#OTD 1970 – The Battle of St. Matthew’s The following piece has been provided by Lasair Dhearg’s Pádraic MacCoitir. “Growing up in Belfast in the late 60s and early 70s I was hearing a lot of shooting and bombing and ...
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Sinn Féin: Opposition to ‘Special Criminal Court’ withdrawn Since Ireland was partitioned in 1922 the unionists in the Six Counties and those in power in the Twenty Six Counties have introduced repressive laws in their campaign against Irish Republicans. The ...
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#MiseFosta – I Believe Her Lasair Dhearg wishes to express its solidarity and whole-hearted support to each and every woman and individual speaking out against their abusers and sharing their experience of sexual harassment within the Irish music scene amid #MiseFosta movement. ...
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‘Bobby Sands Street’ – Belfast City Centre Streets renamed as part of anti-colonial campaign. Street signs honouring deceased Republican martyrs including the late Máire Drumm, IRA Hungerstriker Bobby Sands and 1916 Rising leader James Connolly were erected across Belfast yesterday ...
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Che Guevara – the intervening years. Che Guevara. Is there any other revolutionary held in higher esteem across the international freedom struggle? Having found immortality in martyrdom, the Argentine’s contribution to Cuba, and indeed International Socialism, cannot be questioned. Che’s ...
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George Floyd: Colonialism, Imperialism, and Ireland. Since the killing of George Floyd there has been a lot of anger in the US and other countries as well as here in Ireland. His death, and the manner in which it happened, effectively ...
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You Can’t Have Capitalism Without Racism Many people assume that racism is an inherent aspect of human nature. That we are naturally hostile to those who do not look like us. If this were true however, then throughout history we ...
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I nDíl Chuimhne Oglach Michael Gaughan On June 3rd 1974 the death of IRA volunteer Micheal Gaughan took place in Parkhurst Prison, England. He had been on hunger strike for 64 days and during that time he had been force-fed ...
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#TrustWomen – Not Sinn Féin or the DUP Today the DUP and Sinn Féin brought forward a motion that would seriously hinder people’s reproductive rights in the Six Counties. Despite branding themselves as a pro-choice party, Sinn Féin are proposing ...
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George Floyd: US Consulate targeted in Belfast, Ireland The US Consulate in Belfast was targeted this evening in a small solidarity action in support of those communities in the Imperialist US protesting against racism and police brutality. Activists from Lasair ...
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PSNI Normalisation tackled in Belfast Lasair Dhearg activists today removed dozens of PSNI symbols across North and West Belfast. The symbols, though small, play a significant role in Britain’s campaign of ‘normalisation’ of the PSNI and other security forces. Signage, ...
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‘Normalisation’ – The PSNI is Not a Normal Police Force ‘A new era’ and ‘a police force for all’ were the buzzwords of the year, when the ‘Police Service of Northern Ireland’ [PSNI] was formally constituted in 2001. Their inception ...
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Landlord McMahon – The full story on our recent actions Recently, our activists over a period of days took action against well known slum landlord Michael McMahon. Mickey, as he is known, and who manages and owns well over 200 ...
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“Support Patxi Ruiz” – MacCoitir Basque political prisoner, Patxi Ruiz, begins the ninth day of a hunger and thirst strike. He has been imprisoned since 1998 and like most Basque political prisoners he has been in different gaols in Spain. ...
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‘The Holylands’, but for who? – Stormont Can’t Deliver The media carousel annually spits out reports of drunken student debauchery and bitter, old, resident grudges in an effort to ascertain who is truly at fault for the unholy issue that ...
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