Voices from the Grave Documentary

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In 1988, in an elevator at a film festival in Havana, the director Oliver Stone was handed a copy of On the Trail of the Assassins, a newly published account of the murder of President John F. Kennedy. Stone admired Kennedy with an almost spiritual intensity and viewed his death on November 22, 1963 — 60 years ago this month — as a hard line in American history: the “before” hopeful and good; the “after” catastrophic....

Did The CIA Kill JFK? In 1988, in an elevator at a film festival in Havana, the director Oliver Stone was handed a copy of On the Trail of the Assassins, a newly published account of the murder of President John F.…

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Right-Wing Surge Against Free Speech In Israel Amid Militarist Reaction….. Hopefully, this link will work:

The Creation Of The Israeli State – A Modern Day Primer And Background To Current Crisis:

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With Sinn Fein seemingly positioned to enter government in Dublin, former Department of Foreign Affairs head and Ireland’s former US ambassador, Sean Donlon - a long time critic of the Provisional Movement - tells the Meath Archaeological and Historical Society and Meath Peace Group that it is time for Sinn Fein to bury the IRA. With a general election looming will Provos pay any heed?...

’Time To Disband The IRA’, Former Top Diplomat Tells Sinn Fein With Sinn Fein seemingly positioned to enter government in Dublin, former Department of Foreign Affairs head and Ireland’s former US ambassador, Sean Donlon – a long time critic of the Provis…

HUGH J. CURRAN 10/15/2023 “I and the public know/ What all schoolchildren learn/ Those to whom evil is done/ do evil in return.” — W. H. Auden | Orono, Maine (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – There were elements in Ireland whose anger against Britain overwhelmed any other sentiment. Three hundred years of settler colonialism, dispossession and denigration of language, culture, and religion, left a legacy of deep-seated resentment....

Irish History Resonates In Gaza…… HUGH J. CURRAN 10/15/2023 “I and the public know/ What all schoolchildren learn/ Those to whom evil is done/ do evil in return.” — W. H. Auden | Orono, Maine (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) …

As I write this a day-long, multi-pronged assault by air, sea and land is still ongoing in the skies, waterfronts and streets of Israel, launched with what appears to be complete and total secrecy and surprise and in the evident absence of intelligence leaks to Israel intelligence by the Islamic group Hamas. The violence today shows that the much vaunted Israeli intelligence agencies, and their American and European allies, were totally in the dark about Hamas’ plans....

The Difference Between Hamas And The Provos As I write this a day-long, multi-pronged assault by air, sea and land is still ongoing in the skies, waterfronts and streets of Israel, launched with what appears to be complete and total secrecy …

(Note: The code name given to the IRA double agent Freddie Scappaticci by his British Army handlers was Steak Knife, but the former British Army intelligence officer who made his activities public dubbed him Stakeknife instead to give his leak a measure of legal protection. The article will thus employ the code name Stakeknife.) This are the terms of reference given to former Bedfordshire Chief Constable (now retired) Jon Boutcher for his investigation into the activities of British double agent and senior IRA figure, Freddie Scappaticci:...

Steak Knife Report Due Soon – A Reminder Of What It Will Cover (Note: The code name given to the IRA double agent Freddie Scappaticci by his British Army handlers was Steak Knife, but the former British Army intelligence officer who made his activities public …

By Kevin Myers (This article first appeared in The Irish Independent, in 2008) The grubby affair of Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand is truly a parable – not so much of the corruption of the BBC (though it is that too) but of the general abasement of powerful media organisations to alpha-males. These are the creatures feminists tend to sneer at for their “blokishness” as if mere convivial and cheerful manliness were the enemy of the feminist agenda and of public decency....

Myers On The Russell Brand Scandal By Kevin Myers (This article first appeared in The Irish Independent, in 2008) The grubby affair of Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand is truly a parable – not so much of the corruption of the BBC (th…

I had the opportunity yesterday to watch the new Kincora film made by Belfast's own film company Alleycats. Called 'Lost Boys' it asks a simple but necessary question: was the disappearance and murder of four Belfast schoolboys in the 1970's linked to the subsequent Kincora scandal, which broke some few years afterwards, revealing that all the employees at the home for wayward boys had been abusing inmates for years?...

