Month: March 2009
21 posts
Stop the fascist Irving
By Richard Manton
ON 19 March, the convicted Holocaust-denier and fascist David Irving will try to speak at NUI Galway.
In March last year, Irving attempted to speak at UCC in Cork, but was stopped by the Stop Irving Campaign initiated by the Socialist Party. There are a few important differences between the two attempts. Firstly, Irving will speak on his views on the Holocaust rather than free speech, making it even easier for him to cut straight to his fascist and anti-Semitic programme. Secondly, there have been huge developments in the economic and political situation in Ireland in the last year that could assist Irving in building the far-right.
