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Arthur Griffith, the founder of Sinn Féin noted: “Between the Individual and Humanity stands, and must continue to stand, a great fact – the Nation.” This is the Sinn Féin philosophy and its greatest modern exponent in Europe was the former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. Arthur Griffith took his inspiration from Hungary. The Resurrection…
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The late Brendan Hughes famously described the Good Friday Agreement as the “Got F*** All” agreement. He had a point in relation to the Republican objective: The Republican War was concluded by the IRA with Northern Ireland still part of the British State and Sinn Fein administering British rule within a new Stormont. The Good…
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It has been fashionable to talk of the World War of 1914 as having resulted from sleepwalking by the European powers. This, of course, is complete nonsense. Any reading of British accounts, including the insider memoirs of the illustrious Cabinet Secretary, Sir Maurice Hankey, shows that there was a well-worked out and purposeful plan for…
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In June’s Irish Political Review Brendan Clifford wrote of ‘The Phenomenon Of Anti-Semitism!’ He observed that the— “Jewish mode of national existence was viable when there was a world order consistingof Empires. In 1917/18 most of the Empires fell. They were not overthrown bynationalist revolutions. It was only in Ireland that there was a nationalist…
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The Guardian reported on May 4 that: “The EU is sending a team of experts specialised in combating Russian propaganda and interference to Armenia, as it increases its support to the former Soviet republic in a tense political period. In a highly symbolic sequence of events, EU leaders will hold their first summit with Armenia,…
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“Caught in a trap, I can’t walk out, Because I love you too much, Bibi!” President Trump is caught in a trap – very much of his own making! In being the leader of the Western Hemisphere, Trump has also ensnared the West in the trap, laid by Netanyahu and Israel over decades. For at…
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A second US/Israeli attempt, in 6 months, aimed at regime change in Iran has failed. The last attempt, made during June 2025, involved an Israeli sneak attack followed by a 12 day war on Iran. Iran responded with a defensive war that hurt Israel so much that Trump was forced to intervene on its behalf.…
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“You can check in any time you want but you may never leave.” (The Eagles, Hotel California) That might be said of the Petrodollar system that sustains US power and influence in the world and largely explains the gunboat diplomacy employed by Washington against Venezuela. In his press conference explaining why the US launched a…
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The current Western propaganda suggests that an intransigent Russia is refusing to accept a reasonable Western proposal for a ceasefire in Ukraine. Russia, moving slowly across Ukraine, is bent on conquering Europe and is a threat to us all. We must rearm and conscript our youth to meet this threat – before it’s too late.…
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Germany, the killer of 6 million Jews, has insisted that if Israel is excluded from the Eurovision Song Contest it will boycott the competition. A number of Germany’s European colleagues – Spain, Ireland, Netherlands and Slovenia – are insisting that Israel’s genocidal activity in Gaza needs to be punished. After all, wasn’t Russia the subject…
