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 ...
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‘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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“PIP applicants have been vindicated” – Pádraic MacCoitir Since Personal Independence Payment (PIP) replaced Disability Living Allowance (DLA) in 2016 many people putting in for claims were rejected. This was devastatingly unfair to those who were disabled themselves or were ...
Read More100 Years of Partition – State opening of ‘Parliament’ marked in Belfast Bus stops across Belfast City Centre yesterday [22nd June 2021] highlighted 100 Years of Partition alongside a banner drop at Belfast City Hall, as events marking the state ...
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Housing Discrimination – 100 Years of Partition Since the inception of the partition and the creation of ‘Northern Ireland’ – housing has been used as one of the foremost tools for the dominance and survival of Unionism and the British ...
Read More‘The houses are there but the rich have the keys’ – Lasair Dhearg Derry The most recent statistics for Derry, indicate that there are 2,732 homeless people here. That’s over two and a half thousand people who have nowhere to ...
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‘Drugs, Addiction & Decriminalisation’ – Lasair Dhearg announce new policy Following a period of internal debate and discussion, Lasair Dhearg members have agreed upon a new policy paper titled ‘Drugs, Addiction & Decriminalisation’. It is quite clear that various governments ...
Read More100 Years of Partition marked in Derry On this day in 1921 the ‘Northern Ireland Parliament’ was formed. A significant event during the partition of Ireland and the continued occupation of the Six Counties. Lasair Dhearg in Derry marked the ...
Read MoreDerry Lasair Dhearg launched. Join Us. Lasair Dhearg activists in Derry have launched with a day of action highlighting the failure of the Six County state to adequately deal with the issues facing the people of Ireland. With rampant homelessness, ...
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‘Derry’s housing crisis easily solved’ – Alannagh Doherty According to the most recent statistics, the housing issue in Derry is ‘easily solved’ says Lasair Dhearg. Speaking on the issue, Derry Lasair Dhearg activist Alannagh Doherty said, “The most recent statistics ...
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Language Rights Denied – 100 Years of Partition For more than six centuries, British policy in Ireland has been aimed at the destruction of the Irish language. Partition has failed the language in both the Twenty Six and the Six ...
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