Tag: Black Lives Matter
The Berkeley Library Should be Renamed
Introduction Well the drunken clown's still hanging round” – Townes Van Zandt, ‘Fare Thee Well, Miss Carousel’ In ‘The Necessity for De-Anglicising Ireland’, Douglas Hyde laments that the Irish are “a nation of imitators”. Little has changed to refute the...
Who is Funding Ireland’s Black Queer Art Scene?
As purveyors of cynical right wing clickbait, The Burkean has taken excessive interest in the nation’s burgeoning black (queer) art scene. From a left-wing microgallery sucking up generous amounts of state funding, to BLM inspired art collectives allegedly playing fast...
The Truth and Lies about George Nkencho
This Sunday, allegations of misinformation being spread by the Right in relation to George Nkencho appeared online. Most notably was that of an article published in the ‘Sunday World’, which claimed that a ‘far-right organization’ had been circulating false claims...
‘I Want Him Terminated’ — Gardaí & Civilians Targeted After Nkencho Killing
Video has emerged purportedly of Emmanuel Nkencho, brother of recently deceased George Nkencho, making threats against the member of Garda Síochana who shot dead his brother on the 30th of December in an act that appears to be self defence....
Virtue Signalling & American Racial Politics — The George Nkencho Shooting
What Happened on the Day? At 12.15pm yesterday Gardaí arrived on the scene to what they described as a public order incident, outside Hartstown Shopping Centre near Blanchardstown. The incident involved a Nigerian male named George Nkencho (27) with a...
How to Win a Culture War: The 48 Laws of Propaganda
You may not be interested in strategy, but strategy is interested in you” These are the words of Leon Trotsky. You may not be advocating for a socialist revolution like Trotsky, but it is paramount that you understand the rules...
BLM Used in Oireachtas to Justify Nullifying Citizenship Referendum
As the 21st century marches on, our political class makes an ever lessening attempt to hide their contempt for the native population. As the world becomes more globalized, our ruling class is ever more dependent on orders from above rather...
Toothbrush Totalitarianism: Jedward & Book Burning
With our newfangled culture wars reaching fever pitch after a summer of tumultuous protests induced by the death of George Floyd, there is an increasing chance for Z-list celebrities to reinvent themselves as progressive warriors in the new cultural battlefield....