Stop And Search Policing, Collective Punishment For Minority Communities
During a number of recent speeches the presidential nominee for the Republican Party in the United States, ex-real estate mogul DonaldContinue Reading
Category: Military
The Battle of Hastings And The Irish Exile Of The English Princes
Today is the 950th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings, the military contest in the autumn of 1066 which saw England and itsContinue Reading
Bomb-Dropping Drones In The Syrian Civil War
In previous posts I’ve referred to the militarisation of relatively cheap civilian drones by a number of armed groups participating in theContinue Reading
Irish, A Living Language That Others Are Seeking To Kill
There is no process of natural selection for languages, no evolutionary rule which dictates that one tongue is inevitably suppressed or supplanted by another.Continue Reading
The Reconstruction Of The Ballinderry Sword, A Medieval Ulfberht Blade From Ireland
An Ulfberht Sword is a modern classification for a rare type of Medieval weapon composed of high-quality steel, produced in Europe from circa 800 toContinue Reading
Likelihood Of A Brexit Border In Ireland Grows As UK Rejects Human Rights Convention
In 1992 the Associated Press distributed a newspaper report examining the United Kingdom’s then practice of using “human shields” toContinue Reading
Saoradh, The Revolutionary Irish Republican Party
Last weekend saw the launch of Saoradh, a self-titled “Revolutionary Irish Republican Party”, at the Canal Court Hotel in Newry,Continue Reading
Irish Human Shields To Protect A British Border In Ireland?
As fears continue to grow that the United Kingdom is prepared to impose a “Brexit Border“ between the north-east of Ireland and theContinue Reading
British Spies, Agents And Informers In The IRA
Last week the BBC news and current affairs programme, Spotlight, broadcast a series of interviews and dramatic reenactments with a man they calledContinue Reading
Brian Nelson, Britain’s Agent Of Terror During The Dirty War In Ireland
The British investigative journalist and author, Ian Cobain, has published a new book examining the United Kingdom’s post-WWII record of covert governmentContinue Reading
Ní Saoirse Go Saoirse Na mBan, A Message From Syria On The 8th Amendment
The International Freedom Battalion (IFB) is one of the more unusual armed groups participating in the Syrian civil war. Primarily composed of left-wingContinue Reading
The Threat Of The Brexit Barrier In Ireland Hasn’t Gone Away You Know
With many observers focusing on the possibility of renewed instability stemming from the threatened “hardening” of the UK-imposed “border” between the north-east of IrelandContinue Reading
Republican Sinn Féin, A Political Party That Became A Political Cult
I’ve discussed Republican Sinn Féin (RSF) several times before on ASF, a faction of (Provisional) Sinn Féin which broke away from the mainstream republicanContinue Reading
The United States Has Supplied 1.4 Million Guns To Iraq And Afghanistan
The commercial value of the so-called “War on Terror” to the arms industries of the United States and the UnitedContinue Reading
The US Army Fakes $6.5 Trillion Dollars To Make The Books Balance
One of the main talking points in the raucous US presidential election is the issue of defence spending, in particularContinue Reading
History Is Written By The Victors, Even When They Lose
The common maxim, “history is written by the victors“, is a favourite one among writers and journalists trying to elucidate the contested pasts of colonisedContinue Reading
Britain’s Toxic Nationalism Threatens Peace In Ireland. And Europe
The Belfast or Good Friday Agreement of April 1998, which ended three decades of open conflict in the British-administrated north-east of Ireland, actually consistsContinue Reading
Ze’ev Jabotinsky: The Iron Wall – We and the Arabs
On the 4th of November 1923 the Jewish-Russian newspaper Rassvet (“Dawn”) published a short essay by the conservative Zionist writer Ze’ev JabotinskyContinue Reading
British Spies To Continue Mass Surveillance Operations In Ireland And Elsewhere
The United Kingdom’s state intelligence agencies have been given the green light to continue their mass spying operations around the world followingContinue Reading
Improvised Killer Drones In Syria
I’ve looked before at the phenomenon of improvised weapons in the Syrian civil war, in particular the use of Improvised RocketContinue Reading
Opposition Factions Of The Syrian Civil War
The researchers Ryan O’Farrell and Cody Roche have compiled an incredibly useful list of Opposition Factions in the Syrian Civil War for theContinue Reading
The Óglaigh na hÉireann Propaganda Demonstration In Derry
On the evening of Friday the 29th of July the minor Republican Resistance grouping, Óglaigh na hÉireann (ÓnaÉ), staged aContinue Reading
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