The Black Panther Party (Originally named the Black Panther Party for Self-Defence) was formed in October 1966 by Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton. The pair met at Meritt College in Oakland and soon developed a close friendship. The Party ...
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Why MPs Who Vote for War Must Be Held Accountable as Combatants In the theatre of Westminster, where power dresses itself in ceremony and affectation, a terrible truth is obscured by the pomp: the men and women who vote to ...
Read MoreThe issue of immigration into Ireland is increasingly prevalent, alongside the rise of anti-immigrant rhetoric and the politics of the right. Lasair Dhearg have launched our comprehensive policy document dealing with the core issues, laying out clear facts, and concluding ...
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Lasair Dhearg unveiled a mural in recent days dedicated to the continued heroism and bravery of the Palestinian resistance fighters continuing to oppose the genocidal occupation of their lands by western backed Zionists. The mural was unveiled on the corner ...
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 ...
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How often do we hear people say politics should be kept out of sport? Ever since modern sports were played throughout the world politics was very much part of it. We only need to look at our games of hurling, football, ...
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Lasair Dhearg’s Pól Torbóid delivered a short address to a seminar in Armagh [Saturday 28th May] organised by the Peadar O’Donnell Socialist Republican Forum where he detailed Lasair Dhearg’s view on the current state of Socialist Republicanism across Ireland, the ...
Read More74th Anniversary of Nakba Marked in Palestine Last week Palestinians marked the 74th anniversary of the 1948 Nakba (Catastrophe), referring to a time when over 700,000 Palestinian people were forcibly driven from their homes by the Haganah (a Zionist militia ...
Read MoreAs children die in the English channel, humanity dies with them. In recent days deaths in the English channel have made headlines as human beings flee poverty and war, and seek a better life elsewhere. Among the dead were families, ...
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