I notice, from a quick look at the MySociety website, that they need a volunteer to write a few paragraphs about the Northern Ireland Assembly for a help page on the rather wonderful WriteToThem.com. Perhaps there’s a Slugger reader who might be well qualified to do it?
They suggest the task should only take 30 minutes. More details at this link.
Are you confused about ‘dissident’ Irish Republicanism? Anxious about its existence and its seemingly increasingly deadly capabilities? Martyn Frampton’s new book, Legion of the Rearguard: Dissident Irish Republicanism (Irish Academic Press, 2011) serves both as a primer on active dissident groups and a timely analysis of their historic significance and contemporary capabilities. This book clears [...] read our review »
World by Storm has a nice piece up on the IRA’s role in helping MK, the armed wing of the ANC, in the 1980s. In particular he sees a strange alchemy at work there: …if one can think of a clearly legitimate contemporary struggle it was that against apartheid and it is to the credit [...] read our review »