Project SITKA, Canada’s Spying Program Against Indigenous Communities
Speaking of the challenges faced by the native peoples of North America, this short report from Motherboard, the tech section ofContinue Reading
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The Authorities In North Dakota Militarise The DAPL Construction Efforts
In a number of previous posts I’ve discussed the extraordinary confrontations taking place in the US state of North Dakota, where theContinue Reading
From America To Ireland, Appeasement Has Become The Answer To Racism
One of the more repugnant individuals employed in the editorial team of the Donald Trump fanzine, Breitbart News, is the reporter Katie McHugh.Continue Reading
The Daily Beast Reviews The Bobby Sands’ Documentary Through British Eyes
For well over a century it has been the common practice of the American press to employ correspondents from the UnitedContinue Reading
Ireland’s Journalistic Alt-Right Longs For A Homegrown Donald Trump
Emboldened by the unexpected – if much feared – victory of Donald Trump in the United States’ presidential election the inhabitantsContinue Reading
On Sustainability
A guest post by Déaghán Ó Céitinn examining sustainability and the challenges posed by a deteriorating global environment. Currently resident inContinue Reading
Ireland’s British Apologists Continue The Fight
There are relatively few nations in the world where a significant part of the ruling elites, be they in politics orContinue Reading
The United States Goes Full Brexit With President Donald J. Trump
Well, here’s one prediction I wish I had got wrong. President Donald J. Trump. Seriously, the United States of America, what the fuck?Continue Reading
From Mayo To North Dakota, From Corrib Gas To DAPL
An isolated rural region where long-standing communities reflect an indigenous language and culture, where local concerns and interests have been made secondaryContinue Reading
Hillary Clinton, The Spirit Cooking Satanist Candidate For President!
Just when you think that the US presidential election has reached its absolute nadir, that there are no further levels of insanity thatContinue Reading
A Minister For Ignoring Gaeltacht Affairs
Since her appointment to government office in 2014, the Fine Gael politician Heather Humphreys has gained a reputation as one of the worse minstersContinue Reading
Hillary Clinton And The Scandals Eating Away At Her Support
The media consensus in the United States maintains that it is a done deal, that the Democratic Party’s Hillary Clinton will gainContinue Reading
Increased Support For AAA–PBP In the Latest Polling
Credit where credit is due. From opposing water charges to exposing corporate malfeasance, from fighting socio-economic inequality to campaigning for constitutional reform, the Anti-AusterityContinue Reading
Northern Ireland, The Sectarian And Racist Squalor Of Britain’s Last Colony
Anna Lo, the Chinese-Irish president of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (APNI), a liberal unionist grouping in the north-east ofContinue Reading
Native Peoples Face Violence And Exploitation By Western Interests
Rather more disturbing than the blinkered opinions of a Donald Trump fanboy in the Irish press are these two reports below.Continue Reading
The Donald Trump Defenders Find Their Irish Champion
There is a certain satisfaction to be derived from having one’s opinions – or prejudices – confirmed and that is certainlyContinue Reading
Saor Éire, The Mystery Of Ireland’s Trotskyist Revolutionaries
In terms of domestic Irish history Saor Éire was probably the most unusual – and controversial – left-leaning republican organisation to haveContinue Reading
The Battle Of Mosul Becomes Wartainment
The ongoing military contest for the city of Mosul, the formerly populous town in northern Iraq held by the Islamic State since 2014,Continue Reading
When It Comes To The Irish Language Saoradh Looks to Éirígí For Inspiration
Saoradh, the self-styled “Revolutionary Irish Republican Party”, has published the organisation’s constitution on its Facebook Page (though not on itsContinue Reading
The Othering Of The Irish Language And Those Who Speak It
Ursula Ní Shabhaois, writing on her blog “Ag Smaoineamh Os Ard“, reiterates a point that many choose to overlook: the linguistic andContinue Reading
Bernadette Devlin McAliskey Casts A Cold Eye On The Irish-British Peace Process
The Irish political activist, Bernadette Devlin McAliskey, giving us a reminder of why she was such a powerful voice in the early yearsContinue Reading
Micheál Martin, Fianna Fáil’s Cold War Warrior
So I’ve just discovered that at some stage during the day, between going to work this morning and returning home this evening, the island of Ireland was hurtled backContinue Reading
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