Democracy Now : March 17 : Ireland, Colonialism And The Famine

Democracy Now : March 17 : Ireland, Colonialism And The Famine / Pacifica Foundation| Produced by Julie Drizin and Amy Goodman| hosted by Amy Goodman. - CONTENT: pt.1. Political headlines (4:00) -- pt.2. Ireland, Colonialism and the Famine| a look at the political history of Ireland and the current strugles today| giest Christine Kennealy, a professor of British and Irish history at the University of Liverpool, and Garrett O'Connor, a medical doctor and professor of psychiatry at UCLA (16:00) -- pt.3. The famine was genocide| guest Francis Boyle, a professor of international law at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana (19:00) -- pt.4. Roisin McAliskey, the 25 year old pregnant daughter of Irish civil rights leader, who sits in high security prison in London awaiting extradition to Germany on charges that she attempted to murder 150 British soldiers as part of an IRA commando operation last year. Roisin's supporters say she was framed based on her political beliefs, International human rights groups have complained about the conditions under which Roisin is jailed| guest Bernadette Devlin McAliskey, civil rights activist (17:00) - Broadcast on March 17, 1997.