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PERSONAL ESSAYS: DEIRDRE'S BYTES
Demon Rum, Part II An essay in two parts. Published on Drinking Diaries, March 15, 2010.  New!
First Line of my memoir Drunk Dreams on the very cool Zine 50 to 1. March 9, 2010.  New!
Demon Rum, Part I An essay in two parts. Published on Drinking Diaries, February 19, 2010.  New!
Beer The editors wanted something positive about alcohol, go figure. (Includes some verse.) Published on DrinkingDiaries.com January 11, 2010.
The Grinder An essay spinoff from my Video Tour of the Bars was published on DrinkingDiaries.com November 16, 2009.
Deirdre's Tour of NYC Bars A special supplement to her book Drunk Dreams: A Memoir.
Across a Platform A video from a reading on January 29, 2009 at Bluestocking Bookstore.
A Poem: The Contents of My Black Leather Jacket -- Last Worn in the 90’s
Can't You Write Anything Nice? A video of an essay from my upcoming memoir.
The Method and Miss Sugar. A chapter from my upcoming memoir was published in the January 2008 Special Nonfiction issue of Cadillac Cicatrix.
Judgments. A personal essay in both English and Korean that was published in the December 2007 issue of Catholic Digest Korea. 
The End and a New Beginning. A personal essay in both English and Korean that was published in the October 2007 issue of Catholic Digest Korea.
The Battle for Avenue C. A video from the Phoenix Reading Series.
Slips of Truth. An audio.  
Family: Thing are Not Always as They Seem. A video of a reading at Hamish & Henry Booksellers.
Stuyvesant Town: The End and the Beginning. A video from a reading at Hamish & Henry Booksellers.
Right-Sized Rats. A small video of a few parts of a story I read at Bluestocking Bookstore.
On Being Catholic. At Della Donna a webzine for women.

Digging the Learning Curve 
How One New Yorker Turned Her Thumb from Lily White to Zucchini Green
Visit my latest website, featuring photos, resources, garden tales, and more.
 Summers
Mowing  
Berries  
Weeds
A Foxglove Forrest
Water
A Great Year for Garter Snakes
Doing the Caterpillar Stomp

 

BOOK, THEATER & FILM REVIEWS
I've been doing a lot of reading lately and in an effort to clarify my thoughts about books
I began writing some reviews. The list continues to expand and now I have added a few
reviews of plays and films.

I can never tell when the mood to review something will strike me, so keep coming back
and read my analysis of some great and not-so-great works.

 

IRAQ SANCTIONS & WAR
U.S. anti-war leader declares in London:
'Bring the troops home!'
Based on a talk by Deirdre Sinnott at a Stop the War Coalition meeting in London on Nov. 18, 2003
http://www.workers.org/ww/2003/sinnott1204.php

Deirdre Sinnott at a Stop the War Coalition meeting in London on Nov. 18, 2003, Playwright Harold Pinter to left  Stop the War Coalition meeting in London on Nov. 18, 2003
From Right, Deirdre Sinnott, Harold Pinter and Stop the War organizer.

British demonstrations say 'Bush go home!'
By Deirdre Sinnott, 12/04/03
London
http://www.workers.org/ww/2003/london1204.php

London March, 11/20/03, Deirdre Sinnott Center, Scottish MP George Galloway to Left (with cigar)
George Galloway and Deirdre Sinnott


Eyewitness Iraq
4th Iraq Sanctions Challenge returns
By Deirdre Sinnott, 2/8/01
http://www.workers.org/ww/2001/isc0208.php

Bishop Thomas Gumbleton, Ramsey Clark, Edwin Lewinson, and Deirdre Sinnott at Press Conference in Amman, Jordan.

Who is UNSCOM? English
By Deirdre Sinnott
From "Challenge to Genocide"

Zainab Tarq and her mother, Basra, Iraq, November 1998.

To buy it

German Translation
http://www.embargos.de/irak/sanctions/unscom.htm

Campaign launched for medicines to Iraq
By Deirdre Sinnott, 1/29/98
New York
http://www.workers.org/ww/1998/iraq0129.php



IRAQ'S ANTIQUITIES
U.S. military damages ancient city of Babylon
By Deirdre Sinnott, 3/10/05
http://www.workers.org/2005/world/babylon-0310/index.html
For Translation of this article into Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, German and Arabic go to:
http://www.uruknet.info?p=10131

Deirdre Sinnott in Babylon, Iraq, November 1998.

Looting Iraq: Past and Present
by Deirdre Sinnott, 8/26/04
http://www.peoplejudgebush.org/files/Sinnott.pdf
See images in Slide Show Below

Power Point Slide Show:
Looting Iraq: Past and Present
Assembled by Deirdre Sinnott
Looting Iraq Deirdre Sinnott.ppt


LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL & TRANSGENDER ISSUES
As bigots protest
Hundreds support LGBT students
By Deirdre 'Al Dente' Sinnott, 9/18/03
http://www.workers.org/ww/2003/gaydemo0918.php

NYC rally calls for trans protection
By Deirdre 'Al Dente' Sinnott, 5/17/01
New York
http://www.workers.org/ww/2001/trans0517.php

Boy Scouts
Gay ban claims another victim
By Deirdre 'Al Dente' Sinnott, 11/23/00
http://www.workers.org/ww/2000/scouts1123.php

Memorial held for slain trans woman
ByDeirdre 'Al Dente' Sinnott, 8/3/00
New York
http://www.workers.org/ww/2000/transmem0803.php

Web page honors slain trans warriors
By Deirdre 'Al Dente' Sinnott, 2/25/99
http://www.workers.org/ww/1999/transweb0225.php

FILM REVIEW
'Boys don't cry'
By Deirdre 'Al Dente' Sinnott, 11/11/99
http://www.workers.org/ww/1999/brandon1111.php

FILM REVIEW
'The Brandon Teena Story'
ByDeirdre 'Al Dente' Sinnott, 10/15/98
http://www.workers.org/ww/1998/teena1015.php

New York meeting honors transgender warriors
By Deirdre 'Al Dente' Sinnott, 2/12/98
New York
http://www.workers.org/ww/1998/trans0212.php

Transgender author speaks in Berlin
By Deirdre 'Al Dente' Sinnott, 7/97
Berlin
http://www.workers.org/ww/1997/berlin.html



ISSUES
Which road to socialism?
Based on a talk given by Deirdre Sinnott at the Dec. 6-7, 2003 "Reviving the Worldwide Struggle for Socialism" conference
http://www.workers.org/ww/2003/dsinnot1225.php

Athens meeting condemns NATO bombing of Balkans
By Deirdre Sinnott, 5/6/99
Athens, Greece
http://www.workers.org/ww/1999/athens0506.php

NATO War Against Yugoslavia War Crimes: Damage to Agriculture
By Deirdre Sinnott, 7/99
www.iacenter.org/warcrime/6_agri.htm

Documentary on Latin youth group opens
By Deirdre Sinnott, 8/6/98
New York
http://www.workers.org/ww/1998/doc0806.php

NYC mayor bulldozes community gardens
By Deirdre Sinnott, 1/15/98
New York
http://www.workers.org/ww/1998/gardens0115.php

Death of a workfare worker: 'A crime waiting to happen'
By Deirdre Sinnott, 8/14/97
http://www.workers.org/ww/workfare0814.html

 

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