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By通過 Socialist Worker社會主義工人 | Eamonn McCann is a founder of the 1960s civil rights movement in Northern Ireland, a veteran socialist and trade unionist, and one of Ireland’s most widely read journalists. | eamonn麥肯是創始人之一， 20世紀60年代民權運動在北愛爾蘭，是一位資深的社會主義和工會，其中愛爾蘭的最廣泛閱讀的記者。 He is the author of他是作者 War and an Irish Town戰爭和一名愛爾蘭城市 , ， Bloody Sunday in Derry: What Really Happened血腥星期日在德里：到底發生了什麼 and other books.和其他書籍。

In 2006, as a response to Israel’s savage war on Lebanon, Eamonn and other members of the Derry Antiwar Coalition organized an occupation of a local facility of Raytheon, the US-based weapons maker and world’s largest producer of guided missiles.在2006年，作為回應以色列的野蠻戰爭對黎巴嫩， eamonn和其他成員的德里反戰聯盟組織了一次佔領當地的設施，雷神公司，以美國為基地的武器製造商和世界上最大的生產者的制導導彈。 Nine activists were arrested and charged with vandalizing the building. 9積極分子被逮捕，並被控以破壞建築物。 They are on trial now, and could face time in prison if convicted.他們正在受到審判的現在，和可能面臨的時間在監獄中如果被判有罪。

In July 2006, members of the Derry Antiwar Coalition organized a protest, occupation and decommissioning of the local Raytheon facility there. 在2006年7月，成員對德里的反戰聯盟組織的抗議，佔領和退役的地方，雷神設施。 Why did you decide to take action? 你為什麼決定要採取行動？

Our motivation was to prevent war crimes.我們的動機是為了防止戰爭罪行。 Israel’s bombardment was causing carnage and destruction in Lebanon, and we knew they were using Raytheon manufactured bombs.以色列的轟炸造成了屠殺和破壞，黎巴嫩，我們知道他們使用的雷神公司製造的炸彈。

We were particularly outraged by the bombing of the town of Qana.我們尤其感到憤怒的轟炸，鎮卡納。 Israel dropped a bomb on one complex there, killing 28 people, the majority of them women and children, crushed and suffocated beneath the rubble.以色列下降了一枚炸彈在一個複雜的存在，造成28人，他們大部分是婦女和兒童，粉碎和窒息下方瓦礫。

We believed this required an immediate response.我們認為，這需要立即作出反應。 We decided to take action to disrupt, delay and hamper Raytheon’s ability, in whatever way possible, to deliver weapons of mass destruction to Israel and participate in war crimes.我們決定採取行動，破壞，拖延和阻礙雷神公司的能力，無論在可能的方式，提供大規模殺傷性武器到以色列，並參加了戰爭罪。

As the number of dead and maimed in the Middle East mounts, Raytheon recently announced a further growth of revenues and profits. 由於死亡人數和致殘，在中東架，雷神公司最近宣布的進一步增長，收入和利潤。 How do you view Raytheon’s relationship to war crimes? 您怎麼看雷神公司的關係，以戰爭罪？

Raytheon, like all arms companies, profits from bloodshed.雷神公司一樣，所有的軍火公司，利潤從流血。 And after all, if there were no wars, governments would not feel the need to buy the high-tech munitions that Raytheon manufactures.畢竟，如果沒有戰爭，各國政府不會覺得有需要購買高科技的彈藥雷神公司製造。

Raytheon is one of the many companies that fuels war for profit.雷神公司就是其中的許多公司的燃料戰爭牟利。 But the Raytheon company also has a political agenda.但是，雷神公司也有一個政治議程。 Adam Cherill, the business manager of Raytheon, if my memory is correct, has said that the Palestinian people have no connection to the land of Palestine—that they have no culture, no society and no historical ties to the land.亞當cherill ，業務經理的雷神公司，如果我沒有記錯的是正確的，有說，巴勒斯坦人民沒有連接到巴勒斯坦土地上-他們沒有文化，任何社會和任何的歷史聯繫，以土地。 Now, that is not a commercial statement.現在，這不是一個商業的聲明。 That is a political statement.這是一項政治聲明。

