August 25, 2006
25th Anniversary of the tragic Irish Hunger Strike You know, the one where Margaret Thatcher allowed a member of parliment (and 9 other republicans) starve to death in a prison cell over difficult to meet demands...
such as "No prison uniform for politcal prisoners" or "One letter or package per week."
For more information on the hunger strike, there is a movie called Some Mother's Son. For more information on the Troubles in general, BBC has a decent website.
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Even if it is an offical name, the title of that BBC link ("Wars and Conflict: The Troubles") comes hazardously close to becoming an Onion article.
posted by natedogg at 03:49PM CST on August 26