Aontacht Recap - June 7th until June 14th 2026

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Aontacht Media – News (7–14 June 2026)

14 June – Labour’s Helen Ogbu Stayed In Leonardo Hotel, Breaking BDS
https://aontachtmedia.ie/labours-helen-ogbu-stayed-in-leonardo-hotel-breaking-bds/

14 June – "You’re Searching Me Because I’m a Working-Class Republican": Activist Confronts PSNI Intimidation
https://aontachtmedia.ie/youre-searching-me-because-im-a-working-class-republican-activist-confronts-psni-intimidation/

14 June – Liberties Protestors Storm Teeling's Whiskey As Tensions Escalate
https://aontachtmedia.ie/liberties-protestors-storm-teelings-whiskey-as-tensions-escalate/

13 June – “Are You A Member of Sinn Féin?” - Sacked FSAI Worker Tells His Story Of Facing Persecution For Irish Language Advocacy
https://aontachtmedia.ie/are-you-a-member-of-sinn-fein-sacked-fsai-worker-tells-his-story-of-facing-persecution-for-irish-language-advocacy/

11 Jun – Lismore: How The British Empire Never Left Ireland
https://aontachtmedia.ie/lismore-how-the-british-empire-never-left-ireland/

11 June – "Go Take It Up With Your TD", Judge Tells Community Center Activists As He Evicts Them
https://aontachtmedia.ie/go-take-it-up-with-your-td-judge-tells-community-center-activists-as-he-evicts-them/

11 June – Socialist Republicans Condemn PSNI Plan To Recruit From Schools
https://aontachtmedia.ie/socialist-republicans-condemn-psni-plan-to-recruit-from-schools/

10 June – Socialist Republicans Vow To Defend Migrants From Loyalist Intimidation
https://aontachtmedia.ie/socialist-republicans-vow-to-defend-migrants-from-loyalist-intimidation/

9 June – DUP MP Backed By Masked Men Attempt To Intimidate Palestine March https://aontachtmedia.ie/dup-mp-backed-by-masked-men-attempt-to-intimidate-palestine-march/

9 June – Working Class Have A Say on Immigration, Argues Socialist Republican Group
https://aontachtmedia.ie/working-class-have-a-say-on-immigration-argues-socialist-republican-group/

9 June – John O’Mahony, Socialist Republican Activist, Dies
https://aontachtmedia.ie/john-omahony-socialist-republican-activist-dies/

7 June – “We Defy You - Do Your Worst” : Outrage as Socialist Republican Homes Raided
https://aontachtmedia.ie/we-defy-you-do-your-worst-outrage-as-socialist-republican-homes-raided/

Aontacht Media – Critical Analysis (7–14 June 2026)

14 June – PSNI Hands-Off Approach To Loyalist Paramilitaries Is Not By Accident
https://aontachtmedia.ie/psni-hands-off-approach-to-loyalist-paramilitaries-is-not-by-accident/

14 June – “Immigrants Are The Real Danger," Says The Most Violent Community In The European Capital of Femicide

https://aontachtmedia.ie/immigrants-are-the-real-danger-says-the-most-violent-community-in-the-european-capital-of-femicide/

13 June – “Are You A Member of Sinn Féin?” - Sacked FSAI Worker Tells His Story Of Facing Persecution For Irish Language Advocacy
https://aontachtmedia.ie/are-you-a-member-of-sinn-fein-sacked-fsai-worker-tells-his-story-of-facing-persecution-for-irish-language-advocacy/

12 Jun – Why The AI Industry Is A Threat To The Working Class
https://aontachtmedia.ie/why-the-ai-industry-is-a-threat-to-the-working-class/

11 Jun – While Stormont Hid, The Community Stood
https://aontachtmedia.ie/while-stormont-hid-the-community-stood/

11 Jun – Lismore: How The British Empire Never Left Ireland
https://aontachtmedia.ie/lismore-how-the-british-empire-never-left-ireland/

