The Reality Of Cold War Politics In The North-East Of Ireland
From 1995 to 2001 an organisation calling itself Direct Action Against Drugs, or DAAD, was involved in a series ofContinue Reading
Category: Current Affairs
Bad Lip Reading Of The Fox Republican Debate 2015
Terrifyingly accurate…
The Colonist-Deniers Of Irish And British History
Speaking of that generation of academics, writers and journalists who have formed the core of what we might call the “colonist-deniers” ofContinue Reading
No Irish Need Apply, NINA
I’m sure that many ASF readers are aware of the research by Rebecca A. Fried, the fourteen year old AmericanContinue Reading
Contender For Leadership Of British Labour Plays The Orange Card
For the last four decades the Irish and British Labour parties have declined to formally or fully establish local branches or stand candidates for electionContinue Reading
They Are Raping The Women
“Evil” is an adjective that has been much used and abused down through the years, being subject to hyperbole, partisanshipContinue Reading
Sinister Policing In The Ireland Of Fine Gael And Labour
In November of 2014 the Tánaiste and Labour Party leader, Joan Burton, was greeted by several dozen local residents protesting theContinue Reading
An Interview With The Parents Of Peace Activist Rachel Corrie
Back in August of 2013 the US-based current affairs website, MintPress News, gained considerable publicity when a report by its correspondents allegedlyContinue Reading
Denis O’Brien, Putting The Boot In
In relation to the controversial entrepreneur Denis O’Brien , the “Donald Trump” of the Irish business world, and his seeming determination to litigate his criticsContinue Reading
American Journalism Fails The Irish Test Once Again
Kurt Eichenwald is a veteran American journalist of some thirty years standing who has specialised in everything from corporate malfeasanceContinue Reading
A’ Seinn An Aghaidh Na Balbhachd
A quick thank you to regular contributor Marconatrix for an email reminder of this 2012 video-documentary from Michael Newton, A’ Seinn an aghaidh na BalbhachdContinue Reading
Attitudes Towards The Irish Language On The Island of Ireland 2015
The Economic and Social Research Institute, the well-known independent think-tank, has released a new, one hundred page study titled, “Attitudes towardsContinue Reading
Fox News Republican Presidential Debate
The right-wing pundits of Fox News have staged their controversial debate between the top ten potential candidates for the conservativeContinue Reading
The Irish Language Deniers
In an interesting if factually flawed article the surprisingly authoritarian newspaper columnist Victoria White, the eco-activist wife of the Green Party’s lame duckContinue Reading
British Reparations For British Crimes In Ireland And India
Shashi Tharoor, the noted Indian politician and author, delivers some home truths on the murderous nature of the British Empire toContinue Reading
Citizen Journalism And Bellingcat
If you are interested in what is commonly known as “citizen journalism“, the internet-invigorated tradition of independent news reporting and analyses coming from individualsContinue Reading
Ireland And Catalonia, Some Historic Parallels
In the general election of December 1918 the revolutionary Irish republican and nationalist party, Sinn Féin, took 73 of theContinue Reading
Lá Lúghnasa Agus Diarmaid Ó Donnabháin Rossa
A belated happy Lá Lúghnasa to one and all as we celebrate the traditional harvest festival marking the commencement of the third quarterContinue Reading
Vice News On The Fianna Éireann And RSF
The pioneering US current affairs website Vice News has just published a short documentary examining the Fianna Éireann, the youthContinue Reading
Super Colonised Irish Syndrome
In today’s Irish Times newspaper Seaghán Mac an tSionnaigh reviews the latest in a wave of books from a new generation ofContinue Reading
Unprecedented Times In Catalan And Irish Politics
Consumed with matters closer to home I have had little chance to highlight some important political developments in Catalonia, in particular the emergenceContinue Reading
Barbarians At The Gate
One of the more remarkable phenomena of modern Ireland has been the slow deculturation of the Irish people, a process ongoing since theContinue Reading
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