Patricia McKenna

Overview

Patricia McKenna born Castleshane, Monaghan, Ireland March 13, 1957. Irish internationalist politician. First Green Party delegate to European Parliament, 1994-2004. President of Europeans United for Democracy, 2010-present; advocated democratization of UN. Led boycott of products of Burmese junta; opposed American wars in Iraq and Afghanistan; protested US use of Shannon Air Base for wars; opposed militarization of European community.

Quotations

“The oneness of this planet has been brought home increasingly to the world's population this century, with most of the latter half clouded by possible global annihilation from nuclear war. . . People power has never been so possible or so potent. We must organise and make common cause for our extraordinary common planet.” (Uniting for Peace, Feb. 2015; photo Europeans United for Democracy)