Mary’s great hatchet job

I WANT to commend Mary Kelly for her courageous and imaginative non-violent, open and accountable act of disarmament at Shannon airport.

Mary’s great hatchet job
Sat, 01 Feb, 2003 - 00:00

The killing of innocent people is wrong. This basic principle can help us to think more clearly about our part in the planned invasion, and the ongoing bombardment and sanctions against Iraq.

Virginia Woolf says in a booklet I found on Greenham Common: "We can best help you prevent war not by repeating your words and following your methods but by finding new words and creating new methods."

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