The SWP, Idle No More And The Basque Country
A recent busy week has meant that a number of interesting stories have passed by without comment. From me atContinue Reading
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The Ballot-Box And Petrol-Bomb – Unionism In Action
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The Violence Of The British Anti-Democrats In Ireland
Well the worse weekend yet of rioting and violent attacks by anti-democracy protesters from the British Unionist monitory in the north-east ofContinue Reading
The Endgame For The Anti-Democrats
Excellent opinion piece over on the Irish news-blog Slugger O’Toole from Gerry Lynch, a former Executive Director of the Alliance Party, aContinue Reading
Brain-Fart Journalism – The Best Of The Irish Media
According to the Irish news-blog Slugger O’Toole a majority of voters in the southern part of Ireland disagree with theContinue Reading
The Flags Issue Comes Down To One Thing – Kill All Taigs
Gardaí on the streets of Belfast? Well, one day certainly (though maybe not under that name) but in January 2013?Continue Reading
Ceol Ar An Imeall
Ceol ar an Imeall, TG4’s indie music show, is back tonight at 23.00 on TG4. Lots of Irish bands performingContinue Reading
Ian Hurst, Derek Haslam And Hackgate
More on Britain’s “super-spy” Ian Hurst (aka. Martin Ingram) with an alleged phone recording of the former soldier from the notoriousContinue Reading
Media Panic – The Hysterical Press And The Continuity IRA
A number of national and local newspapers are claiming that the small Continuity Irish Republican Army (or CIRA) has issued a threatContinue Reading
“Northern Ireland” 48% Protestant, 47% British – So Why Is Ireland Still Partitioned?
Several weeks ago the elected members of Belfast City Council voted by a majority to end the year-round flying of the BritishContinue Reading
Funding Boost For Sabhal Mòr Ostaig And Scottish Language
Some excellent news for the prestigious Scottish language college Sabhal Mòr Ostaig on the Isle of Skye which is toContinue Reading
Fantasy Troubles Part 4
In the aftermath of the publication of the de Silva report into the assassination of the Irish civil rights lawyerContinue Reading
Support For Hunger Striker Theresa Spence Grows
More news from Canada and beyond in relation to the hunger strike by Theresa Spence, leader of the Attawapiskat First Nation (one of the indigenous peoples ofContinue Reading
Idle No More – Support Hunger Striker Theresa Spence!
I reported a few days ago on the hunger strike by Theresa Spence, leader of the Attawapiskat First Nation (oneContinue Reading
Athbhliain Faoi Mhaise Daoibh Go Léir
Well another year has all but passed for An Sionnach Fionn, which has now seen some 20 months of existence.Continue Reading
Two Great Articles From “Come Here To Me”
One of the current buzzwords of the contemporary internet is “hyperlocal”. The term refers to the belief that small, regionally-based websitesContinue Reading
Indigenous Peoples Fight Back With Hunger Strikes In Canada
A quick post to draw attention to the protests by the indigenous rights organisation “Idle No More” which have swept Canada in recent weeks. They haveContinue Reading
Beannachtaí Na Féile Daoibh Go Léir!
Seasons’ Greeting to all my readers from An Sionnach Fionn 😉
Death Squad Britain
Two weeks ago the British prime minister, David Cameron, apologised in the UK parliament on behalf of the British nation for the assassination of the Irish civil rights lawyerContinue Reading
People Power – Taking Back The North
Sometimes the sheer two-faced hypocrisy of the average Unionist media sympathiser leaves one dumbfounded. And none more so than theContinue Reading
A Fourth Green Field?
Several days ago I posted some thoughts on the first round of figures released from the top-level results of theContinue Reading
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