Matthew Rothschild: Irish Peace Activist Denied Entry Into the United States

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http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/04/14/8286/

Irish Peace Activist Denied Entry Into the United States
by Matthew Rothschild


Damien Moran got stuck at O’Hare.

And it wasn’t because of all the planes that are being inspected for defects.

No, it was because of his politics.

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The Global Network Against Weapons in Space is outraged that Moran was not allowed to come to the conference it was holding.

“Damien is an incredible activist, and we were very eager to hear the story about what’s going on in Poland right now,” said Mary Beth Sullivan, outreach coordinator for the group. “He would have been speaking right now at this rally at Stratcom,” she added on Friday afternoon from Omaha.

“Why on earth wouldn’t this government of ours allow an Irish citizen to share the reality of what’s going on in Poland is just appalling. What are we afraid of?”

For his part, Moran wrote: “There is no room for dissenters’ perspectives in America.”


Matthew Rothschild is the editor of The Progressive magazine.

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1. We've become a closed country. Nazi Germany. nt

[babylonsister]

2. It's breathtaking to me. nt