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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Increased concern for Ireland’s youth – Lasair Dhearg Whilst all have suffered during the ongoing Covid crisis, there are increasing concerns about an often overlooked generation of the Irish populace; our youth. Ciarán O’Brien, Lasair Dhearg spokesperson said, “Recent figures ...
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What is Eco-Socialism? Alána Ní Dochartaigh, Lasair Dhearg activist from Derry, writes: In recent years we, as a collective, have witnessed the ever-growing emergency of the climate crisis from Antarctica’s melting ice caps to Australia’s bushfires and, evidently, the earth ...
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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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“People paying the price for Stormont Covid catastrophe” West Belfast, with its high proportion of healthcare workers, low paid staff and poverty, is facing a growing catastrophe. “The BT11 postcode is now second only to Derry in the number of ...
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Covid: The Working Class Will Bear The Brunt As we now find ourselves in what is being referred to as a second lockdown, the glaring inequality which characterised the earlier lockdown this year, remains. The working-class continue to bear the ...
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“All out against fascism!” Dublin mobilisation on the eve of Cable Street Yesterday, Saturday the 3rd of October 2020, scores of anti-fascist activists made their way to Dublin’s GPO. Travelling from across the city, and indeed across the country, those ...
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Belfast: Oppose the far-right. Oppose the Yellow Vests. On Saturday 5th September, the far right extremist organisation, the Irish Freedom Party [IFP], will be organising an event at Corn Market in Belfast City Centre. The organisation’s president, Hermann Kelly, a ...
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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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‘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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International Workers Day 2020 Every year on May 1st, we commemorate those workers who went on strike, engaged in work stoppages, marched and rallied in demand of an eight-hour working day and working-class emancipation. This year, 2020, is no different, ...
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“Three Month Eviction Moratorium Not Enough” Ciarán O’Brien Yesterday, political parties in the Six Counties debated the introduction of a moratorium on evictions during the current crisis, much of which weighed up the rights of tenants, against the rights of ...
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