John McAnulty
Socialist Resistance did not print a byline field. The names here were read out of the articles themselves, from the paper's own house styles — “… writes Andy Stowe”, “Dave Kellaway explains…”, a name standing alone at the top. That works for about a third of the archive and it can misread: a name may belong to someone quoted rather than the author. Treat these as a finding aid, not as an attribution — the article itself is the authority. A few, where the author has told us directly, are recorded rather than inferred.
8 August 2020 · · Ireland
A triumph of ideology: John Hume and the defeat of Irish Republicanism
The flurry of commemoration by the great and the good following the death of John Hume can be summarised as follows: Hume was the leader of the Irish Civil Rights Movement, he advocated non …
9 December 2016 · · Ireland, Women
Abortion in Ireland - anger hobbled by reformism
by John McAnulty On November 25, thousands of activists demonstrated in Dublin calling for the abolition of the 8th amendment to the Irish constitution – a section that asserts equal rights …
2 May 2014 · · 1 comment
Adams arrest - Sinn Fein responds to British attack by calls to the dark side.
John McAnulty reports from Belfast. When Sinn Fein claim that the arrest of Gerry Adams is a political act they are clearly correct. The arrests of former IRA leader Ivor Bell and Adams on t…