Category Archives: Imperialism

Full Report: Socialist Republican Conference 2023
16 Oct
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Full Report: Socialist Republican Conference 2023 – ‘Time for a Socialist Republic’

Lasair Dhearg’s inaugural Socialist Republican Conference took place on Saturday (October 7th) in Conway Mill on Belfast’s Falls Road. Over 70 members, delegates, and visitors from across Ireland attended the all-day conference. Among the crowd were trade unionists, political ex-prisoners, ...

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27 Aug
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Derry: This is what an occupation looks like

A British Army Reserve centre in occupied Ireland was paid a visit by Derry Lasair Dhearg activists in recent days to highlight the ongoing presence of occupation forces here. Derry’s Limavady Road facility is occupied by Britain’s ‘Royal Logistics Corps’ ...

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26 Jun
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Sinn Féin should condemn Britain’s ‘Prison Service’ – Removal of state recruitment material will continue ‘whatever the consequences’.

Over the past number of months posters recruiting for the ‘Prison Service’ in the Six Counties have appeared across Republican areas, most notably in Belfast and Derry, as members of Lasair Dhearg have continually marked them for removal. Pádraic MacCoitir, ...

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08 May
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‘Not our King!’ – West Belfast gathers during the British Coronation

Over 100 gathered alongside a heavy press presence at Belfast’s International Wall on the Falls Road as the British coronation was underway to send a clear message to the media and state political parties that we do not accept poverty, ...

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The Good Friday Agreement: Poverty & Capitalism
02 May
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The Good Friday Agreement: Poverty & Capitalism

Within years of the GFA being signed, global foreign direct investment had its eyes firmly on the prize – the Six Counties were ripe with opportunity and big business could be assured that whatever ‘investment’ they pumped in, they would ...

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The Good Friday Agreement: a Victory for Imperialism
01 May
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The Good Friday Agreement: a Victory for Imperialism

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 economic cost of the ongoing conflict and the financial losses for ...

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International Workers’ Day 2023
01 May
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International Workers’ Day 2023

Lasair Dhearg sends solidarity greetings to all anti-imperialist activists across Ireland and beyond who continue to organise against the forces of occupation and capitalism, and we stand in solidarity with our fellow workers as they continue to toil within and ...

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30 Apr
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Derry Marks 107 Years of the Easter Rising

Dozens gathered in Creggan Cemetery on Saturday to mark the 107th anniversary of Republic Day, when hundreds of women and men marched out to take on the might of Britain’s empire during the Easter Rising of 1916. A wreath was ...

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27 Apr
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‘A Betrayal’: Statement on Sinn Féin attending British Coronation

It is deeply concerning to see Michelle O’Neill and Sinn Féin commit to attending the coronation of English King ‘Charles III’. This represents a betrayal of the principles of Irish Republicanism, which rejects the legitimacy of the British monarchy and ...

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The Good Friday Agreement: A Police State
24 Apr
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The Good Friday Agreement: A Police State

As part of the Good Friday Agreement the ‘Independent Commission on Policing…’ in the Six Counties was established, intended as a major step in the ‘peace process’. Chaired by Conservative politician ‘Lord Patten’, the former ‘Governor of Hong Kong’, it ...

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The Good Friday Agreement: “I was in the H-Blocks when the IRA called its ceasefire in 1994.”
22 Apr
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The Good Friday Agreement: “I was in the H-Blocks when the IRA called its ceasefire in 1994.”

The following piece was written by Pádraic MacCoitir, Blanketman and Republican ex-Prisoner: I was in the H-Blocks of Long Kesh with hundreds of other Republican prisoners when the IRA called its ceasefire on the 31st August 1994. Although we weren’t ...

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18 Apr
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Anti-Imperialists Protest Clinton War Criminals in Ireland

A crowd gathered outside of Queen’s University in Belfast on Monday (17th April 2023) to protest the presence of war criminals Hillary and Bill Clinton in Ireland. Speakers included Aindriú Mac Ruaidhrí of Lasair Dhearg, Sarah Sonner of the Connolly ...

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14 Apr
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2023 Lasair Dhearg Easter Commemoration

Hundreds gathered in Milltown Cemetery on Easter Monday to mark the 107th anniversary of the 1916 Rising. Those gathered were addressed by former IRA volunteer John Crawley, Republican ex-Prisoner and author of ‘The Yank’, who delivered the main oration. It ...

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Hook Line and Sinker
10 Apr
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Hook, Line and Sinker: 25 Years of the Good Friday Agreement.

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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01 Mar
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Remembering the Springhill Westrock Massacre – Time for Truth!

On the 9th of July 1972 the British Army’s Parachute Regiment brutally gunned down and killed five people on the streets of Springhill and Westwork in West Belfast, wounding many others. Many of those killed and injured were teenagers, some ...

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