OscailtThe 1913 Alternative Ulster CovenantThe 28th September 2012 will be the centenary of the Ulster Solemn League and Covenant against Home Rule.
Far less well known is the ‘Alternative Ulster Covenant’, signed in October 1913 by some twelve thousand Protestants from County Antrim in support of Home Rule and against partition.
The Alternative Covenant was written by Rev JB Armour and Roger Casement.
A Public Talk on the Alternative Covenant will be held on 3rd October in the Belvedere Hotel, Denmark Street, Dublin, at 7pm. Speakers to include Rev David Frazer and Bill O'Brien. All Welcome. (See http://www.indymedia.ie/article/102491 )
A historical pamphlet discussing not only the Alternative Covenant but also what James Connolly predicted would be a ‘carnival of reaction’, north and south, will be launched on the night.
Breaking news: Italian MP, Sgarbi denounces the Statistical Fraud on COVID-19. The speech of the Member of Parliament Vittorio Sgarbi in the session of the Italian Camera, Meeting no. 331 of Friday 24, April, 2020. Vittorio Sgarbi, denounces the closure of 60% of the businesses for 25,000 COVID-19 Deaths, of which the National Institute of Health says 96.3% died NOT of COVID-19 but of other pathologies. That means only 925 have died of the virus. 24,075 have died of other things.2012-10-03T00:35:39+00:00Indymedia Irelandimc-ireland@lists.indymedia.iehttp://www.indymedia.ie/atomfullposts?story_id=102493http://www.indymedia.ie/graphics/feedlogo.gifThe real way for a United Ireland... Irishmen United!!!http://www.indymedia.ie/article/102493#comment2924952012-10-03T00:35:39+00:00Tomás Ó Cárthaightomasocarthaigh at yahoo dot comA great article, highlighting the often forgotton Irrishmenof our nation. We hav...A great article, highlighting the often forgotton Irrishmenof our nation. We have three races for want of a better tem, Gael, the native, Anglo, the English origin, and Scot, all of whom are Irish.<br />
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Indeed I believe William of Orange himself would be turning in his grave at the Orange Order... it was not for their aims he faught.<br />
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My poem "A Land Worth Fighting For" draws on this.Covenant dayhttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/102493#comment2925062012-10-03T20:28:32+00:00roosterHalf a million people in Ireland marched in Belfast last week and its not even m...Half a million people in Ireland marched in Belfast last week and its not even mentioned here on Indymedia. <br />
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Why no posts or comments on the topic??When?http://www.indymedia.ie/article/102493#comment2925072012-10-03T20:31:45+00:00roosterWhen will the republican left stop ignoring the million of their fellow countrym...When will the republican left stop ignoring the million of their fellow countrymen in "the north".<br />
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Roosterpamphlethttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/102493#comment2925092012-10-04T00:51:37+00:00JoeMcI was at the very interesting and well attended talk tonight It actually focused...I was at the very interesting and well attended talk tonight It actually focused on the very question Rooster has raised . Having read some of his anti-republican posts over the years , I suppose that Rooster would find it difficult to accept that left-wing republicans do not want to ignore their fellow countrymen and women in the north , and that they do want to find a way of winning Protestants to left-wing republicanism .But that was what was discussed by both speakers tonight -one of them was a left republican Protestant clergyman - as well as by members of the audience. Winning the support of our fellow countrymen in the north and combating the distortion of history that maintains the " myth of a Protestant Ulster completely undivided in its loyalty to the crown" was the main concern of the people who researched and published the pamphlet that was launched tonight .<br />
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A couple of quotes from the pamphlet::<br />
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"It is to be hoped that a section of Ulster's Protestants will finally reject the sectarian identities offered by Orangeism and that tney will rediscover the progressive heritahge left to them by their Potsetant forefathers"<br />
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"Can a sizeable section of the Protestant community embrace progressive politics , or will they continue toi clingto the wreck of Orangeism? Only time will tell but the vastness of the task must not be a deterrent . Those who seek the establishment of an all-Ireland Republic and a true and last peace must make every effort to reach out, in a genuine way , to Ireland's Protestant communities"apologieshttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/102493#comment2925102012-10-04T00:55:46+00:00JoeMc the typos in the quotes above are all mine the typos in the quotes above are all mine Where?http://www.indymedia.ie/article/102493#comment2925132012-10-04T11:39:17+00:00RonIs the pamphlet for sale in Dublin?Is the pamphlet for sale in Dublin?For Salehttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/102493#comment2925142012-10-04T11:55:27+00:00Joe KeeganTo order a booklet please email alternativeulstercovenant@gmail.com. The booklet...To order a booklet please email alternativeulstercovenant@gmail.com. The booklet will be going on sale in a few small bookshops in Dublin, so far I think its already in Connolly books and on the éirígí website.<br />
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The meeting was covered in today's Irish Times. We hope to launch the booklet in Belfast and elsewhere in the coming weeks.linkhttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/102493#comment2925152012-10-04T13:29:58+00:00RonThanks for the email address. Have you a link for the IT article? I tried the IT...Thanks for the email address. Have you a link for the IT article? I tried the IT site and googled it but no trace.Irish unityhttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/102493#comment2954482013-04-23T13:22:25+00:00Matthew O'More PettipasBoth of my great grandfathers fought in the Easter rising, one even fought in th...Both of my great grandfathers fought in the Easter rising, one even fought in the Irish war of independence. And they were both Ulstermen, both claimed Scottish and Welsh ancestory, both were proud Irish boys alright. Looking at Ireland today would have made them sick, they weren't preidjustice against Catholics, hell both married Catholics for chirst sakes. For them and others like them, I hope and pray that Ireland will unite as one, and love one another like god intended, no matter what your realigous beliefs, no matter what race you descned from. VIOLENCE ONLY CREATES MORE VIOLENCE! PEACE IS THE ONLY ANSWER.