Decolonization Begins With One Word
From Vice Magazine, the campaign by Native Australian communities to reassert their cultural, linguistic and territorial rights: “On February 9,Continue Reading
Tag: Discrimination
All-Ireland Majority Support For Irish Language State Services
A new all-Ireland poll has found that majorities both nationally and regionally support the provision of public services in theContinue Reading
25000 Protest Galician Language Rights
A short post to note last Sunday’s demonstration in Santiago de Compostela, the capital of the Iberian region of Galicia,Continue Reading
It Seems That Bigotry Unites As Well As Divides
Continuing with the controversies that have arisen in the eastern Scottish region of Fife where British nationalist politicians from the main UnionistContinue Reading
Putting The Irish Language Down
For the last three years I have argued that when it comes to the linguistic and cultural rights of theContinue Reading
The Walking Gaels, Not So Dead After All
The anglophone supremacists who influence so much of Ireland’s ideologically incestuous news media insist that Irish is a “dead language”. No one, they confidently assert, speaks, reads orContinue 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
The United Languages Of Europe
Contrast and compare these stories from Scotland on the Scottish (Gaelic) language. First up, from the Courier: “Ambitious plans toContinue Reading
Yes To Equality
There are many fair and progressive reasons to vote yes in the expected referendum on marriage equality later this yearContinue Reading
The Most Fucked Up Little Country In the World
How do you eliminate institutional discrimination against a minority community when public servants from an apathetic majority community dominate nearly all government departmentsContinue 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
No Gaels, Queers, Dykes Or Trannies
Is it just me or have you noticed that racists and homophobes tend to share the same political and ideological fixations? I mean,Continue Reading
Girl Power Is Taken, Not Given
Sometimes, after glancing through news reports from around the world, I have to ask myself why one half of the humanContinue 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
Irish Language Positive And Negative
A couple of Irish-related tech stories, one good and one bad (or at least highly suspect). Firstly from the Irish Times:Continue Reading
North Korea Meets North Ireland
Defenders and apologists for the British colonial state in the north-east of Ireland claim that the artificial entity is now a Western-style democracy,Continue Reading
The Perfect Storm Of Irish Politics
Dara Kelly over on the Irish Central examining the continuing controversy stemming from the recent examples of British legacy racismContinue Reading
Irish Native Reservations
Another great analysis from Diaga Language on the growing challenges facing the Irish-speaking population of Ireland, particularly as they relateContinue Reading
Shitting On The Irish Since 1169
While the rest of Europe is getting on with the 21st century in the north-eastern corner of our island nationContinue Reading
The Common Enemy Unites Ireland North And South
Some people claim that Ireland will never be reunited. That the British Unionist minority in the north-east of the country areContinue Reading
The Irish Slave Mind
Given some recent conversations on ASF I thought this article might be of interest to a number of readers. It discusses the muchContinue 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
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