Bigotry

Greater Ardoyne Residents Collective Statement 24th March 2013

This coming Easter Monday the Apprentice Boys will once again have an unwanted sectarian triumphalist march through Ardoyne, Mountainview and The Dales against the wishes of the vast majority of local residents who remain opposed to such open expressions of sectarianism in their area. Permission for this march has been granted by the discredited Parades … Continue reading »

The Flag Riots

By Jim Slaven The unionist protests across the Six Counties over the decision of Belfast City Council to reduce the number of days the union flag is flown over City Hall are now in their second month. The most serious trouble has centred on parts of Belfast where the UVF have been orchestrating a campaign … Continue reading »

Orange Order Material Used In Primary Schools

By Jim Slaven At first glance it might look like just another cartoon character. Colourful and odd looking it is designed to get young children’s attention in primary school. Placed alongside a cartoon cop and spaceman it does not stand out. However that is only part of the story as this cartoon character is not … Continue reading »

The Case Of Alan Lundy

By Irish Law and Democracy Committee The recent arrest and detention of Alan Lundy on the 14th July 2012 in relation to events in Ardoyne has raised serious concerns in the ILDC over the actions and intentions of the PSNI and the PPS. Alan Lundy was formally charged the following day in relation to allegations … Continue reading »

Ardoyne: ILDC Preliminary Report

The Irish Law & Democracy Committee has implemented and carried out its initiative for the Monitoring of Contentious Parades through the use of its Independent Human Rights Observers.The ILDC was monitoring events on the 12th July 2012 in Ardoyne. We have made a number of preliminary observations as result of its monitoring of events. They are as follows: … Continue reading »

Ardoyne 2012 Documentary

Ardoyne Residents Statement

Greater Ardoyne Residents Collective Statement 12th July 2012 “GARC is a non party-political residents’ group that is there to serve and give a voice to all the people of Ardoyne, Mountainview and The Dales, in terms of opposing unwanted bigoted parades through our community by Loyal Orders. GARC is committed to peaceful, radical action in … Continue reading »

Loyalists And The Paedophile Tory

The conviction and sentencing of paedophile John Smart will no doubt receive a bit of news coverage not only because of his horrific abuse of vulnerable children but also because of his links with the Conservative Party. Smart was a candidate for the Tories at the 2003 Scottish Parliament elections. It has also been pointed … Continue reading »

Up The Ra And All That

By Jim Slaven It has now been a week since the SNP government passed their Offensive Behaviour Bill in the Scottish parliament. Since then much has been written and said about the draconian and anti free speech nature of that legislation. In essence people have been restating positions which were already well laid out in … Continue reading »

Occupy Holyrood

Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Bill  Notes towards a response…. The Scottish Governments Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Bill has again been making the headlines and again not for the right reasons. Firstly the Labour Party very publicly decided to withdraw support for the Bill and then the Parliaments Justice Committee … Continue reading »