Tag: the north
The Empire Acquits Itself: The Political Meaning of Soldier F’s Acquittal
The acquittal of “Soldier F” reminds us that justice delayed can become justice denied — and that a peace without legitimacy is merely the absence of open conflict.
The SDLP’s Brussels Surrender: Why Eurofederalism Can Never Bring Irish Unity
Irish unity, if it is to mean anything, must not be brought about by surrendering our hard-won right to govern ourselves or on discarding the moral vision that sustained our people in darker times.
Borderline Treason: Why Nationalists Should Push for an Irish Sea Border on Migration
The following was published on the 'An Barr Buadh' Substack and is syndicated with the permission of the author. The proposal—floated at the protest by Michelle Keane, and likely influenced by her association with Loyalist Mark Sinclair—for a hard border...
Ballymena Burns: Has Loyalism’s Containment Zone Broken Down
The uninitiated should abandon all pretence of knowledge when examining northern street politics. Beyond the sweet nothings of Stormont lies a sectarian web of covert deals, narco-politics, and a strategy of containment through the enabling of hooliganism by British intelligence....
Kneecap: Why the Irish Left Will Regret Legitimising Ethno-Nationalism
The Northern Troubles famously originated in a Civil Rights movement that went off the rails and ignited a sectarian timebomb primed since partition. An attempt to import MLK-style civil agitation into the six counties kicked the canister onto a society...
The Brahmins and the Border: Northern Protocol Debate Nears Potential End
Anglo-Irish relations, since a fallout over Brexit, are now orienting towards a short-term solution under the governments of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and the Taoiseach Leo Varadkar. Both men, of Indian ethnic stock, by engaging in discussions over a...
Éire Nua: Gaelic Corporatism’s Lost Future?
The following first appeared on Substack and is syndicated with the permission of the author. With the impending reality of the next Irish government being formed by Sinn Féin, I felt that it would be instructive to analyse some of...
Lough Erne Attack: Why is a Sinn Féin MP Backing Antifa in Court?
By any reckoning, the events of the 13th of November at the Lough Erne Resort were a blunder for more serious thinking antifascist organisers in Ireland. A freelance 30-person operation of Dublin antiracists linked up with nordie left-republicans, largely from...
Ancient Order of Hibernians Returns to Armagh
Armagh for those not familiar is a quaint town (no urban area with a population of 10,000 should be described as a city), the reported burial place of Brian Boru. The seat of the Primate of All Ireland, the county...
Belfast: Sectarianism Through Rose Tinted Glasses
Belfast, Kenneth Branagh's semi-autobiographical movie about being a Protestant in Belfast at the outbreak of the Troubles, has been nominated for seven Academy awards, one of which will almost certainly go to British Quaker Dame Judi Dench for playing the...