Ireland
Possible Brexit concessions in the works on Northern Ireland
October 9, 2019European governments are prepared to accept a unilateral revocation of the withdrawal treaty as long as both communities—unionists and Irish nationalists—agree to it.
Read moreAll honor to the San Patricios, the St. Patrick’s Battalion
September 12, 2019Official U.S. history paints the Mexican War (1846-48) as a story of “heroic” American settlers fighting for “freedom” from Mexico. The Irish immigrants who gave their all saw that fight far differently.
Read moreTrump’s clown? Britain’s likely next prime minister, Boris Johnson
July 9, 2019The slavish and uncritical support given by Britain to the foreign policy of what Boris Johnson calls “our number 1 ally, the USA,” should come as no surprise.
Read moreLiam O’Flaherty’s ‘Hollywood Cemetery’: Long censored exposé makes a comeback
March 21, 2019For readers of People’s World, a special aspect: O'Flaherty puts the Daily Worker (called Proletarian Power in the novel), at its moral center.
Read moreButcher’s dozen: The crimes of Bloody Sunday 47 years on
March 20, 2019Disbelief is the reaction of most in Ireland to the decision to charge only one British Paratrooper with the murder of 14 civil rights marchers.
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