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Roger Cole
Roger Cole is the founder and chairman of the Peace and Neutrality Alliance (PANA). He was an active member of the Labour Party (Ireland), Irish Labour Party which he joined in 1967 and stood in a local election in Dún Laoghaire. He resigned from the party following its compromising on the policy of Irish neutrality. He was also on the national executive of the Irish Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. He has campaigned against the Iraq War and the use by the US military of Shannon Airport. He has spoken on behalf of the PANA at Oireachtas committees, the National Forum on Europe. He has campaigned against European Union (EU) militarisation and EU treaties such as the Treaty of Nice, which extend the EU powers into security and military matters. In 2008 he represented PANA at the hearings of the sub-committee on Ireland's Future in the European Union set up in the aftermath of the 'no' vote in the Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution Bill, 2008 (Ireland), first referendum o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peace And Neutrality Alliance
, image = Pana logo.gif , formation = 1996 , type = NGO , headquarters = 17 Castle Street, Dalkey, Co. Dublin, Ireland , leader_title = Chairman , leader_name = Roger Cole , website www.pana.ie Peace and Neutrality Alliance (PANA) ( ga, Comhaontas na Síochana is Neodrachta) is an Irish anti-war grouping and a lobby group which campaigns to protect Irish neutrality. It was involved in a number of campaigns such as those against aggression by the State of Israel, against the Iraq War, against the use of Shannon Airport by the US military, and against the Republic of Ireland participating in the NATO-linked Western European Union (WEU). It was involved in campaigns against the European Union's EU Battlegroup and European Union treaties which it believed would compromise Irish neutrality such as the Amsterdam Treaty, the Nice Treaty and the Lisbon Treaty. The chairperson and spokesperson for PANA is Roger Cole who is the public face of PANA, making ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |