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Traditional unionism is incoherent and broken

Posted By: November 17, 2021

For young unionists, Irish unity is “just another issue’”alongside many others  Susan Mckay. Irish Times. Dublin. Monday, November 15, 2021. The artist Dermot Seymour once explained why his paintings often featured headless men: if you are a Protestant in the North you are not allowed to think for yourself, because “you might talk sense and […]

Unionists’ stance on deputy first minister post disturbing

Posted By: November 15, 2021

While the protocol issue has been widely presented as offering the greatest threat to our devolved structures, in many ways the attitude of unionist leaders to the prospect of a nationalist first minister has become the elephant in the room. The entire debate over the standing of the two most senior posts in the executive […]

SOLIDARITY PRIZE TO BE POSTHUMOUSLY PRESENTED AND RE-NAMED IN HONOR OF PRESIDENT TRUMKA

Posted By: November 10, 2021

WORLD PEACE PRIZE FOR SOLIDARITY TO BE POSTHUMOUSLY PRESENTED TO FAMILY OF RICHARD L. TRUMKA, LATE PRESIDENT OF AFL-CIO …AND TO BE RE-NAMED “RICHARD L. TRUMKA WORLD PEACE PRIZE FOR SOLIDARITY.”             CAPITOL HILL. Thursday, November 11, 2021— In February 2020, President Trumka, AFL-CIO, agreed to receive the World Peace Prize for Solidarity sometime in that year […]

U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee

Posted By: November 10, 2021

Meeks, Keating, Blumenauer and Boyle Issue Statement on UK’s Threat to Invoke Article 16 of the Northern Ireland ProtocolNovember 9, 2021Washington, DC – Today, Representatives Gregory W. Meeks, Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, William R. Keating, Chair of the Europe, Energy, the Environment and Cyber Subcommittee, Earl Blumenauer, Chair of the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade, and Brendan Boyle, Chair of the […]

BORDER COMMUNITIES AGAINST BREXIT EXPECTS ARTICLE 16 MOVE

Posted By: November 09, 2021

IRISH CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING Distributed to Congress by Irish National Caucus   “This article makes very disturbing reading. Members of Congress who stand for justice and peace in Ireland should be very concerned.” —Fr. Sean Mc Manus  Border Communities Against Brexit is looking to the U.S. and EU for support.Irish Echo. New York City. November 9, […]

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