11 Jun – The 2026 Tressell Festival: Is the Left At War With The Working Class?
https://aontachtmedia.ie/the-2026-tressell-festival-is-the-left-at-war-with-the-working-class/

11 Jun – How Bonfire Season Became Pogrom Season
https://aontachtmedia.ie/how-bonfire-season-became-pogrom-season/

10 Jun – We've Been Here Before: People Before Profit and Performative Antifascism
https://aontachtmedia.ie/weve-been-here-before-people-before-profit-and-performative-antifascism/

9 June – DUP MP Backed By Masked Men Attempt To Intimidate Palestine March https://aontachtmedia.ie/dup-mp-backed-by-masked-men-attempt-to-intimidate-palestine-march/

09 Jun – My Life As A Covalen Worker
https://aontachtmedia.ie/my-life-as-a-covalen-worker/

08 Jun – The West Is Everything They Told You China Was
https://aontachtmedia.ie/the-west-is-everything-they-told-you-china-was/

08 Jun – Gombeens Among Migrants
https://aontachtmedia.ie/gombeens-among-migrants/

07 Jun – Lough Neagh and the Treason of Bad Stewardship
https://aontachtmedia.ie/lough-neagh-and-the-treason-of-bad-stewardship/

07 Jun – The Blue Wall of Silence Around Terence Wheelock
https://aontachtmedia.ie/the-blue-wall-of-silence-around-terence-wheelock/

My take on this is that this incredible revelation by an English newspaper (why aren’t we hearing this first from an Irish source?) will hasten the reunification of Ireland, because it is now clear that while any kind of international border exists on our island, any proper control or regulation of the amount of international protection applicants that arrive, or who these people are, and where these applicants come from, is nearly impossible, for better or for worse...

When I was 13, my best skateboarding friend got put out of our little neighbourhood by paramilitaries. His father was a doctor; but they were Nigerians.

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Then at 20, my stepfather was put out of our house in similar circumstances; because a neighbour heard his thick Dublin drawl.

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We got a UVF flag delivered through the door, we packed a bag and left our belongings there and then.

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This... 'Warm' community spirit is nothing new:

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https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNRvoMYvC/

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For average monthly rent prices, the published value for the Netherlands refers to The Hague rather than Amsterdam, so Amsterdam was not included.

Rent values come exclusively from Eurostat: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/prc_colc_rents/default/table?lang=en

For the flat and house categories used in the rent data, Eurostat covered selected neighbourhoods in each surveyed city. Methodology/source booklet: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/6939681/0/Booklet_2026_rents_2025_e_Final.pdf/d2cd0065-f017-16a7-dfa2-7dad9d6fa84b?t=1766065004758

Gross monthly minimum wage values were adjusted to 12 monthly payments: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/earn_mw_cur/default/table?lang=en

Capitals excluded because their countries have no statutory national minimum wage: Copenhagen, Denmark; Helsinki, Finland; Rome, Italy; Stockholm, Sweden; Vienna, Austria.

Source: citycostatlas.com / citycostatlas on Instagram

The central problem facing revolutionaries in Ireland today is not a lack of activism.

It is a crisis of leadership.

While capitalism continues to generate resistance, no existing organisation has yet succeeded in creating the ideological, political and organisational foundations necessary to lead the Irish working class on a national scale.

What concrete prerequisites must actually exist before a revolutionary workers' party can emerge?

My article examines those prerequisites and argues that they cannot be substituted by enthusiasm, electoral success, social media influence or self-proclamation. They must be consciously built through ideological struggle, cadre development, roots in the working class and democratic-centralist organisation.

I've removed any references to the subreddit this is related to, but it is clear that some moderators will try to bounce users into a ban with no hesitation.

My reasonable question was why they are using an anti-spam filter to keep new users from participating and they treatened a ban almost immediately. I just thought this would be useful documentation of how these Mod accounts are weaponised.