White Protestants Protest The Spanish Language In Arizona
A letter from today’s edition of the Newsletter, a regional newspaper in Arizona: “I have received a number of complaints fromContinue Reading
Tag: United States of America
British Unionism In Ireland And Its Tea Party Moment
Over on the Slate journalist Reihan Salam has an interesting examination of the electoral demographic which forms the backbone of the DonaldContinue Reading
A Captain Unafraid, A New Documentary
In a guest post, the film-maker and musician, Charlie O’Brien, discusses the inspiration for his new documentary, “A Captain Unafraid“, examining the lifeContinue Reading
Feed The Rich, Eat The Poor
As many of you will be aware the would-be Democratic Party candidate for the US presidency, Bernie Sanders, has been hammering downContinue Reading
Bessie Coleman
Elizabeth “Bessie” Coleman was a young pilot of Native- and African-American descent who became something of a minor press sensation in the United StatesContinue Reading
Headquarters Of The Fenian Brotherhood Of America, New York City
In the latter half of 1865, the Fenian Brotherhood of America (FBA), the formerly clandestine Irish revolutionary organisation in the UnitedContinue Reading
NBC News – YouTube Democratic Candidates Debate 2016
For me it was a another win for Bernie Sanders, albeit a narrow one, over Hilary Clinton and also-ran, MartinContinue Reading
Dear Idiots, Stop, Please, Just Stop Commenting On Irish Affairs
The Inquisitr is an Israeli-American news aggregation website (or more honestly, a user-submitted group blog) and based on a recent feature article byContinue Reading
Whacking Jihadi John For The Pure Pleasure Of It
So this is the reaction of the “West” to the rise of the Islamic State and the growing conflict inContinue Reading
The Christian Republic Of America – Vampires, Cannibals And Executing Gays
Political and religious extremes exist in all countries, and right-wing theocratic-tinged populism has become a powerful force in a numberContinue Reading
CNBC Republican Presidential Debate 2015
Having spent the night prostituting my labour to the service of others (no, not like that!) I didn’t get too muchContinue Reading
SNL On The CNN Democratic Debate
Following on from the big CNN debate between the presidential candidates for the Democratic Party in the United States – whichContinue Reading
CNN GOP Debate 2015
If the Fox News debate amongst the presidential candidates for the Republican Party was a pantomime of the absurd theContinue Reading
Native America To Native Ireland, Extermination By Any Other Name
Former libertarian favourite and would-be United States presidential candidate for the Republican Party, Rand Paul, seems to have completed hisContinue Reading
No Irish Need Apply, NINA
I’m sure that many ASF readers are aware of the research by Rebecca A. Fried, the fourteen year old AmericanContinue Reading
They Are Raping The Women
“Evil” is an adjective that has been much used and abused down through the years, being subject to hyperbole, partisanshipContinue Reading
American Journalism Fails The Irish Test Once Again
Kurt Eichenwald is a veteran American journalist of some thirty years standing who has specialised in everything from corporate malfeasanceContinue Reading
Fox News Republican Presidential Debate
The right-wing pundits of Fox News have staged their controversial debate between the top ten potential candidates for the conservativeContinue Reading
Hiroshima And Nagasaki 70 Years On
By any rational appraisal the deployment of nuclear weapons against the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on the 6th and 9th ofContinue Reading
The United States, War Junkie
The always excellent Tom Dispatch has an insightful article by William Astore, a former US air force lieutenant colonel, on whatContinue Reading
Confederate Flaggers And Unionist Fleggers
The similarities between the extreme fringe of the British unionist minority in the north-eastern part of Ireland and the extreme fringeContinue Reading
Kurdish Victories In Syria And Iraq Make For Nervous Turks
Just as things were beginning to look up for the various Kurdish factions fighting the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, reports out ofContinue Reading
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