The Unionist Argument Against The Irish Language Is A Colonial One
At the weekend I was interviewed by a metropolitan American journalist doing some background research into Brexit and the possibleContinue Reading
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A Reunited Ireland And The Rejectionist Politics Of Northern Unionism
A longer guest post by Mark Petticrew, a politics’ student at the University Of Ulster Jordanstown, examining the contrasting obstacles British unionismContinue 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
Unionists Britsplaining The Position Of The Irish Language In Ireland
In relation to my post yesterday on the miserable record of British colonialism in Ireland, which continues to echo in the settler politics ofContinue Reading
The Uncomfortable Question Of Settler Politics In Ireland
The one thing that is guaranteed to infuriate most politicians and journalists from the British unionist minority in Ireland is to make reference to theContinue Reading
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Rowling’s History Of Magic In North America Is Not Magical To Native Peoples
Some of you may be aware of yesterday’s launch of “History of Magic in North America”, an expansion of theContinue Reading
White Protestants Protest The Spanish Language In Arizona
A letter from today’s edition of the Newsletter, a regional newspaper in Arizona: “I have received a number of complaints fromContinue Reading
British Unionism In Ireland And Its Tea Party Moment
Over on the Slate journalist Reihan Salam has an interesting examination of the electoral demographic which forms the backbone of the DonaldContinue Reading
The British Attempted To Defeat The UDA? The British Were The UDA!
Mhairi Black MP, the left-wing political poster-child of the SNP, writing in Scotland’s pro-independence National newspaper, explaining her opposition toContinue Reading
Report On British And Irish Paramilitary Groupings Contains No Surprises
In response to the very selective quoting of the British government’s “independent” assessment of the current status of various paramilitary formations in theContinue Reading
The Murderous Hypocrisy Of The Unionist Parties In Ireland
In many ways the conflict in the north of Ireland, the Long War or the Troubles, call it what youContinue 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
For July 12th Confederate, Nazi And British Terrorist Flags Fly In Ireland
So in the run-up to the annual July 12th “celebrations” in the north-east of Ireland some extreme elements of theContinue Reading
Confederate Flaggers And Unionist Fleggers
The similarities between the extreme fringe of the British unionist minority in the north-eastern part of Ireland and the extreme fringeContinue Reading
Dylann Roof, The Last Rhodesian – Or Ulsterman
In the wake of the racially-motivated massacre at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, by DylannContinue Reading
Greater England Is At Ease With The European Tea Party
The Scottish National Party is a popular, mainstream, democratic, left-of-centre European political group which has managed the devolved government of Scotland since 2007. It’sContinue Reading
The Rump British Colony In Ireland Goes Into Monty Python Mode
So the regional political parties in the north-east of Ireland, the last administrative rump of the British colony on this islandContinue Reading
British-Backed Separatists In Ireland’s Ulster Region Renew Offensive
A chilling interview in the Daily Beast with “Big John”, a notorious commander with the British separatist militias in the north-east ofContinue Reading
The English Empire Strikes Back In Scotland
Following on from yesterday’s post examining press reports that Dundee City Council had agreed to reverse efforts to place the EnglishContinue Reading
Partition Is Wrong In Ukraine But Right In Ireland?
Apparently ethno-religious separatists carving off regions of clearly defined national territories through violence and the threat of violence, withContinue Reading
The Monster Raving Loony Unionist Party
In the second decade of the 21st century the British people as a whole have little interest and even lessContinue Reading
Je Suis Gael
In 1981 the “reverend” Ian Paisley MP MEP, founder and chief of the Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster, the DemocraticContinue Reading
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