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RadioReasonThe 1867 Fenian ProclamationOn Tuesday 5 March 1867, the Irish Republican Brotherhood (the Fenian Movement) published a Proclamation Of The Irish Republic, prior to attempting the overthrow of British rule in Ireland.
This document is now an item of historic interest albeit with some obvious current relevance.
2023-12-0103 min
Foreign Agent: The IRA’s American connectionForeign Agent Episode 3: Agents of the StateAfter Bloody Sunday in 1972, Irish Northern Aid saw its power, influence and donations increase dramatically — but a higher profile brought new enemies. Secretly, the Federal Bureau of Investigation turned its sights on Noraid: auditing their books, cultivating informers and staking out meetings. On the public stage, Irish American politicians like Ted Kennedy, who had once wooed voters with their militant rhetoric against the British, began working to turn the community away from the IRA. An array of powerful actors had finally taken notice and were ready to clamp down. But Noraid had some moves of its own to make....2022-05-3141 min
Foreign Agent: The IRA’s American connectionThe New World and the Old CountryIn 1927, the Irish republican Michael Flannery emigrated from the quiet backroads of Tipperary to the crowded streets of New York City, swapping a life of rebellion for a humdrum career in life insurance. But the Irish American community hadn’t forgotten about the old country, and as the Troubles began in Northern Ireland, Flannery found himself at the heart of the campaign to end British rule.
In episode two of Foreign Agent, Flannery’s life story unlocks the roots of anti-colonial struggle in Ireland and how the Irish became white in America. We trace the history of Nora...2022-05-2653 min
RadioReasonDiscussing the Century of ReactionWriting in the Irish Worker on 14 March 1914, James Connolly said of the mooted partitioning of Ireland
Such a scheme as that agreed to by Redmond and Devlin, the betrayal of the national democracy of industrial Ulster would mean a carnival of reaction both North and South, would set back the wheels of progress, would destroy the oncoming unity of the Irish Labour movement and paralyse all advanced movements whilst it endured.
In this episode the Peadar O'Donnell Socialist Republican Forum convenes a discussion reflecting on the century following the 1922 Treaty and the solidification of partition ... as C...2022-01-0837 minRadioReasonThe Century of ReactionWriting in the Irish Worker on 14 March 1914, James Connolly said of the mooted partitioning of Ireland
Such a scheme as that agreed to by Redmond and Devlin, the betrayal of the national democracy of industrial Ulster would mean a carnival of reaction both North and South, would set back the wheels of progress, would destroy the oncoming unity of the Irish Labour movement and paralyse all advanced movements whilst it endured.
In this episode for the Peadar O'Donnell Socialist Republican Forum, noted historian Fearghal MacBhloscaidh addresses the events that cemented partition and the immediate impact...2022-01-0134 minRadioReasonThe rationale behind the Mother and Baby homes scandal in IrelandA recent RTE TV documentary highlighted the horrors inflicted on thousands of women and children in Ireland's 'Magdalene Laundries' (institutions run by orders of nuns for women who were deemed as "fallen" by society) for decades after the foundation of the 26-County state.
In this short podcast we ask why the state tolerated and indeed facilitated such cruel behaviour.2021-11-1004 minRadioReasonCombatting those who would pollute the earthTo coincide with the COP26 in Glasgow, the Peadar O'Donnell Socialist Republican Forum's Patricia Campbell interviews two leading environmentalists ... Seán McBrearty of the US based group ' Oil and Water Don't Mix' and Fidelma o'Kane of the Irish group 'Save Our Sperrins'. 2021-10-2943 minRadioReasonFine Gael and a united IrelandExamining how the Fine Gael party view the prospect of Irish unity.2021-08-0906 min
The Irish Spark#38 - Carson's Crumbling CreationHosted by Peadar O'Donnell Socialist Republican Forum
Established a century ago and now, the future of the Six County political entity has never been in such doubt. Challenged by demographic trends, British disinterest, an Irish sea border and the distinct possibility of a border poll, the ending of partition and the union with Britain are very much on the political agenda.
