Hillary Clinton, Not Crooked But Definitely Suspect
The decision by the FBI in the United States to release fifty-eight pages of notes from its investigation into Hillary Clinton’sContinue Reading
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Native American Protesters Gather In North Dakota To Defend Sovereignty Rights
In an unprecedented move thousands of activists from some 200 Native American nations are assembling in an isolated region of NorthContinue Reading
The United States Has Supplied 1.4 Million Guns To Iraq And Afghanistan
The commercial value of the so-called “War on Terror” to the arms industries of the United States and the UnitedContinue Reading
The US Army Fakes $6.5 Trillion Dollars To Make The Books Balance
One of the main talking points in the raucous US presidential election is the issue of defence spending, in particularContinue Reading
The Real Americans On Sanders, Clinton And Trump
The voice that is rarely heard in presidential elections in the United States. Representatives of the Native American nations and communitiesContinue Reading
The Clinton Machine Rolls Over The Opposition At The Democratic National Convention
With Hillary Rodham Clinton anointed as the Democratic Party candidate for president all’s over bar the shouting at the organisation’s 2016 nationalContinue Reading
Could Donald Trump Defy The Polls And Do An Electoral Brexit?
Michael Moore, the left-wing American documentary-maker, has been saying it since last year, though it’s only in recent months that peopleContinue Reading
New Information Video By The Irish National Caucus Sparks Unionist Anger
I’m somewhat lukewarm on the Irish National Caucus (INC), the Irish-American human rights organisation which has campaigned on equality and justice issues forContinue Reading
Up Close And Personal With A Donald Trump Rally
Despite the latest polls showing a significant slump in the popularity of Donald Trump only a foolhardy forecaster would confidently claim that the celebrity politicianContinue Reading
A Trumpite Speaks
Perhaps not the best choice of words by American ex-pat, Meghan McBride, writing in defence of Donald Trump and the UnitedContinue Reading
The Revival Of The Native Hawaiian Language
The US news and current affairs website, Slate, has a lengthy article on the modest revival of ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, the nativeContinue Reading
Donald J. Trump, A Clinton Supporter With A Grudge?
Reading back over the publicly expressed opinions of Donald J. Trump in the 1990s and early 2000s, one is struckContinue Reading
Irish Slaves In The Americas And The Modern Myth Of White Slavery
When one thinks of Irish slaves, one imagines the history of slavery in Ireland during the pre-Christian and early Medieval periods.Continue Reading
Islamic State To Attack Britain Through Conquest Of Ireland
From my regular series on stupid people commenting on Irish affairs, this contribution from something called the “Center for SecurityContinue Reading
How The British Story Of Ireland Is The Norm For The American Press
One of the more interesting aspects of writing An Sionnach Fionn is my occasional brushes with the mainstream media (howeverContinue Reading
From Russia’s National Guard To America’s Private Air Forces
At the risk of drawing the ire of the sockpuppet brigades labouring away in various nondescript buildings around the city of Saint Petersburg, a statement by theContinue Reading
American Weapons And Equipment Among Syria’s Opposition Factions
During the hot years of the Cold War one of the few things the opposing superpowers of the USSR andContinue Reading
Donald Trump Questions The Geneva Conventions
Political commentators have been speculating for months that the Donald Trump campaign for the GOP’s presidential nomination would eventually, inevitably, goContinue Reading
Michael Ware On The Iraq War And The Islamic State
These two interviews with the Australian war correspondent, Michael Ware, highlighting his traumatic experiences reporting on the conflict in Iraq, nowContinue Reading
When Irish History And Geography Meets American Earnestness
From the United States (but of course), and more specifically, the city of Seattle (naturally), a video illustration of “100 YearsContinue Reading
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Rowling’s History Of Magic In North America Is Not Magical To Native Peoples
Some of you may be aware of yesterday’s launch of “History of Magic in North America”, an expansion of theContinue Reading
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