Indigenous Peoples Fight Back With Hunger Strikes In Canada
A quick post to draw attention to the protests by the indigenous rights organisation “Idle No More” which have swept Canada in recent weeks. They haveContinue Reading
Tag: Racism
Angloban – The Anglophone Fundamentalists Of Britain And Ireland
We all know that the internet is the mother of all lies. The world wide web of falsehoods. Which isContinue Reading
Language Wars In Wales
Here we go again. The obsessive Anglophone supremacism of the right-wing news media in Britain is becoming something of aContinue Reading
Cultural Terrorism Masquerading As Vandalism
Back in June I highlighted the mysterious act of vandalism inflicted on the Lia Fáil or Stone of Destiny at Teamhair (the HillContinue Reading
Australia Postpones Referendum On Recognition Of Indigenous Peoples
For anyone who is aware of the history of the Aboriginal or indigenous communities of Australia over the last twoContinue Reading
Speak Welsh? Get Out!
Imagine moving to France or Germany, taking over the management of a local bar, and then demanding that all theContinue Reading
Dragging Ireland Back To The Middle Ages
Oh please… Jim Allister, that infamous throwback politician from the British Unionist minority in the north-east of Ireland, is kicking off againContinue Reading
The Final Solution To The Irish Problem
Well it would seem that the anglophone supremacists driving the anti-Irish agenda in Fine Gael and the Labour Party areContinue Reading
In The Shadow Of The Maple Leaf
In recent years Canada has become something of a prestige go-to-destination in these economically straitened times for many people inContinue Reading
Burning The Village To Save The Villlage
It seems that the British Nationalist campaign to “save the Union” is quickly reverting to type (not to mention historical precedence)Continue Reading
Native Americans – Trapped In The USA
Unexpected but welcome news in the Guardian as a United Nations (UN) committee is about to carry out an investigation into theContinue Reading
The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
We’re in the middle of Seachtain na Gaeilge, the celebration of culture and identity that is the 109-year old IrishContinue Reading
Ann Marie Hourihane – Carrying The Torch For The English Language In Ireland!
Maybe I should start a new series? One devoted to recording the amount of bile and hatred directed towards IrishContinue Reading
Lets Speak The Truth: Those Who Hate Irish-Speakers Do So Because They Are Racists
In an article to mark the start of Seachtain na Gaeilge (Irish Language Week) on Monday the Irish Times asked tenContinue Reading
Everyone Loves The Scottish Language But The…
Yesterday I wrote about that tired old phenomenon of the self-hating Irishman and woman: a small but influential minority of theContinue Reading
Heard The One About The Self-Hating Irishman?
From the Mayo News yet more depressing evidence of how no one hates the Irish as much as the Irish themselves: “Gaeltacht communities who call for bilingualContinue Reading
Young Fine Gael – The Irony Is In The Name
Over the last year I have catalogued on An Sionnach Fionn the inherent hostility of the right-wing Fine Gael party to the Irish languageContinue Reading
Native Americans – Second Class Americans
There is a disgraceful story of discrimination towards Native American schoolchildren at a local high school in the United States, highlighted byContinue Reading
The North Of Ireland: Roman Catholics 40% Of Population, 61% Of Unemployed
Author and journalist Jude Collins has an article with the Belfast Media Group examining the continued apartheid nature of the British-administered north-east of IrelandContinue Reading
The Pettiness Of Casual Discrimination In Ireland
From the Irish Times, a story about a seemingly causal act of unthinking discrimination that actually reveals quiet a lot about the thinking ofContinue Reading
An Anti-Irish Free State?
I’ve written several pieces here about the shock and dismay felt by many Irish-speaking citizens across Ireland at the decision by the currentContinue Reading
Fight The Power!
From Galltacht, the Hidden Ireland blog, Eoin Ó Riain brings the latest news on the campaign to defend the officeContinue Reading
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