Monthly Archives: June 2011

He goes to Gaza.

Taken this morning outside Buswell’s Hotel.

Some of the Irish passengers departing on the MV Saoirse ( to take part in ‘The Freedom Flotilla II’ convoy to the middle east) later this month including former Ireland and Munster rugby player Trevor Hogan (at front), and, back row from left, People Before Profit councillor Hugh Lewis, Jim Roche, of the Irish Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Paul Murphy MEP, and Fintan Lane Coordinator of the Irish Ship to Gaza, and (second row from left) artist Felim Egan, trade unionist Mags O’Brien, and Shane Dillon, the ship’s skipper.

They’re going to need a sturdier hammock.

Irish Ship to Gaza
Trevor Hogan

A letter sent to United Feature Syndicate 42 years ago regarding Franklin, the strip’s first African American character.

Meanwhile, in other, more recent Schulz-related censorship news:

The excellent Tumblr Peanutweeter has been taken down following a claim by the Iconix Brand Group which owns the Peanuts copyright. The site’s creator, T. Jason Agnello, said he doesn’t plan (nor can he afford) to fight the takedown.

Boo. Just boo.

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