An Phoblacht RSS feed for An Phoblacht https://www.anphoblacht.com/ Ireland must be a voice for the Palestinian people Fri, 23 Feb 2024 12:11:45 +0000 Writing in his latest blog, Declan Kearney said that the future of Palestine demands that the democratic world finally acts decisively in support of people's fundamental, national and human rights. https://www.anphoblacht.com/contents/28620 https://www.anphoblacht.com/contents/28620 Francie Molloy not seeking re-election to Westminster Tue, 20 Feb 2024 15:29:50 +0000 39 years of electoral representation by Mid Ulster MP Francie Molloy is ending this year as the Sinn Féin veteran announced his decision not to stand in the next Westminster elections. In his own word Francie marks out key events in his long career standing up for the rights of Northern nationalists. https://www.anphoblacht.com/contents/28619 https://www.anphoblacht.com/contents/28619 Britain's death squads 1989 Tue, 13 Feb 2024 09:43:42 +0000 THE late 1980s saw an escalation in the use of death squads by the British regime in the Six Counties. Since the start of the 1970s, the British Army and the RUC had manipulated loyalist paramilitary organisations as part of their counter-insurgency strategy. The aim was to terrorise the entire nationalist population, killing Catholics solely because of their religion or perceived political allegiances and, where possible, assassinating leading nationalists and republicans. https://www.anphoblacht.com/contents/28618 https://www.anphoblacht.com/contents/28618 Double blow to censorship Wed, 10 Jan 2024 09:40:11 +0000 IN JANUARY 1994, the armed conflict in the Six Counties was at a critical stage. The previous year had seen the deaths of 84 people in the war and, while there was some political movement, it was by no means clear that a peace process could be put in place to end the armed conflict and to address its root causes. https://www.anphoblacht.com/contents/28616 https://www.anphoblacht.com/contents/28616 The Scandal of Israel’s War on Hospitals Thu, 14 Dec 2023 10:11:09 +0000 Dr. Mustafa Barghouti, General Secretary and co-founder of Palestinian National Initiative (PNI), describes the recent events that have occurred at the al-Shifa hospital in Gaza as a scandal. https://www.anphoblacht.com/contents/28611 https://www.anphoblacht.com/contents/28611 Shane MacGowan: A troubadour for the Irish in London Thu, 30 Nov 2023 16:18:39 +0000 “The Pogues were also unashamedly abrasive and political, at a time when being political about Ireland in Britain was no easy task”. Joe Dwyer offers a tribute to Pogues lead singer Shane MacGowan whose death was announced today. https://www.anphoblacht.com/contents/28610 https://www.anphoblacht.com/contents/28610 Bridge at Croke Park named Bloody Sunday Bridge Tue, 21 Nov 2023 19:35:40 +0000 The 14 people murdered by British crown forces on Bloody Sunday, 21 November 1920, have been honoured with the naming of Bloody Sunday Bridge beside Croke Park where they were shot. https://www.anphoblacht.com/contents/28586 https://www.anphoblacht.com/contents/28586 Two Republicans died during mass hunger strike 100 years ago Mon, 13 Nov 2023 18:05:08 +0000 While Civil War as an armed conflict had ended in early summer 1923, the Counter-Revolution led by the Free State government continued and those who bore the worst of it were over 11,000 Republican prisoners held in jails, internment camps and other places of detention throughout the Free State. https://www.anphoblacht.com/contents/28585 https://www.anphoblacht.com/contents/28585 Two Republicans died during mass hunger strike 100 years ago Mon, 13 Nov 2023 18:05:08 +0000 While Civil War as an armed conflict had ended in early summer 1923, the Counter-Revolution led by the Free State government continued and those who bore the worst of it were over 11,000 Republican prisoners held in jails, internment camps and other places of detention throughout the Free State. https://www.anphoblacht.com/contents/28585 https://www.anphoblacht.com/contents/28585 1983 - Gerry Adams elected Uachtarán Sinn Féin Thu, 09 Nov 2023 09:23:46 +0000 40 years ago this week at the 1983 Sinn Féin Ard Fheis in Dublin’s Mansion House, Gerry Adams was elected President of Sinn Féin. https://www.anphoblacht.com/contents/28584 https://www.anphoblacht.com/contents/28584