This past year has been a notable one for Lasair Dhearg as an organisation and indeed for the broader struggle in Ireland. Over the last twelve months our activists have been busy campaigning. During that time the capitalist crisis has ...
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Lasair Dhearg relaunches Supporters Network Lasair Dhearg has today announced plans to restructure and repurpose its old ‘Clann’ network into what is now known as ‘Lasair Dhearg Supporters Network’. Explaining why, the former Blanketman and political ex-prisoner Pádraic MacCoitir said ...
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2022 New Year Statement Lasair Dhearg sends revolutionary greetings to our members and supporters across Ireland and internationally. We send solidarity to the exploited peoples of the world and those who suffer at the hands of capitalism and imperialism. We ...
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Irish Republican Hungerstrikes 1917-1981 – Pádraic MacCoitir Growing up my parents encouraged me to read books and when I was about nine or ten I joined the local library in Andersonstown. Some of the books that were in the house ...
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Lasair Dhearg for Dimitris Koufontinas A solidarity message for Greek Hungerstriker Dimitris Koufontinas. Speaking from the Falls Road, Occupied Ireland, Lasair Dhearg spokesperson Aindriú Mac Ruaidhrí said, “Today, the 1st of March 2021, marks the 1st day of a 66 ...
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Lasair Dhearg New Year Statement, 2021 At the beginning of another new year, Ireland’s six most north-eastern counties remain under the grip of a foreign power. At present, there are more than 20,000 security personnel maintaining Britain’s occupation of Ireland. ...
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The IRA in Brighton: ‘Give Ireland peace and there will be no more war.’ 1984 was a year that saw the British Conservative government, led by Margaret Thatcher, step up its war in Ireland. Britains counter-gangs, the paramilitary organisations of ...
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Lasair Dhearg to commemorate the 1981 Hunger Strike in its 40th anniversary year. The Socialist Republican organisation Lasair Dhearg has announced that it plans to commemorate the 1981 hunger strike in its 40th anniversary year, 2021. Lasair Dhearg spokesperson Pádraic ...
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“They tried to break the will of the prisoners but they failed” – Pádraic MacCoitir Following the publication of ‘The Independent Panel of Inquiry into the circumstances of the H Block & Armagh Prison Protests 1976-1981’, Pádraic MacCoitir, Lasair Dhearg ...
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Hungerstrike: Support The Prisoners. Since the coronavirus outbreak there have been many restrictions imposed on communities. Many have been necessary in fighting the virus but in other cases state agents are exploiting the regulations to victimise people, particularly those within ...
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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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Moments in History: Bobby Sands and the Hungerstrikes. With Pádraic MacCoitir, Fearghal Mag Uidhir and Pól Torbóid, discussing the run up to, and after, the ’80 and ’81 hungerstrikes, and the effect it had on Irish politics and the Republican ...
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[VIDEO] Event: Political Policing & Oppressive Legislation It was standing room only, as several dozen gathered in the conference room of Belfast’s Conway Mill yesterday evening [Thursday 30th of January] to discuss the ongoing use of legislation by the British ...
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Lasair Dhearg New Year Statement – 2020 At the inception of another decade, Ireland’s place within the global imperialist structure is solidified. US equipment and troops continue to transit through Irish airports as they ferry their way to various war ...
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