Tom Carew

Tom Carew -

is a guest writer residing in South Dublin City, Ireland. He is a Middle East scholar and is not to be confused with Thomas Crew of history (poet and ambassador) or the more recent controversy of a Tom Crew as a journalist/writer and informational source serving the fight against anti-Semitism and opponent of global fascist terrorism. Mr. Carew also is a student of philosophy and reader of the Classics.

As stated in his blogger profile at no surrender-ne pasaran:

Irish defender of Western freedom, democracy, ethics, culture. Opponent of global & domestic terror. In: Scholars for Peace in ME. Friends of IDF-Israel. Israel Friendship League. Board: Foundation for Constitutional Democracy [Jerusalem]. Ex: Treasurer/Secretary Train Org & STOP 96-Solidarity to Organize Peace, & AGM Rec Sec Journey of Reconciliation Trust, Cte, Irish Solidarnosc. Anti-Apartheid Movt, Divorce Action Gp, Anti-Amendment Campaign – abortion 1982. Trade UN Nat’l Pres-PSEU. F/T Sec, Post Office TU Group. Dublin Council of Trade Unions. Ex. Chair Tallaght Centre [S. Dub Co] – TU “CCN” – Congress Centres Network – unemployed & Delegate to Community & Voluntary Pillar [Natl Social Partnership with Govt, Business, Farmers & Unions]. Ex-Director: Dublin Employment Pact, S. Dublin Co Enterprise Board, Tallaght Partnership, & ex-member: South Dublin County Council [a] Transport Strategic Policy Cte & [b] Co Development Board. Chair: Baldonnel Mil AFB Task Force of S. Dublin Co Dev. Board. Graduate: Natl Univ. of Ireland [Philosophy & Classics], International VP. Union of Students in Ireland, International Cte of National Youth Council of Eur National Youth Ctes Delegate.

Tom’s current political icon in America is Connecticut Independent Senator Joe Lieberman.
His interests:

Passionate explorer of people, places, periods, ideas. History [esp. Irish-European, Israeli, ME, Miliary, Labour]. International Politics. Philosophy. Poetry. Travel. Aviation. Space. Pro-Tour Cycling. FC Barcelona. Kilkenny Hurling. Manchester Utd. NASCAR. Chess. Photography. Dogs. Red Wine. Islay, 12-year-old Single Malt & Black Bush. Oysters, Mussels, Ice Cream. Discovery & History channels. Member: virtualtourist.com, librarything.com, myspace.com, youtube.com, community.webshots.com, flickr.com.
Heroes: Bedouin volunteers in both Israeli & Jordanian Forces. Druze IDF Troops. FDNY. NYPD. SM Dan Daly, USMC, NY, 2-time Congressional Medal of Honor & June 1918 Navy Cross. Mordechai Anielewicz, Warsaw Ghetto Revolt, April 1943. Martin Luther King. Mayada-Iraqi women tortured by Saddam’s evil regime. Dr. Wafa Sultan [Also: NY Times article], Ayaan Hirsi Ali. Irish Antarctic Explorers, Tom Crean & Ernst Shackleton. Col. James Fitzmaurice, 4/1928 E-W Irish Aviation pioneer. Willy Brandt. Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Alexander Dubcek. Jean Moulin. Hannah Senesh, born Budapest 1921 – poet, diarist, playwright. Haganah Jewish Resistance fighter & parachutist, murdered by Nazi, Budapest, Nov. 8, 1944.

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