If singing “up the ra” is classified as sectarian to the point you will be sacked from your work, then being a member of the Orange Order must also come with similar consequences.
The Orange Order are an open sectarian supremacist organisation.
Iran have just launched an attack against “Israel”
In the face of WW3, which could be the end of the world, now is the time to get things off your chest.
I’ll start - I find Michelle O’Neill mildly attractive
That awkward moment in Beechmount when 2 armed & masked actors sitting in a car in a side street as part of the line of duty set.. And a resident informs them theres cops around the corner
Addidas Designer, “What do Celtic fans like more than the club. We need inspiration for the new 3rd kit?”
Celtic, “They love the ra”
Addidas Designer, “Say no more…”
Remember in 2011 when North Korean leader Kim Jong-il died, the western media were humorously mocking the response of North Korean’s and labelled it a blind cult.
This is exactly what we are now seeing in the so called “UK”.
Complete media blanket coverage and critics banned
Unionism is not angry at the Féile because of “up the ra” music.
They are angry because the entire festival shows a level of leadership and direction exists within Nationalist and Republican communities that does not exist in any capacity within Unionism.
My uncle just passed away. Suspected coronavirus, underlying health issues.
One of the original supporters from Belfast that used to travel over on the cattle boat in the 1950s & 1960s to watch his beloved Celtic.
RIP John, YNWA.
I see that brave “patriot” Conor Mcgregor has deleted the bulk of his recent tweets now hes under legal threat.
For 30 years, the true brave patriots of Ireland when under actual threat from the real enemies of Ireland never shied away from their beliefs.
Stephen Nolan has caused more division, fear and hatred than any bonfire, commemoration or parade.
He is publicly funded, he goes back home at night to a mansion on a private island all paid for by the tax payer.
It is time this vile excuse of a journalist is defunded
You have to question why those at today’s demo in Dublin from the Far Right with megaphones exclusively start “Sinn Féin are Traitors” chants, when it has been Fianna Fail & Fine Gael in charge of failed government policy for the last century…
Young girl with family in Beechmount.
Landlord forced her to leave as he said he was selling the house. The young family left and are now homeless.
Once left, landlord put the house back up for rent for £200 more a month.
Wrong move you scumbag.
Arlene Foster is a hateful & sectarian arch bigot who deserves absolutely no respect.
This is an individual who for years denied a large proportion of the people of north language and civil rights due to her warped xenophobic ideology.
Fair play to that woman.
Since when did Conor McGregor become the voice of Irish Freedom when he has no issue wearing the imperialist emblem of remembrance of those who murdered and militarily occupy Ireland on behalf of a foreign government.
Too many blows to the head that fella.
One song I would love to be heard being sung at Celtic Park and Celtic away games.
Brave Protestant Men.
“So here’s to those Brave protestant men. Who gave their lives, to free our land. All the people sang their praises then
For those brave United Irishmen”
Just imagine if an organisation that represented the IRA & INLA released a statement threatening violence over a political decision in 2022
Just imagine the response that would follow from the PSNI & MI5..
Instead the UVF & UDA are getting unjustified airtime from state media.
An abandoned Orange Hall belonging to the sectarian Orange Order in the arse of nowhere miraculously goes on fire and without any investigation, Unionism is shouting it is a sectarian attack
😂 😂 😂
You could not make this place up.
Hope they get a few quid from insurance
People need to remember in this Jeffrey Donaldson case.
The victim or victim(s) have at this stage chosen to remain anonymous and they have clearly done this for a reason.
Stop speculating and sharing things that may reveal identities.
Whoever they are - they are victims.
The irony is palpable when the Irish far right, who decry Ireland as becoming a “plantation" for immigrants, find common cause with Loyalists who proudly trace their roots back to the original plantations established to colonize and occupy Ireland...
That is where we are at 😂
If the UVF & UDA engage in an armed conflict, one thing is for certain.
It wont be wee Jamie hiding in his attic in donaghadee or his Narco godfathers wasting their lives in gaol or worse.
