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 ...
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Irish Language Impasse shows Stormont Can’t Deliver! Tuesday 16th of November saw more than 50 Irish Language Advocacy groups come together to call on British Secretary of State Brandon Lewis to ‘immediately move Irish language legislation at Westminster’. As these ...
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‘Support Workers in Struggle this Winter’ – Pól Torbóid Yesterday (18th of November) saw the successful resolution of an industrial dispute with workers at Glen Dimplex LTD based in Portadown. Despite Glen Dimplex LTD having a turnover of £659m in ...
Read MoreVideo: ‘Drugs, Addiction & Decriminalisation’ – Public talk, Derry The full video from our public talk in Derry as we discussed our recent policy entitled, ‘Drugs, Addiction & Decriminalisation’. Speakers included: Chair – Caolán Doherty, Lasair Dhearg Derry Frankie Healy, ...
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‘Drugs, Addiction & Decriminalisation’ focus of Derry public talk A planned public talk will discuss the issue of drug use and addiction in Derry on Wednesday [3rd Nov 2021] as organisers say a “new approach” is needed by governments north ...
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Sinn Féin supports Special Criminal Court At today’s Sinn Féin Ard Fheis, its party membership supported a motion brought forward by the leadership of the organisation, withdrawing its opposition to the Twenty-Six Counties Special Criminal Court. The Sinn Féin Ard ...
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Sinn Féin poised to drop opposition to Special Criminal Court Sinn Féin is fast becoming Ireland’s party of ‘law and order’ as it is now positioned to end its long-standing opposition to the non-jury Special Criminal Court in the Twenty-Six ...
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Post-Covid: A new pandemic threatens the Irish working class. It is already clear as we move into the latter months of 2021, slowly marching from the fog of the coronavirus crisis, that a new pandemic threatens the working class across ...
Read More‘Northern Poverty’ – Belfast based housing firm rebranded ‘Northern Poverty’ – Belfast based company Northern Property had their signage rebranded last night [10/08/2021] in an action intended to highlight their promotion at a community festival, whilst they are conducting serious ...
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Internment: 50 years on Today is the 50th anniversary of the introduction of Internment to the occupied six-counties in 1971. Reflecting on that period, ex-political prisoner and Lasair Dhearg spokesperson Pádraic Mac Coitir stated: “Although I was young I remember ...
Read MoreBallymurphy Massacre march demands justice. Hundreds gathered today [08/08/2021] to stand with the families of those slain by British armed forces in August of 1971, and to demand justice for those so brutally slaughtered during what is known as the ...
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“Derry economy plummeting since Good Friday Agreement” – Caolán Doherty A recent report published by the ‘Derry University Group’ outlines just how bad the people have it in Derry, laying bare the economic schism across the Six Counties. “Whilst Belfast’s ...
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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 ...
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