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September 1, 2025September 3, 2025 lefroggy01

War Fever In Germany ?

Herbert Remmel Part One:  A War Economy Dear reader, please forgive me if I introduce a small bit of German lexicology right at the start.  I do so for the following reason:  day in, day out, all the leading German media outlets—radio, press, and television—address us with one voice:  they're all saying the same:  it's … Continue reading War Fever In Germany ?

September 1, 2025September 20, 2025 lefroggy01

Book Review

La Défaite de l’Occident (The Defeat Of The West), by Emmanuel Todd, Gallimard, 2024. John Martin A Spotlight On The West !  The author of this book predicted the collapse of the Soviet Union and now sees some of the same symptoms in the United States.  The book was written in 2024 when the defeat … Continue reading Book Review

September 1, 2025September 20, 2025 lefroggy01

Connolly Sanitised — Film Review

Bill McCamley  A film entitled We Only Want The Earth – the life and ideas of James Connolly is presently doing the rounds at festivals and Trade Union venues. It is funded by a number of Trade Unions and a body called the James Connolly Foundation For Educational Equality.  It is directed by film-maker Alan … Continue reading Connolly Sanitised — Film Review

August 1, 2025August 13, 2025 lefroggy01

What Is Europe?—Editorial

Is Europe a collection of nations with divergent interests and values or is it a coherent entity with common interests and values?  If European leaders such as Ursula von der Leyen and  Kaja Kallas are to be believed it is the latter.  But, if Europe does have common values, it is not easy to state what those … Continue reading What Is Europe?—Editorial

August 1, 2025August 13, 2025 lefroggy01

Immigration Policy—Editorial

What began as a genuine outbreak of resistance in local communities to the results of EU immigration policies has become synonymous with the right. There was always an inevitability about all of this as the left, with its ideological affinity to an abstract internationalism, was never capable of transcending that perspective in a way which … Continue reading Immigration Policy—Editorial

August 1, 2025August 15, 2025 lefroggy01

Israel’s Toady

by Pat Walsh To read more by Pat Walsh, you can visit his website here Andrew Roberts, court historian and now Baron Roberts of Belgravia, curtesy of Prime Minister Johnson, was once described as “the authorised apple polisher to the Blair-Bush dyarchy.” This was due to his fulsome support for the US/UK New World Order project.  He … Continue reading Israel’s Toady

August 1, 2025August 13, 2025 lefroggy01

HAMAS and Aid In Gaza

By Jonathan Landay US government analysis finds no evidence of systematic theft by Hamas of humanitarian supplies. An internal U.S. government analysis found no evidence of systematic theft by the Palestinian militant group Hamas of U.S.-funded humanitarian supplies, challenging the main rationale that Israel and the U.S. give for backing a new armed private aid operation. … Continue reading HAMAS and Aid In Gaza

August 1, 2025August 13, 2025 lefroggy01

The Lesson of NAMA

(National Asset Management Agency) John Martin If there is one thing that can be learned from recent Irish political history, it is that when there is a crisis the State must intervene. But, as last month's editorial pointed out, the resources of the State must be organised so that they are applied in a concentrated … Continue reading The Lesson of NAMA

August 1, 2025August 13, 2025 lefroggy01

IPR Banned From London Bookshop

Housman's Bookshop (London) An Exchange On Anti-Semitism The following notice, undated, was received from the management of Housman's Bookshop at King's Cross, London: "I'm writing to let you know that I'm afraid we will no longer be able to stock your print publications, which at the moment I believe consist of Irish Political Review, Church and … Continue reading IPR Banned From London Bookshop

August 1, 2025August 13, 2025 lefroggy01

Jewry A Nation ?

The off-beat Peace News book shop in King's Cross, now called Housmans, is a place we have always had a soft spot for because of its association with General Crozier—who was appointed Commander of the Auxiliaries by Lloyd George, but resigned the command in disgust when he saw how the War on the Irish was being conducted, and … Continue reading Jewry A Nation ?

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