‘Murderers, Parasites and Lackeys’ – MacCoitir By Pádraic MacCoitir Politics can be a dirty game and I would argue those who play dirtiest are those who hold others in contempt. For centuries the dirtiest of the lot has been the ...
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We must move to ban plastic bullets – Lasair Dhearg Recent days have seen Unionist political rhetoric play out on our streets with sectarian incursions of violent loyalists into nationalist areas. Ciarán O’Brien, Lasair Dhearg spokesperson said, “Last night, the ...
Read More‘This is what an occupation looks like.’ – Lasair Dhearg Belfast branch activists today visited sites across Belfast as part of a campaign to highlight the continued occupation of the Six Counties and tackle Stormont’s PSNI ‘normalisation’ strategy. Speaking outside ...
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PSNI forcibly search one fifth of population of Six Counties It will come as no surprise to Republicans that the PSNI holds the third highest Stop & Search (S&S) rate out of all of Britain’s domestic armies. Newly published statistics ...
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On This Day 1971 – Faulkner takes office On this day, 1971 – Brian Faulkner assumes office as the final ‘Prime Minister’ of Stormont and the failed Six County Statelet. Reflecting on that period of history, Lasair Dhearg spokesperson Padraic ...
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Anticonquista & Sons of Fidel – Lasair Dhearg speak The Irish Liberation Struggle in 2021 Lasair Dhearg activists conducted an international meeting with activists from Anticonquista and the Sons of Fidel. The discussions covered a range of topics, including: The ...
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Derry: Open to everyone, says Lasair Dhearg Lasair Dhearg Derry has said that Derry is a city that should be open to everyone, regardless of nationality, race or creed following a report that has stated an increase in racist crimes ...
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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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PSNI told to apologise in another PR fiasco In the midst of their ongoing PR blitz in Republican communities, the PSNI have used a family’s strife for a PR opportunity. Pól Torbóid, a spokesperson for Lasair Dhearg, said, “We understand ...
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“Suicide is not inevitable” – Lasair Dhearg Derry The most recent figures, published in December of 2020, indicate that for 15-34 year olds the leading cause of death was ‘external’, including accidents and suicides. Of those that died through suicide, ...
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Increased concern for Ireland’s youth – Lasair Dhearg Whilst all have suffered during the ongoing Covid crisis, there are increasing concerns about an often overlooked generation of the Irish populace; our youth. Ciarán O’Brien, Lasair Dhearg spokesperson said, “Recent figures ...
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PSNI invite Lasair Dhearg to participate in what they term ‘community policing’. Pádraic MacCoitir, a public representative for Lasair Dhearg, has received a written invitation from the PSNI to engage in what they term ‘community policing’. Pádraic said, “This letter ...
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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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Video: The PSNI – Not a normal ‘Police Force’ ‘A new era’ and ‘a police force for all’ were the buzzwords of the year, when the PSNI was formally constituted in 2001 – two decades later however tell a different ...
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What is Eco-Socialism? Alána Ní Dochartaigh, Lasair Dhearg activist from Derry, writes: In recent years we, as a collective, have witnessed the ever-growing emergency of the climate crisis from Antarctica’s melting ice caps to Australia’s bushfires and, evidently, the earth ...
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