This past year has been a notable one for Lasair Dhearg as an organisation and indeed for the broader struggle in Ireland. Over the last twelve months our activists have been busy campaigning. During that time the ongoing crises in ...
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From the perspective of the British state, you could easily assume that the Good Friday Agreement was designed to achieve, and indeed it did achieve, many things. The cumulative financial cost is said to have run both the British and ...
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As capitalism tightens its grips on working class communities, families are feeling the pinch further in a range of areas, one being the rising cost of basic necessity and food provision. This week the Department for the Economy in the ...
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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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Lasair Dhearg New Year Statement, 2021 At the beginning of another new year, Ireland’s six most north-eastern counties remain under the grip of a foreign power. At present, there are more than 20,000 security personnel maintaining Britain’s occupation of Ireland. ...
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International Workers Day 2020 Every year on May 1st, we commemorate those workers who went on strike, engaged in work stoppages, marched and rallied in demand of an eight-hour working day and working-class emancipation. This year, 2020, is no different, ...
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Greater Andersonstown CDC [Community Defence Committee] distributing goods to those most in need in Lenadoon, Stewartstown and Lagmore today. As the CDC’s grow, we’ll be getting more effectively organised by district with activists across Belfast – tackling food distribution, price ...
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Covid-19 Supply Convoy Arrives in West Belfast A convoy of vehicles ferried into West Belfast today as part of the Community Defence Committees drive to secure supplies in the face of the coronavirus crisis. Tinned goods, cereals, sauces, pasta, rice, ...
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‘Community Defence Committees’ to be formed in response to Covid-19 crisis – Lasair Dhearg Belfast Republicans have today announced plans for the formation of ‘Community Defence Committees’. Spanning West Belfast, it is hoped that the structures can expand to cover ...
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