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Irish activist and daughter of the world-renowned civil rights activist Bernadette Devlin McAliskey. In 2003, Bernadette Devlin was refused entry into the United States and deported after authorities labeled her a security threat to the United States. Deirdre was traveling with her mother at the time.
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Irish Activist Deirdre McAliskey on International Women’s Day & Role of Women in Irish Peace Process
Saturday is International Women’s Day, held on March 8th every year since 1975. Origins date back to the early twentieth century. On February 28, 1909, the Socialist Party of America held the first National Women’s Day in honor of the 1908 garment workers’ strike here in New York. On Saturday, women are expected to lead gatherings and demonstrations worldwide. Today, we speak...March 07, 2008 | Story
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Gen. John Allen, commander of U.S. Forces Afghanistan, spoke Wednesday at the Pentagon, four stars on each shoulder, his chest bedecked with medals. Unlike Allen, many decorated U.S. military veterans left the streets of Chicago after the NATO summit without their medals.
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