It will be young working class protestants and innocent nationalists facing the impact
Just remember…
When the IRA were waging a guerilla war against a global superpower and defending nationalist communities from state sponsored terrorism, they were at the same time devoting resources in a campaign against Bono and his wife because he tore up a tri-colour 😂
Have to laugh every year at the loyalists who poke fun at the Hunger Strikers with various childish jokes and photos.
If only loyalism had a legacy like the calibre of 1981 they wouldnt be in the position they are today.
Our legacy is Sands & O’Hara, theirs is Johnny Adair.
Why is nobody in the media discussing the fact a private internal document regarding PSNI operations has been leaked by someone within the PSNI to people linked to the UVF?
Collusion is no illusion, still in 2021.
I like Liel Abada, he is terrific footballer and the fans have always supported him.
But if he is finding the current situation tough because Celtic fans oppose his state of “Israel” committing genocide and blowing children in half then he needs to have a good look at himself
Robert Nairac represents the worst Britain had to offer in Ireland.
A man publicly suspected of deep involvement in collusion with loyalists which resulted in deaths of innocent people.
His remains found or not, his legacy is one of an imperialist war criminal & terrorist.
Remembering those who gave their lives for the Liberation of Ireland today.
All those who sacrificed and continue to sacrifice lives and freedoms to rid our country from foreign imperialism.
The fight is not over until we are united and free!
Wear your Easter Lily with pride
Canvassing today in the Lower Falls for the IRSP
A fella said he wont be giving us the
#1
vote because the Irps shot him years ago, but will give us his
#2
Where else in the world would you get this like 😂 😂
#LE23
memoirs
There are alternative routes the Orange Order can take between Ballysillan & Woodvale that avoids Ardoyne.
They choose the latter because their ideology is based on sectarian supremacy & hatred.
Holding on to a belief system that was defeated.
At a Bobby Sands vigil this evening in Belfast and got talking to a Syrian Family who were in attendance; wanting to show solidarity with the Irish struggle.
Said Ireland, just like their homeland - such devastation due to foreign imperialist interference, theyd still be home.
The young Republican who had his name, face and details posted all over social media after being arrested in connection with last weeks shooting.
He was vilified and criminalised on social media and on the media.
He was released last night unconditionally.
Ethical standards?
When Freddie Scappaticci carried out his most heinous crimes - when he purposely targeted innocent people and their families.
He done so as a British Army Agent with a British Army objective & Agenda.
A point to remember when they try and directly link his actions to the PIRA.
I would love to know how Loyalists; the UVF or UDA can walk around in these PUL communities masked up and intimidate families so freely.
When Republican Socialists organise a political leaflet drop in Belfast for example, there are at least 3 PSNI cars assembled from the get go
PSNI stopping and searching cars and people returning from the IRSP Easter parade today West Belfast.
Parade (notified) passed off without incident.
You have to ask yourself, why notify if they will still harass participants?
We have a right to remember our dead in peace.
Loyalism is now running out of road. The UVF & UDA can only talk about ending ceasefires for so long before they are just empty words.
This is what happens when you have no long term viable political strategy and instead listen to pipsqueak from his attic in Donaghadee
A protestant neighbour of mine attended the Wolfetones on Sunday, pictures engulfed in a tri-colour an all.
So where does that fit into this faux sectarian narrative of the Féile? 🤔
Why is the loyalist who was arrested over last week’s shooting in Omagh not having his name, details & face plastered all over social media and the media?
If Unionists collapse Stormont, it will be the last time there will ever be a Stormont.
Nationalist parties should agree to never re-enter or rebrand, and a date must be announced for a
#BorderPoll
on Irish Unity.
Last year, when Unionism ratcheted up tensions resulting in Loyalist youths burning buses & gathering at the Lanark Way interface; Sinn Féin, IRSP & youth leaders formed a Human Chain to physically stop CNR youth from getting to the interface gates.
