The following piece is delivered by Pádraic MacCoitir, blanketman and political ex-prisoner. How often have we heard the country we live in being referred to as a ‘democracy’?; Because we have the right to vote and in theory make those ...
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50,000 deadly plastic bullets stockpiled – another reason not to join the PSNI! As the PSNI works to recruit from Republican communities such as our own in attempts to shore up their religious figures, you would do well to examine ...
Read MoreThe TRUTH – We’ve updated PSNI recruitment advertising. Just like the RUC was retained and rebranded, it’s much despised ‘Special Branch’ did not go away either. Well known for its part in British state collusion and its links to loyalist ...
Read MoreRemoved: British Army recruiting children in West Belfast. Recruitment posters for the British Army cadets have appeared on Belfast’s Falls Road as this video shows. Speaking as posters were being removed, Aindriú Mac Ruaidhrí said, “This is the same force ...
Read MoreBloody Sunday 50th Anniversary March for Justice The Bloody Sunday 50th Anniversary March for Justice wound its way through the streets of Free Derry yesterday as thousands gathered to continue the demand for justice for those innocent unarmed civilians so ...
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Bloody Sunday: 50 years ago in Belfast – Pádraic MacCoitir The following piece was written by Pádraic MacCoitir of Lasair Dhearg, recounting his memories of Bloody Sunday as we approach the 50th Anniversary of the event, and the gunning down ...
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Five Decades of Injustice: Bloody Sunday People will travel from across Ireland and beyond next week to gather on the streets of Free Derry. The Bloody Sunday march for justice will mark 50 years since 14 unarmed and innocent civilians ...
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Plastic Bullets and the PSNI: Don’t Join. As the PSNI works to recruit from Republican communities such as our own in attempts to shore up their religious figures, you would do well to examine each aspect of the force’s human ...
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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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Lasair Dhearg Derry are to gather this Sunday 15th of August at 12.30pm for a small wreath laying ceremony to mark the 50th Anniversary of IRA Volunteer Eamonn Lafferty. Eamonn was the first Derry Brigade Volunteer to be killed by ...
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Internment: 50 years on Today is the 50th anniversary of the introduction of Internment to the occupied six-counties in 1971. Reflecting on that period, ex-political prisoner and Lasair Dhearg spokesperson Pádraic Mac Coitir stated: “Although I was young I remember ...
Read MoreBallymurphy Massacre march demands justice. Hundreds gathered today [08/08/2021] to stand with the families of those slain by British armed forces in August of 1971, and to demand justice for those so brutally slaughtered during what is known as the ...
Read More100 Years of Partition – State opening of ‘Parliament’ marked in Belfast Bus stops across Belfast City Centre yesterday [22nd June 2021] highlighted 100 Years of Partition alongside a banner drop at Belfast City Hall, as events marking the state ...
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