Why should loyalists be involved in legacy talks? The answer is simple. It should not be complicated in conversations and arguments about mandates and votes. Loyalists…
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In 2011 a study at Harvard and Tufts found that white people in America, on average, believed that anti-white racism was a bigger problem than anti-black…
This time a couple of years ago, the loyalist Winston Irvine described the rebuilding of the PUP political project as more a marathon run than a…
I’ve felt green of late. Not a political conversion, rather, the green of envy. Jealous of the energy, vision and action of the Irish unity lobby.…
“Sometimes when you’re living through history you don’t see it.” The words above were spoken by the former RTE correspondent Charlie Bird at a Feile…
Not in my name - it’s time we heard from the silent majority on political Unionism, parades and the exercise of democracy I wondered about…
ACC Will Kerr recently told the Policing Board that the UVF had been orchestrating racist attacks in South and East Belfast. ‘It has a…
After the Romney defeat in 2012 you thought the GOP would start to exhibit a little modesty and even move towards pragmatic sausage-making. No.…
Black Saturday, the last Saturday in August usually heralds the end of the parading season. However, given the nightly ‘protest’ parades at the Ardoyne…
This article is a first on eamonnmallie.com - a joint analysis by Eamonn Mallie and Brian Rowan who have been reading between the lines of many conversations in…
The past is full of poison – and every day it seeps into the present. That’s the reality of our here and now –…
I wondered what ‘cultural war’ would really look like and, having thought about it, I hope we never go there. By now, a lot…
As the summer sun adds to our annual ‘blood boiling’ fest, now more than ever is a time for cool heads and dispassionate analysis…
Brian Rowan examines this thesis
John Howcroft discusses