A protestant was allowed to join the IRA & INLA (A protestant in fact was the leader of the INLA until 1980)
But a catholic was not and is not allowed to be a member of the Orange Order…
So what grouping is sectarian?
A Belfast man who was kept on the strictest bail conditions possible for over a decade appeared in court today, where a judge agreed he had no case to answer for and found not guilty on all counts.
The entire case was based on MI5 recordings that were proven to be false.
They were killed and imprisoned for refusing to give up on their beliefs in their actual fight for the freedom of Ireland.
A legal threat and your man is doing a runner 😂
Patriots they say? Give my head peace. Muppets.
Imagine the far right in Ireland accusing Republicans of being “anti-irish” 😂
When Republicans were fighting, dying and spending their lives in gaol fighting for Ireland, the far right were pleasuring themselves over photos Oswald Mosley and aligning themselves to loyalists.
It doesn’t matter what your opinions are of the New IRA. If you see yourself as progressive and you are supportive of MI5 actively operating in Ireland, no matter at what capacity or who against then, you seriously need to reconsider your political values & what you represent.
I honestly couldnt care what this story may do to the DUP or not, nor will I rejoice in it.
At the end of the day, there is an innocent victim at the heart of this who has suffered for years.
Whatever happens, I hope the victim gets the justice he/she deserves.
It is time that Nationalism in the 6 counties officially call it a day on Stormont.
Stormont is vital to Unionism- without it they are nothing.
Call their bluff and walk away from the institutions for good. No more of this “make it work”.
End Stormont & Partition
The absolute audacity of former RUC members who portray themselves as innocent or “caught up” in the conflict here.
The RUC were and are a disgraced “police force” who orchestrated industrial scale collusion and that extends to any former/current member.
They arent innocent.
In 1923; Free State Soldiers strapped 9 anti-Treaty IRA volunteers to a land mine and detonated it.
In that month 23 Anti-Treaty IRA volunteers were butchered in similar fashion by Free State Soldiers.
As Republicans - we remember the Free Staters as one thing: Traitors.
Ronnie Bunting was a protestant, his da was a major in the British Army. A member of the IRA and then a founding member and Chief of Staff of the INLA,assassinated in 1980. He is celebrated every year.
How does that fit into the narrative Republican armed struggle was sectarian?
Loyalists were last week putting up posters threatening to “Burn NI” and now they are being accused of shooting members of the PSNI while also labelling the Royal Family - Lundy’s
I think loyalism needs turned off and turned back on again.
What agenda is this
@irish_news
article serving?
There hasnt been a bonfire in Beechmount in years. Since this photo was taken (decade+ ago), painstaking work has took place by youth workers & community leaders to the point the bonfire no longer exists
False equivalence nonsense
Why are Sinn Féin members (cllrs, MLA’s, MPs) standing alongside the owners of Northern Property (west belfast’s biggest landlord) around a statue of James Connolly on the Falls Road?
If you are joining in with the Unionist narrative in labelling pro-IRA/INLA singing as sectarian, then you are no better than the British State who for centuries have attempted to sectarianise and criminalise the Republican struggle and those who paid the ultimate sacrafice
The UVF & UDA have never been able to stand on their own 2 feet without the backing of the British Government.
If you want to know where their directives & confidence are coming from, there is a shiny new building overlooking Belfast Lough.. And no, it isnt Stormont
Big shoutout to the lads in the Beechmount Residents Collective.
Been on the streets last few nights into the early hours keeping kids away from the lanark way interface
None of these young lads get paid, it is all self organised community empowerment
I once got followed from Belfast to Spain and back, then stopped at the airport twice by the PSNI and questioned about an Irish Unity website.
Meanwhile, a spokesperson from the UVF is allowed on a BBC Radio Station....
Hmmm 🤔
Considering the important International role Clare Daly plays in her voice for Palestine, human rights, anti-imperialism & socialism.
It was wrong and selfish for PBP to stand Bríd Smith against her, knowing it was going to be tight.
International solidarity my hole..
