Waterboarding And Electric Shock Torture, Britain’s Dirty War In Ireland
Since the effective end of the conflict in the north-east of Ireland, the so-called Irish-British Troubles, a few inquisitive elements ofContinue Reading
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From Margaret Thatcher And The Valiant UVF, To WebOps And Palestinian Salad
By the late 1960s over four decades had passed since the United Kingdom had given concerted attention to the internal affairs ofContinue Reading
Former British Army Commander Turned Politician, I Was A Torturer In Ireland
Bob Stewart, a Conservative MP in London and a former military commander, has blithely admitted that he acted as “…a kind of aContinue Reading
The Peace Process Cannot Survive British And Unionist Animosity Or Dishonesty
When Martin McGuinness resigned as the deputy first minister in the power-sharing executive at Stormont, he blamed not only theContinue Reading
US Secretary Of State Acknowledges That Israel Is Not A Western Democracy
As regular readers of An Sionnach Fionn know, I am generally sympathetic to Israel and tend to see its historyContinue Reading
Britain’s Acronyms Of Terror – General Frank Kitson And The MRF, SRU And FRU
The British law lecturer and author Adeyinka Makinde has written an interesting piece for the website Global Research, touching upon the early career of Frank Kitson,Continue Reading
Gerry Adams, The Conservative Press And The Brian Stack Controversy
I’m sure most readers are aware of the controversy relating to the death of Brian Stack in September of 1984,Continue Reading
A Name Does Not Grant Legitimacy, Whether It Is Real IRA Or New IRA
The violent death of former “Real IRA” volunteer Aidan O’Driscoll early on Wednesday evening underlines in many ways the dark cloud of rank criminality that hangs over the disparateContinue Reading
A Video Recording Of New IRA Volunteers On Patrol In North Belfast
The counter-insurgency and anti-terrorist laws of Ireland and the United Kingdom are notoriously pervasive, allowing the authorities in both countries to interpret theirContinue Reading
Hillary Clinton’s Contribution To The Irish-British Peace Process
As Hillary Clinton and her closest campaign aides continue to blame everyone but themselves for her humiliating defeat in the presidential contest last November, the arrogance that madeContinue Reading
Pat Kenny, Voice Of The Continuity State, Versus Eoin Ó Broin
Earlier today the Newstalk presenter Pat Kenny interviewed Eoin Ó Broin, Sinn Féin TD for Dublin Mid-West, on the continuing debacle ofContinue Reading
Ulster Unionism, Sustained By The Politics Of Appeasement
At the start of the twentieth century a majority of voters on the island of Ireland in the referendum-style generalContinue Reading
The Investigatory Powers Act, Britain’s Unprecedented Mass Surveillance Law
A couple of worrying developments to note this week in terms of individual freedoms, particularly as they relate to the internet.Continue Reading
The RUC, Britain’s Former Police Militia In Ireland, Fatally Injured American Citizen
The Royal Ulster Constabulary, policemen by day, gunmen by night, was formed in the summer of 1922 from the shambolic remains of theContinue Reading
The Daily Beast Reviews The Bobby Sands’ Documentary Through British Eyes
For well over a century it has been the common practice of the American press to employ correspondents from the UnitedContinue Reading
Bernadette Devlin McAliskey Casts A Cold Eye On The Irish-British Peace Process
The Irish political activist, Bernadette Devlin McAliskey, giving us a reminder of why she was such a powerful voice in the early yearsContinue Reading
Stop And Search Policing, Collective Punishment For Minority Communities
During a number of recent speeches the presidential nominee for the Republican Party in the United States, ex-real estate mogul DonaldContinue Reading
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Unionists Outraged By Mafia III Game. World Asks, What Are Unionists?
Those damn Irish unionists are at it again! From the Australasian gaming website, Game Planet: “Irish Unionists call for ban onContinue Reading
John Podesta And The Clinton Campaign On It’s Ethnic Outreach To The Irish
Scanning through the recent tranche of hacked emails released by Wikileaks, taken from the Gmail account of John Podesta, the chairperson for Hillary Clinton’s presidentialContinue Reading
Britain Seeks To Control Ireland’s Borders In Deal For No Brexit Barrier Around North
On Saturday afternoon up to a thousand people attended the first in a series of demonstrations in the north of Ireland to protest the possible effects of the UnitedContinue Reading
Irish Human Shields To Protect A British Border In Ireland?
As fears continue to grow that the United Kingdom is prepared to impose a “Brexit Border“ between the north-east of Ireland and theContinue Reading
Brian Nelson, Britain’s Agent Of Terror During The Dirty War In Ireland
The British investigative journalist and author, Ian Cobain, has published a new book examining the United Kingdom’s post-WWII record of covert governmentContinue Reading
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