Alán Camilo Cienfuegos discusses the true legacy of the bizarrely beloved JFK. It is 50 years since John F. Kennedy, then president of the US, visited Ireland, in 1963. And now, just as then, the media both here and in the US is replete with praise and admiration for the man, America’s first Catholic president,…
Tag: Imperialism
Samantha Power – another ‘Good’ Imperialist
Alán Camilo Cienfuegos writes about Obama’s latest appointment…. Barack Obama’s nomination of Irish-born academic and writer Samantha Power to the post of US Ambassador to the UN is yet another example of the increasing trend toward ‘humanitarian’ war by the US government’s hawks in sheep’s clothing. Samantha Power is, at first glance, a poster-girl for…
On the events at Woolwich: The hypocrisy of British Imperialism
Alán Camilo Cienfuegos writes about the recent events in London…. Britain is today left reeling after an attack in Woolwich, London, yesterday left a man, apparently a British soldier, dead – hacked to death by two men described as Islamic fundamentalists, who butchered him in the street while shouting ‘God is Great’. And, just as…
On Irish Complicity with Imperialism and Colonialism
Alán Camilo Cienfuegos writes about the recent announcement that the Irish Government is considering sending troops to Mali. According to an RTE news report of the 6th of February, 2013, the Irish government is considering sending Irish Defence Forces troops to Mali to aid in the training of the Malian military, as part of the…