Speak White
Canada’s National Post newspaper, a staunchly federalist (aka. “Unionist”) publication, carries a typically angry tirade by the writer and presenterContinue Reading
Tag: Racism
Slut-Shaming Irish-Speakers
The so-called “politicised nature” of the Irish language is one of the rhetorical weapons brandished by English language diatribists in Ireland every time ourContinue 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
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
The Irish Struggle
Twenty-eight years ago officials from the government of Ireland tasked with managing Dublin’s interests in the north-east of the country asked their BritishContinue 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
Sinn Féin’s Bluff And Bluster On Irish Rights
Sinn Féin, and to a lesser extent the SDLP, are still throwing all sorts of shapes in the regional assemblyContinue Reading
America Has The Tea Party, Ireland Has The DUP Party
Gregory Campbell is one of the better known members of the DUP in Ireland, the once fringe British Unionist party which has dominated one halfContinue Reading
The Acceptable Form Of Racism In Ireland
Do Irish-speaking communities and citizens in Ireland enjoy full equality with their English-speaking peers when it comes to the institutionsContinue Reading
Ireland Of The Apes
Are we really so enslaved to our post-colonial neuroses, so malformed by centuries of external domination, that even after ninety years ofContinue Reading
The Problem With Irish? Not Enough Politics!
There is a great article over on Diaga on the importance of persecuted communities with distinct languages and cultures achievingContinue Reading
The Embarrassment Of Being Irish
So after eighteen years of an online presence our self-proclaimed “national public service broadcaster”, RTÉ, has finally got around toContinue Reading
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