Hiroshima And Nagasaki 70 Years On
By any rational appraisal the deployment of nuclear weapons against the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on the 6th and 9th ofContinue Reading
Category: Politics
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
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
The Hooded Men, British Torture-Centres In Ireland
The Irish Times has a laudably detailed article examining the historic issue of the “Hooded Men”: Irish citizens detained by theContinue Reading
British Spies In The IRA, Myth Versus Reality
Just a quick heads-up for those who have access to the series “Twentieth Century British History” from the Oxford Journals.Continue Reading
Jeremy Corbyn And The Self-Deluding British Press
Watching the right-wing and nationalist press in the UK gnashing its teeth at the thoughts of left-wing MP, Jeremy Corbyn,Continue Reading
Israel On The Road To Self-Destruction
It is somewhat dispiriting, for those on the progressive left, to watch Israel’s continued slide into sectarian and racial totalitarianism,Continue Reading
It Is No More A Sin To Kill An Irishman Than A Dog
From a quote in an article by the Huffington Post examining the institutionalised discrimination faced by Irish-speaking citizens and communitiesContinue Reading
The INLA Show Of Strength In The City Of Derry
Following the recent death of Peggy O’Hara, the veteran political activist in the city of Derry, the Irish Republican Socialist Party andContinue Reading
Killing The Irish
Over the last few weeks I have been receiving unusually frequent and comprehensive PR releases from the Green Party’s press office, sometimesContinue Reading
Questioning The Media Myth Of The Moderate Orange Order
Another July 12th round of rioting, street disturbances, house-burnings and general displays of sectarianism, racism and straight-forward fascism. Of course someContinue Reading
The Eircode Controversy Or Screwing The Irish In That Other England
Eircode, the controversial, multi-million euro postal code system for Ireland, has been launched by Alex White, the coalition’s minister forContinue Reading
A Sordid Tale Of British Gunmen, Bombers And Policemen
In his final exploration of the evidence sourced for the RTÉ television documentary “Collusion”, a feature-length programme examining the links between the UK military and intelligence services garrisonedContinue Reading
58% Support Welsh Teaching For Children In English-Speaking Schools
ITV News in the UK has a headline-grabbing story on its website: “Exclusive poll: 64% oppose compulsory Welsh to ageContinue Reading
Shoot-To-Kill, Britain’s Summary Executions And Assassinations In Ireland
Sometimes I do wonder if the dozens of Irish and British journalists who spent most of their careers loftily dismissingContinue Reading
The DUP Lays Down The Law As The NAMA Scandal Grows
Here we go again! It seems that Ireland has gone from the Land of Saints and Scholars to the Land ofContinue Reading
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