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Offensive Behaviour And The Independence Referendum
This article was originally published on Emancipation and Liberation. By Jim Slaven (@JimSlaven) As another football season draws to a close it is fair to say this one will not be remembered for much of the action on the pitch. While off the field the increasingly shambolic nature of the administration of the national game … Continue reading
COINTELPRO, Assata Shakur And Obama’s FBI
By Larry Pinkney “History is important. If you don’t know history it is as if you were born yesterday. And if you were born yesterday, anybody up there in a position of power can tell you anything, and you have no way of checking up on it.”—Howard Zinn The infamous U.S. government’s Counter Intelligence Program … Continue reading
More Than A Man – James Connolly
A great new song by The Ocrastra about James Connolly is launched today on the anniversary of his execution. From Ocrastra This song is released on the 97th anniversary of James Connolly’s death on 12 May 1916. All the artists involved in recording this hope that you pass the song on to as many people … Continue reading
Silence Really Is Betrayal And ‘Progressives’ Really Aren’t Progressive
By Larry Pinkney “There comes a time when silence is betrayal.” –Martin Luther King Jr. “I’m for truth, no matter who tells it. I’m for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I’m a human being, first and foremost, and as such I’m for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.” –Malcolm … Continue reading
Republic Day in Scotland
Republic Day at James Connolly’s birthplace. Organised by the James Connolly Society and the 1916 Societies.
JFTC2 Statement On Brian Shivers Acquittal
The Justice for the Craigavon Two group welcome todays acquittal of Brian Shivers, Brian’s case has many similarities with the case of the Craigavon Two, Brendan McConville and John Paul Wootton. Both the Massereene attack and the killing of PSNI member Stephen Carroll happened in a four day period, the state response to both attacks was swift … Continue reading
Surveillance Of Justice Group: Irish News Article
A Co. Antrim councillor who belongs to a group set up to campaign for the release of two men convicted of killing police officer Stephen Carroll believes she may be under security force surveillance. Anita Cavlan, who is an independent councillor in Ballymoney, says she has been told she may be monitored because of her involvement … Continue reading
The United States Of Subterfuge
By Larry Pinkney “Without general elections, without unrestricted freedom of press and assembly, without a free struggle of opinion, life dies out in every public institution, becomes a mere semblance of life, in which only the bureaucracy remains as the active element.”—Rosa Luxemburg “The memory of oppressed people is one thing that cannot be taken … Continue reading
Justice For The Craigavon Two Campaign Statement
Statement from the ‘Justice for the Craigavon Two’ campaign group. 29/04/13 Today both Brendan McConville and John Paul Wootton were returned to Maghaberry Jail on the first day of their appeal against the wrongful conviction for the killing of PSNI officer, Constable Carroll. It was with a sense of disbelief in the opening moments of … Continue reading
April 24th Is Republic Day
By Tom Stokes Charles Gavan Duffy, editor of The Nation newspaper which he established in 1840 with Thomas Davis and John Blake Dillon, explained why they chose that particular name for the paper, saying “We desired to make Ireland a nation and the name would be a fitting prelude to the attempt.”. The same thinking guides the … Continue reading
