The ANC Statement On The Passing Of Martin McGuinness
This statement issued by the African National Congress (ANC) on the death of Martin McGuinness is an important reminder ofContinue Reading
Category: History
Martin McGuinness, From Revolutionary To Statesman, 1950–2017
Though not entirely unexpected, the announcement of Martin McGuinness’ premature death through illness is still shocking in its own quiet way.Continue Reading
Saint Patrick’s Day Belongs To The Global Irish, Past And Present
On this Saint Patrick’s Day, that most American of Irish festivals, I don’t think I can surpass the thoughts andContinue Reading
Prime Minister Theresa May Supports Clandestine Amnesty For War Crimes In Ireland
In an unprecedented move the prime minister of the United Kingdom, Theresa May, has launched a stinging attack on law officials who areContinue Reading
Melanie Philips And The Revanchist Politics Of Brexit Britain
The supremacist nature of British, or rather, Greater English nationalism is summed up in this extract from a series of oddly contradictory and counterfactualContinue Reading
The Role Of Cavalry In Medieval Warfare
Interesting article from the Swiss researcher Jack Gassman examining the role played by cavalry troops in Medieval warfare, using primary and secondaryContinue Reading
A Press Report From Trump’s Washington, Sorry, Hitler’s Berlin, 1933
Popular comparisons between the presidency of Donald J Trump in the United States and the premiership of Adolf Hitler inContinue Reading
The Socialist Party, Anti-Austerity Alliance, The Confederation Of The British Isles
Since I had a slightly tongue-in-cheek poke at the Socialist Workers Party (SWP), the Trotskyist grouping behind the People BeforeContinue Reading
Why Did Odysseus Leave Calypso?
I’ve long been fascinated by the legends and histories associated with the ancient city of Troy, the focus of Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey asContinue Reading
Limited Use Of The Welsh Language Will Be “Allowed” In The British Parliament
Over the last twenty years the political terminology of the United Kingdom of Great Britain has undergone a subtle butContinue Reading
The War On Terror Has Simply Generated More Terror
From the excellent TomDispatch, this analysis of the so-called “War on Terror” in the Middle East by the United StatesContinue Reading
Crannóg, The Island Lake Dwelling Of Celtic And Medieval Ireland
In simple terms, a crannóg is an artificial island of variable size and height, roughly circular or oval in shape,Continue Reading
The UK Throws Two Decades Of Irish-British Peace To The Brexit Winds
It’s a rare thing indeed for the national press in Ireland to express anger at the political misdeeds of the unionistContinue Reading
Tom Shippey Discusses JRR Tolkien’s Beowulf Translation In Three Video Lectures
JRR Tolkien began to write a tentative prose edition of the Medieval epic poem, Beowulf, while teaching at the University of Leeds inContinue Reading
The DUP Vows To Skin The Irish Crocodiles And Turn Them Into Union Jack Handbags
Talking of colonial supremacists, here is Arlene Foster, the beleaguered leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and her latest contributionContinue Reading
Sir Edward Carson And The Politics Of Ulster Unionist Alt-Democracy
Before Donald J Trump, before the politics of the alt-right in the United States, there was Sir Edward Carson and theContinue Reading
The Séamus Ludlow Murder, How Ireland And Britain Conspired In A Cover-Up
Forty-seven year old Séamus Ludlow, a quiet, unassuming life-long bachelor, was something of a man of habit. On the afternoonContinue Reading
Waterboarding And Electric Shock Torture, Britain’s Dirty War In Ireland
Since the effective end of the conflict in the north-east of Ireland, the so-called Irish-British Troubles, a few inquisitive elements ofContinue Reading
Appeasing The Orange Trumps Of British Unionism In Ireland Has Failed
It’s sometimes difficult to remember that there is a distinction to be drawn between unionists as an ethno-national minority inContinue Reading
Former British Army Commander Turned Politician, I Was A Torturer In Ireland
Bob Stewart, a Conservative MP in London and a former military commander, has blithely admitted that he acted as “…a kind of aContinue Reading
Latvia Becomes The New Frontline In The Cold War Between NATO And Russia
Since 2014 Russia and NATO have significantly increased their military presence in the Baltics, especially along the Latvian-Russian border. With a largeContinue Reading
Brexit Negotiations Are Driven By Greater England’s Nostalgia For Its Former Empire
Nicholas Boyle of Magdalene College and the University of Cambridge has written a particularly caustic evaluation of Greater England’s continued hegemony overContinue Reading
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