Dawn, No. 100
| Date: | 1984 |
|---|---|
| Organisation: | Dawn Group |
| Publication: | Dawn |
| Issue: | Number 100 May 1984 |
| Type: | Publication Issue |
| View: | View Document |
| Discuss: | Comments on this document |
| Subjects: | Ronald Reagan Visit to Ireland, 1984 |
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Commentary From The Cedar Lounge Revolution
22nd February 2010
Thanks to ‘anonymous’ for sending the following. As anonymous notes…”Dawn magazine (An Irish magazine on nonviolent action civil liberties and movements for change) was associated with the Dawn Group and was published on a monthly basis from 1974 to 1985. The Dawn Group later become part of INNATE This issue deals with “Ireland’s Eco-Death and ‘Oscar for Dr. Reagan?’ concerning the visit of Ronald Reagan to Ireland. There’s an history of the Dawn Group, which notes that it sprouted as an idea at the Benburb conference of the Fellowship of Reconciliation and Pax Christi. It’s an eclectic mix of articles.”
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By: Joe Tue, 23 Feb 2010 11:38:57
Speaking of CIA, I also remember something which I thought puzzling at the time. As we were marching down by Beresford Place (in our thousands), a car pulled up and a few cleancut American young men inside began to loudly abuse the crowd. “You don’t know what you are on about. You’re a bunch of assholes” and so on. It seemed to me that they were asking for a hiding but a sensible marcher among us advised everyone to ignore them. My belief now is that they were CIA, hoping to get attacked, so the media could run “violent mob attacks innocent Americans” stories.
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By: Starkadder Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:52:25
There’s a “Dawn Ruth Nelson” mentioned on page 4. I wonder
is this the same woman?
http://www.cascadiapublishinghouse.com/mw/mw.htm
In addition to the IFOR link, “Dawn” was also linked to
“War Resisters Internation”- a distinguished peace organisation which
counted Mohandas Gandhi, Fenner Brockway and
Richard B. Gregg (who influenced Martin Luther King
and Aldous Huxley) as members.
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By: Ciarán Wed, 24 Feb 2010 10:44:50
In reply to Starkadder.
There’s a version of Hey Ronnie Regan on the Christy Moore Box Set. There’s a better (IMHO) bootleg version of the song floating around from a concert he did in England a year or so after the visit as well.
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By: WB Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:14:27
In reply to Starkadder.
Dawn Ruth Nelson and her husband Paul were members of the Mennonite christian pacifist church from USA who came to live in Dublin in the 1970s. Mennonites wished to witness for peace and became involved in promoting research and dialogue among Catholic and Protestant groups in the city. Dawn Ruth (her first name not linked to the magazine title) helped to produce the monthly issues and sometimes wrote articles and short news reports. Her grown-up daughter Sarah studied at QUB in Belfast many years later. In the 1990s Dawn and Paul returned to USA and she eventually became a pastor in the American church. The Mennonites emerged in eastern Germany and Bohemia in the late 16th century during the complicated course of the German reformation. They have a peace ethos similar to Quakers, Anabaptists and Amish folk. They have a university in the USA called Goschen College. A professor led small groups of students to Ireland a few times to study contemporary Irish literature and meet people in the republic and Northern Ireland in order to deepen their understanding of the conflict. The Mennonite church as such doesn’t function in Ireland today although there may be a few members around.
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By: Conor McCabe Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:41:37
In reply to WB.
This is one of those strange coincidences life throws out every so often, but I’ve just digitised this morning an interview with Mick Garde of the Mennonite church which was based in Ballybough – 4 Clonmore Villas to be precise.The recording was made in March 1990 and is part of the Inner City Folklore Project archive in the Labour History museum. I’m just in the door and read this comment and thought, well, maybe God does work in mysterious ways. 🙂
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By: soubresauts Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:23:03
Joe wrote:
An acquaintance got a bit carried away with the possibilities at one stage and began shouting FREE ALL PRISONERS. To which another pal replied sotto voce, “Yeah Free All Prisoners, except the junkie bastard that broke into my flat and stole my video.”
Are there any of us who weren’t victims of the junkie burglars back in those days? Lost my vinyl album collection among other things…
Maybe that’s why I don’t remember so many details of the anti-Reagan demo — upset at being burgled (again). But I was there!
And I remember being inspired by, among other things, Dawn magazine. It was always a great read. Every month for eleven years.
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By: Starkadder Tue, 03 Aug 2010 20:18:22
Rob Fairmichael of INNATE has a letter in today’s IT criticising the
IT’s coverage of Irishmen in the UK Army :
http://www.irishtimes.com/letters/index.html#1224276086896
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