2020-09-14
Operation Arbacia Clamps Down On Saoradh
For a German translation published by Lower Class Magazine, see here.
On Friday morning, a tenth member of the radical Irish republican party Saoradh was arrested in Glasgow and the car of an activist seized by the PSNI in East Tyrone. [Read More…]
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2020-04-19
Interview: ‘If we want LGBTQ liberation, we must support Irish liberation’
This is an interview I did with the republican LGBTQ activist Seán Óg Garland from Belfast on the need to combine the struggle for national and LGBTQ liberation in Ireland.
Me: Seán, can you tell me who you are and what your politics are. [Read More…]
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2019-02-03
Oral History In Post-Conflict Societies: Experiences From Researching The Northern Ireland Troubles
The past five or so years were rather difficult for those conducting interviews in Ireland. Nonetheless, interviews remain an essential source for those of us researching political violence and the Northern Irish Troubles. [Read More…]
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2019-01-25
Oral history and the Troubles: The importance of trust and the role of the interviewer
As several of the blog posts of Writing the Troubles illustrate, oral history is a particularly controversial subject in Northern Ireland. The past years have been a difficult time for researchers looking to use interviews with former paramilitaries and those advocating political violence, particularly since the “Boston College (BC) Oral History Project” debacle. [Read More…]
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2018-12-17
Interview with new Saoradh chairperson Brian Kenna
At their third Ard-Fheis (AGM) on 17/18 November in Dundalk, Co Louth, the Irish republican party Saoradh elected a new chairperson. Brian Kenna from Dublin succeeded Davy Jordan from Co Tyrone who chaired the party since its formation two years ago. [Read More…]
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New RSF President: But who is Seosamh Ó Mhaoileoin?
Republican Sinn Féin, the oldest of the anti-Good-Friday-Agreement groups that emerged from the Provisionals, appointed a new president. The announcement of Seosamh Ó Mhaoileoin came as a surprise to many for he is a largely unknown figure within Irish republicanism. [Read More…]
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