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Saturdays, 1:30-3:00 p.m.
John McDonagh: host
Sandy Boyer: host
Liza Butler: engineer
Phone number: (212) 209-2971
For copies of the show: (212) 209-2971
Program description:
Radio Free Eireann covers the Irish freedom struggle from an Irish republican point of view. We use the Irish experience to relate to struggles ranging from the war against the Palestinian people and the Turkish hunger strike to Puerto Rican political prisoners and resisting the burning of the Black churches in the south. Frequent guests have included human rights activist Bernadette Devlin McAliskey, journalist Eamonn McCann and former IRA commander Brendan Hughes.
Host/producer profiles:
John McDonagh helped to start "Radio Free Eireann" in 1980 and then traveled to Australia where he developed a similar program "Behind the Green Curtain." He was a leading member of Irish Northern Aid and edited its newspaper The Irish People. After leaving Irish Northern Aid over his disagreement with the peace process, McDonagh became the head of the Irish Freedom Committee, the U.S. support group for Republican Sinn Fein.
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Sandy Boyer has led campaigns to free Irish political prisoners including the Guildford 4, Birmingham 6, and Roisin McAliskey. He has taught Irish history at the Irish Arts Center and lectured on Irish politics and history at numerous colleges and universities, Boyer has contributed articles on the Irish struggle to publications in Ireland and the US including New Politics, The Irish People, Fortnight, Fourthwrite and The Blanket.
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