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International Workers’ Day 2023

International Workers’ Day 2023

Lasair Dhearg sends solidarity greetings to all anti-imperialist activists across Ireland and beyond who continue to organise against the forces of occupation and capitalism, and we stand in solidarity with ...

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Derry Marks 107 Years of the Easter Rising

Dozens gathered in Creggan Cemetery on Saturday to mark the 107th anniversary of Republic Day, when hundreds of women and men marched out to take on the might of Britain’s ...

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‘A Betrayal’: Statement on Sinn Féin attending British Coronation

It is deeply concerning to see Michelle O’Neill and Sinn Féin commit to attending the coronation of English King ‘Charles III’. This represents a betrayal of the principles of Irish ...

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The Good Friday Agreement: A Police State

The Good Friday Agreement: A Police State

As part of the Good Friday Agreement the ‘Independent Commission on Policing…’ in the Six Counties was established, intended as a major step in the ‘peace process’. Chaired by Conservative ...

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The Good Friday Agreement: “I was in the H-Blocks when the IRA called its ceasefire in 1994.”

The Good Friday Agreement: “I was in the H-Blocks when the IRA called its ceasefire in 1994.”

The following piece was written by Pádraic MacCoitir, Blanketman and Republican ex-Prisoner: I was in the H-Blocks of Long Kesh with hundreds of other Republican prisoners when the IRA called ...

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Anti-Imperialists Protest Clinton War Criminals in Ireland

A crowd gathered outside of Queen’s University in Belfast on Monday (17th April 2023) to protest the presence of war criminals Hillary and Bill Clinton in Ireland. Speakers included Aindriú ...

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2023 Lasair Dhearg Easter Commemoration

Hundreds gathered in Milltown Cemetery on Easter Monday to mark the 107th anniversary of the 1916 Rising. Those gathered were addressed by former IRA volunteer John Crawley, Republican ex-Prisoner and ...

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Hook Line and Sinker

Hook, Line and Sinker: 25 Years of the Good Friday Agreement.

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 financial ...

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Remembering the Springhill Westrock Massacre – Time for Truth!

On the 9th of July 1972 the British Army’s Parachute Regiment brutally gunned down and killed five people on the streets of Springhill and Westwork in West Belfast, wounding many ...

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Thousands on strike for fair wages – Lasair Dhearg

Thousands of education and health care workers are out on strike to demand that Stormont and Westminster end their ongoing attacks on public services and worker’s wages.  Speaking from outside ...

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“PSNI PR Strategy Continues to Abuse our Youth Spaces” – Pádraic MacCoitir

Local residents have noted with growing concern the use of community centres and youth clubs in the Lenadoon and Colin areas by armed PSNI personnel. Lasair Dhearg spokesperson Pádraic MacCoitir ...

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Racist propaganda in Ireland: The truth behind their claims

Following the appearance of racist far right stickers in Belfast, Lasair Dhearg activists were out in recent days distributing material to make it clear that Belfast is a welcoming community ...

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Bloody Sunday March for Justice 2023

Thousands gathered on Sunday to join the Bloody Sunday ‘March for Justice’ as it made its way from Creggan to the Bogside in Derry. 51 years on and the families ...

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Watch: Our 2022 Year in Review

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 ...

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2023 New Year Statement

As another year comes to a close Lasair Dhearg sends revolutionary greetings to all of our members and supporters across Ireland and internationally. We extend our solidarity to all like-minded ...

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