23 March 2005 Edition
Time to change partitionist party structure
23 March 2005
Well done to Domhnall Ó Cobhthaigh on his 'Turning defence into offence' article in last week's An Phoblacht. Domhnall raises valid new arguments as well as others that have been articulated before but which we, as republicans, need to be ever mindful of as we carry out our roles as political activists. He is dead right about one thing in particular. Free article
Oil and imperialism
23 March 2005
THE last century was a bloody one of wars and destruction. It is out on its own compared with any other century in terms of the frightening scale of manmade horror and mayhem. William Engdahl argues convincingly that the primary cause of much of the violence and destruction is Anglo-American capitalism and its need to control the fuel for all human industry - petroleum. Free article
Propaganda posing as history
23 March 2005
The Year London Blew Up, a drama/documentary broadcast on RTÉ 1 over two nights last week, suffered from a virulent tunnel vision in relation to the particular years in which the events occurred. Free article
Sinn Féin: 100 d'aois
23 March 2005
Many republicans may have noticed by now that this year Sinn Féin is commemorating reaching the grand age of 100. Here, AN DRAOI RUA takes the opportunity to look at the historical foundation of the political party. Free article
1969 Republican Roll of Honour 2005
23 March 2005
"Life springs from death and from the graves of dead patriot men and women spring living nations." Free article
The McMahon family massacre - Remembering the Past
23 March 2005
On 23 March 1922, 83 years ago, five members of the McMahon family and another man were murdered by the RIC in their family home in North Belfast. At 1.20 am, masked men sledgehammered down the door of the three-storey house at 3 Kinnaird Terrace, rousing the occupants, who at first suspected a bomb had been put in the letterbox, from their beds. Free article