Last Saturday in Brussels I addressed the launch of a European Anti-Apartheid campaign in support of Palestine. 

The conference occurred at a time a population of 400,000 Palestinians faces total annihilation in northern Gaza. All food and medical aid to the region has been blocked since 1st October. 

The scenes broadcast from places like Beit Lahia, Jabalia, Deir Al- Balah, and Al... Free article

15 OCTOBER marks the 50th anniversary of the burning of Long Kesh camp in 1974 by republican POWs in protest at conditions and ill-treatment. In an article originally published in the November 1994 issue of Captive Voice, a magazine produced by republican POWs, former prisoner JOE DOHERTY, from north Belfast, recalls that historic act of resistance by republicans among the 1,500 prisoners and internees. Free article

Book Review by Mícheál Mac Donncha: ‘Policy of Deceit – Britain and Palestine 1914-1939’ by Peter Shambrook Free article

Writing in his latest blog for An Phoblacht, Declan Kearney says that the occupation of Palestine is not intractable and that the way forward is obvious. Free article

From midnight on Wednesday 31 August 1994 the Irish Republican Army commenced what it described as “a complete cessation of all military operations”. The IRA said it was taking this momentous step “to enhance the democratic peace process and underline our definitive commitment to its success”. Free article

‘The Last Disco - the Story of the Stardust Tragedy’ by Seán Murray, Christine Behan and Nicky Ryan. Published by Eriu. Free article

ONE of the most successful and spectacular escapes during the present struggle for freedom was the mass breakout by 19 republican prisoners from Portlaoise Prison in the summer of 1974.

In November 1973, ten days after the dramatic escape of three republicans by helicopter from Mountjoy Jail, all republican prisoners in Mountjoy and the Curragh Camp were moved to Portlaoise Prison.... Free article

Writing in his latest blog, Declan Kearney has said the British government needs to get involved in the conversation about constitutional change in Ireland. Free article

While the calls to bring people onto the streets for anti-immigrant demonstrations in recent days at various locations across the north, including Antrim Town, failed as effective mobilisations, the seriousness of their underlying racist motivation should not be underestimated. 

The attempt to stage an anti-immigrant march in Antrim Town may have received limited support, but it... Free article

This week marks the 40th anniversary of the heroic anti-apartheid strike by a group of young workers in Dunnes Stores, Henry Street, Dublin. We re-publish here special features first published on the 20th anniversary. Free article