Tag: Nationalism
Nationalism as a Moral Order
Every society needs its rules, what is permissible and what is not. This was provided by non-State actors previously, like the Church. Nowadays the agents of International Capital are the arbiters of social mores. They deem what is good and...
Siol na hÉireann: Jim Dowson’s Irish Chicanery?
Jim Dowson — The Man and the Controversy A stalwart of loyalist street activism since the 1990s, Jim Dowson is perhaps the last person on planet earth that should be associated with Irish nationalism. For those fortunate never to have...
The Fall of Antifa: A message to Left Republicans
Five years ago, Identity Ireland were attacked on the Luas by members of Antifa. This assault ended up marking the end of the inept political party, which has degenerated into a YouTube channel which posts once a season. That attack,...
Report: Antifa & the HFI Custom House Protest
The protest at the Customs House, organised by Health Freedom Ireland and the Yellow Vests, took off largely without a hitch yesterday. I say largely because prior to the event beginning, Antifa activists tried to charge the crowd and stall...
‘Irish Ireland’ – D.P. Moran and The Leader
Let us begin with the comments section from a Youtube video of Michael D. Higgins' presidential inauguration in 2011, the moment when the national anthem is played and many of the participants sang along with varying degrees of commitment and...
Arthur Griffith and the National System of Political Economy
“Brushing aside the fallacies of Adam Smith and his tribe, List points out that between the individual and humanity stands, and must continue to stand, a great fact – the nation.” – Arthur Griffith, ‘The Resurrection of Hungary’ International Ideology...
Ireland: The EU’s New Debt Colony
"Try again. Fail again. Fail better" writes Samuel Beckett in his 1983 story "Worstward Ho." Micheál Martin obviously took this quip to heart when he went to Brussels and opened the veins of the Irish taxpayer so he could get...
Paddy Holohan and the Shape of Sinn Féin to Come
It would appear the more centrist elements of the Irish establishment have yet to learn its lesson with regards what to do with an electorally insoluble Sinn Féin. Aiming to test the old proverb, our media is attempting to flog...
Floyd Riots: A Critique of Impotent Rage, and the Future of Black Nationalism
There have been two main responses to the recent demonstrations in Minneapolis and other US cities. The first is that the rioting is justified to a greater or lesser extent. This stems usually from some argument that the destruction of...
Has Eurofederalism Hit a Legal Roadbump?
On May 5th the German Constitutional Court did what was unthinkable to Europhiles everywhere, and ignored the claims of the CJEU that European law is superior to National law. Before we consider the implications of this ruling, we should first...