Legion of the Rearguard

Legion of the Rearguard

Author: Martyn Frampton

Publisher:

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780716530558

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Who are the dissident Irish Republicans, where do they come from and what do they believe? This title explores these questions and features first-hand interviews with key players such as Ruairi O. Bradaigh, Tony Catney, and more.


Inside the IRA

Inside the IRA

Author: Andrew Sanders

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Published: 2011-04-25

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 0748646043

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Would the 'real' IRA please stand up? Why, and how, the IRA splintered. The Real IRA, the Continuity IRA, the Irish National Liberation Army, the Official IRA and the Provisional IRA have all assumed responsibility for the struggle for Irish freedom over the course of the late-20th century. Yet as recently as 1969 there was only one Irish Republican Army trying to unify Ireland using physical force., Andrew Sanders explains how and why the transition from one IRA to several IRAs occurred, analysing all the dissident factions that have emerged since the outbreak of the Northern Ireland troubles. He looks at why these groups emerged, what their respective purposes are, and why, in an era of relative peace and stability in Northern Ireland, they seek to prolong the violence that cost over 3500 lives.


Ruairí Ó Brádaigh

Ruairí Ó Brádaigh

Author: Robert W. White

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 2020-05-05

Total Pages: 476

ISBN-13: 0253048303

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A biography and analysis of the influential Irish political and military leader. At his death in 2013, Ruairí Ó Brádaigh remained a divisive and influential figure in Irish politics and the Irish Republican movement. He was the first person to serve as chief of staff of the Irish Republican Army, as president of the political party Sinn Féin, and to have been elected, as an abstentionist, to the Dublin parliament. He was a prominent, uncompromising, and articulate spokesperson of those Irish Republicans who questioned the peace process in Northern Ireland. His concern was rooted in his analysis of Irish history and his belief that the peace process would not achieve peace. He believed that it would support the continued partition of Ireland and result in continued, inevitable, conflict. The child of Irish Republican veterans, Ó Brádaigh led IRA raids, was arrested and interned, escaped and lived “on the run,” and even spent a period on a hunger strike. Because he was an effective spokesman for the Irish Republican cause, he was at different times excluded from Northern Ireland, Britain, the United States, and Canada. He was also a key figure in the secret negotiation of a bilateral IRA-British truce in the mid-1970s. In a brief afterword for this new edition, author Robert W. White addresses Ó Brádaigh’s continuing influence on the Irish Republican Movement, including the ongoing “dissident” campaign. Whether for good or bad, this ongoing dissident activity is a part of Ruairí Ó Brádaigh’s enduring legacy. “A tour de force. Indispensable for all Irish studies collections. . . . Essential.” —Choice


Divided We Stand

Divided We Stand

Author: John Horgan

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2013-03-07

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13: 0199772851

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This book, an exciting, new work written by one of the world's leading terrorism experts, presents a systematic and comprehensive look inside the strategy and psychology of Ireland's new terrorists.


Out of the Ashes

Out of the Ashes

Author: Robert White

Publisher: Merrion Press

Published: 2017-04-25

Total Pages: 555

ISBN-13: 1785371150

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Out of the Ashes is the definitive history of the Provisional Irish Republican movement, from its formation at the outset of the modern Troubles up to and after its official disarmament in 2005. Robert White, a prolific observer of IRA and Sinn Féin activities, has amassed an incomparable body of interview material from leading members over a thirty-year period. In this defining study, the interviewees provide extraordinary insights into the complex motivations that provoked their support for armed struggle, their eventual reform, and the mind-set of today’s ‘dissidents’ who refuse to lay down their arms. Those interviewed stem from every stage of the Provisionals’ history, from founding figures such as Seán Mac Stiofáin, Ruairí Ó Brádaigh and Joe Cahill to the new generation that replaced them: Martin McGuinness, Danny Morrison, and Brendan Hughes among others. Out of the Ashes is a pioneering history that breaks new ground in defining how the Provisionals operated, caused worldwide condemnation, and were transformed by constitutional politics.


Shinners, Dissos and Dissenters

Shinners, Dissos and Dissenters

Author: Paddy Hoey

Publisher:

Published: 2019-09

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 9781526114259

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This book provides a compelling picture of Irish republican activist media outlets like newspapers, magazines and Internet journals and the role that they played ideologically during the tumultuous years that followed the end of the 30-year civil war that was the Troubles and signing of the Good Friday Agreement.


Capitalism, Crime and Media in the 21st Century

Capitalism, Crime and Media in the 21st Century

Author: Neil Ewen

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2021-04-15

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 3030564444

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This edited collection from leading scholars in the fields of media, communications, cultural studies and a number of aligned areas looks to the intersection of capitalism, crime and the media. The text is founded on the principles of cultural criminology – that how we determine and understand crime lies in the social world and that the determination of crime and its mediation in popular culture have a political basis. The book consists of eleven chapters and is divided into three sections. Section one considers the intersection of crime and capitalism in a range of contemporary cultural texts. Section two examines how various power systems influence the operation of the media in its role of reporting crime and holding the powerful to account. Section three considers how texts in a variety of formats are used to conduct politics, communicate politics and enact political decision making.


Europe and Latin America

Europe and Latin America

Author: Peter R. Beardsell

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 254

ISBN-13: 9780719056314

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This book discusses the development of 'dissident' Irish republicanism and considers its impact on politics throughout Ireland since the 1980s. Based on a series of interviews with over ninety radical republican activists from the wide range of groups and currents which make up 'dissident' republicanism, the book provides an up-to-date assessment of the political significance and potential of the groups who continue to oppose the peace process and the Good Friday Agreement. It shows that the 'dissidents' are much more than traditionalist irreconcilables left behind by Gerry Adams' entry into the mainstream. Instead the book suggests that the dynamics and trajectory of 'dissident' republicanism are shaped more by contemporary forces than historical tradition and that by understanding the "dissidents" we can better understand the emerging forms of political challenge in an age of austerity and increasing political instability internationally.


Dissident Irish Republicanism

Dissident Irish Republicanism

Author: Max Taylor

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2011-07-15

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 1441154752

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This collection of papers examines the current rise in violence by Dissident Irish Republicans and its impact on the Northern Ireland Peace Process. The work will address advanced undergraduate and graduate students in Terrorism Studies, Irish Politics, Political Violence, and Conflict Studies.


Dissidents

Dissidents

Author: Ann Matthews

Publisher:

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781856359955

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During the War of Independence around 10,000 Irish women were actively involved in the fight for Irish freedom - this book details the role and experiences of the women within the Republican movement.