As dozens of masked paramilitary police decamped from armoured jeeps onto a Belfast street it could have been a scene from 1969, 1979 or 1989. But it wasn’t. Instead it was June 27th 2009 – the day of Britain’s inaugural ‘Armed Forces Day’.
She came, she saw, she left again and, in between, the usual crowd of hangers on and supposedly intelligent people reduced themselves to the babblings of fools and morons.
As Israeli terrorism in the Gaza Strip reached a dead end and the zionist leadership was forced to call a “unilateral ceasefire” due to insurmountable Palestinian resistance and the outrage of ordinary people around the globe, Irish activists continued their solidarity work.
As 2009 dawns, Éirígí would like to take the opportunity to thank all of its members and supporters for their contribution to the struggle for freedom and justice over the last 12 months.
Today (January 1st 2009) marks the 50th anniversary of the defeat of the US-backed Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista by the 26th July Movement, led by Fidel Castro. Ever since that fateful day in 1959 Cuba has been a
On the 9th of June, Éirígí activists joined a protest at Dublin’s City Hall that had been organised by residents from those communities directly affected by the recent collapse of Dublin City Council’s Public Private Partnership (PPP) regeneration plans.
Éirígí will hold its second Ard-Fheis in Dublin this weekend. Formed in the same city, as a campaigns group, on the 90th anniversary of the Easter Rising in 2006, Éirígí has developed significantly in the time that has elapsed since.
Throughout Europe, social movements are organising against the Lisbon Treaty in massive numbers. While governments across Europe, fearing the democratically expressed will of the people, are pushing the
On 5th May 1981 at 1:15 in the morning, Bobby Sands - IRA volunteer, socialist republican, community activist, father, husband, writer and political prisoner - passed away after enduring 66 days on hunger strike.
An Éirígí initiative to mark the 92nd anniversary of the Easter Rising has come under both verbal and physical attack in an area of the Six Counties notorious for sectarian discrimination against the nationalist community.
