A dark side to Irish nationalism. It is something of a novelty to see Irish workers holding up portraits of Michael Collins alongside slogans demanding ‘Pakis out’. (thecommunists.org)

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[-] frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml 13 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Nothing makes me angrier than the right appropriating the symbols of anti-imperialist struggle.

These guys will wave signs of Patrick Pearse as a right-wing "Ireland for the Irish" nationalist statement. It's a total dishonour to the memory of the Fenian movement, who didn't promote anything like that. (Pearse was the son of an immigrant.)

The anti-immigrant movement is tied with the imperial core. It's a fundamentally imperialist movement, not anti-imperialist.

[-] Z3k3@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

You just broke me. Grew up in the 80s in Glasgow and just realised I have never seen fenian written down before. I have no idea how that's possible

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