The fact that I never really connected with the Toy Show probably explains the irresponsible and irratioinal glee I feel at the mess the Toyshow Musical people have got themselves into. Not only did they come up with a twee idea that blew up in their faces and cost the licence fee […]
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PROPAGANDA TRADITIONS By Donal Kennedy
BELOW IS THE TEXT OF A LETTER OF MINE PUBLISHED IN THE IRISH POST IN EARLY 1983: ” A recent television programme on war propaganda revealed that Goebbels modelled his approach on British World War I propaganda. Certainly my late father disbelieved the first revelations of the barbarity of Auschwitz […]
GENOCIDE YESTERDAY, TODAY AND TOMORROW- PRACTISED AND PROMOTED BY THE WEST by Donal Kennedy
GENOCIDE IS NOT NEW, ALTHOUGH THE TERM WAS COINED AFTER MOST OF EUROPE WAS LIBERATED FROM THE NAZIS BY THE SOVIETARMY. The gentle poet Edmund Spenser advocated the “extirpation” of the Irish during the Golden Reign of Good Queen Bess. THE TIMES praised the beneficence of Almighty God for […]
How Israel excuses evil – by Carl Duffy
In World War Two, only l in 5 American soldiers fired at the enemy. In addition to this, only a small percentage of soldiers are typically responsible for the majority of deaths in any conflict. With the exception of psychopaths – who represent a tiny minority of the population – harming other people doesn’t appear […]
The Irish Dresser – by Randall Stephen Hall
THE IRISH DRESSER. Poem RSH.23.1.24I stand in a roomWith others.Some I know.Some I don’t know.The dresser standsBeyond the light.Its presence amongst usHides secrets.Some we could agree onYet others we don’t even know of.Who carved and assembled this dresser?Who made the drawers and recessesThe dark corners and whoPicked the wood?There are objects on the dresser.Cracked plates […]
BORDERS AND LANGUAGE – by Pat Bradley
As we ALL know the border was manufactured, or ‘invented’ to quote abuddy of mine, to produce the English Colonial Settler majority (thepeople of Northern Ireland/the Unionist/Loyalist) majority in theNorth.During the Treaty Debates, many Irish people reckoned that Derry City,Tyrone & Fermanagh in total, South Armagh & South Down would go toDublin, with the […]
Confusion is one Thing. The DUP is Another.
Hasn’t Sir Jeff gotten himself into a bit of a pickle? Whether as the leader of the largest Unionist party or the supposed leader of Unionism in general, he’s really messed things up in the past couple of weeks and completely confused everyone, not only in his electorate but also in the […]
Ian, Nelson, Sammy – any chance of repentance?
We’ve all experienced it – that moment when we have to face up to the fact that we’ve made a truly bad decision, we’ve inflicted damage on ourselves and those we care about, that our declaration that we were the master of our destiny is beginning to look a bit…stupid. Ultimately, […]
PAT+JUDE TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER, THE DUP, THE GAA AND MONEY, AND RECLAIMING O’CONNELL STREET
The storm swirled and howled across Ireland last night, but thanks be to God it didn’t harm either the property or the person of Pat McArt or myself. That’s why we’re firing on all cylinders today, and addressing matters such as when the DUP might return to Stormont (Answer: after they’ve finished inflicting damage on […]
101 Damnations Zionism’s Final Solution For Gaza – by Fra Hughes
For those who think the war on Gaza started on October 7 2023 i would simply refer you tothe ethnic cleansing of Palestine in 1948/49 and the destruction of over 529 Palestinian villagesand towns, and the forced expulsion of 750,000 Palestinians to the neighbouring countries ofEgypt,Lebanon ,Syria Iraq and the wider Arab collective. I […]