Salvador Allende – Last Words to the Nation, September 11th, 1973. This speech was delivered at 9:10 am on September 11th, 1973, in the midst of an ultimately successful US-sponsored coup d’etat against the democratically-elected government of Chile. Barricaded inside ...
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Socialism or barbarism Yesterday’s UN report [09/08/2021] on Climate Change has been labelled a ‘code red for humanity’. It has asserted “that human-induced climate change is the main driver of heatwaves and is likely the main driver for extreme rain. ...
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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 MoreLasair Dhearg Belfast launch BDS campaign Lasair Dhearg announce campaign to declare West Belfast an ‘Israeli Goods Free Zone’. The Socialist Republican group have declared their intention to canvas all businesses across West Belfast to attain and survey each ones ...
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Cuba: The people protect the revolution News headlines in recent days have attempted to manipulate the minds of the masses into thinking that all is not well in Cuba. Organised by the usual suspects, financially funded and supported by the ...
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“Derry economy plummeting since Good Friday Agreement” – Caolán Doherty A recent report published by the ‘Derry University Group’ outlines just how bad the people have it in Derry, laying bare the economic schism across the Six Counties. “Whilst Belfast’s ...
Read MoreMary Ann McCracken remembered in Belfast Today marks the 251st anniversary of the birth of Belfast woman Mary Ann McCracken, a titan in Republican politics; a feminist, abolitionist and social reformer. Unable to gather at her grave to mark the ...
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Mary Ann McCracken – feminist, abolitionist, social reformer. “I hope the present era will produce some women of sufficient talent to inspire the rest with a genuine love of Liberty and a just sense of its value… for where it is understood ...
Read MoreUnblock Cuba! – Activists gather at US Consulate in Belfast As the United Nations (UN) deliberates over the US imposed embargo on Cuba, political activists throughout the world protested outside US embassies 23/06/2021. Members of Lasair Dhearg stood with others ...
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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Housing Discrimination – 100 Years of Partition Since the inception of the partition and the creation of ‘Northern Ireland’ – housing has been used as one of the foremost tools for the dominance and survival of Unionism and the British ...
Read More‘The houses are there but the rich have the keys’ – Lasair Dhearg Derry The most recent statistics for Derry, indicate that there are 2,732 homeless people here. That’s over two and a half thousand people who have nowhere to ...
Read More100 Years of Partition marked in Derry On this day in 1921 the ‘Northern Ireland Parliament’ was formed. A significant event during the partition of Ireland and the continued occupation of the Six Counties. Lasair Dhearg in Derry marked the ...
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