Ireland… Latest: 26 Counties To Hold EU Treaty Referendum 28 Feb 201228 Feb 2012 Govt forced to hold EU Treaty referendum The Taoiseach, Enda Kenny, has just confirmed in the Dáil that the people of the 26 Counties will be asked in a referendum…
News… Miami 5: Urgent Action 28 Feb 20125 Mar 2012 Roberto González, René's only sibling and an important member of the Cuban Five's legal team, is gravely ill with cancer in a Havana hospital. As Cuban Five supporters know, although René…
Politics Basque Country’s International Solidarity Week 22 Feb 201228 Feb 2012 This year's International Solidarity Week with the Basque Country starts this Saturday with events around the world. As part of this years events there will be two public meetings in Scotland. Both…
Ireland… Volunteers Henry Hogan and Declan Martin 21 Feb 201222 Feb 2012 TWO young IRA Volunteers, Henry Hogan (20) and Declan Martin (18) were killed in an engagement with British armed forces in the mainly nationalist village of Dunloy, North County Antrim…
Politics Happy Birthday Huey P Newton 17 Feb 201221 Feb 2012 Huey P Newton was born on 17th February 1942. Huey went on to be co-founder, with Bobby Seale, of the Black Panther Party of Self Defense. One of the most…
Ireland… Nationalism, Caucasians and Funny Politicians 17 Feb 201217 Feb 2012 Football, someone once said, is a funny old game and this week we have seen the wisdom of that remark. However you don’t expect to get your laughs watching political…
Ireland… James Connolly And The Battenburg’s ‘Feast of Flunkeyism’ 16 Feb 201216 Feb 2012 The British state media is reporting that Sinn Fein is about to vote in favour of diamond jubilee events for Betty Battenburg. It reminded me of Connolly's quote about similar…
Events… Clonoe Martyrs 16 Feb 201215 Feb 2013 Today is the twentieth anniversary of the murder of four IRA volunteers at Clonoe. The volunteers had earlier taken part in an attack on the RUC barracks in Coalisland and…
News How The BBC Reports Chavez’s Venezuela 15 Feb 201216 Feb 2012 By News Unspun The headline "Chavez 'would accept' Venezuela election defeat " ran on the BBC website on 14 January 2012, for a story which reported that Hugo Chavez would not…
Ireland… Colin Duffy Press Conference 14 Feb 201215 Feb 2012 Press conference held by Colin Duffy after his release.
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