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Solidarity Action with Direct Provision Hunger Strikers [VIDEO]

Solidarity Action with Direct Provision Hunger Strikers [VIDEO] Lasair Dhearg activists have carried out a solidarity action in support of the residents of the Skellig Star direct provision Centre in ...

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#OTD On This Day – Oswald Mosley

#OTD On This Day – Oswald Mosley On this day, 1962, fascist and leader of the British Union of Fascists, Oswald Mosley attempts to march in Manchester. Although guarded by ...

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End Direct Provision – Support the Cahersiveen Hungerstrikers!

End Direct Provision – Support the Cahersiveen Hungerstrikers! Lasair Dhearg stands in solidarity with the Asylum seekers of Skellig Star direct provision Centre in Cahersiveen, Co Kerry who have today ...

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#OTD On This Day – Howth Gun Running

#OTD On This Day – Howth Gun Running #OTD 1913 a shipment of 1500 Mauser rifles arrived in Howth harbour transported from Hamburg, Germany via ‘the Asgard’ – Erskine Childers private ...

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#NoPlatformForFascists

Today, a range of Republican organisations, including Lasair Dhearg, confronted the fascist Irish Freedom Party on the streets of Belfast. The IFP is a racist organisation defining itself as ‘nationalist’; ...

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Fifty years: The Falls Curfew.

Fifty years: The Falls Curfew. “Move on you Irish Bastard…there are not enough of you dead”. These were the words uttered to a dying Charles O’Neill as he lay mortally ...

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#OTD 1970 – The Battle of St Matthew’s

#OTD 1970 – The Battle of St. Matthew’s The following piece has been provided by Lasair Dhearg’s Pádraic MacCoitir. “Growing up in Belfast in the late 60s and early 70s ...

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Sinn Féin: Opposition to ‘Special Criminal Court’ withdrawn

Sinn Féin: Opposition to ‘Special Criminal Court’ withdrawn Since Ireland was partitioned in 1922 the unionists in the Six Counties and those in power in the Twenty Six Counties have ...

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#MiseFosta – I Believe Her

#MiseFosta – I Believe Her Lasair Dhearg wishes to express its solidarity and whole-hearted support to each and every woman and individual speaking out against their abusers and sharing their ...

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‘Bobby Sands Street’ – Belfast City Centre Streets renamed as part of anti-colonial campaign.

‘Bobby Sands Street’ – Belfast City Centre Streets renamed as part of anti-colonial campaign.  Street signs honouring deceased Republican martyrs including the late Máire Drumm, IRA Hungerstriker Bobby Sands and ...

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Che Guevara – the intervening years.

Che Guevara – the intervening years. Che Guevara. Is there any other revolutionary held in higher esteem across the international freedom struggle? Having found immortality in martyrdom, the Argentine’s contribution ...

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George Floyd: Colonialism, Imperialism, and Ireland.

George Floyd: Colonialism, Imperialism, and Ireland. Since the killing of George Floyd there has been a lot of anger in the US and other countries as well as here in Ireland. ...

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You Can’t Have Capitalism Without Racism

You Can’t Have Capitalism Without Racism Many people assume that racism is an inherent aspect of human nature. That we are naturally hostile to those who do not look like ...

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I nDíl Chuimhne Oglach Michael Gaughan

I nDíl Chuimhne Oglach Michael Gaughan On June 3rd 1974 the death of IRA volunteer Micheal Gaughan took place in Parkhurst Prison, England. He had been on hunger strike for ...

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#TrustWomen – Not Sinn Féin or the DUP

#TrustWomen – Not Sinn Féin or the DUP Today the DUP and Sinn Féin brought forward a motion that would seriously hinder people’s reproductive rights in the Six Counties. Despite ...

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