Month: August 2020

Shannonwatch and PANA (Peace and Neutrality Alliance) with whom the Celtic League cooperate have produced this new leaflet on the US Military use of Shannon Airport which breaches Irish neutrality: https://www.facebook.com/Shannonwatch-268685181500/https://www.pana.ie/ In addition to opposing the use of Shannon by the US military

The RAF training programme at RAF Valley which also utilises the civil airport at Ronaldsway in the Isle of Man appears to have encountered problems. Plans to expand the programme, which trains both RAF aircrew and air crew from Saudi Arabia and the

(UPDATE 31st AUGUST L/C BABATI RELEASED) The Celtic League has alerted the CPT (the Council of Europe body which monitors places of detention) to the arrest and detention of Lance Corporal Al Babati who was detained by the Royal Military Police while protesting

“I would rather sleep peacefully in a cell than stay silent for a pay cheque,” A serving British soldier has been arrested for protesting about British government support for Saudi Arabia and the supply of arms which are being used to kill innocent

Celtic League Mannin branch voiced opposition for the training of RSAF pilots at RAF Valley who also use the Civil Airport in Mann a few years ago. The Branch policy was subsequently adopted by the League at its Breton AGM in 2019. We

The Guardian reports a rise in drug use by members of the British Army it comes after the current Defence Minister relaxed zero tolerance policies of his predecessor; https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/aug/24/rise-in-number-of-british-soldiers-being-sacked-for-drug-use It’s not however the first time that ‘the Brits’ have eased drug tolerance in

The Mannin Branch Secretary of the Celtic League, Allen Moore, recently highlighted wildlife crime in an article focusing on the fate of a Hen Harrier tagged in the Isle of Man and then found poisoned on a game estate in Ireland. ‘What are

Last November we reported on a case in which a young Hen Harrier, which had been tagged in a nest in the Isle of Man last year, flew across to Ireland but was unfortunately killed by poison bait on land managed for pheasant

Having rediscovered my copy of the late anarchist Stuart Christie’s seminal work on Frank Kitson’s ‘Low Intensity Operations’ I dust it down. From the preface on its excellent stuff. Example: “Kitson defines ‘subversion’ in the way the Law defines ‘obscene’ a tendency to

Ireland was naturally elated when it got a seat on the UN Security Council effectively ‘the top table’ of the United Nations. It is seen by many as a reward for the role Ireland plays in International diplomacy and the reputation its armed