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This summer, Belfast saw the worst of its colonial legacy, and the best of its working-class resistance. In June, racist pogroms tore through the city while the state stood by. By August, Féile an Phobail offered a different vision: solidarity over division; internationalism over ethnonationalism. At the heart of that […]
Meabhrú, athrá agus crácamas – na trí haspal de chúrsa na hArdteiste. Tá sé soiléir go bhfuil an córasoideachais in Éirinn seanfhaiseanta – nach bhfuil sé in am é a athrú? Ar fud na tíre feictear easpa múinteoirí agus acmhainní oideachasúla, chomh maith le scoláirí traochta tar éis seacht n-uaire […]
There are now over two thousand entire homes available for short-term rental sa Ghaeltacht, in the very same areas where the Irish language is so threatened and supposed to be protected. And as the likes of Airbnb grow year on year — with an increase of 88% in the number of […]
Bob Quinn was an Irish television producer who, after falling out with the RTÉ hierarchy in the late 1960s, found himself living the life of an artist in Connemara at a time when it was one of the most economically deprived regions in Europe, with a wife and young child […]
Baineadh siar asainn ar an séú lá den mhí seo caite nuair a tháinig an scéal go raibh Gabriel Rosenstock ar shlí na fírinne. Over a long period Rosenstock contributed poetry to Socialist Voice, always a new work and always well on time. The poems were usually accompanied by his own […]
“Tá dualgas ar gach saoránach Gaeilge a labhairt.” [“Every citizen has a duty to speak Irish.”] These words of Máirtín Ó Cadhain, spoken in an earlier era of struggle, are finding new resonance in today’s Ireland. Across the nation, and particularly among the younger generations, a quiet but determined reconquest […]
The Communist Party of Ireland expresses its solidarity with Kneecap, who are now under serious threat by the forces of the British State. The arrest and charging of one of the group’s members Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, is just the latest in the ongoing effort to silence the group and […]
Gaza is now 50 million tons of debris How do you measure 50 million tons of debris? How do you weigh 50 million tons of debris? Go teach our children! 50 million tons of debris […]
Language, Identity and Modern Belfast Irish is often considered a relic of the past. Kneecap, directed by Rich Peppiatt, obliterates this notion with a brash, hilarious, and poignant quasi-biopic of Belfast’s working-class Irish-language leftwing rap trio. Starring Mo Chara (Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh), Móglaí Bap (Naoise Ó Cairealláin), and DJ […]
Fighting the effects of colonialism and imperialism was the hallmark of the long, active and fruitful life of Pádraig Ó Snodaigh who passed away suddenly on the second day of the new year at the age of 89. His radical republicanism informed every aspect of his life as language activist, […]
Fortune Teller Out of sheer desperationI went to the fortune tellerand begged her to tell me when the war would end.Her lips curled.What did that mean?I felt my own lips beginning to curl as well, unwittingly.She looked me straight in the eye.Maybe she doesn’t know, I said to myself.Can she […]
Ar dtús, caithfidh mé mo leithscéal a ghabháil as labhairt anseo i dteanga ár namhad. Nach greannmhar go bhfuil muid ag plé an ábhair seo i dteanga a níonn scrios ar ár gcultúr agus ar mheon na saoirse sa tír seo agus ar fud an domhain, lá i ndiaidh lae. […]
Over the years, the Socialist Voice has had some great articles advocating for the Irish language, seen from an anti-capitalist lens which are definitely worth re-reading. I didn’t go to school in Ireland so I don’t have any experience with learning Irish in that setting, but I did grow up […]
There’s a saying on the Isle of Man, “Cha jean oo cosney ping lesh y Ghailick”, which roughly translates as “You won’t make a penny with Manx”. This perfectly illustrates how every minority language struggles to financially justify its existence. It’s hard enough to make a living as a writer […]
Má fhaighimse bás, ní mór duitse fanacht beo chun mo scéalsa a insint mo chuid giuirléidí a dhíol ruainne éadaigh a cheannach agus cúpla téad, (bíodh sé bán ags ruball fada air) chun go mbeadh radharc ag páiste, áit éigin i nGaza agus é ag stánadh ar neamh ag feitheamh […]
“Gan Teideal” (Untitled) is an Irish-language transcreation of a poem by Marius Mason, who describes himself as a transgender anarchist, environmentalist, and animal-rights prisoner. His activities were reported to the authorities by his husband, and he was sentenced to twenty-two years’ imprisonment. Marius—a father of two—who has worked as a […]