mon Jan 26, 2009 15:11 
 9   Re: Edward Horgan     Moshe    Mon Jan 26, 2009 16:07 
 10   This is childish provocation of the Left.     Anti-Fascist    Mon Jan 26, 2009 16:51 
 11   wait a minute     Democratic majority    Mon Jan 26, 2009 17:22 
 12   Why are they hosting him?     James    Mon Jan 26, 2009 18:19 
 13   Why the fuss?     Kirk    Mon Jan 26, 2009 18:45 
 14   Freedom of speech is freedom for honest speech.     Pamela    Mon Jan 26, 2009 19:37 
 15   Socialist Society Statement     Socialist Society NUIG    Mon Jan 26, 2009 21:26 
 16   kisteneig     aha    Mon Jan 26, 2009 21:33 
 17   As Noam Chomsky says     Miriam    Mon Jan 26, 2009 21:49 
 18   I get it     gazasympathiser    Mon Jan 26, 2009 21:51 
 19   Wheels in motion....     Vigilante Rebel    Tue Jan 27, 2009 09:04 
 20   Israel Abusing Holocaust Survivors .     Ted Ryan    Tue Jan 27, 2009 10:54 
 21   quote for aha     Jolly Red Giant    Tue Jan 27, 2009 14:05 
 22   to the jolly green giant     aha    Tue Jan 27, 2009 14:51 
 23   More quotes for aha     cap    Tue Jan 27, 2009 15:48 
 24   what have you done?     estrema    Tue Jan 27, 2009 16:28 
 25   Oppo-Sames     !    Tue Jan 27, 2009 17:51 
 26   Why is David Irving so special     Bewildered    Tue Jan 27, 2009 18:15 
 27   Freedom of Speech     Areopagitica    Tue Jan 27, 2009 18:15 
 28   flowery words     Owen    Tue Jan 27, 2009 21:50 
 29   A Modern Version of Niemoller's Warning     Areopagitica    Wed Jan 28, 2009 03:34 
 30   Speak to Your Hearts Content , and Watch Your Back     Michael    Wed Jan 28, 2009 05:56 
 31   a riot of fun     clog man    Wed Jan 28, 2009 07:07 
 32   How weak the Irish mind must be     Gavan Gray    Wed Jan 28, 2009 09:54 
 33   wait a second     estrema    Wed Jan 28, 2009 13:32 
 34   Not a question of freedom of speech     Cormac    Wed Jan 28, 2009 14:13 
 35   core of the problem     .    Wed Jan 28, 2009 14:14 
 36   Our friends from the Ministry of Love     Gavan Gray    Wed Jan 28, 2009 15:11 
 37   long term fix or short term fix?     .    Wed Jan 28, 2009 17:29 
 38   Proof     Vigilante Rebel    Thu Jan 29, 2009 02:25 
 39   Gardai?     estrema    Thu Jan 29, 2009 11:29 
 40   Some rational comments on David Irving     Areopagitica    Thu Jan 29, 2009 12:21 
 41   David Irving     Salla    Thu Jan 29, 2009 17:40 
 42   Congratulations to the antifascists - hold hard to your No Platform stance     shaner    Thu Jan 29, 2009 18:39 
 43   NO PLATFORM FOR THE FASH !     anti-fascist    Thu Jan 29, 2009 22:17 
 44   Bloody Apologists     Vigilante Rebel    Fri Jan 30, 2009 00:09 
 45   Well, we do remember what happened on the streets of Dublin in June 2006...     No wolves in Ireland    Fri Jan 30, 2009 13:52 
 46   Nazi salute, racist threats and violence at time of Afghan hunger strike, May 2006     Keep BNP and their likes out of Ireland    Fri Jan 30, 2009 14:06 
 47   Tripe     Vigilante Rebel    Fri Jan 30, 2009 19:35 
 48   I'm as frightened of Stalinists!     Gerard Cassidy    Fri Jan 30, 2009 19:37 
 49   why don't you debate him instead?     shea    Fri Jan 30, 2009 19:44 
 50   Mr     SMash    Fri Jan 30, 2009 22:44 
 51   None     kickoutthejams    Fri Jan 30, 2009 22:51 
 52   Stalinists     Antifa    Fri Jan 30, 2009 23:00 
 53   none     kickoutthejams    Fri Jan 30, 2009 23:04 
 54   without rule?     antifa    Fri Jan 30, 2009 23:26 
 55   None     kickoutthejams    Fri Jan 30, 2009 23:39 
 56   Liberal pedantics     Antifa    Fri Jan 30, 2009 23:54 
 57   none     kickoutthejams    Fri Jan 30, 2009 23:59 
 58   Incitement to hatred     Antifa    Sat Jan 31, 2009 00:14 
 59   None     kickoutthejams    Sat Jan 31, 2009 00:21 
 60   none     Antifa    Sat Jan 31, 2009 00:34 
 61   None     kickoutthejams    Sat Jan 31, 2009 00:45 
 62   pre-emptive?     Antifa    Sat Jan 31, 2009 00:56 
 63   None     kickoutthejams    Sat Jan 31, 2009 01:00 
 64   The skinhead thing     Antifa    Sat Jan 31, 2009 01:12 
 65   Irving's fascist credentials and past     Diggy    Sat Jan 31, 2009 01:14 
 66   n     kickoutthejams    Sat Jan 31, 2009 01:17 
 67   Students     Antifa    Sat Jan 31, 2009 01:20 
 68   none     kickoutthejams    Sat Jan 31, 2009 01:31 
 69   none     kickoutthejams    Sat Jan 31, 2009 01:35 
 70   diggy     shea    Sat Jan 31, 2009 02:19 
 71   Fighting Racism Everywhere     Areopagitica    Sat Jan 31, 2009 09:46 
 72   Wrong-headed     Fred Johnston    Sat Jan 31, 2009 10:51 
 73   fred johnson     shea    Sat Jan 31, 2009 15:15 
 74   No Platform-End of.     Starstruck    Sat Jan 31, 2009 17:50 
 75   Advertising for fascism     Cormac    Sat Jan 31, 2009 17:56 
 76   None     kickoutthejams    Sat Jan 31, 2009 18:21 
 77   Fine!     Vigilante Rebel    Sat Jan 31, 2009 20:40 
 78   None     kickoutthejams    Sat Jan 31, 2009 21:06 
 79   This is degenerating . . .     Fred Johnston    Sun Feb 01, 2009 03:19 
 80   Named!     Vigilante Rebel    Sun Feb 01, 2009 08:12 
 81   Strange     Gavan Gray    Sun Feb 01, 2009 09:27 
 82   none     kickoutthejams    Sun Feb 01, 2009 13:07 
 83   Above     Gavan Gray    Sun Feb 01, 2009 15:26 
 84   Re kickoutthejams     Starstruck    Sun Feb 01, 2009 16:16 
 85   none     kickoutthejams    Sun Feb 01, 2009 17:06 
 86   none     kickoutthejams    Sun Feb 01, 2009 17:18 


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