Events… A Lesson Of The Irish Hunger Strike 15 Aug 201318 Aug 2013 By Tom Hayden Word from within is that California’s prison hunger strikers have been studying the Irish hunger strike of 1981 led by Bobby Sands, in which ten Irish republicans…
International… Pimping The Pain Of Political Prisoners In This Bastion Of Hypocrisy 29 Mar 20135 Apr 2013 By Larry Pinkney “If you’re not willing to die for it, put the word ‘freedom’ out of your vocabulary.” –Malcolm X [el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz] “Our revenge will be the laughter…
Events… Independence: Should We Stay Or Should We Go 20 Mar 201322 Mar 2013 This article, by 107 Cowgate's Jim Slaven, first appeared at Tal Fanzine. The referendum campaign in Scotland is well under way and almost all politics is dominated by the 2014…
Events… Bobby Sands Diary 1 Mar 20136 Mar 2013 Bobby Sands kept a diary for the first seventeen days of his hunger strike, which began 32 years ago today. Sunday 1st March I am standing on the threshold of…
Events… Volunteer Bobby Sands 5 May 201231 May 2012 On this the 31st anniversary of the death on hunger strike of Bobby Sands, his friend and comrade, former IRA prisoner Colm Scullion from South Derry, recalls first meeting Bobby while…
Politics The Perfect Storm Is Already Here 9 Mar 20129 Mar 2012 By Larry Pinkney “Our revenge will be the laughter of our children.”—Bobby Sands “Washington is the worst violator of human rights in our era, and Washington has only begun. Who…