Declan McDaid
After graduating from the University of Leeds in the UK in history, Declan is now studying for a MSc at the University of Georgia. 
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Tuesday 19 May: Global day of action for a retrial of Troy Davis
On Tuesday 19 March, around the world, we will hold protests, vigils, demonstrations, as we express the need for Troy Davis to have a retrial and be set free. The “unconscionable and unconstitutional” has already occurred yet there is still time for us to engage the consciousness of the world to the case of Troy Davis and to the death penalty.
The mainstream media misses the most important parallel with Northern Ireland’s past: British troops
Comments by Chief Constable Sir Hugh Orde about deployment of British troops to Northern Ireland have not been given adequate prominence in the British media
The U.S. media is structurally biased and normal people have to start thinking outside the box for real change to happen
The media in the U.S. set a narrow range of political debate, which makes real change impossible. Obama rode on this media wave and he must be criticized by the very people who elected him to make sure he doesn’t turn into another Tony Blair.
Barbaric domestic policy in the United States?
Both presidential candidates are for the death penalty, but this is a barbaric act that is often only practiced in the U.S. and its sworn enemies.
Troy Davis shouldn’t be killed
Troy Davis, who has been on Death Row in Georgia for decades, is due to be killed. This is a miscarriage of justice.