Our Brave New World.......

Has Sinn Fein now become a victim of their own countless spin? On hindsight we need look no further than the Blair years and the Good Friday agreement and how they brought us to that point in the first place, lest we forget! To reach that momentous point in our embattled history the SF leadership on numerous occasions re-iterated upon the republican movement 'of not a bullet not an ounce' attitude would be the driving force on negotiating any agreement with the British government. However, since then the republican movement (the very foundation upon which SF are built) has had to endure anything but! They have been forced to sit back...

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Political Solution or Political Illusion Part I

I have always been intrigued through out history about the mystery of illusionists and now they captivated and enthused their audiences. Not to bore you with the details, the art of illusion falls into three broad categories, optical, auditory and tactile, with the former two the best known by most of us. However, prestidigitation or misdirection is the fundamental backbone of many illusions. The true art of illusion involves focusing the audience’s attention on one object or place while the actual trick is conducted elsewhere. The art of illusion has always been synonymous with politics through out world history and unfortunately our...

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Trust Your Leaders! (UNCENSORED)

In 1915, James Connolly proclaimed the immortal words “Trust Your Leaders!”Nearly a century later, traditional Irish Republicans are re-iterating and pondering over the very same words, but with a fundamentally different tone! In many republicans’ minds, the exclamation mark has now been replaced by a question mark. Irish history has shown that our embattled people have always placed our leaders on pedestals during extenuating circumstances, investing their time and energies believing and implementing their ideologies. During conflict we have idealised them to the point that any form of criticisms or protest was perceived as derisory...

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