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Blog Entries by Adam McGibbon from 09/2012

How to Bring Back the Left on Campuses in the UK and Ireland

| Posted 09.19.2012 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: Adam McGibbon, Politics, Education, Strategy, Activism, Students' Unions, Tuition Fees, Unions, Students, Nus, Education Cuts, Usi, Nus-Usi, UK Universities & Education News

It seems that the brief resurgence of student activism has disappeared as soon as it arrived. While the Northern Ireland Education Maintenance Allowance and nursing bursaries are slashed away, we hear absolutely nothing from the students' unions and just words from NUS-USI.

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BNP Leader Investigated After Calling Catholics 'Fenians' - But It's Simply An Unvarnished Version Of What Many Loyalists Think

| Posted 09.30.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: Sectarianism, Nick Griffin, Northern Ireland Peace Process, Unionism, Catholic Church, Catholics, Politics, Northern Ireland, Religion, Nationalism, Northern Irish Politics, UK Politics, Protestants, Neo-Nazis, Racial Hatred, Racism, Religion and Politics, British National Party, UK Politics News

The word 'fenian' has long been a sectarian term of abuse for Catholics in Northern Ireland. Its use is deemed to be increasingly shocking amongst many. It is a word stuffed with history, hardened down the ages.

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