‘Lost Boys’ Film Adds Fuel To Kincora Fire And One Question: ‘Why Did The BBC Drop This Film?’ I had the opportunity yesterday to watch the new Kincora film made by Belfast’s own film company Alleycats. Called ‘Lost Boys’ it asks a simple but necessary question: was the dis…

If the good people at Alleycats have their way, and the film featured in the ad above sparks the proper interest, then there is a good chance that we may. This is not to belittle the obstacles in their way, not least the decision by the BBC in Belfast to drop their support for their film, although falling short, as would be the Beeb's normal response, of preventing the makers from airing their work to the world....

Will We Ever Find The Truth Hidden Behind Kincora? If the good people at Alleycats have their way, and the film featured in the ad above sparks the proper interest, then there is a good chance that we may. This is not to belittle the obstacles in t…

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‘Dissident republicans claiming to possess information from PSNI data breach, says Byrne’ – Irish Times, Aug 10, 2023 So, it will all be returned then, probably before the day ends……..

Certainly looks like it, judging by this interview in The Irish Times?

Does Irish ‘Star Trek’ Star Swing Sinn Fein’s Way? Certainly looks like it, judging by this interview in The Irish Times?

Fascinating interview in the IT today with Star Trek star, and seemingly recent Irish-born convert to Shinnerdom, Colm Meaney. Interesting to note that in his youth he flirted with the Sticks but now finds his sympathies lie with Sinn Fein. Like many others, I suspect, but I do wonder how long that will last once SF gets into government and reality asserts itself? You can read it here.

Colm Meaney Was A Stick, Now A Shinner – Surprised? Fascinating interview in the IT today with Star Trek star, and seemingly recent Irish-born convert to Shinnerdom, Colm Meaney. Interesting to note that in his youth he flirted with the Sticks but n…

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Sinn Fein Close To Accepting Permanent Special Criminal Court in Dublin….. To can read about the latest rightwards move by the Shinners here……..

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By Chris Moore Veteran BBC journailst Chris Moore describes the perils and obstacles of covering the Kincora scandal for an employer more intent on keeping MI5 informed and protecting powerful political figures 1 JOINING THE BBC In 1979 I moved from newspapers into the world of radio and television with BBC Northern Ireland. As it happened, my first day on the BBC payroll was uneventful for me – but yet it was one of the biggest news days in the history of the Northern Ireland conflict....

The BBC & The Kincora Files By Chris Moore Veteran BBC journailst Chris Moore describes the perils and obstacles of covering the Kincora scandal for an employer more intent on keeping MI5 informed and protecting powerful poli…

This article, written by New Zealand academic, Dr Stuart Jean Bramhall is, to my mind, the most sensible and accurate analysis of the recent council elections in Northern Ireland. While much, if not most of the media analysis of the recent poll has viewed the result as a triumph for Sinn Fein, bringing in its wake predictions of a Border poll and a vote for a united Ireland, Dr Bramhall’s sober analysis concludes that the real message from the vote is that the Alliance party was the reall winner now holds the balance of power in N.I....

Academic From New Zealand Throws Buckets Of Cold Water Over NI Election Hysteria…… This article, written by New Zealand academic, Dr Stuart Jean Bramhall is, to my mind, the most sensible and accurate analysis of the recent council elections in Northern Ireland. While much, if no…

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I have been, and still am at time of writing, in hospital for much needed surgery and to while away the hours I have been surfing the web. In the course of that I came across this quote from an Irish Marxist publication, the name of which I lost, unfortunately (the internet in this hospital is not the best). If anyone can identify the source for me I’d be grateful:...

A Marxist View On Sinn Fein’s Latest Political Contortions I have been, and still am at time of writing, in hospital for much needed surgery and to while away the hours I have been surfing the web. In the course of that I came across this quote from an Iri…

Glasgow Celtic Fans Need A Good Talking To From The Big Effort……

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I have been, and still am at time of writing, in hospital for much needed surgery and to while away the hours I have been surfing the web. In the course of that I came across this quote from an Irish Marxist publication, the name of which I lost, unfortunately. If anyone can identify the source for me I’d be grateful:...

