The recent agreement between the Free State and NATO, formalised under the Individual Tailored Partnership Programme (ITPP), has raised concerns among those who oppose NATO’s influence and military presence. This agreement, touted by the Free State government as a means ...
Read MoreCategory Archives: Imperialism
Yesterday marked 26 years since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement. As Lasair Dhearg has previously pointed out (here), this agreement has brought a quarter of a century of pain and misery on the working-class. The Good Friday Agreement ...
Read MoreIf we take the latest genocide being inflicted on the Palestinian people in Gaza since October 7th last year, at least 33,000 people have been killed, most of whom are women and children. This genocide is taking place every day ...
Read More
In November of last year, Lasair Dhearg relaunched a campaign for the creation of ‘Israeli Goods Free Zones’ in Belfast, occupied Ireland. Its purpose is to arrange the boycott of all products that are marked ‘Made in Israel’, to have ...
Read More
Today marked the return of the so-called ‘Northern Ireland Assembly’ after two years. It was hailed by politicians north and south as a momentous day, allowing us to ‘look forward to a brighter future’. The truth is, however, that there ...
Read More
Almost 200 ‘Know Your Rights’ info cards were distributed at a public meeting yesterday in Belfast’s Conway Mill, which was organised by Lasair Dhearg. The pocket-sized cards are designed to give basic information and advice to anyone being subject to ...
Read More
On October 7th of this year, we watched in awe at the bravery and daring of Palestinian resistance fighters as they burst through the physical and metaphorical barriers surrounding them and ventured into the belly of the beast, taking on ...
Read MoreA large crowd gathered at the graveside of Irish Citizen Army and Cumann na mBan Volunteer Winifred Carney in Belfast today to mark the 80th anniversary of her death. The event, like previous Carney Commemorations, was led by a three-person ...
Read More
Lasair Dhearg’s inaugural Socialist Republican Conference took place on Saturday (October 7th) in Conway Mill on Belfast’s Falls Road. Over 70 members, delegates, and visitors from across Ireland attended the all-day conference. Among the crowd were trade unionists, political ex-prisoners, ...
Read MoreA British Army Reserve centre in occupied Ireland was paid a visit by Derry Lasair Dhearg activists in recent days to highlight the ongoing presence of occupation forces here. Derry’s Limavady Road facility is occupied by Britain’s ‘Royal Logistics Corps’ ...
Read MoreOver the past number of months posters recruiting for the ‘Prison Service’ in the Six Counties have appeared across Republican areas, most notably in Belfast and Derry, as members of Lasair Dhearg have continually marked them for removal. Pádraic MacCoitir, ...
Read MoreOver 100 gathered alongside a heavy press presence at Belfast’s International Wall on the Falls Road as the British coronation was underway to send a clear message to the media and state political parties that we do not accept poverty, ...
Read More
Within years of the GFA being signed, global foreign direct investment had its eyes firmly on the prize – the Six Counties were ripe with opportunity and big business could be assured that whatever ‘investment’ they pumped in, they would ...
Read More
From the perspective of the British state, you could easily assume that the Good Friday Agreement was designed to achieve, and indeed it did achieve, many things. The cumulative economic cost of the ongoing conflict and the financial losses for ...
Read More