The Raytheon company is closely tied to the top brass of the Pentagon.雷神公司是緊密聯繫在一起的頂端黃銅的五角大樓。 So they are complicit in everything that happens in the Middle East.因此，他們串通，在一切發生在中東。 In particular, they are complicit in war crimes committed through the use of Raytheon munitions.特別是，他們是共犯在戰爭中犯下的罪行，通過使用雷神公司的彈藥。

We know that towards the end of the Israeli-Lebanon conflict in the summer of 2006, Raytheon rushed so-called bunker-buster bombs.我們知道，在接近年底時，以色列-黎巴嫩的衝突在2006年夏天，雷神公司送往，使所謂的鑽地炸彈的炸彈。 They delivered a rush-order, of these bombs just a short time before the war ended so that Israel could continue bombing.他們發表了繁忙秩序，這些炸彈只是一個短期的時間之前，戰爭結束後，使以色列可以繼續轟炸。

Israel had dropped so many bombs over southern Lebanon, south Beirut and elsewhere that they were actually running out of supplies.以色列已下降這麼多炸彈，黎巴嫩南部，貝魯特南部和其他地方，他們其實是失控的用品。 Raytheon rushed two Airbus transport planes from the United States to Israel in order to replenish supplies, even though, at that point, it was known that their munitions were being used to bomb civilians, to target ambulances and civilian infrastructure.雷神公司送往兩個空中客車運輸機從美國，以色列在以補充供應，即使在這一點上，它被稱為他們的彈藥被用來轟炸平民，目標救護車和民用基礎設施。 So this is a company which is knowingly involved in war crimes.因此，這是該公司是明知所涉及的戰爭罪行。

The trial of the Raytheon 9 began last week in Belfast. 審判雷神9從上週開始，在貝爾法斯特。 The trial was moved from Derry, and the presiding judge imposed a media gag on all discussion of the case. 審判動議由Derry ，和庭長施加了媒體的gag對所有討論的情況。 Why? 為什麼？

The trial was moved to Belfast because the judge reckoned that there would be sympathy for the Raytheon 9 in Derry, because the defendants were well known to a wide range of people in Derry.審判被轉移到貝爾法斯特，因為法官認為會有同情，雷神9月在德里，因為與訟人分別為熟知的各種各樣的人在德里。

Now, there also could have been hostility to the defendants in Derry.現在，也有可能會被敵視被告在德里。 I wouldn’t rule this out, because all the main parties in Derry and in the local area were all sharply condemnatory of the Raytheon 9.我不排除這一點，因為所有的主要當事方在德里和在本地區均大幅譴責的雷神9 。

But anyway, the judge transferred it to Belfast and imposed a media gag because, he said, the coverage of the case would in itself have the potential to prejudice the jury’s decisions.但無論如何，法官轉移到貝爾法斯特，並施加了媒體的gag ，因為他說，覆蓋面的情況將在本身有潛力的偏見陪審團的決定。

This was complete nonsense.這是完全荒謬的。 Cases trialed in Northern Ireland are regularly covered in advance of the actual trial.案件試驗在北愛爾蘭的定期涵蓋在前進的實際審判。 It was completely out of order.這是完全失控的秩序。 So it was an absolutely meaningless reason for imposing the media gag.因此，這是一個絕對沒有意義的理由強加給媒體的gag 。 What it did was take the issue of the Raytheon 9 and anything controversial for the Raytheon company itself out of the public arena.是什麼做的，採取的問題，雷神9日和任何爭議，雷神公司走出公眾場合。 And it meant that the media didn’t even report on developments at the Raytheon plant, which has nothing whatsoever to do with the case.它意味著，媒體甚至沒有對事態發展的報告在雷神公司工廠，沒有什麼做的與案件有關。

The Raytheon 9 has received tremendous support in Ireland and around the world. 雷神9月已收到了巨大的支持，在愛爾蘭和世界各地。 Among the many who have spoken out in your defense are Noam Chomsky, George Galloway, Tony Benn, Christy Moore and George Monbiot. 在眾多誰發言，指出在您的防禦是諾姆喬姆斯基，喬治加洛韋，托尼本，克里斯蒂穆爾和喬治monbiot 。 Yet none of the local political parties or their representatives have come to your defense. 然而，沒有一個地方政黨或他們的代表來你的防禦。 This is no surprise from the right-wing parties, but Sinn Fein, especially during the 1980s, prided itself on support for national liberation struggles in Central America and the Middle East, viewing itself in solidarity with all anti-imperialist struggles. 這是毫不奇怪，從右翼政黨，但新芬黨，特別是在八十年代，引以為傲的支持，爭取民族解放的鬥爭，在中美洲和中東，看自己在聲援所有反帝愛國鬥爭。

