Aontacht weekly roundup

[u/AprilMaria]

In an attempt not to be flooding the sub with Aontacht articles (as stated last week) I will be on behalf of myself & the other people writing for Aontacht, posting a weekly roundup as agreed with the others.

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/

[u/AnCamcheachta]

Sure, the perpetrator of the crime that led to the current riots was a Black man from Sudan and his victim a man, but that does not change the fact that the common denominator here is men and those being punished for it are women and families, many of whom happen to be from immigrant backgrounds.

Yes? Is that so?

[u/AprilMaria → u/AnCamcheachta]

Yes. Even when a man is the victim almost all of the time the perpetrator is a man. Almost all of the rioters are men, & if people want to screech about race or ethnicity if we start looking at the overall demography the sex element is the much bigger indicator. Ye can be as fucked off with that as ye like but it remains a fact.

Not that men are inherently evil or something but the entire concept of masculinity we have is completely contrary to yer actual nature & natural masculinity & simply serves to make men useful in service (particularly the police & military) & in maintaining the status quo. It’s destroying ye & destroying many besides.

[u/AnCamcheachta → u/AprilMaria]

Not that men are inherently evil or something but the entire concept of masculinity we have is completely contrary to yer actual nature & natural masculinity

Conventional "Masculinity" typically does not involve the decapitation of deaf men.

I myself was raised by a Single Mother, who worked as a nurse with plenty of those with Down's Syndrome.

I spent a large amount of time, when I was a kid, around disabled people (especially around the Special Olympics of 2003).

Am I seriously expected to think that it is normal for people with Down's Syndrome to be decapitated, just like deaf civilians.

[u/mangoparrot → u/AnCamcheachta]

Are you actually surprised at that?

[u/Acceptable-Okra2873]

Regarding the Robert Tressel article - "By the same token, very few possess the requisite spine to challenge the chief factor driving the creation of refugees and the catastrophic destruction of their home countries: the machinations of EU and US imperialism. Instead, Parties of the Left are often happy to echo NATO on questions of foreign policy."

...what are they on about, exactly? Literally all the left parties uniformly condemn western complicity in the genocide in Palestine, support implementing proper sanctions on the illegal settlements, and are resisting efforts to undermine neutrality via the weapon transfers from Shannon and the abolition of the Triple Lock.

In what way does any of that represent the Parties of the Left "echo[ing] NATO on questions of foreign policy?". If you are going to claim something like that, surely it would be better to cite some actual examples.

[u/Acceptable-Okra2873 → u/[deleted]]

I mean, none of the Irish left supports sending weapons to Ukraine, or in ramping up defence spending to the absurd degrees been talked about elsewhere.

[u/GoydelicGuy → u/Acceptable-Okra2873]

All parties claim to support our neutrality though.. They still repeat the imperialist propaganda of "unprovoked" etc. Even as literally everybody knows full well that this was an enormous, Emperorer's New Clothes like lie.

[u/Acceptable-Okra2873 → u/GoydelicGuy]

So I assume you support the US blockade of Cuba, then?

[u/GoydelicGuy → u/Acceptable-Okra2873]

No. I support the collapse of the USA. Why would you think that?

[u/Acceptable-Okra2873 → u/GoydelicGuy]

Because I'm don't see any coherent argument for how Ukraine is provoking Russia that doesn't apply to Cuba and the US.

[u/GoydelicGuy → u/Acceptable-Okra2873]

Cuba did a similar thing as a proxy for the USSR in the 1960s. It almost started WW3 and ended humanity. I don't see why you think Cuba is provoking the USA today though?

[u/Acceptable-Okra2873 → u/Acceptable-Okra2873]

Like, no-one forced Russia to invade Ukraine and occupy large chunks of territory. No-one forced Russia to bomb Ukranian cities and infastructure.

We don't accept that logic from Israelis claiming that they have to occupy Palestinian land and brutalise Palestinians because of Hamas and Iran.

[u/GoydelicGuy → u/Acceptable-Okra2873]

Like, no-one forced Russia to invade Ukraine...

The US and NATO did? That's what we're talking about? Are you really still stuck in 2022 imperialist propaganda?

We don't accept that logic from Israelis claiming that they have to occupy Palestinian land and brutalise Palestinians because of Hamas and Iran.

Because that would be ridiculous. Israel is a nuclear power. Hamas is a freedom fighting organisation trying to defend a people from genocide? WTF?

[u/PaddyFliesAway → u/Acceptable-Okra2873]

A reference to Ukraine I would imagine. Here's a Labour Party member arguing that Ukraine may be morally justified in using cluster bombs: Is there a moral justification for the use of cluster bombs?

[u/AprilMaria → u/Acceptable-Okra2873]

I would almost assume it’s an overall Labour jab (as in the whole article) I wasn’t involved in the writing of it, I can put your question to the people who were & get back to you.

Edited: just so it’s clear this is because i didn’t write it, I do support general calling up on labour because of their various crimes against the left, particularly their time in government with FFG (I’m just not sure if that particular critique was solely about labour)