Nobel Peace Prize winner Henry Kissinger is coming to Cork on the 27 February at UCC from 8.30am to 12.30pm. This man (who won the nobel prize for negotiating a ceasefire with the Vietnamese in 1973 after 4 years negotiations, I kid you not), was chief architect of American foreign policy during the late 60's early 70's. As such he is at the very least partially responsible for the murder of literally millions of people in countries such as Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Chile, East Timor. Don't take my word for it (as Chomsky keeps saying), do a search for kissinger on google.com. You might get even better results if you add another word such as murder (in fact you do, I've just checked) ie. search kissinger murder. This man was also run out of France recently where he was about to be arrested.
He is coming here to address a conference entitled "The competitive positioning of Irish companies in a changing world economy". He will "..outline his thoughts on US foreign policy and detail the implications for nations." according to the advertisement in today’s Irish Examiner. As if we need reminding. Other attendees include George Quigley, chairman of ESRI, oh yeah, and also chairman of Bombardier Aerospace Shorts which does exactly what it says on the tin. The conference is supported by, amongst others, IBEC, UCC, ESAT, Bank of Ireland.
This person is deserving of a very special welcome. For anyone interested in joining/supporting an action to protest the presence of H. Kissinger on Irish soil, there is a meeting of the Cork Peace Alliance on next Tuesday 19th February at 8pm at the CAZ which will be dedicated to organising opposition to Henry's arrival on the Leeside. To get to the CAZ, cross the bridge from the Opera House and turn left. There is a narrow road immediately to the right. Turn down this road and the CAZ is two doors past the CAT (Cork Arts Theatre) Club on the right hand side (about 50m down the road).
Please forward this information to anyone who might be interested.