Edinburgh… On Meeting Monarchy 27 Jun 201222 Nov 2012 By Jim Slaven "Fellow-workers, stand by the dignity of your class. All these parading royalties, all this insolent aristocracy, all these grovelling, dirt-eating capitalist traitors, all these are but signs…
Edinburgh… Happy Birthday James Connolly 5 Jun 20126 Jun 2012 Happy birthday James Connolly and it's great to see so many people taking the day off to celebrate. Perhaps we can make this a holiday every year? There have been…
Ireland… Loughgall Martyrs 8 May 201231 May 2012 Today is the 25th anniversary of the killing of eight Volunteers from the IRA's East Tyrone Brigade at Loughgall. Volunteers Jim Lynagh, Declan Arthurs, Seamus Donnelly, Tony Gormley, Patrick Kelly,…
Events… Death On The Rock 6 Mar 20127 Mar 2012 On March 6th 1988 three unarmed IRA volunteers, Mairead Farrell, Dan McCann and Sean Savage, were murdered by British forces on the orders of the Thatcher Government. In the aftermath…
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…
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…
Ireland… Colin Duffy Press Conference 14 Feb 201215 Feb 2012 Press conference held by Colin Duffy after his release.
Ireland… Interfering, Meddling People: Labour Agitators and 1916 10 Feb 201214 Feb 2012 By Tom Stokes In 1891, in “The Soul of Man under Socialism”, Oscar Wilde had this to say – ‘What is said by great employers of labour against agitators is unquestionably…
Culture… The Genius Of Luke Kelly 30 Jan 20128 Feb 2012 Luke Kelly died on this day 1984. Below is the poignant last minutes of a documentary about his life and some clips of the man himself. I would not normally…
