The Colonialist Ideology That Drives The DUP’s Anti-Irish Agenda
In the run-up to last May’s elections for the regional assembly at Stormont the leadership of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)Continue Reading
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Invisible Comrades, Gays And Lesbians In The Irish Struggle
The first issue of the independent magazine An Glór Gafa, “The Captive Voice”, was published and distributed by Sinn Féin’s PrisonerContinue Reading
A Clear Majority Favours The Reunification Of Ireland
The British apologists of the Irish news media, led by a coterie of decrepit newspaper columnists, have claimed for decades that, “…no one wants aContinue Reading
Ireland, The Long War And The Iraq Inquiry By Sir John Chilcot
If the long-delayed findings of Britain’s Iraq Inquiry, led from 2009 to 2011 by senior civil servant Sir John Chilcot, have driven a stake through the political legacy ofContinue Reading
Michael Gove And Brexit’s True Origins, From Anti-Peace To Anti-European?
In the year 2000, responding to the all-party intergovernmental Belfast Agreement of 1998, the peace deal which effectively ended three decades of conflictContinue Reading
Echoes Of The Irish Revolution In Brexit Britain And The Scottish Independence Debate
These thoughts strike me in relation to the current post-referendum turmoil in Britain, and Scotland in particular. Ireland’s failed Easter RisingContinue Reading
Peter Robinson, the DUP And Britain’s Counter-Terrorists
While the debate continues in Britain over the motives of murderer Thomas Mair, the killer of Labour MP Jo Cox, hisContinue Reading
The Deep Insurgency, The Enduring Irish Rebel Tradition
Back in 2013, while examining the thorny issue of public support for the armed struggle of the (Provisional) Irish RepublicanContinue Reading
Trump Plays The Islamist Card As Britain Played The Orange Card
In the wake of the slaughter at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, an atrocity driven far more by one man’s self-hatredContinue Reading
The Welsh Language Banned From The British Parliament
Yesterday’s sight of the former British prime ministers, toothsome Tony Blair and dour John Major, proclaiming the United Kingdom of Great Britain the “…mostContinue Reading
The Revival Of The Native Hawaiian Language
The US news and current affairs website, Slate, has a lengthy article on the modest revival of ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, the nativeContinue Reading
The Atlantic Irish And Celts
Following on from a previous post examining the “Celtic from the West” theory, a quick thank you to ASF reader, Mark, for reminding meContinue Reading
IMF Report Questions The Economics Of Neoliberalism
The publication of a study by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) criticising certain aspects of neoliberalism has led to a lotContinue Reading
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Who Were The Celts?
I recently purchased a copy of “Celtic from the West 2“, the follow-up volume to “Celtic from the West“, the 2012Continue Reading
Who Won The Irish-British Troubles?
“It is not those who can inflict the most, but those who can suffer the most who will conquer.” Irish Republican motto* WelcomeContinue Reading
The Dublin And Monaghan Bombings And The Apologist Agenda
On the afternoon of the 17th of May, 1974, as rush-hour commuters made their way through Dublin’s city-centre, three car-bombs explodedContinue Reading
In Our Forests, Like Our Language, Lies Our True Wealth
When the first Neolithic families migrated to Ireland around 4000 BCE they found an island that was overwhelmingly forested, with at least 80% tree cover.Continue Reading
La Guerre Infernale, By Pierre Giffard And Albert Robida
For many people living in Western Europe during the late 19th century the defining event of the era was the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 to 1871. The Second FrenchContinue Reading
They Are Not British Terrorists, They Are British Paramilitaries
The Ulster Defence Association (UDA) is the largest British terrorist organisation in Ireland. From its establishment in 1971 to aContinue Reading
Taking The British Gun Out Of Irish Politics
For several hundred years the British, in one form or another, have been violently attempting to occupy and annex theContinue Reading
The Four Jewels Or Treasures Of The Tuatha Dé Danann
The Leabhar Gabhála Éireann or “Book of the Taking of Ireland” is a Medieval collection of poems and prose narratives purporting toContinue Reading
Irish Slaves In The Americas And The Modern Myth Of White Slavery
When one thinks of Irish slaves, one imagines the history of slavery in Ireland during the pre-Christian and early Medieval periods.Continue Reading
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