A Marxist View On Sinn Fein’s Latest Political Contortions I have been, and still am at time of writing, in hospital for much needed surgery and to while away the hours I have been surfing the web. In the course of that I came across this quote from an Iri…

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John Kennedy Cartoon Anticipates Adams’ Run For Aras

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The Big Lad has survived because he is so cautious about taking risks. I mean has anyone ever seen him fire a shot in anger during an IRA campaign that in no small way he helped to create and sustain. But it had always been part of the secret ThinkTank plan that along with a ceasefire and Sinn Fein’s eclipse of the IRA and political rivals, Adams would run for the Irish presidency, assuming the rest of the plan worked out, which it has more or less....

Adams To Run For The Aras In ‘25? Almost A Cert…. The Big Lad has survived because he is so cautious about taking risks. I mean has anyone ever seen him fire a shot in anger during an IRA campaign that in no small way he helped to create and susta…

It has taken nearly half a century, gallons of ink and buckets of sweat but finally An Garda Siochana appears finally to have agreed to investigate the 1976 murder of Co Louth forestry worker Seamus Ludlow, whose body was found dumped over a hedge near his home on the northern outskirts of Dundalk on May 2 that year. He had been killed with a single bullet to the torso....

Gardai Open Up Probe Of Seamus Ludlow Killing, 47 Years After His Death It has taken nearly half a century, gallons of ink and buckets of sweat but finally An Garda Siochana appears finally to have agreed to investigate the 1976 murder of Co Louth forestry worker Seamu…

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Sinn Fein Makes Another Rightward Lurch To The Center…. You can read about it here……

The right needs to calm down about Sinn Fein. It needs to chill out about the fact that the party’s vice-president, Michelle O’Neill, will be attending the coronation of King Charles. It needs to relax about that selfie featuring Sinn Fein’s former president, Gerry Adams, gurning next to Joe Biden during his jaunt in Ireland. It needs to stop fretting over the spike in support for Sinn Fein in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland in recent years....

On Coronation Day, How British Tories Ought To View Sinn Fein – From ‘The Spectator’s’ Brendan O’Neill The right needs to calm down about Sinn Fein. It needs to chill out about the fact that the party’s vice-president, Michelle O’Neill, will be attending the coronation of King Charles. It needs to r…

I watched a summary of yesterday’s coronation ceremony in London on the local public television station here in New York from my hospital bed and was struck by this thought: no way in the world could all those thousands of British soldiers, sailors and assorted military types, their commanders and the massed ranks of the British establishment have paraded through the streets of London in the way they did if the IRA campaign was still under way....

A Thought Arising From Yesterday’s British Coronation I watched a summary of yesterday’s coronation ceremony in London on the local public television station here in New York from my hospital bed and was struck by this thought: no way in the world cou…

The right needs to calm down about Sinn Fein. It needs to chill out about the fact that the party’s vice-president, Michelle O’Neill, will be attending the coronation of King Charles. It needs to relax about that selfie featuring Sinn Fein’s former president, Gerry Adams, gurning next to Joe Biden during his jaunt in Ireland. It needs to stop fretting over the spike in support for Sinn Fein in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland in recent years.For all of this stuff is not proof that Sinn Fein’s old radical goal of creating a 32-county republic is gaining ground....

On Coronation Day, How British Tories View Sinn Fein The right needs to calm down about Sinn Fein. It needs to chill out about the fact that the party’s vice-president, Michelle O’Neill, will be attending the coronation of King Charles. It needs to r…

I had known for some years that 'Steak Knife' was Freddie Scappaticci's real code name but I had it in my mind after a British court had ordered a ban of some sort on the use of the proper nom de guerre, someone had dreamed up 'Stakeknife' as an alternative and the media had more or less fallen into line behind this fiction, not least because it was protection for the story's main source, former FRU handler Ian Hurst....

Scap’s Proper Codename Was ‘Steak Knife’ Not ‘Stakeknife’…. I had known for some years that ‘Steak Knife’ was Freddie Scappaticci’s real code name but I had it in my mind after a British court had ordered a ban of some sort on the use of t…

From the pages of AP-RN, 2003 onwards: (Thanks to DE for these quotes) 'Stakeknife' turns out to have blunt British blade Date: 22 May 2003 Media begins to ask: "Where's the beef?" BY ADAM O'TOOLE The naming of 'Stakeknife' exposed the way the media spreads misinformation through un-attributed sources and becomes a willing participant in the so-called 'dirty war'. Journalists claiming to have anti-imperialist credentials have used the 'Stakeknife' story to launch attacks on Sinn Féin....

