Ramor Ryan
Author of Clandestines: the Pirate Journals of an Irish Exile
About the Author
Ramor Ryan is an Irish writer and translator based in Chiapas, Mexico, and the author of Clandestines.
Works by Ramor Ryan
Associated Works
Territories in resistance : a cartography of Latin American social movements (2008) — Translator — 51 copies
The New Brazil: Regional Imperialism and the New Democracy (2014) — Translator, some editions — 18 copies
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- Canonical name
- Ryan, Ramor
- Other names
- X, Ramor
- Birthdate
- 19xx
- Gender
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- Ireland
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- Ireland
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This is a globetrotting adventure anthology of visitations to the Kurds, a Rainbow Gathering, a Berlin Wall crossing and more, including crossing the Atlantic to check in on the rise of Chavez, the Zapatista land takeover communities...
One interesting chapter is on the Mairéad Farrell IRA activist and the funeral of the 'Gibraltar Three'. Three mourners were killed in a gun and grenade attack by loyalist paramilitary Michael Stone at the Milltown Cemetery.
Still, at times it seems a show more potpourri of radical tourism without much depth, The author confronts that presentation.
One interesting chapter is on the Mairéad Farrell IRA activist and the funeral of the 'Gibraltar Three'. Three mourners were killed in a gun and grenade attack by loyalist paramilitary Michael Stone at the Milltown Cemetery.
Still, at times it seems a show more potpourri of radical tourism without much depth, The author confronts that presentation.
Why write rebel stories instead of political theory or analysis? First of all-obviously-it's easier, and writing becomes a joy, not a chore. Secondly, I realized my impulse to write came not from the urge to pontificate, but to communicate. Here Eduardo Galeano's observations in his essay "In Defense of the Word" are useful: "Our writing is informed by a desire to make contact, so that readers may become involved with words that come to us from them, and that return to them as hope and prophecy."show less
I think the history of this era-basically the 90's-will be written with a grudging nod to the anti-authoritarian, anti-capitalist movements that emerged after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the demise of the communist influence on global struggle.
I never thought I would enjoy a travel journal, but Ramor Ryan changed my mind. At first I thought it was going to be an over-romantic story of this guy travelling around the world in order to avoid himself, in the way that a lot of Crimethinc type of stuff reads. I'm really not into that kind of stuff. However, he really surprised me, and I'm ashamed I thought that of him in the first place in association with Crimethinc, because this guy is a real character, a great writer, and no one can show more call him fake for leaving out the messy details. In fact, read about his review of the two different "Days of War and Nights of Love" (one by Crimethinc, and one by Eduardo Galeano) online.
In the great tradition of Irish story-tellers, Ryan recalls experiences from the squats of West Berlin, the war zone of Kurdistan, the revolution and post-revolution repression in Nicauragua, his youth in Ireland watching the British army attack a Republican demonstration, and much more. He is an exile from his native land, moving from situations of struggle across the planet with a keen analysis of each. Ryan left Ireland in the 1980s for Nicaragua to help defend the Revolution there, and ended up seeing the Sandinistas crumble under the might of the US-funded Contras, alienating Indigenous peoples struggling for autonomy in the process. He remarks that a generation of international solidarity activists in the 1980s got their start in Nicaragua; much like many saw the same in Chiapas in the 1990s.
If you've never heard of Ramor Ryan, look him up. I would love to meet him, because this guy has such a wealth of information and has seen so much without thinking he is better than anyone else for having done so. He brings a personal touch to bloody places stormed by revolution, repression, and fights for a better world. By the end of it, I thought to myself that he had really lived his life thus far to the fullest, and brought a whole new meaning to what I thought of as an "international solidarity" activist. Much of what he writes is exciting in that revolutionary situations are very much within reach, but at the same time depressing when he discusses the aftermath in the case of defeat (like in Kurdistan or in Nicaragua).
If you want to find an inspirational person, you have to meet Ramor Ryan by reading his Clandestines. show less
In the great tradition of Irish story-tellers, Ryan recalls experiences from the squats of West Berlin, the war zone of Kurdistan, the revolution and post-revolution repression in Nicauragua, his youth in Ireland watching the British army attack a Republican demonstration, and much more. He is an exile from his native land, moving from situations of struggle across the planet with a keen analysis of each. Ryan left Ireland in the 1980s for Nicaragua to help defend the Revolution there, and ended up seeing the Sandinistas crumble under the might of the US-funded Contras, alienating Indigenous peoples struggling for autonomy in the process. He remarks that a generation of international solidarity activists in the 1980s got their start in Nicaragua; much like many saw the same in Chiapas in the 1990s.
If you've never heard of Ramor Ryan, look him up. I would love to meet him, because this guy has such a wealth of information and has seen so much without thinking he is better than anyone else for having done so. He brings a personal touch to bloody places stormed by revolution, repression, and fights for a better world. By the end of it, I thought to myself that he had really lived his life thus far to the fullest, and brought a whole new meaning to what I thought of as an "international solidarity" activist. Much of what he writes is exciting in that revolutionary situations are very much within reach, but at the same time depressing when he discusses the aftermath in the case of defeat (like in Kurdistan or in Nicaragua).
If you want to find an inspirational person, you have to meet Ramor Ryan by reading his Clandestines. show less
I haven't seen this book classified to my satisfaction. I don't think I ever will. I won't attempt to classify it, I'll leave that to someone who can excise the story from the man.
I am continually moved by his life of service. You will want to travel this globe BOLDLY after reading this book.
Just read it and thank me later!
I am continually moved by his life of service. You will want to travel this globe BOLDLY after reading this book.
Just read it and thank me later!
One of the most inspirational books I've read in a while.
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