Israel has made its third attempt in 8 months to destroy Iran. This time it has got what it always wanted—the full power of the United States as its instrument. In previous pieces the present writer has asked the question of Trump: Is it America First or Israel First? That question was answered on Saturday 28th February! On … Continue reading Israel First!
Casement: Dr. Audrey Giles’ Report
(Followed by Brian Inglis's Three Diaries Trick! ) The report of Audrey Giles on the Black Diaries was completed with much fanfare in 2002. It was claimed that the question of the authenticity of the Diaries was now closed. Giles is a Doctor of Philosophy. At the time of the Report she had twenty-five years … Continue reading Casement: Dr. Audrey Giles’ Report
Reclaiming Roger Casement
Review: Roger Casement In Irish History, 2005, Royal Irish Academy, edited by Mary E. Daly This book consists of a collection of essays on various themes concerning Roger Casement. While most of the media attention focused on a report of the handwriting expert Audrey Giles on the so called Black Diaries, there are other parts … Continue reading Reclaiming Roger Casement
Basil Thomson the Writer
Angela Clifford, writing in January’s Irish Political Review, focused attention on the remarkable man who was Roger Casement’s main interrogator. Sir Basil Thomson is well worth looking at closely. He can never be entirely ignored by anyone telling the Casement story, but he may be—and normally is—marginalised. He always seems to get less notice than he deserves. It has … Continue reading Basil Thomson the Writer
When Special Branch Tried To ‘Do A Casement’ On Me !
Reading John Minahane's account of the targeting of Roger Casement put me in mind of an incident which happened to me in November 1985. It was an attempt to discredit me, to put me 'beyond the pale'—and it was because I helped to promote political views which conflicted with a core objective of the British … Continue reading When Special Branch Tried To ‘Do A Casement’ On Me !
Iran: Prime Minister Starmer’s Words of Wisdom!
Iran: Prime Minister Starmer's Words of Wisdom! The British Prime Minister, in the afternoon of February 2nd, made a statement about the attack on Iran by the Leader of the Free World and the Leader of the Jewish State that is aggressively colonising what remains of the territory allocated by the UN for a Palestinian … Continue reading Iran: Prime Minister Starmer’s Words of Wisdom!
Trump And Venezuela
We are told that Venezuela has the largest oil reserves in the world at some 300 billion barrels of proven reserves, and that explains Trump's recent actions in Venezuela. But the definition of 'proven reserves' is oil that it is technically possible to extract with current technology and extracting the oil and getting it to … Continue reading Trump And Venezuela
Ideology And State
Fascism is the political system by means of which the Versailles states—set up by Britain and France, but chiefly by Britain—at the end of the First World War, without regard for viability—established unchallengeable authority for themselves. Those states were not the product of a struggle for national freedom. Many of them had no national history. … Continue reading Ideology And State
Victor Grossman RIP
The late Manus O'Riordan often liked to quote analysis by the German Socialist, Victor Grossman—a supporter of Die Linke—who has just died, aged 95! We reproduce the following tribute to him—thereby remembering both him and Manus! Lives worth living Obituary, Victor Grossman 11 March, 1928 – 17 December, 2025 Phil Butland20/12/2025 Victor Grossman died on … Continue reading Victor Grossman RIP
The Brian P. Murphy OSB Archive. (Series 9)
The Evolution Of British Policy And The Emergence Of a Sinn Fein Publicity Department In The Years After The Easter Rising. Mss notes, Part 25 On his return to Dublin, Childers immediately visited the Sinn Fein propaganda staff and showed them a letter written by Robert Barton about his prison experience. Although Brennan wished to … Continue reading The Brian P. Murphy OSB Archive. (Series 9)
Irish Political Review 