Theresa May Suggests US-Canada Style Border For Ireland Despite Armed Guards And Checkpoints
For the last two years the United Kingdom has insisted that there will be no new imposition of a formalContinue Reading
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2016 Census Of Canada Shows Small Decline In French As A Home Language
Has the French language begun its much prophesied decline as a community tongue on the North American continent? That isContinue Reading
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
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
An Elvish Alphabet Is Not A Gaelic Alphabet
From a report on the position of the Scottish Gaelic language in Nova Scotia, published by the Metro News CanadaContinue Reading
The Irish Language In Montréal
There’s a surprisingly lengthy article in the Montréal Gazette newspaper by feature writer, Kate Sheridan, on the growing number of Irish-speakers andContinue Reading
A’ Seinn An Aghaidh Na Balbhachd
A quick thank you to regular contributor Marconatrix for an email reminder of this 2012 video-documentary from Michael Newton, A’ Seinn an aghaidh na BalbhachdContinue Reading
Speak White
Canada’s National Post newspaper, a staunchly federalist (aka. “Unionist”) publication, carries a typically angry tirade by the writer and presenterContinue Reading
An Online Fenian Archive From ASF
I’ve discussed my interest in utilising online resources for researching various historical topics a number of times on ASF, as can be seenContinue Reading
Three Irish Tales
As Sinn Féin accuses the lacklustre Fine Gael-Labour Party coalition of abandoning key government demands during the recent talks betweenContinue Reading
Ambivalent Language Masks Intolerance
In light of two recent posts, “The Acceptable Form Of Racism In Ireland” and “Sinn Féin’s Bluff And Bluster On IrishContinue Reading
The Digital Archive of Scottish Gaelic
The first phase of Dachaigh airson Stòras na Gàidhlig or the Digital Archive of Scottish Gaelic has been completed byContinue Reading
Native American Day
Yesterday was Columbus Day in the United States, the latterly Italian-American festival commemorating the “discovery” of the Americas by theContinue Reading
The Origins Of The Name Irish Republican Army Or IRA
Back in 2011 I wrote a short piece on the history of the terms “Irish Republican Army” and “IRA“ by conducting aContinue Reading
Linguicism And Linguistic Imperialism
Thanks to @MisneachNYC for a heads-up on this video from Angelica Galante of Niagara College in Canada. It makes some interesting points.
Gaelic, The Pluralist Language
The people of Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man are united by one thing above all others: the indigenousContinue Reading
Some Irish Are More Equal Than Others
Forgive the “Animal Farm” paraphrase in the title above but it seemed appropriate when contemplating some recent articles written onContinue Reading
The Partition Of Québec
The one thing that stands out when you examine the ideological underpinnings of British nationalism (or Unionism) and Canadian nationalismContinue Reading
The Self-Determination Spring
Despite (or perhaps because of) all the controversy surrounding the proposals by the Parti Québécois to restrict the display of overtlyContinue Reading
The Abuse Of Indigenous Children In Canada
Following on from my post highlighting the appalling socio-economic conditions Canada’s native peoples live in comes this news via ViceContinue Reading
Canadian Shame
The Irish Medical Times carries an article by Lloyd Mudiwa examining the appalling conditions the indigenous peoples of North AmericaContinue Reading
I’m Not A Racist But…
One of the more amusing spectator sports of recent months has been derived from watching the seething antipathy expressed byContinue Reading
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