Thursday, September 5, 2002

Why Doesn't Britain Leave? Sandy Boyer From The Blanket Why doesn't the British government pull out of Northern Ireland? The disadvantages of continuing British rule are obvious. Among other things, it costs the British treasury approximately 1,500 million pounds a year in direct subvention. As well, bombs have periodically exploded in British cities and Britain has often had the embarrassment of being condemned by international human rights organizations. Comments: Google It! 6:04:38 PM

Connolly On Religion, Women and Sex From The Starry Plough One of Connolly's major theoretical contribution was his discussion of the relations between socialism and religion. Connolly's views on that matter are fairly original and atypical. The reason why Connolly engaged with the subject is that a great proportion of the Irish working class was influenced by the Roman Catholic religion. The Catholic hierarchy was trying to keep workers away from socialism by saying that socialism and the Christian religion were incompatible and antagonistic. The priests pointed out that socialism, especially in its Marxist form, was intrinsically bound with materialism and atheism; so it is impossible for workers to be socialist and Christian at the same time. Comments: Google It! 5:58:05 PM

Sectarian pogrom forces Antrim Catholics to flee Laura Friel From AP/RN Over the last year, Catholics living in Antrim have been subjected to a vicious campaign of sectarian intimidation in which loyalist paramilitaries have repeatedly targeted families in their homes, workers at their place of employment, children and their parents at school and even relatives attending a local cemetery. Comments: Google It! 5:57:47 PM

[ Previous 5 Sites | Skip Previous | Previous | Next ] Irish Republican Web Ring Join this ring [ Skip Next | Next 5 Sites | Random Site | List Sites ]

© Copyright 2002 The Badger.