The Total Of Conflict-Related Deaths After 1998 And The End Of The Irish-British Troubles
Since the signing of the multiparty and intergovernmental Good Friday Agreement of April 1998, and up to December 2017, nearlyContinue Reading
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British Brexit Secretary David Davis Makes Speedy Secret Visit To The Border
If one were searching for a perfect metaphor to illustrate the impossibility of the United Kingdom reimposing any type ofContinue Reading
Lionel Shriver, The UFF Mug and British Terrorism In Ireland
The left-leaning Guardian newspaper in Britain seems to have a bit of a myopic soft spot for its former columnist,Continue Reading
DUP Boss Arlene Foster Would Choose Exile Over A Reunited Ireland
There were several interesting items in last Wednesday’s BBC documentary, My Dad, the Peace Deal and Me, featuring the IrishContinue Reading
British MPs Claim Irish Citizens Will Be Stripped Of Their EU Rights In The North
Yesterday’s publication of an updated report by a parliamentary committee in the United Kingdom on the possible future shape ofContinue Reading
Britain Prepares For Hard Border In Ireland, Rejecting Irish And European Pleas For Compromise
Facing the inevitable consequences of its inability – or unwillingness – to negotiate a fair Brexit deal with Brussels andContinue Reading
DUP Claims Of Bomb Attack On Ex-PSNI Officer Prove False
The United Kingdom’s determination to end its membership of the European Union has placed a large question mark over theContinue Reading
Unseen Women: Stories from Armagh Gaol
In 2006-07, the Prisons’ Memory Archive recorded former political prisoners, staff, teachers, chaplains and lawyers as they walked around theContinue Reading
Unionist Opposition To Irish Is Base Colonialism. Stop Pretending Otherwise
Since the United Kingdom’s violent imposition of partition in the early 1920s, the pro-union leaders of the Six Counties haveContinue Reading
DUP MP Ian Paisley Jr. Urges No Surrender To The EU In The UK Parliament
For over a century the rallying cry of “No Surrender!” has been a feature of British separatist politics and violenceContinue Reading
Targeting Civilians: Settlers, Human Shields, And The Wars In Algeria And Ireland
The Nation has published a review of Zohra Drif’s acclaimed autobiography, Inside the Battle of Algiers: Memoir of a WomanContinue Reading
The Vietnam War And The War On Terror
An article for the current affairs website TomDispatch by Danny Sjursen, a serving officer in the United States Armed Forces andContinue Reading
Óglaigh na hÉireann Suspends Armed Actions
A radical change in strategy by Óglaigh na hÉireann (ÓnaÉ), the small insurgent group active in the United Kingdom’s legacyContinue Reading
Arlene Foster’s Moderate Speech, Barry McElduff’s Idiotic Tweet, And The Atrocious Kingsmill Massacre
It says much for the extreme and unforgiving nature of mainstream unionism or British separatist politics on this island, thatContinue Reading
From James Brokenshire To Karen Bradley, Another Forgettable Colonial Governor
So another British Secretary of State has returned to the United Kingdom for the final time after a short reignContinue Reading
The British Security Service, MI5, Planned Terrorist Assassination Of Fianna Fáil Leader, Charles Haughey
The last few days has seen the publication of another tranche of heretofore secret government documents under the National ArchivesContinue Reading
The Othering Of Mary Lou McDonald By The Right-Wing Press
Mary Lou McDonald is almost certain to be the next leader of Sinn Féin. Kim Bielenberg writes filler pieces forContinue Reading
The UK Conspiracy Theory To Explain The Brexit Impasse With Ireland And EU
It has become standard fare among left-wing activists and politicians in the United Kingdom to accuse the political editor ofContinue Reading
The Remembrance Day Or Enniskillen Bombing, A Warning From History
On Wednesday the 28th of October 1987 the windows of a Renault 9 car parked outside a line of garages inContinue Reading
Gerry Adams On The Legitimacy Of The IRA’s Armed Resistance
An interesting snippet from an interview with the Sinn Féin president and Louth TD, Gerry Adams, recorded in July atContinue Reading
Fake Democracy: A Super-Majority Requirement For A United Ireland
The former deputy leader of the Ulster Unionist Party, John Taylor, has taken to making the headlines in recent yearsContinue Reading
The FBI, The IRA, And Warren Hinckle, Gonzo Journalist And Editor
The name Warren Hinckle will probably be unknown to most ASF readers but for a time he was one ofContinue Reading
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