A Letter From John Paul Wootton
John Paul Wootton is a twenty year old Irishman who was arrested on the 10th of March 2009 at theContinue Reading
Tag: British Occupied North of Ireland
“New” IRA Prisoners End Their Dirty Protest In Maghaberry Prison
It’s been announced that a section of the Irish political prisoners engaged in a “Dirty Protest” in the notorious MaghaberryContinue Reading
Irish Political Prisoners And The Revolutionary Dynamic
Well there is no surprise in this tragic news. In fact observers have been predicting something along these lines forContinue Reading
British Supremacism In Ireland
The British separatist minority in Ireland doing what the British separatist minority does best: terrorising and intimidating other communities while expressing the supremacist attitudes of a colonial elite.Continue Reading
IRA, CIRA And ÓnaÉ
Following on from my article about the claimed merger of several Republican Resistance groups to form a new Irish RepublicanContinue Reading
A New IRA?
Well, given the rumours and rumblings, and perhaps not unrelated to the recent shooting of a (former?) prominent member of the 32 County Sovereignty CommitteeContinue Reading
The Orange Order – Bringing Fear And Intimidation To A Community Near You
To their members and supporters (not to mention sympathisers) the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland is a purely “cultural organisation”Continue Reading
Ardoyne Residents Respond To Orange Order Intimidation
In response to the annual violence sparked by a handful of intimidating marches through Irish communities in the British Occupied North of Ireland by the militant British nationalist andContinue Reading
From The Five Demands – Tensions In Ardoyne
BREAKING NEWS. RIOT IN CORSO AD ARDOYNE More here…
The White Glove Of Britain Shakes The Red Hand Of Ulster
Well an interesting day, and the deed is done, but the fallout from related events continues following on from yesterday’s peaceful protest on the Black Mountain by RepublicansContinue Reading
Men Of Violence?
In relation to my earlier post about the demonstration on Black Mountain overlooking Belfast where Republicans from the 1916 Societies erected a large IrishContinue Reading
Ériu Is Our Queen
Following on from my posts here and here examining the forthcoming meeting between the visiting British head of state and Martin McGuinness, the deputy First MinsterContinue Reading
Recognising The Legitimacy Of The Armed Struggle
I have received a very strong reaction to my post examining the upcoming meeting between Martin McGuinness and the visiting British head of state. Messages, emails,Continue Reading
Smells Like Victory
Controversy, controversy, controversy. Or at least what the “media” in all its wisdom deems to be controversial. And yet againContinue Reading
Dirty Secrets Of A Dirty War
After several recent posts on An Sionnach Fionn detailing British war crimes in Ireland over the four decades of the northern conflict perhaps IContinue Reading
The Butcher’s Apron – Britain’s War In Ireland
A few days ago I discussed the casual revelation by a former British Intelligence agent, the writer and historian HarryContinue Reading
Britain At War – Terror In Ireland
Veteran Irish journalist and writer Ed Moloney in CounterPunch on President Obama’s continued adherence to the strategy and tactics ofContinue Reading
Former British Agent Admits Irish Citizens Were Waterboarded
I’ve written about the widespread use of torture, both physical and psychological, by the British Forces in the UK-administrated north-eastContinue Reading
Bobaí Ó Seachnasaigh
The British version of the Huffington Post, which strangely I’ve always found a wee bit right-wing given its liberal US origins, carries a lengthyContinue Reading
More Cloak And Dagger Shenanigans In Fantasy Troubles
And so it rumbles on, the latest chapter in the tale of Britain’s super-superspy and double-agent extraordinaire Freddie “Stakeknife” Scappaticci, with the audio recordings of callsContinue Reading
Enclaves And Exclaves. Why A Europe With Borders Is (Sometimes) More Fun
I love maps and the things one can learn from maps (you can probably blame J.R.R. Tolkien and Frank Herbert for that one). ImaginaryContinue Reading
The Murder Machine – The British War In Ireland
Several weeks ago I examined the acquittal in a British-run court in the North of Ireland of the long-time IrishContinue Reading
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