“On this St. Patrick’s Day… we are appealing to the conscience of Irish America. We ask Irish Americans in their capacity as citizens, as members of cultural and benevolent societies, as political leaders, to use their influence to avert a Famine as severe as the one faced by their ancestors.”
A group of historians is urging Irish Americans to use their influence to avert a Famine in Gaza as severe as the one faced by their Irish ancestors.
Emailed my senators today about it 😎
One thing I always mention when I teach on the Great Hunger is that the Choctaw First Nation sent $170 for famine relief in Ireland. They had recently experienced starvation in the 'Trail of Tears' and wanted to help another people who were suffering similarly.
Thank you for sharing this.
And both were manufactured by a colonialist power
Amazing that Ireland is standing in where was those Sweden What is happening in Gaza is literally the end of humanity
The world’s most prominent Irish American politician has already said we’re building a port to receive aid
Interesting. Just yesterday I compared the two.
English hasbara in 1845: “But you can still buy whisky and butter in Londonderry, no way people are starving!”