People lapping up Hilary Benn’s “honest broker” comments.
Britain has never and will never be an honest broker in Ireland.
Dont fall for the same mistake we have made for centuries.
Right so.
2 UDA factions are fueding in North Down over Drugs. The media & PSNI take the side of 1 faction against the other.
A week later, members of the UVF show up under the guise of a “community safety walk” which is also supported by the media & PSNI.
🤔 🤔 🤔
This man said his business was beside Tesco’s and 4/5 minutes from the Falls Road.
The closest Tesco’s to the Falls is Ballygomartin which is certainly not the Falls Road.
Do you all see what Nolan is doing here? Its toxic & divisive and he needs stopped.
Businessman tells Nolan Show 3 men walked into his building close to the Falls Rd and told him if he opened his new shop , he would be attacked everyday .
On Nolan now
That is now 2 bonfires; the Bogside and New Lodge Bonfires that the IRSP/RSYM have been instrumental in ending due to open and respectful engagement with the youth of both respective areas.
Look forward to the positive reporting of the youth by the media for this ….
BOGSIDE BONFIRE:
In the last few months the Republican Socialist Youth Movement have been engaging with the Bogside Republican Youth regarding the highly attended annual bonfire in Meenan Square.
After several conversations with the bonfire builders they have informed us that
The media and now the PSNI openly coming out with the line of “previously linked to the UDA” when talking about the groups involved in the North Down fued.
Why is the state blatantly trying to cover/protect the image of the UDA here?
Sinn Fein trying to defend their decision to go to Washington and wine and dine with Genocide Joe by claiming to represent the Palestine Authority.
The Palestine Authority do not represent the people of palestine and have been complicit with the Zionist occupation and Genocide.
Postman robbed in Beechmount while out doing his rounds by a few little hoods this afternoon.
Residents and a group of Travellers gave chase along with the postman and got most of the stuff back.
“Up the Ra” is not culture.
No Republican would argue otherwise.
“Up the Ra” is a political slogan/reference against imperialism.
Seeing Unionists trying to use this as whataboutery to defend their toxic institutional sectarianism covered up as “culture” is laughable.
@naomi_long
The death/potential murder of a member of this “next generation” has been covered up by the PSNI, yet you remain silent on this issue and complicit in said cover-up.
To put simply Naomi, either put up or shut up.
New mural to be unveiled this afternoon in Beechmount to mark the 40th anniversary of the 1981 Hunger Strike.
Organised by a group of young lads from the area.
2pm, bottom of Amcomri Street/Beechmount Avenue
#Belfast
This time last year, people from the IRSP, Sinn Féin & Independents put our differences aside and began a busy 2 months making history by organising the first March For Irish Unity.
Cant wait to build on it and take to the streets again ✊
#YesForUnity
#IrishUnity
I see another man of hate kicks the bucket.
Dont let the revisionism that exists in this place tell you any different.
If it wasnt for the actions of armed Republicanism his type would still be standing on our heads.
Is it just me, or are there swarms of Loyalists on twitter who must just sit all day long and just constantly refresh the page for twitter search IRA or INLA or Sinn Féin or Féile
Costello House, the Head Office of the IRSP is undergoing a major refurbishment, and some of our findings have been incredible.
Saoirse/starry plough originals, letters/comms from long kesh, minutes of anti h-block committee meetings.
Historical treasure trove.
Sandy Row operates under the tight grip of the UDA.
Jackie McDonald (pictured right) is head of the South Belfast UDA.
They receive a substantial amount of annual funding.
Gangsterism is deeply rooted within the institutions under the guise of “peace”.
Sinn Féin in the North have a serious talent for winning and retaining seats. Their election machine in the 6 counties is 2nd to none. North Belfast & FST a prime example.
When they win a seat, it is very difficult to dethrone them.
Very very strange statement to make..
While, as part of conflict, it has unfortunately happened in the past, Armed Republican groups have never recognised civilians as “legitimate targets”.
You can only guess whose agenda this statement serves.