What The Provos’ AP-RN Said About ‘Stakeknife’: From the pages of AP-RN, 2003 onwards: (Thanks to DE for these quotes) ‘Stakeknife’ turns out to have blunt British blade Date: 22 May 2003 Media begins to ask: “Where’s the…

It is early days, relatively speaking, in what we can now justifiably call the Stakenife or Scappaticci Scandal, but already one consequence is becoming clear: any hope that MI5 might have had that the affair would die with the agent is rapidly fading. The anticipation of this twist in the story may itself help to explain why MI5 took ownership of the scandal, which they did weeks before his death, when an ailing Freddie Scappaticci was housed in an MI5 hospital rather than one run by the British Army....

Scappaticci Scandal Will Force A Rethink Of Adams’ Military Leadership It is early days, relatively speaking, in what we can now justifiably call the Stakenife or Scappaticci Scandal, but already one consequence is becoming clear: any hope that MI5 might have had that…

Freddie Scappaticci, the former deputy chief of the IRA's spy catcher unit, was under MI5 protection when he died and so far the British spy organisation has failed to explain what was the cause of his death, which was revealed last week by the police team headed by former Bedfordshire Chief Constable, Jon Boutcher, whose detectives are, inter alia, investigating his activities and the role played by British state agencies during the Troubles....

Scappaticci Died Under MI5 Guard Freddie Scappaticci, the former deputy chief of the IRA’s spy catcher unit, was under MI5 protection when he died and so far the British spy organisation has failed to explain what was the ca…

Mick McGovern, author of 'Killing Rage', arguably the best book written about the internal workings of the Provisional IRA, describes how Freddie Scappaticci was outed: As you know, it was actually Martin Ingram, the former soldier in the British Army's Force Research Unit who fingered Scap after reading Killing Rage, an account of the life of Eamon Collins, who served in the IRA's Internal Security Unit with Scap....

How Freddie Scappaticci Was Outed As A British Agent Mick McGovern, author of ‘Killing Rage’, arguably the best book written about the internal workings of the Provisional IRA, describes how Freddie Scappaticci was outed: As you know, it …

His name is Ian Hurst although for a long time this former intelligence officer in the British Army's Force Research Unit (FRU) called himself 'Martin Ingram' whenever he met the media. A chirpy Mancunian who served with the FRU in Derry, he broke with the military and gradually emerged in public with secrets to tell, angered by what he believed was the shameful way an agent he ran in the IRA had been treated....

The Man Who Blew The Whistle On ‘Scap’…. His name is Ian Hurst although for a long time this former intelligence officer in the British Army’s Force Research Unit (FRU) called himself ‘Martin Ingram’ whenever he met the …

Can I be so bold as to suggest that it was not Scap who was silencing people but those who appointed and kept him on as a senior figure in the so-called 'nutting squad'? 11 April 2023 For immediate release Kenova: Statement released following death of Frederick Scappaticci Kenova lead, former Chief Constable Jon Boutcher said: “We were made aware last week of the passing of Frederick Scappaticci....

Statement on ‘Scap’ From Kenova Team: Can I be so bold as to suggest that it was not Scap who was silencing people but those who appointed and kept him on as a senior figure in the so-called ‘nutting squad’? 11 April 2023Fo…

And what was that secret? It was which animal he most liked to f**k. Now, we'll never know. S**t!

Freddie Scappaticci Takes His Greatest Secret To The Grave…. And what was that secret? It was which animal he most liked to f**k. Now, we’ll never know. S**t!

When the late Cathleen Knowles, who was Secretary of Sinn Fein until the 1986 split with RSF, asked Rita O'Hare why she was planning to go with the Adams' leadership after Sinn Fein dropped abstentionism in Dail Eireann and agreed to take seats in Leinster House, Rita's reply was simple."Because they're my people". The unspoken truth embedded in that answer is that the Provos were a different sort of IRA than we had ever known....

Rita O’Hare, RIP When the late Cathleen Knowles, who was Secretary of Sinn Fein until the 1986 split with RSF, asked Rita O’Hare why she was planning to go with the Adams’ leadership after Sinn Fein dro…