None of the mainstream parties—none of the four parties which form the new executive of Northern Ireland—has supported the Raytheon 9.沒有主流政黨-沒有四個政黨組成新的行政長官，北愛爾蘭-支持雷神公司9 。 And this is despite the fact that Sinn Fein, in particular, has always presented itself as a socialist organization, as an anti-imperialist organization.這是儘管事實是新芬黨，尤其是一向提交本身作為一個社會主義組織，作為反帝國主義的組織。

But the truth is that the closer Sinn Fein got to power, the more they ditched their supposed socialist principles that would involve any anti-American activity.但事實的真相是，更緊密的新芬黨獲得權力，他們越是ditched他們假定的社會主義原則，這將涉及任何反美活動。

Sinn Fein is determined to maintain the friendship of the Bush administration.新芬黨是有決心維持的友誼，布什政府。 Indeed, Martin McGuiness, the vice president of Sinn Fein, personally invited George Bush to visit Northern Ireland in June this year, in a couple weeks’ time.事實上，李柱銘mcguiness ，副總統的新芬黨，親自邀請布什訪問北愛爾蘭的在今年6月，在幾個星期的時間。 And he has publicly described George Bush as a “friend of Ireland” and “a man of peace.”他曾公開形容布什為“朋友的愛爾蘭”和“一個人的和平” 。

So the Sinn Fein party is not just compromised on its supposed anti-imperialist, socialist credentials, but it seems to have moved to the other side.因此，新芬黨不只是妥協，其假定的反帝國主義，社會主義的全權證書，但它似乎已轉移到其他方面。 Not really an uncommon thing for a nationalist organization once achieving office.沒有真正一種罕見的事，是民族主義組織，一旦實現辦公室。

In 1968, you helped spark the civil rights movement in Northern Ireland and resistance to the British-supported sectarian state. 在1968年，你幫助星火民權運動在北愛爾蘭和抵抗英國支持的宗派狀態。 Today, you are still fighting against injustice. 今天，你仍然是打擊不公平。

There’sa straight line from 40 years ago to what is happening today.有直線從40年前，發生什麼事，今天。 In 1968, we were outraged by the US war in Vietnam and inspired by the Black struggle for civil rights.在1968年，我們憤怒，由美國在越南戰爭和啟發，黑色的鬥爭，為公民權利。 We were moved by this.我們所提出的這一點。 In Ireland, we were fighting against local injustices, but we viewed ourselves and our struggles as part of an international struggle.在愛爾蘭，我們打擊地方的不公正現象，但我們認為我們自己和我們的鬥爭的一個組成部分的國際鬥爭。

Today, we continue to fight against local injustices in Ireland, but we also see it as connected to a global struggle.今天，我們繼續打擊當地的不公正現象在愛爾蘭，但我們也看到，它作為連接到一個全球性的鬥爭。 There’s never been a contradiction between fighting local injustices and fighting injustice in the world.還有的從來就不是一個矛盾，爭取地方的不公正和不公平的戰鬥，在世界上。

The US is attempting to violently dominate the Middle East and control the oil there.美國是企圖以暴力稱霸中東和控制石油。 Iraq and Lebanon, as well as Palestine, are at the frontline of this struggle.伊拉克和黎巴嫩，以及巴勒斯坦，是在前線的這場鬥爭。 The location of struggle may have changed, but the struggle for liberation and justice continues.位置的鬥爭，可能已經發生變化，但爭取解放的鬥爭和正義的繼續。

For information on how to support the Raytheon 9 and for daily updates on the trial, visit the有關如何支持，雷神九和每日更新關於審判，請訪問 Support the Raytheon 9支持雷神9 Web site.網站。

Eamonn McCann’s article eamonn麥卡恩的文章 “Qana, Derry: The dead lie in familiar shapes” “卡納，德里：死者所在，在熟悉的形狀” describes the activists’ trip to Lebanon and the action against Raytheon the visit motivated.描述活動家'之行，黎巴嫩和行動，打擊雷神訪問的動機。 He also talked about the case in他也談到案件在 a You Tube video 1 ，你管視頻 . 。

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