Here, three political activists: Eugene McCartan general secretary of the Communist Party of Ireland, Paul Stewart author and political scientist and Tommy McKearney of the Peadar O'Donnell Socialist Republican Forum discuss the current situation wi...2021-08-071h 14RadioReasonThe Scramogue AmbushOn 23 March 1921 the IRA in Co Roscommon ambushed a convoy of British military and members of the RIC as they travelled from Strokestown towards Longford. The ambush took place in a rural area called Scramogue. This is the story of that engagement along with detailed background of events in the county leading up to the ambush and its aftermath. The story is recounted here by Roscommon historian Henry Owens. 2021-03-2338 min
The Week at Work46. Capitalism, CETA, Hunger Strikes & united Ireland?This week we’re joined by Tommy McKearney, activist and former hunger striker, to discuss:
Covid vaccine rollout and patents
CETA and the Green Party
Davy Stockbroker fallout
Johnny Ronan, high rises & NAMA
Data centres and fossil fuel usage
Exploring Irish unity or the British union
Loyalists ignored by Taoiseach
Pontins & racism
Fictional beef barons & honest GDP growth
Talking about the Hunger Strikes
And much more…2021-03-071h 15
Trademark Belfast56. Alternative Ulster?A tough one this, our first podcast since the passing of our friend and comrade Mel Corry on January 13th from Covid-19. But as Mel would absolutely have it, "Don't mourn, organise!"
We're joined by his friends Tommy McKearney, author and activist and Dr Steve Baker, media guru at the University of Ulster to talk about all things Norn Iron, borders, protocols & paramilitaries.2021-02-2744 minRadioReasonSpeaking about the BLM movement in the USAPolitical activist and historian Matt Siegfried talks with Patricia Campbell about the current Black Lives Matter protest movement in the USA and discuss the sensitive (for the Irish at any rate) matter of racism among Irish Americans.2020-06-1322 minRadioReasonContaining the SurgeNothing worries an established ruling class so much as a series of unpredictable events over which they have no control. There can be little doubt that developments over the last six months have given rise to just such concerns within governing circles in Dublin.
Is the Irish Establishment preparing to contain these unexpected developments by drawing the more amenable into their ranks? 2020-06-0308 minRadioReasonWe only want the EarthWe only want the Earth is a line from a song composed by James Connolly and this phrase was used as the title for a podcast created to celebrate the socialist's life work on the 104th anniversary of his execution. 2020-05-2044 minRadioReasonMayday 2020This podcast was recorded by Radioreason.com2020-05-181h 29
Trademark Belfast8. Brexit, the border & the leftIn partnership with the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation www.brexitblog-rosalux.eu a panel debate with Clare Bailey GPNI, Tommy McKearney EXPAC, Deirdre Hargey Sinn Féin, Patricia McKenna Former MEP.2019-09-071h 08
21WIREIMPERIALISM ON TRIAL: 'Free Julian Assange' from London21WIRE's Patrick Henningsen was a featured speaker for night two of the 'Imperialism on Trial - Free Julian Assange' event series held in central London on June 11-12, 2019.
Patrick asks among other things, 'Where's the case?'
This event was streamed lived by RT UK and hosted by George Galloway...
Speaker lineup also included "Tony Bliar" (aka Neil Clark), Tommy McKearney, Ogmundur Jonasson, Roshan Muhammed Salih, Alexander Mercouris, Clare Daly and WikiLeaks.
Watch the full event and hear from all of the great speakers here: https://youtu.be/iRvh6-CvDGs2019-07-0332 min
Documentary on One PodcastDocArchive: The Sky Ran AwayA documentary with Tommy McKearney, a 1980's Provisional IRA prisoner - and John Nixon - a then member of the INLA - A story of two men's experience of their years on the blanket and the inevitability of hunger strike.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.2010-01-0141 min