Not So Much Revising History, As Rewriting It…
Following on from my post examining the controversy raging around “Terror in Ireland 1916-1923” , the collection of historical essaysContinue Reading
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From Bruton To Yates – Or How The Irish Do Business
I saw this delightful cover story from the Business and Finance magazine in my local (British-owned, British-stocked) shopping centre. JohnContinue Reading
Suddenly You Are Confronted By An Axe-Wielding Orc!
Fighting Fantasy! There is a name to instil some serious nostalgia in a geek of a certain age. Sci-Fi andContinue Reading
From The UUP And DUP: Homosexuality, A “Disease” And “Disability” To Be Pitied
Ken Maginnis, the former British Army militiaman and Ulster Unionist Party heavyweight, has fired what may well prove to beContinue Reading
On The Hustings In Québec
A guest article for An Sionnach Fionn by Jean François Joubert on the National Assembly election campaign in Québec: Pauline Marois, leaderContinue Reading
The Curse Of Peter Hart Strikes Again
A few weeks ago I linked to a review by the historian John M. Regan on the new publication “TerrorContinue Reading
BBC Alba Leading The Way For A Scottish Broadcasting Service
Some potentially significant news for Scottish broadcasting reported by the Stage: “Scotland’s first minister, Alex Salmond, has called for theContinue Reading
British Supremacism In Ireland
The British separatist minority in Ireland doing what the British separatist minority does best: terrorising and intimidating other communities while expressing the supremacist attitudes of a colonial elite.Continue Reading
Lies, Dammed Lies And The Pro-British Regressives
Rewriting Irish history? That seems to be the main concern of the contemporary Pro-British faction in modern Ireland. These anachronistic,Continue Reading
Pauline Marois And A Step Too Far?
One has to wonder if the latest pronouncements by the Parti Québécois leader Pauline Marois are likely to win orContinue Reading
Proud Of The Gardaí – Ashamed Of The RIC
An Garda Síochána or “The Peace Guard” is Ireland’s national police service; a largely unarmed, civilian police force carefully regulatedContinue Reading
Broadcasting In Native Tongues
Some more Native American (and a bit of native Irish) news, from The Atlantic: “Loris Taylor, the CEO and presidentContinue Reading
Land Restitution – More News From The Occupied Territories
An excellent article in the Guardian by Dana Lone Hill of the Oglala Lakota Sioux people outlining the campaign byContinue Reading
An Ghaeltacht – Empowering The Young
“24 hours in An Ghaeltacht” is a very positive story from Úna Mullally in the Irish Times on the “ritesContinue Reading
The Young Ancestors
Excellent article over on Indian Country Today on a new documentary, The Young Ancestors, which examines the efforts of NativeContinue Reading
“An tOglach The Official Organ of the Irish Volunteers” from October 21 1921
Originally posted on Irish Election Literature:
Fascinating piece of history this , the October 21st 1921 issue of “An t-Ógláċ The Official…
Jamie Bevan, An Inspirational Fighter For A Welsh Wales
Back in August of last year I reported on the show trial of the Welsh rights activist Jamie Bevan whoContinue Reading
Greater England – King Cnut Before The Tide
The Royal Jubilee and the London Olympics have saved Greater England! The rebellious Scots have been dealt a mortal blowContinue Reading
Dùisg!
Scottish blogger Tocasaid has an excellent article on Scotland’s punk rock scene and the group Dùisg (“Rise, awake”): “Compared toContinue Reading
From Ireland To Scotland – The Colonial Infection
It says much, perhaps, for the power of colonialism that so many inhabitants of so many colonised or formerly colonisedContinue Reading
Team FUK (Former UK, That Is!)
Melanie Phillips, right wing British journalist and commentator, nationalist and agent provocateur, has finally called it. The British colonial misadventureContinue Reading
Hacked! Wired, Apple And Amazon
Here’s a horror story that proves that even the most tech-adept can be a victim of hacking and identity theftContinue Reading
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