Recently, there has been a wave of violent attacks on women in Derry. Speaking on the issue, Lasair Dhearg Derry Spokesperson, Lorcán Ó Duine said: “A minimum of three women have been sexually assaulted and viciously attacked in only the ...
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As another year comes to a close Lasair Dhearg sends revolutionary greetings to all of our members and supporters across Ireland and internationally. We extend our solidarity to all like-minded Socialist Republican activists and organisations, and our thoughts are with ...
Read MoreScores gathered at the graveside of Winifred Carney on Saturday [19th November] to mark the 79th anniversary of her death. A trade union organiser, member of Cumann na mBan and the Irish Citizen Army, she is buried in Milltown Cemetery ...
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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 ...
Read MoreMary Ann McCracken remembered in Belfast Today marks the 251st anniversary of the birth of Belfast woman Mary Ann McCracken, a titan in Republican politics; a feminist, abolitionist and social reformer. Unable to gather at her grave to mark the ...
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Mary Ann McCracken – feminist, abolitionist, social reformer. “I hope the present era will produce some women of sufficient talent to inspire the rest with a genuine love of Liberty and a just sense of its value… for where it is understood ...
Read More‘100 Years of Partition’ – Lasair Dhearg launch campaign to mark state centenary. Pól Torbóid, a spokesperson for the organisation, said, “Over the next number of months, our campaign is intended to highlight the real story of this rotten little ...
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International Women’s Day 2021 – Lasair Dhearg Today on International Women’s Day, we remember all the women who came before us, who bravely fought for the equality of our gender, our nation, and our class. Nicola Nic Gabhann, of Lasair ...
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Historic repeal 2019: The right to choice. March 2019 marked the historic repeal of one of Britain’s oldest imposed laws in Ireland, finally allowing for the decriminalisation of abortion in the Six Counties. For decades previous fundamentalist Christians, both Catholic ...
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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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#MiseFosta – I Believe Her Lasair Dhearg wishes to express its solidarity and whole-hearted support to each and every woman and individual speaking out against their abusers and sharing their experience of sexual harassment within the Irish music scene amid #MiseFosta movement. ...
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