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Sam Dickson's avatar

I'm impressed that Joakim Andersen sees what so few people have noticed - that unlike nationalists in most countries, Irish nationalism and Sinn Fein have been on the left.

Ireland was one of the first Western European nations to recognize Lenin's government (which really should not be called a "Russian" government) and even in its ruined state after the civil war Ireland was the first country in Western Europe to float a loan to help Lenin consolidate his rule.

As shown by Sinn Fein's anti-white positions on many issues that Andersen highlights, Sinn Fein remains a leftist, marxist movement today.

This is something that Irish-Americans rarely know. As sentimental Irish nationalists they imagine that Sinn Fein is a Catholic movement.

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Chris's avatar

Correct, they were ready to betray their own as soon as they got the chance. Really sad that the Irishmen never really had true representatives for the cause of their people.

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Sam Dickson's avatar

Ireland has been a great tragedy. We English and Scots mishandled the Irish. A way should have been found for all 3 nations to be at peace with each other. They occupy the same island. It was logical that the English and Scots could not afford to have a base for hostile powers next to them. But to be fair to the Irish, they were mistreated. And, alas, they are crippled by resentment. Eventually, here in America many of them have become assimilated and have become sterling citizens. Nevertheless, their resentment initially led them to bring with them to America their grudges which they directed at their Anglo-Saxon neighbors. So much so that in an astonishing event that has been airbrushed out of American history, the Irish serving in the American army in our war with Mexico in 1848 mutinied and went over to the nonwhites who they saw as their brown Catholic friends sharing with them a mutual hatred of American Whites. They formed what they called "The St. Patrick Brigade" and fought as allies of the Mexicans for the remainder of the war.

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Maristella Tonello's avatar

Quando una élite cerca di soggiogare le classi meno abbienti ecco che si trasforma in un cancro che mina la sopravvivenza del Popolo indigeno attraverso la immigrazione di leve servibili solo allo sfruttamento.

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J. R. Sommer's avatar

Good analysis. Unfortunately, if it were possible to overcome the tyranny of liberal-Marxism exoterically, Europa's afflictions wouldn't exist in the first place.

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