http://www.irishdemocrat.co.uk/news/2003/civil-rights-alert/ Global politics have been “rooted in pessimism” and operating in “a culture of fear that uses up political energy” since 11 September 2001, international human rights lawyer Conor Gearty argued recently (August/September edition) en Copyright © 2001 Connolly Publications Ltd 2003-07-17T11:31:34Z Connolly Publications Ltd, 244 Gray's Inn Road, London, WC1X 8JR David Granville Conor Gearty, Labour Party Irish Society daily 1 2001-04-13T12:00Z