August, 2020

Human Rights and Justice by Michael J Cummings

AMERICAN BREXIT COMMITTEE 1919 CHESTNUT ST, SUITE 1724 PHILIDELPHIA, PA 19103 John M. Corcoran Esq.  Chairman Michael J. Cummings, Secretary Here’s a fun fact for  political junkies.    Massachusetts Members of Congress have  a rich legacy of standing up against bullies in the fight for  human rights, justice and democracy around the world.  Of course,  O’Neill, […]

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The British role in America’s tainted past – Aleem Maqbool (courtesy of Fr Sean McManus)

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53603250 By Aleem Maqbool BBC News, Richmond, Virginia BBC. Saturday, August 1,  2020 Part of the soul-searching in the US in the two months since the killing of George Floyd has been focused on examining the history that led the country to this point. Confederate statues have been pulled down in many cities and there are […]

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Kate and Nige: well Lordy, Lordy

What does the elevation of Kate Hoey MP (late of this parish) and Nigel Dodds (former MP) to the House of Lords tell us?  Apart, of course, from their liking of titles and being members of a prestigious unelected body? Well, maybe it tells us that Kate and Nige are planning to work their little […]

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John Finucane MP and fly-tipping

This blog first appeared as a column in The Andersonstown News In 2019, after years of slicing the unionist majority thinner and thinner, Sinn Féin finally took the Westminster seat of North Belfast. John Finucane is the first nationalist ever to hold the seat but he is emphatic that he represents all of the people in his constituency, including those who voted against him. Yes, […]

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ANNIVERSARY OF MIAMI SHOWBAND MASSACRE – Fr Sean McManus

Miami Showband massacre: ‘I heard my platform shoes click against each other. I still had both legs’ Stephen Travers, who survived that night 45 years ago today, now works for reconciliation Yvonne Watterson. Irish Times. Dublin. Friday, July 31, 2020 Yvonne Watterson is an educator and writer living in the Lake Chapala area of Mexico. […]

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