Stormont resignation signals time for Socialist Republic At 4.30PM today the DUP’s Paul Givan, ‘First Minister’ of the failed Six County statelet, attended a press conference in the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Belfast and formally resigned his seat. His departure ...
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“Stand beside your oven to stay warm” say profiteering gas company as price hikes continue. This week, we have seen gas companies continue to raise their prices, ripping off customers and pushing people further into fuel poverty. After raising its ...
Read MoreBloody Sunday 50th Anniversary March for Justice The Bloody Sunday 50th Anniversary March for Justice wound its way through the streets of Free Derry yesterday as thousands gathered to continue the demand for justice for those innocent unarmed civilians so ...
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Bloody Sunday: 50 years ago in Belfast – Pádraic MacCoitir The following piece was written by Pádraic MacCoitir of Lasair Dhearg, recounting his memories of Bloody Sunday as we approach the 50th Anniversary of the event, and the gunning down ...
Read MoreVulture Housing Banners Removed in Belfast A number of banners have appeared across parts of West Belfast in recent days, an area with arguably the biggest demand for housing in the Six Counties and waiting lists that are years long. ...
Read MoreStalked by the PSNI Just yesterday (Saturday 22/01/2022) two Lasair Dhearg activists, both Public Spokespeople for the organisation, were stalked for several hours and over several miles by the same PSNI vehicle as they made their way into and about ...
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Five Decades of Injustice: Bloody Sunday People will travel from across Ireland and beyond next week to gather on the streets of Free Derry. The Bloody Sunday march for justice will mark 50 years since 14 unarmed and innocent civilians ...
Read MorePlastic Bullets and the PSNI: Don’t Join. As the PSNI works to recruit from Republican communities such as our own in attempts to shore up their religious figures, you would do well to examine each aspect of the force’s human ...
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Lasair Dhearg relaunches Supporters Network Lasair Dhearg has today announced plans to restructure and repurpose its old ‘Clann’ network into what is now known as ‘Lasair Dhearg Supporters Network’. Explaining why, the former Blanketman and political ex-prisoner Pádraic MacCoitir said ...
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2022 New Year Statement Lasair Dhearg sends revolutionary greetings to our members and supporters across Ireland and internationally. We send solidarity to the exploited peoples of the world and those who suffer at the hands of capitalism and imperialism. We ...
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PSNI shocking statistics show ‘Catholics’ twice as likely to be arrested and charged than ‘Protestants’ Discrimination against the Republican, Nationalist and Catholic community has today been confirmed by the PSNI’s own statistics as it was revealed that the force, formerly ...
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Louder for those at the back – outsourcing and privatisation doesn’t work! MacCoitir slams Leisure Centre costs increase! The disastrous decision taken by Belfast City Council in 2014 to outsource and privatise our leisure centres has now be proven to ...
Read MoreAs children die in the English channel, humanity dies with them. In recent days deaths in the English channel have made headlines as human beings flee poverty and war, and seek a better life elsewhere. Among the dead were families, ...
Read MoreBelfast Honours Winifred Carney Upwards of 50 people attended a commemoration in Milltown cemetery on Saturday [20th November 2021], organised by the socialist republican group Lasair Dhearg, to mark the seventy-eighth anniversary of the death of Winifred Carney. Carney was ...
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